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  • La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia
    Oct, 1987
    Colombian conflict

    Assassination of The UP's 1986 Presidential Candidate

    La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia
    Oct, 1987

    In October 1987, the UP's 1986 presidential candidate Jaime Pardo Leal was assassinated amid a wave of violence that would lead to the deaths of thousands of its party members at the hands of death squads. According to Pecáut, the killers included members of the military and the political class who had opposed Belisario Betancur's peace process and considered the UP to be little more than a "facade" for FARC, as well as drug traffickers and landowners who were also involved in the establishment of paramilitary groups.




  • United Kingdom
    Oct, 1987
    Black History Month

    Black History Month was first celebrated United Kingdom

    United Kingdom
    Oct, 1987

    In the United Kingdom, Black History Month was first celebrated in October 1987. It was organised through the leadership of Ghanaian analyst Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, who had served as a coordinator of special projects for the Greater London Council (GLC) and created a collaboration to get it underway.




  • Yerevan, Armenia
    Saturday Oct 17, 1987
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Armenians demonstrated

    Yerevan, Armenia
    Saturday Oct 17, 1987

    On October 17, 1987, about 3,000 Armenians demonstrated in Yerevan complaining about the condition of Lake Sevan, the Nairit chemicals plant, and the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant, and air pollution in Yerevan.




  • Persian Gulf
    Monday Oct 19, 1987
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Nimble Archer

    Persian Gulf
    Monday Oct 19, 1987

    Iran deployed Silkworm missiles to attack some ships, but only a few were actually fired, and in response to Iranian Silkworm missile attacks on Kuwaiti oil tankers, launched Operation Nimble Archer, destroying two Iranian oil rigs in the Persian Gulf.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Oct 19, 1987
    New York Stock Exchange

    Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Oct 19, 1987

    On October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dropped 508 points, a 22.6% loss in a single day, the second-biggest one-day drop the exchange had experienced. Black Monday was followed by Terrible Tuesday, a day in which the Exchange's systems did not perform well and some people had difficulty completing their trades.




  • Võru, Estonia
    Wednesday Oct 21, 1987
    Dissolution of the Soviet Union

    Showing the national tricolor flag

    Võru, Estonia
    Wednesday Oct 21, 1987

    On October 21, a demonstration dedicated to those who gave their lives in the 1918–1920 Estonian War of Independence took place in Võru, which culminated in a conflict with the militia. For the first time in years, the blue, black, and white national tricolor was publicly displayed.




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