* 1987 – All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid.

* 1987 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes after take off in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus 2 people on the ground.

In 1987, there was media speculation Clinton would enter the race after then-New York Governor Mario Cuomo declined to run and Democratic front-runner Gary Hart withdrew owing to revelations of marital infidelity.

Bulgaria's economy contracted dramatically after 1987 with the dissolution of the Comecon, with which the Bulgarian economy had integrated closely.

DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded.

The award was renamed the Jackie Robinson Award in July 1987, 40 years after Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color line.

European business schools adopted business ethics after 1987 commencing with the European Business Ethics Network ( EBEN ).

In 1987, shortly after it was decided that Charlotte would receive an expansion National Basketball Association franchise ( the Charlotte Hornets ), former NFL player Jerry Richardson met with a group of potential backers to discuss the possibility of bringing an NFL expansion team to the Carolina region.

* BLP 72 ( Brückenlegepanzer )-The East-German army had plans to develop a new bridgelayer tank that should have been ready for series production from 1987 but after several difficulties the project was canceled.

L to R: Seymour, Finn, Hester. In June 1987, a year after its release, Crowded House finally reached number one on the Kent Music Report Album Charts.

The Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1987 showed the need for preparing citizens to take care of themselves and their loved ones after a disaster.

The 1987 tournament, named the Reliance World Cup after their Indian sponsors, was held in India and Pakistan, the first time that the competition was held outside England.

Members of ARDE Frente Sur taking a smoke break after routing the FSLN garrison at El Serrano, southeast Nicaragua, 1987.

C. L. Moore died on April 4, 1987 at her home in Hollywood, California after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease.

In the 1987 season, Earnhardt earned his nickname " The Intimidator " after spinning out Elliott in the final segment of " The Winston ", a non-points event now known as the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race.

* 1987 – Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 crashes near Paso Robles, California, killing all 43 on board, after a disgruntled passenger shoots his ex-boss traveling on the flight, then shoots both pilots and himself.

However, RCA Records did not renew her contract after it expired that year, and she signed with Columbia Records in 1987.

Glen Benton, 2009 Deicide was formed in Tampa, Florida on July 21, 1987, after guitarist Brian Hoffman called Glen Benton, replying to an advertisement the latter had placed in a local music magazine.

* 1987 – History's worst peacetime sea disaster, when the passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1 in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines, killing an estimated 4, 000 people ( 1, 749 official ).

Yehonatan Shimʻon Frenḳel writes that '.. the .. Air Wing was formed after the 1987 coup, when the French provided two helicopters as part of its military aid package.

Ironically the rate of promotion of indigenous Fijian officers had been very rapid after the 1987 coup, and subsequent expansion of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces.

* The Cold Summer of 1953 ( 1987 ) about criminals being released from the gulags after Stalin's death.

The government has recovered nearly $ 22 billion under the False Claims Act between 1987 ( after the significant 1986 amendments ) and 2008.

The November 1987 elections was cancelled after troops massacred 30 – 300 voters on election day.

On 1 January 1987, the name of this municipality was officially changed from " Frobisher Bay " to " Iqaluit "-aligning official usage with the name that the Inuit population had always used ( although, many documents still referred to Iqaluit as Frobisher Bay for several years after 1987 ).

* The 1987 film Wall Street and its 2010 sequel exemplify many popular conceptions of Wall Street, being a tale of shady corporate dealings and insider trading.

In 1987, corporate raider, Paul Bilzerian, made a " greenmail " run at Singer, and ended up owning the company when no " White Knight " rescuer appeared.

* Gordon Gekko, Wall Street ( 1987 ) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ( 2010 )– The notorious " corporate raider " and greenmailer, Gordon Gekko ( played by Michael Douglas ), represents a synthesis of the worst features of various famous private equity figures.

In 1987, after being fired from Marvel, Shooter spearheaded an effort to purchase the then-floundering publisher Marvel from its corporate ownership — " buying Marvel Comics " as it were.

1971 corporate logo, used until 1986 and after the 1987 sale to GENICOM

Iacocca led Chrysler's acquisition of AMC in 1987, which brought the profitable Jeep division under the corporate umbrella.

This was the beginning of the end of the Boston & Maine corporate image, and the start of major changes, such as the labor issues which caused the strikes of 1986 and 1987, and drastic cost cutting such as the 1990 closure of B & M's Mechanicville, New York, site, the largest rail yard and shop facilities on the B & M system.

In 1987, VMI ’ s new management attempted to shift the company ’ s business from the service industry to the corporate enterprise market.

In 1987, British Airways moved its United States corporate offices to the Bulova Corporate Center, a converted watch factory in the Jackson Heights / East Elmhurst area.

In 1987, Toronto Dominion Securities Inc. was established to provide corporate, treasury and investment banking services to corporate clients.

The name derives from the fact that Costco's corporate headquarters was located in the city of Kirkland, Washington between 1987 and 1996.

1987 also was the year that the network began to change its corporate branding from TVS to SBT.

The former head office of Coles Myer ( opened in 1987 on the site of the former Toorak Drive-In Theatre ), now corporate office of Wesfarmers Coles division, is located in the south-east corner of the suburb.

Specifically, the 1987 Act ( i ) reformed and strengthened the tax provisions governing corporate mergers and acquisitions ; ( ii ) repealed the use of the “ completed contract method of accounting ” by large defense contractors ; ( iii ) limited the use of the installment sales method of accounting ; and ( iv ) reduced the deduction for dividends paid by one corporation to another ; and ( vi ) accelerated corporate estimated tax payments.

Finally, on August 31, 1987, the Chesapeake & Ohio ( still under the Chessie System entity for corporate reasons ) was merged into the CSX Transportation.

He had a major role in the 1987 action movie RoboCop as aspiring, cocaine-snorting corporate executive Bob Morton.

By late 1987 Caifanes had carved a niche for themselves as a dark contrast to the corporate pop / rock and light ballads that dominated Mexican radio and television during the 1980s.

As a result of the 1987 stock market crash, major corporate collapses including that of Connell's merchant bank Rothwells unwound some of those deals which, in turn, caused major losses to the state.

In 1987, the Hartz Mountain Industries subsidiary also completed a 24-story luxury office tower in Manhattan on Madison Avenue and 61st Street to which it relocated Stern's corporate offices, The Hartz Group.

NBC's corporate parent General Electric purchased that station in 1987, but WTVJ's affiliation contract with CBS did not run out until the end of 1988.

He continually worked his way up the corporate ladder, becoming the executive in charge of all Toyota racing engines by 1987.

Championship Wrestling from Florida ( CWF ) was the corporate and brand name of the Tampa, Florida wrestling office existing from 1961, when Eddie Graham first bought into the promotion, until 1987, when it closed down.