Editing 1987 (section)

=== October ===
[[File:Aftermath of the Great Storm of 1987.jpg|thumb|75px|[[October 16]]: aftermath of the [[Great Storm of 1987]]]]
[[File:DJIA Black Monday 1987.svg|thumb|75px|Performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index during Black Monday, October 19]]
* [[October 3]] – The [[Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement]] is reached but still requires ratification. This agreement would be a precursor to [[North American Free Trade Agreement|NAFTA]].
* [[October 6]] – [[Fiji]] becomes a republic.
* [[October 7]] 
** [[Sikh]] nationalists declare the independence of [[Khalistan]] from India.
** The U.S. [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] announces new guidelines for teaching about [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] in public schools, emphasizing the importance of [[Abstinence-only sex education|abstinence]] and "appropriate moral and social conduct."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Boffey |first=Philip |date=October 7, 1987 |title=U.S. AIDS Guide for Schools Stresses Abstinence |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/07/us/us-aids-guide-for-schools-stresses-abstinence.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] – [[Muammar Gaddafi|Gaddafi]] announces that [[Algeria]] and [[Libya]] have "agreed in principle" to a proposed union of the two states, which Gaddafi suggests should be named "Algibya."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sciolino |first=Elaine |date=October 8, 1987 |title=Libya Says Political Treaty with Algeria is Near |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/08/world/libya-says-political-treaty-with-algeria-is-near.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[October 8]]–[[November 8]] – The [[1987 Cricket World Cup]] is held in India and Pakistan with Australia defeating England in the final.
* [[October 15]] – In [[Burkina Faso]], a [[1987 Burkinabé coup d'état|military coup]] is orchestrated by [[Blaise Compaoré]] against incumbent President [[Thomas Sankara]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/10/16/world/burkino-faso-leader-ousted-in-coup-led-by-chief-adviser.html|title=Burkino Faso Leader Ousted In Coup Led by Chief Adviser|date=16 October 1987|work=The New York Times|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
* [[October 15]]–[[October 16|16]] – The [[Great storm of 1987]] strikes southern Great Britain and northwestern France. It is one of the strongest storms to affect the region in the past 200 years. 
* [[October 19]]
** [[Black Monday (1987)|Black Monday]]: Stock market levels fall sharply on Wall Street and around the world.
** US warships [[Operation Nimble Archer|destroy two Iranian oil platforms]] in the [[Persian Gulf]].
** Two commuter trains [[1987 Bintaro train crash|collide]] head-on on the outskirts of [[Jakarta]], [[Indonesia]]; 102 are killed.
* [[October 22]] – The pilot of a [[BAE Harrier II|British Aerospace BAE Harrier GR5]] registered ZD325 accidentally ejects from his aircraft. The jet continues to fly until it [[fuel exhaustion|runs out of fuel]] and crashes into the [[Irish Sea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pprune.org/archive/index.php/t-182748.html|title=Accidental and fatal ejection over southern England [Archive] – PPRuNe Forums|work=pprune.org}}</ref>
* [[October 23]]
** British champion [[jockey]] [[Lester Piggott]] is jailed for three years after being convicted of [[tax evasion]].
** On a vote of 58–42, the [[United States Senate]] rejects President Ronald Reagan's [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court]].