Editing 1987 (section)

=== November ===
[[File:KingsXfire.jpg|thumb|75px|[[November 18]]: [[King's Cross St Pancras tube station]] catches fire]]
* [[November 1]] – The [[InterCity 125]] breaks the world speed record for a diesel-powered train, reaching 238&nbsp;km/h (147.88&nbsp;mph).<ref>{{cite news | first=Russell | last=Hollowood | title=The little train that could |date=16 March 2006 |work=BBC News |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4812304.stm |access-date = 7 April 2008 |location= London}}</ref>
* [[November 7]]
** [[Zine El Abidine Ben Ali]] assumes the [[Presidency of Tunisia]].
** The [[Soviet Union]] celebrates the 70th Anniversary of The [[October Revolution Day|October Revolution]] with a Parade on [[Moscow]]'s [[Red Square]].
** [[Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore)|Mass Rapid Transit]] (MRT) system in [[Singapore]] opens for passenger service.<ref>{{cite news |title=MRT: Set to roll |url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19871106-1.2.38.1 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |date=6 November 1987 |page=20}}</ref> 
* [[November 8]] – [[Enniskillen bombing]]: Twelve people are killed by a [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb at a [[Remembrance Day]] service at [[Enniskillen]].
* [[November 12]] – The first [[Kentucky Fried Chicken]] restaurant in [[Mainland China]] opens in Beijing, near [[Tiananmen Square]].
* [[November 15]] – In [[Brașov]], [[Romania]], [[Brașov Rebellion|workers rebel]] against the communist regime led by [[Nicolae Ceaușescu]].
* [[November 16]] – The [[Parlatino]] Treaty of Institutionalization is signed.
* [[November 17]] – A [[tsunami]] hits the [[Gulf of Alaska]].
* [[November 18]]
** The [[King's Cross fire]] on the [[London Underground]] kills 31 people and injures a further 100.
** [[Iran–Contra affair]]: U.S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President [[Ronald Reagan]] with 'ultimate responsibility' for the affair.
* [[November 22]] – [[Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion]] – unknown perpetrators hijack the signal of [[WGN-TV]] for about 20&nbsp;seconds, and [[WTTW]] for about 90&nbsp;seconds, and displays a video of a man in a Max Headroom mask.
* [[November 25]] – [[Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale|Category 5]] [[Typhoon Nina (1987)|Typhoon Nina]] smashes the [[Philippines]] with {{convert|265|km/h|mph}} winds and a devastating storm surge, causing destruction and 812 deaths.
* [[November 28]] – [[South African Airways Flight 295]] crashes into the Indian Ocean off [[Mauritius]], due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish.
* [[November 29]] – [[Korean Air Flight 858]] is blown up over the [[Andaman Sea]], killing 115 crew and passengers. North Korean agents are responsible for the bombing.