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The Max Headroom signal hijacking (also known as the Max Headroom incident) was a hijacking of the television signals of two stations in Chicago, Illinois, on November 22, 1987, that briefly sent a pirate broadcast of an unidentified person wearing a Max Headroom mask and costume to thousands of home viewers.
November 6 – Florida rapist Tommy Lee Andrews is the first person to be convicted as a result of DNA fingerprinting: he is sentenced to 22 years in prison. November 18 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
1987 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.
Pages in category "November 1987 events in the United States" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
November 8 Bombing 12 63: Enniskillen, Northern Ireland: Remembrance Day bombing: PIRA Bombing targeting a group of Ulster Defence Regiment soldiers at a remembrance service for those lost in conflict. Most of the deaths were civilians. PIRA: The Troubles: December 11 Car bombing 11 88: Zaragoza, Spain 1987 Zaragoza Barracks bombing
In the year after the Berlin discotheque bombing and the U.S. response, the 1987 pilot was playing off Gaddafi's prominent negative perception by the American public. Twenty-four years later, by coincidence, Gaddafi's death (on October 20, 2011) occurred within three months of the "predicted" date and was from the same cause (multiple gunshot ...
July 14 – Montreal is hit by a series of severe thunderstorms during the Montreal Flood of 1987. July 31 – The Edmonton Tornado kills 27 people. ... November 21 ...
November. 5 – Govan Mbeki is released from custody of Apartheid government after serving 24 years in the Robben Island prison. 6 – A special constable and two civilians are killed by sniper fire in Khayelitsha. 12 – Two limpet mines explode and a third one is safely detonated by police at the Zola Municipal offices in Soweto.