December 1987

Tuesday 01:

NASA announces the names of four companies who were awarded contracts to help build Space Station Freedom.

Tuesday 08:

1987 - Gunman Frank Vitovic shoots nine people dead and wounds five others at the Australia Post Building, Queen Street, Melbourne. Vitovic then kills himself by plunging five stories to his death.

Wednesday 09:

The First Intifada begins in the Gaza Strip and West Bank

Monday 21:

The passenger ferry Doña Paz sinks after colliding with the oil tanker Vector 1.

Thursday 24:

Japanese legendary rock band BOØWY declares their breakup at the Shibuya Kokaido.

Tuesday 29:

Yuri Romanenko of USSR remained in space for 326 days and came back to Earth on this day that year.