Monday, October 20, 2008

1987: November

November 7 - Zine El Abidine Ben Ali assumed the Presidency of Tunisia.
November 8 - Enniskillen bombing: Eleven people killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb at a Remembrance Day service at Enniskillen.
November 17 - Gulf of Alaska Tsunami.
November 18 - The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31.
November 18 - Iran-Contra affair: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
November 25 - Category 5 Typhoon Nina smashes the Philippines with 165 miles per hour (266 km/h) winds and devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 1,036 deaths.
November 29 - Korean Air Flight 858 is blown up over the Andaman Sea, killing 115 crew and passengers (North Korean agents are suspected).

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