The temperature on May 31, 1987 was between 8.7 °C and 16.8 °C and averaged 13.3 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (4%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 4, 1986 to Tuesday, November 7, 1989 the cabinet Lubbers II, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
June 11 » Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
July 29 » Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
October 1 » The 5.9 Mw Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley with a Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing eight and injuring 200.
October 6 » Fiji becomes a republic.
October 7 » Sikh nationalists declare the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
October 19 » Black Monday: The Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points.
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