Editing 1987 (section)

=== February ===
* [[February 6]] – The Soviet oil tanker [[Antonio Gramsci (ship)|''Antonio Gramsci'']] suffers a minor shipwreck in [[Finland|Finnish]] waters en route to the [[Neste]] oil refinery in [[Porvoo]], resulting in an oil spill of approximately 570–650 tons.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9444130 | title = Neuvostotankkerin karilleajosta 30 vuotta – Antonio Gramsci paljasti Suomen öljytorjunnan heikkoudet | website = [[Yle]] | date = 2017-02-06 | access-date = 2021-11-04 }}</ref>
* [[February 11]]
** [[British Airways]] is privatised and listed on the [[London Stock Exchange]].
** The new [[Constitution of the Philippines]] goes into effect. This new constitution adds Spanish and Arabic as optional languages of the Philippines.
* [[February 20]] – A second [[Unabomber]] bomb explodes at a [[Salt Lake City]] computer store in the United States, injuring the owner.
* [[February 23]] – [[SN 1987A]], the first "naked-eye" [[supernova]] since [[1604]], is observed.
* [[February 25]] 
** Beginning of the [[Phosphorite War]] protest movement in the [[Estonian SSR]].
** The U.S. [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] rules in ''United States v. Paradise'' that [[affirmative action]] is lawful if the organization in question has a history of pervasive racial discrimination in hiring practices; in this case, police departments in the state of [[Alabama]]. Justice [[William J. Brennan Jr.|William J. Brennan, Jr.]] rules that the government is "justified by a compelling governmental interest in eradicating the Department's pervasive, systematic, and obstinate discriminatory exclusion of blacks."<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States v. Paradise, 480 U.S. 149 (1987) |url=https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/480/149/ |website=Justia U.S. Law}}</ref>
* [[February 26]] – [[Iran–Contra affair]]: The [[Tower Commission]] rebukes U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] for not controlling his [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]] staff.
* [[February 28]] – A [[Rüppell's vulture]] chick is hatched at the [[Milwaukee County Zoo]], the first time the animal has been successfully bred in North America.<ref name=":0" />