April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
June 16 » A treaty annexing the Republic of Hawaii to the United States is signed; the Republic would not be dissolved until a year later.
July 2 » British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
December 30 » The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.
Day of death August 2, 1987
The temperature on August 2, 1987 was between 10.0 °C and 18.6 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 3.1 hours of sunshine (20%). 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.
January 22 » Philippine security forces open fire on a crowd of 10,000–15,000 demonstrators at Malacañang Palace, Manila, killing 13.
June 8 » New Zealand's Labour government establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.
July 24 » US supertanker SSBridgeton collides with mines laid by IRGC causing a 43-square-meter dent in the body of the oil tanker.
November 15 » In Brașov, Romania, workers rebel against the communist regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu.
November 22 » Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom.
November 29 » North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.
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