May 1987

Tuesday 05:

Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings.

The SAS ambushes and kills the Loughall Martyrs.

In Brussels, Belgium, Johnny Logan wins the thirty-second Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Hold Me Now".

The first heart-lung transplant takes place (Baltimore, Maryland).

Iran-Iraq War: The USS Stark (FFG-31) is struck by a missile from an Iraqi Mirage fighter killing 37 and injuring 21 of her crew.

A robot probe finds the wreckage of the USS Monitor near Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

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