1987 Ecuador Earthquakes
Time: Friday Mar 6, 1987
Place: Ecuador
Details: The 1987 Ecuador earthquakes occurred over a six-hour period on March 6. The sequence of shocks measured 6.7, 7.1, and 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale. The main shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). The earthquakes were centered in Napo Province in northeast Ecuador; the epicenters were on the eastern slopes of the Andes, about 75 km ENE of Quito and 25 km north of Reventador Volcano. The earthquakes caused about 1,000 deaths. Four-thousand were missing and an estimated US$1 billion in damage was caused.
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Ho Chi Minh-Recognizing Vietnam as an autonomous State
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Shaquille O'Neal-Birth
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1973 oil crisis-Iran resumes petroleum exports
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First Chechen War-The battle for the southern part of the city continued
Monday Mar 6, 1995 - Grozny, Chechnya, Russia
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First Chechen War-Cypriot passenger jet was hijacked by Chechen sympathizers while flying toward Germany
Wednesday Mar 6, 1996 - Cyprus
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Prince Harry-Launching Invictus Games
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March 1987
Jim Carrey-1st Marriage
Saturday Mar 28, 1987 - U.S.
1987
Nokia-Nokia's first fully portable mobile phone
1987 - Finland
Cameras-Casio VS-101
1987 - Tokyo, Japan
Marco van Basten-Moving to A.C. Milan
1987 - Milan, Italy
Jair Bolsonaro-The Artillery Advanced Course
1987 - Brazil
Ronaldinho-Gremio
1987 - Porto Alegre, Brazil
Bill Gates-Forbes List
1987 - Washington, U.S.
Tony Hawk-Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
1987 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Warren Buffett-Salomon Inc.
1987 - New York, U.S.
Slobodan Milošević-Milošević declared support for Serbs in the Serbian autonomous Province of Kosovo
1987 - Serbia
Microprocessor-The First Commercial Success Using The ARM Architecture
1987 - Cambridge, UK
Bernard Arnault-LVMH
1987 - Paris, France
Nike, Inc.-Releasing Nike Air Max
1987 - U.S.
Leaning Tower of Pisa-Piazza del Duomo UNESCO World Heritage Site
1987 - Pisa, Italy
Joe Biden-Senate Judiciary Committee
1987 - U.S.
Nike, Inc.-Using The Beatles Song "Revolution" In a Commercial
1987 - U.S
Nicaraguan Revolution-The 1987 Iran–Contra affair
1987 - Nicaragua
Linux-MINIX
1987 - U.S.
Cameras-MegaVision Tessera
1987 - U.S.
Christopher Paul Gardner-Gardner Rich & Co
1987 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Karbala-5
Thursday Jan 8, 1987 - Basra Governorate, Iraq
1989 Tiananmen Square protests-General Secretary Was blamed and denounced Thoroughly and Forced To Resign as General Secretary
Friday Jan 16, 1987 - China
International Monetary Fund-Longest-serving Managing Director
Friday Jan 16, 1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Donald Trump-First Book
1987 - U.S.
Donald Trump-He registered as a Republican
1987 - Manhatten, New York, U.S.
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1987 - U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Sala died
Sunday Feb 1, 1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Rosa Parks-Parks co-founded the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development
Feb, 1987 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Heysel Stadium Events-Extradited and formally charged with manslaughter
Feb, 1987 - London, England, United Kingdom
Nicaraguan Revolution-Costa Rican President Submitted a Peace Plan
Sunday Feb 15, 1987 - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Elliot Page-Elliot Page was born
Saturday Feb 21, 1987 - Canada
Audrey Hepburn-Love Among Thieves
Monday Feb 23, 1987 - U.S.
Jim Carrey-1st Marriage
Saturday Mar 28, 1987 - U.S.
Microsoft-Microsoft Released Its Version of OS/2
Thursday Apr 2, 1987 - Redmond, Washington, U.S.
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Friday Apr 24, 1987 - Kosovo, Serbia
Freddie Mercury-Hold On
1987 - England, United Kingdom
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Nasr-4
May, 1987 - Sulaymaniyah, Iraq
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Wednesday May 6, 1987 - China and Soviet Union
Iran–Iraq War-Stark
Sunday May 17, 1987 - Persian Gulf
James Bond-No Deals, Mr. Bond was published
Thursday May 21, 1987 - United Kingdom
Colombian conflict-The Ceasefire between FARC and the Colombian Government formally collapsed
Monday Jun 1, 1987 - Caquetá, Colombia
Berlin Wall-Concert close to the Wall
Saturday Jun 6, 1987 - Berlin, West Germany, Germany
Joe Biden-Biden formally declared his candidacy for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination
Tuesday Jun 9, 1987 - U.S.
Nancy Pelosi-Pelosi won the special election
Jun, 1987 - San Francisco, California, U.S.
Margaret Thatcher-Thatcher re-elected for a third successive term
Thursday Jun 11, 1987 - London, England
Lionel Messi-Birth
Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 - Rosario, Argentina
Library of Congress-Boorstin retired
1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-The First Time That The Iraqis had attacked a Civilian area With poison gas
Saturday Jun 27, 1987 - Sardasht, West Azerbaijan Province, Iran
James Bond-The Living Daylights
Monday Jun 29, 1987 - United Kingdom
Eiffel Tower-A.J. Hackett made one of his first bungee jumps from the top of the Eiffel Tower
1987 - Paris, France
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Geneva Conference 1987
Wednesday Jul 8, 1987 - Geneva, Switzerland
Iran–Iraq War-The UN Security Council passed The U.S.-sponsored Resolution 598
Monday Jul 20, 1987 - New York, U.S.
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Earnest Will
Friday Jul 24, 1987 - The Persian Gulf
Nicaraguan Revolution-The "Esquipulas II Accord"
Friday Aug 7, 1987 - Guatemala City, Guatemala
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Lithuania's protests
Sunday Aug 23, 1987 - Lithuania
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Baltic states
Sunday Aug 23, 1987 - Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania
Library of Congress-President Ronald Reagan nominated James H. Billington as the 13th librarian of Congress
1987 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Kosovo War-The Paraćin massacre
Thursday Sep 3, 1987 - Serbia
Huawei-Foundation
Monday Sep 14, 1987 - Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Chernobyl disaster-The I.A.E.A. held an Advisory Group Meeting at the Curie Institute in Paris on the medical handling of the Chernobyl disaster
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Hirohito-The Doctors discovered that Hirohito had Duodenal Cancer
Tuesday Sep 22, 1987 - Tokyo, Japan
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Saturday Oct 17, 1987 - Yerevan, Armenia
Iran–Iraq War-Operation Nimble Archer
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New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points
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River Phoenix-Phoenix purchased his family a ranch in Micanopy
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Great Wall of China-Great Wall of China was designated by UNESCO
1987 - Paris, France
Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Showing the national tricolor flag
Wednesday Oct 21, 1987 - Võru, Estonia
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1987 - Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
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1987 - New York, U.S.
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union-Latvia's protest
Wednesday Nov 18, 1987 - Riga, Latvia
Samsung-The Founder's Death
Thursday Nov 19, 1987 - Seoul, South Korea
Christmas Island-The Australian Government Closed The Phosphate Mine
Dec, 1987 - Christmas Island
Diego Maradona-"Sell your ceiling then amigo"
1987 - Vatican City
Dahomey Amazons-Cobra Verde (flm)
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Diego Maradona-First ever Serie A Italian Championship
1987 - Naples, Italy
Chernobyl disaster-Soviet medical teams
1987 - Chernobyl, Ukraine, U.S.S.R
Chernobyl disaster-It was estimated increasing elective abortions after the Chernobyl disaster
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Robin Williams-First Academy Award nomination
Wednesday Dec 23, 1987 - U.S.
Nintendo-The new Game Boy handheld system
1987 - Kyoto, Japan