* 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 ).

IKEA further expanded in the 1980s, opening stores in France & Spain ( 1981 ), Belgium ( 1984 ), the United States ( 1985 ), the United Kingdom ( 1987 ) and Italy ( 1989 ) among other areas.

Combat returned to Beirut in 1987, with Palestinians, leftists, and Druze fighters allied against Amal, eventually drawing further Syrian intervention.

After the discovery of Lindow Man, there were no further archaeological excavations at Lindow Moss until 1987.

" As a result of the large-scale activities surrounding the Harmonic Convergence in 1987, the American mass-media further popularised the term as a label for the alternative spiritual subculture, including practices such as meditation, channeling, crystal healing, astral projection, psychic experience, holistic health, simple living, and environmentalism ; or belief in phenomena such as Earth mysteries, ancient astronauts, extraterrestrial life, unidentified flying objects, crop circles, and reincarnation.

The television series Star Trek: The Next Generation ( 1987 ) began a torrent of new SF shows, including three further Star Trek spin-off shows and Babylon 5.

British Petroleum, privatised in 1987, was officially nationalised in 1951, and there was further government intervention during the 1974 – 79 Labour Government Anthony Crosland said that in 1956, 25 per cent of British industry was nationalised, and that public employees, including those in nationalised industries, constituted a similar percentage of the country's total employed population.

After a phase of steadiness during the early 1980s, the population grew further from 8. 3 to 8. 8 million during 1987 to 1997, followed by another phase of stagnation ( followed by another growth phase from 8. 8 to 9. 3 million over 2004 to 2010 ).

He was elected unopposed at further elections in 1983 and 1987.

Carol P. Christ used the term in 1987, and further defined thealogy in her 2002 essay, " Feminist theology as post-traditional thealogy ," as " the reflection on the meaning of the Goddess " ( p79 ).

" The Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality ( TUMAS ) was formed in 1987 to further the pro-life ministry in the United Methodist Church.

In 1987, Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to go further than a nuclear freeze.

It was originally published independently by Hans Moravec in 1987 and Bruno Marchal in 1988 and was independently developed further by Max Tegmark in 1998.

In a study in Munich 1987 – 1988 by Hans-Dieter Betz and other scientists, 500 dowsers were initially tested for their " skill " and the experimenters selected the best 43 among them for further tests.

Since 1987 it has formed one of the country's 13 regions and is further ( since the Kallikratis reform of 2010 ) sub-divided into 5 regional units and 25 municipalities.

Those responsibilities include dam safety under the National Dam Safety Program Act ; disaster assistance under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act ; earthquake hazards reduction under the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 and further expanded by Executive Order 12699, regarding safety requirements for federal buildings and Executive Order 12941, concerning the need for cost estimates to seismically retrofit federal buildings ; emergency food and shelter under the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 ; hazardous materials, under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 ;

On 1 September 1987 the UK added the usual 40 frequencies ( 26. 965 – 27. 405 MHz ) used worldwide, for a total of 80 channels at 27 MHz ; antenna regulations were further relaxed, and the 934 MHz band was withdrawn in 1998.

This article, along with further criticisms of Sargent's work from Adrian Parker and Nils Wiklund remained unpublished until 1987 but were well known in parapsychological circles.

Children of God ( 1987 ) further expanded Jarboe's role, acting as a foil to Michael Gira's tales of suffering, torture, and humiliation.

In the course of further expansion, in 1987 Delft Top Tech institute was established, which provided a professional master education in management for people working in the technology-related companies.

Three days later, on October 4, 1987, at 3: 59 a. m., a major aftershock measuring 5. 2 occurred, causing further damage.

The rerouting of U. S. Highway 277 in 1987 was expected to bring a further decline, but the population was not significantly impacted by the change.

By 1987 further extensions brought the line to a newly-constructed halt at Holywell and later to Stoneacre Loop.

Its fantail was destroyed during a gale in 1987, and during further restoration, which was completed in 2004, new sails were fitted, but with no shutters or the spider mechanism which operates them.

From 1968 on, the Series I XJ saw minor changes, first in 1973 ( to Series II ), 1979 ( Series III ), a complete redesign for 1986 / 1987 in XJ40, further modifications in 1995 ( X300 ), in 1997 with V8-power ( X308 ), and a major advance in 2003 with an industry-first aluminium monocoque-chassis ( X350 ).

Minor clashes had been occurring since 1987, and when the scale of unrest grew, Hu responded with the deployment of some 1, 700 People's Armed Police into Lhasa in February 1989 in an attempt to warn against further disturbance.