Video: 'Wall Street' trailer
(Friday, December 11, 1987; 12 noon EST) — Wall Street, an American drama film about a high-rolling corporate raider who is idolized by young-and-hungry broker, opened today at Criterion Center theater in New York City. Continue reading ‘Wall Street’ opens in New York City 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 13 1987)
Video: 'The Palestinian uprising in December 1987'
(Wednesday, December 9, 1987) — The First Palestinian Intifada, or uprising, began today when riots broke out in Gaza and spread to the West Bank after an Israeli Defense Forces’ (IDF) truck collided with a civilian car in the Jabalia refugee camp, killing four Palestinians. Continue reading First Palestinian Intifada begins in Gaza 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 9 1987)
Video: 'President Reagan: Signing of the INF Treaty with Premier Gorbachev, December 8, 1987'
(Tuesday, December 8, 1987, 1:45 p.m. EST; during the Washington Summit, part of the Cold War) — With fervent calls for a new era of peaceful understanding, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), the first treaty reducing the size of their nations’ nuclear arsenals, today at the White House. Continue reading Reagan, Gorbachev sign missile treaty 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 8 1987)
Video: 'Mayday Air Crash Investigation S11E010 I'm The Problem Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771'
(Monday, December 7, 1987, 4:16 p.m. PST) — All 43 passengers and crew aboard Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 were killed today when David A. Burke, a disgruntled former employee of USAir, the parent company of PSA, apparently opened fire on five people, including the two pilots, causing the San Francisco-bound plane to crash near Cayucos, California. Continue reading 43 killed in murder–suicide jetliner crash 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 7 1987)
(Saturday, December 5, 1987) — “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” by Belinda Carlisle peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Heaven Is a Place on Earth’ by Belinda Carlisle peaks at #1 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 5 1987)
(Saturday, December 5, 1987) — “We’ll Be Together” by Sting peaked at #7 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘We’ll Be Together’ by Sting peaks at #7 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 5 1987)
(Saturday, December 5, 1987) — “The One I Love” by R.E.M. peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘The One I Love’ by R.E.M. peaks at #9 in USA 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 5 1987)
(Tuesday, December 1, 1987, 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — Twelve Presidential candidates brought a foretaste of the 1988 general election campaign into the nation’s living rooms tonight with a debate that emphasized party differences on foreign policy far more than distinctions among individual candidates (click here to watch the full debate).
Video: 'Moonstruck' trailer
(Tuesday, December 1, 1987) — Moonstruck, an American romantic comedy film about an engaged woman who falls for her fiance’s brother, premiered tonight at the American Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Continue reading ‘Moonstruck’ premieres in New York City 30 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 1 1987)
Video: '1987, the North Korean Spy who blew up a plane, Korean Air Flight 858'
(Sunday, November 29, 1987, 2:05 p.m. KST) — Korean Air Flight 858, a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea, exploded in mid-air today upon the detonation of a bomb planted inside an overhead storage bin in the airplane’s passenger cabin by North Korean agents. Continue reading North Korean agents blow up South Korean airliner in mid-flight 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 29 1987)
