May 1987

Tuesday 05:

Iran-Contra affair: Start of Congressional televised hearings.

Friday 08:

The SAS ambushes and kills the Loughall Martyrs.

Saturday 09:

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

Monday 11:

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

Sunday 17:

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.

Thursday 28:

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