1987

1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1987th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 987th year of the 2nd millennium, the 87th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1980s decade.

From top left, clockwise: the MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium , killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport , killing everyone except a little girl; the King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator flashes-over ; the MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker , drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines , killing 1,036; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw , taking the lives of all aboard; the USS Stark is struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf ; U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous speech , demanding that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall .
Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday