January 17 » The United States takes possession of Wake Island in the Pacific Ocean.
March 4 » Cyclone Mahina sweeps in north of Cooktown, Queensland, with a 12 metres (39ft) wave that reaches up to 5 kilometres (3.1mi) inland, killing over 300.
July 26 » Ulises Heureaux, the 27th President of the Dominican Republic, is assassinated.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
October 11 » The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Day of death November 13, 1987
The temperature on November 13, 1987 was between 5.3 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 6.6 °C. There was 4.4 mm of rain during 7.5 hours. There was 2.0 hours of sunshine (22%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. 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.
January 1 » The Isleta Pueblo tribe elect Verna Williamson to be their first female governor.
April 8 » Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline.
June 17 » With the death of the last individual of the species, the dusky seaside sparrow becomes extinct.
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.
July 1 » The American radio station WFAN in New York City is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station.
November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
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