1/20/1987 8:42PM 41n19 72w40 Van spins off icy road into river, IV: 2

3/5/1987 9:01:01AM 24N29 70W25 Chile earthquake (5.5 Richter), IV: 2

3/6/1987 4:10:45AM 00N13 77W46 Equador earthquake (6.8 Richter), IV: 2

3/6/1987 6:46PM 51N20 3E13 British ferry capsizes, 543 on board, IV: 2
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5/19/1987 11:00PM 40N40 73W59 11-year-old boy killed by polar bears in NY zoo, IV: 2

5/23/1987 1:00AM 31N02 103W39 Tornado strikes Texas town, 30 killed, IV: 2

8/17/1987 00:46AM 42N13 83W24 Jetliner crashes after take-off in Detroit, of 147 on board only a 4-year-old girl survives, IV: 3

9/15/1987 4:22AM Lunar standstill, Moon at highest declination in current 18.6-year cycle, IV: 3

9/16/1987 11:45AM 40N38 73W56 Collapse of escalator step in office building, woman on it killed, IV: 3

9/17/1987 11:20AM 45N22 75W54 Launch of first powered plane without on-board energy source, IV: 3

9/26/1987 7:30PM 6N15 75W35 Avalanche of mud and rock in Columbia, over 120 killed, IV: 3

10/1/1987 2:42PM 33N58 118W03 Los Angeles earthquake (6.1 Richter), 6 killed, IV: 3

10/4/1987 3:10AM 38N54 77W01 Free trade between US and Canada agreed, IV: 3

10/4/1987 10:59AM 33N58 118W03 Most powerful of aftershocks to 10/1/1987 quake (5.5 Richter), IV: 3

10/12/1987 4:30PM 40N59 93W12 Passenger train derailed, over 80 injured, IV: 3

10/15/1987 6:30PM 40N00 9E10 Airliner crashes in Italian alps, 37 killed, IV: 3

10/15/1987 11:20PM 51N33 0E43 Hurricane Ethelred, the worst storm in decades hits England, IV: 3

10/19/1987 1:30PM 40N42 74W01 Black Monday, start of trading on NY stock exchange on day of its largest percent loss, IV: 3

10/20/1987 1:15PM 39N46 86W09 Airforce jet crashes into Indianapolis hotel, 9 killed, IV: 3

11/8/1987 10:45AM 54N21 7W38 IRA bomb explodes at memorial service, 11 killed, IV: 3

11/9/1987 12:00PM 6N56 79E51 Bomb explodes in busy Sri Lankan bus station, 32 killed, IV: 3

11/15/1987 9:16PM 39N45 105W00 DC-9 crashes on take-off, 19 killed, V: 1

11/18/1987 7:50PM 51N32 0W07 Fire in busy London underground station, 35 killed, V: 1

11/25/1987 03:00AM 12N40 124E00 Typhoon Nina hits Philippines, 14-thousand homes destroyed, approx. thousand killed, V: 1

11/27/1987 8:40PM 33N08 35E36 Arab one-man guerrilla attack from motorized hang glider on Israel village, 7 killed, V: 1

11/30/1987 8:23PM 59N00 142W00 Alaskan earthquake (7.4 Richter), V: 1

12/20/1987 2:00PM 13N30 121E05 Passenger ferry collides with oil tanker, 1,500-3,000 people missing, V: 1

12/28/1987 5:40AM 30N25 87W13 DC-9 cracked open on landing, no injuries, V: 1

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