2nd » After the 1986 People Power Revolution, the Philippines enacts a new Constitution of the Philippines e.g constitution.
6th » Justice Mary Gaudron is appointed to the High Court of Australia, the first woman to be appointed.
16th » The trial of John Demjanjuk, accused of being a Nazism named Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp, starts in Jerusalem.
20th » Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store.
23rd » Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud.
26th » Iran–Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff.