Editing 1987 (section)

===January===

* [[January 1]] – [[Bolivia]] reintroduces the [[Boliviano]] currency.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |editor-last=Zeleny |editor-first=Robert O. |title=A Review of the Events of 1987 |journal=The World Book Year Book |publisher=World Book, Inc. |publication-place=Chicago |issue=1988}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] – [[Chadian–Libyan conflict]] – [[Battle of Fada]]: The [[Military of Chad|Chadian army]] destroys a [[Libya]]n armoured brigade.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Kenneth Pollack|last=Pollack |first=Kenneth M.|title=Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948–1991|publisher=[[University of Nebraska Press]]|year=2002|isbn=0-8032-3733-2 |pages=391–2}}</ref>
* [[January 3]] – Afghan leader [[Mohammad Najibullah]] says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals.<ref name=":0" />
* [[January 4]] – 
** [[1987 Maryland train collision]]: An [[Amtrak]] train en route from Washington, D.C. to [[Boston]] collides with [[Conrail]] engines at [[Chase, Maryland]], United States, killing 16 people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR8801.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/RAR8801.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Railroad Accident Report: Rear-end Collision of Amtrak Passenger Train 94, The Colonial and Consolidated Rail Corporation Freight Train ENS-121, on the Northeast Corridor, Chase, Maryland, January 4, 1987 |date=January 25, 1988 |publisher=[[National Transportation Safety Board]] |access-date=February 10, 2018}}</ref>
** Televangelist [[Oral Roberts]] announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Associated Press |date=March 31, 1987 |title=Roberts Seeks More Pledges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/31/us/roberts-seeks-more-pledges.html?searchResultPosition=8 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
* [[January 15]] – [[Hu Yaobang]], [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party]], is forced into retirement by political conservatives.
* [[January 16]] – [[León Febres Cordero]], [[president of Ecuador]], is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned general [[Frank Vargas Pazzos|Frank Vargas]], who successfully demand the latter's release.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/12/16/obituarios/1229386285.html/ |title=León Febres Cordero, ex presidente de Ecuador |last=Ayala Samaniego |first=Maggy |date=2008-12-16 |work=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |access-date=2019-12-12 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] – The [[Jumalan teatteri]] ("The theatre of God") theatre students' group cause a huge scandal at the [[Oulu City Theatre]] in [[Oulu]], [[Finland]] by throwing excrement, eggs and yoghurt on the audience during their two-minute performance.<ref>[https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2009/12/04/paska-juttu-jumalan-teatteri-oulussa Paska juttu – Jumalan teatteri Oulussa], [[Yleisradio]]. Accessed on 11 February 2024.</ref>
* [[January 20]] – [[Terry Waite]], the special envoy of the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] in [[Lebanon]], is kidnapped in [[Beirut]] (released November [[1991]]).
* [[January 24]] – [[1987 Forsyth County protests]]: About 20,000 protestors marched in a civil rights demonstration in [[Forsyth County, Georgia]], United States.
* [[January 28]] – The [[United States]] establishes diplomatic relations with [[Mongolia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Halloran |first=Richard |date=January 28, 1987 |title="U.S. and Mongolia in Ceremony Establishing Diplomatic Relations" |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/01/28/world/us-and-mongolia-in-ceremony-establishing-diplomatic-relations.html?searchResultPosition=4 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>