January 2 » American statesman and diplomat John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China.
March 13 » British forces occupy Bloemfontein, Orange Free State, during the Second Boer War.
April 2 » The United States Congress passes the Foraker Act, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 9 » Indian nationalist Birsa Munda dies of cholera in a British prison.
July 2 » Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus.
Day of death April 15, 1987
The temperature on April 15, 1987 was between 4.2 °C and 15.4 °C and averaged 8.8 °C. There was 4.9 hours of sunshine (35%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west. 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.
March 19 » Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.
March 20 » The Food and Drug Administration approves the anti-AIDS drug, AZT.
May 17 » Iran–Iraq War: An Iraqi Dassault Mirage F1 fighter jet fires two missiles into the U.S. Navy warship USSStark, killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.
June 28 » For the first time in military history, a civilian population is targeted for chemical attack when Iraqi warplanes bombed the Iranian town of Sardasht.
October 19 » The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf.
December 22 » In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.
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