Editing 1987 (section)

=== March ===
[[File:Herald of Free Enterprise.jpg|75px|thumb|{{MS|Herald of Free Enterprise}} before its capsizing on [[March 6]]]]
* [[March 1]] – The first [[Starbucks]] outside of the US is opened in [[Vancouver]], Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.starbucks.ca/about-us/our-heritage|title = About Us: Starbucks Coffee Company}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] – U.S. President [[Ronald Reagan]] addresses the American people on the [[Iran–Contra affair]], acknowledging that his overtures to [[Iran]] had "deteriorated" into an [[Iran–Contra affair|arms-for-hostages]] deal.
* [[March 6]] – [[Herald of Free Enterprise disaster|Zeebrugge disaster]]: [[Roll-on/roll-off]] cross-channel ferry {{MS|Herald of Free Enterprise}} capsizes off [[Zeebrugge]] harbor in Belgium; 193 people die.<ref>{{citation|last=Sheen|first=Mr Justice|title=mv Herald of Free Enterprise: Report of Court No. 8074 Formal Investigation |year=1987 |publisher=Crown Department of Transport |isbn=0-11-550828-7 |url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54c1704ce5274a15b6000025/FormalInvestigation_HeraldofFreeEnterprise-MSA1894.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/54c1704ce5274a15b6000025/FormalInvestigation_HeraldofFreeEnterprise-MSA1894.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |access-date=31 July 2018 }}</ref>
* [[March 7]] – [[1987 Lieyu massacre]]: The [[Republic of China Army]] execute 19 unarmed Vietnamese refugees on Donggang beach, [[Lieyu, Kinmen]] off [[Mainland China]].
* [[March 18]] – [[Woodstock of physics]]: A marathon session of the [[American Physical Society]]'s meeting features 51 presentations concerning the science of [[high-temperature superconductor]]s.
* [[March 20]] – [[Zidovudine|AZT]] is approved by the United States [[Food and Drug Administration]] for use in the treatment of [[HIV/AIDS]].
* [[March 24]] – Michael Eisner, CEO of [[The Walt Disney Company]], and French Prime Minister and future President of France, [[Jacques Chirac]], sign an agreement to construct the {{convert|4,800|acre|km2}} Euro Disney Resort (now called [[Disneyland Paris]]) and to develop the [[Val d'Europe]] area of the new town [[Marne-la-Vallée]] in Paris, France.
* [[March 29]]
** The World Wrestling Federation (later WWE) produces [[WrestleMania III]] from the [[Pontiac Silverdome]] in Pontiac, Michigan. The event is particularly notable for the record attendance of 93,173, the largest recorded attendance for a live indoor sporting event in North America until February 14, 2010, when the [[2010 NBA All-Star Game]] has an attendance of 108,713 at [[AT&T Stadium]]. 
** A [[Solar eclipse of March 29, 1987|hybrid solar eclipse]] is the second hybrid solar eclipse in less than one year, the first being on [[Solar eclipse of October 3, 1986|October 3, 1986]]. It is annular visible in southern [[Argentina]], [[Gabon]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Sudan]] (part of the path of annularity crossed today's [[South Sudan]]), [[Ethiopia]], [[Djibouti]] and northern [[Somalia]] and totally visible in Atlantic Ocean, lasting just 7.57 seconds.
* [[March 30]] – The [[59th Academy Awards]] take place in [[Los Angeles]], with ''[[Platoon (film)|Platoon]]'' winning Best Picture.
* [[March 31]] – [[Margaret Thatcher]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]], conducts a 45-minute interview on Soviet television.