Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 52 events. Showing 31 - 52.
- Vietnam War: The Catholic Worker Movement stages an anti-war rally in Manhattan including a public burning of a draft card; the first such act to result in arrest under a new amendment to the Selective Service Act.
- The Black Panther Party is created by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale.
- Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington D.C. and across the US. Over two million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in Washington D.C.
- Thirty-five construction workers are killed when a section of the new West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapses.
- The domestic Soviet Aeroflot Flight 244 is hijacked and diverted to Turkey.
- The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
- Black Monday in Malta. The building of the Times of Malta, the residence of the opposition leader Eddie Fenech Adami and several Nationalist Party clubs are ransacked and destroyed by supporters of the Malta Labour Party.
- The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England.
- Wayne Gretzky becomes the all-time leading points scorer in the NHL.
- Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to lessen Cold War tensions and open up his nation.
- Marco Campos is killed in an accident in a International Formula 3000 race at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours circuit, making him the only driver ever killed in the International Formula 3000 series.
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- The first supersonic land speed record is set by Andy Green in ThrustSSC (United Kingdom), 50 years and one day after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in the Earth’s atmosphere.
- The Cassini probe launches from Cape Canaveral on its way to Saturn.
- NASA’s Galileo spacecraft passes within 112 miles of Jupiter’s moon Io.
- China launches Shenzhou 5, its first manned space mission.
- The Staten Island Ferry MV Andrew J. Barberi runs into a pier at the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, killing 11 people and injuring 43.
- A riot in Toledo, Ohio breaks out during a National Socialist/Neo-Nazi protest; over 100 are arrested.
- Hawaii earthquake: A magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Hawaii, causing property damage, injuries, landslides, power outages, and the closure of Honolulu International Airport.
- Seventeen activists in New Zealand are arrested in the country’s first post 9/11 anti-terrorism raids.
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes down 733.08 points, or 7.87%, the second worst day in the Dow’s history based on a percentage drop.
- Global protests break out in 120 cities in 48 countries.
- A 7.2-magnitude earthquake strikes the Philippines, resulting in more than 215 deaths.
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