Editing 1987 (section)

=== July ===
* [[July 1]] – The [[Single European Act]] is passed by the [[European Community]].
* [[July 3]] – [[Greater Manchester Police]] in England recover the body of 16-year-old Pauline Reade from [[Saddleworth Moor]], after her killers [[Ian Brady]] and [[Myra Hindley]] help them in their search, almost exactly 24 years since Pauline was last seen alive.
* [[July 4]] – A court in [[Lyon]] sentences former Gestapo boss [[Klaus Barbie]] to [[life imprisonment]] for crimes against humanity.
* July 8 – A [[Delta Air Lines]] [[Lockheed L-1011 TriStar|L-1011]] strays 60 miles off course and nearly collides with a [[Continental Airlines]] [[Boeing 747|747]] over the Atlantic Ocean. The two planes are carrying nearly 600 total passengers and may have come within 100 feet of each other.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Witkin |first=Richard |date=1987-07-09 |title=2 Jets Nearly Collide Over the Atlantic |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/09/us/2-jets-nearly-collide-over-the-atlantic.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |page=15}}</ref>
* [[July 11]]
** [[1987 Australian federal election]]: [[Bob Hawke]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Hawke government|government]] is re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]] led by [[John Howard]] and the [[National Party of Australia|National Party]] led by [[Ian Sinclair]].
** [[World population]] is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the [[United Nations]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 12, 1987 |title=And Baby Makes Five Billion – U.N. Hails a Yugoslav Infant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/12/world/and-baby-makes-five-billion-un-hails-a-yugoslav-infant.html |access-date=2024-11-11 |work=The New York Times|agency=Associated Press}}</ref>
* [[July 15]] – [[Martial law in Taiwan]] ends after 38 years.
* [[July 17]] – The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] closes above the 2,500 mark for the first time, at 2,510.04.
* [[July 22]] – Palestinian cartoonist [[Naji Salim al-Ali]] is shot in London; he dies August 28.<ref name="o293">{{cite news| last=Grierson | first=Jamie | title=Police reinvestigate 1987 London murder of Palestinian cartoonist | website=the Guardian | date=2017-08-29 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/aug/29/police-reinvestigate-1987-london-of-palestinian-cartoonist-naji-salim-hussain-al-ali- | access-date=2024-12-02}}</ref>
* [[July 23]] – The [[United States Census Bureau]] reports the biggest population gains in metropolitan U.S. areas of over 1 million people since 1980: [[Phoenix metropolitan area|Phoenix]] (population increase of 26%); [[Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex|Dallas-Fort Worth]] (+25%); [[Metro Atlanta|Atlanta]] (+20%); [[Greater San Antonio|San Antonio]] (+19%) [[Tampa Bay area|Tampa-Saint Petersburg]] (+19%); [[San Diego County, California|San Diego]] (+18%); [[Sacramento metropolitan area|Sacramento]] (+17%); and [[Greater Houston|Houston]] (+17%). The largest population losses were in [[Rust Belt]] cities: [[Detroit]], [[Pittsburgh]], and [[Cleveland]].<ref name=":0" />
* [[July 25]] – The [[East Lancashire Railway]], a [[heritage railway]] in the North West of England, is opened between [[Bury, Greater Manchester|Bury]] and [[Ramsbottom]].
* [[July 27]] – [[Salvage diving|Salvage]] dives begin on the wreck of the [[Titanic]]; survivor [[Eva Hart]] likens the salvage teams to "vultures."<ref>{{Cite news |last=AP |date=July 28, 1987 |title=Titanic Survivor Sees Salvagers as 'Vultures' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/28/us/titanic-survivor-sees-salvagers-as-vultures.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[July 31]]
** Four hundred pilgrims are killed in [[1987 Mecca incident|clashes]] between demonstrating Iranian pilgrims and [[Saudi Arabia]]n security forces in [[Mecca]].
** [[Docklands Light Railway]] in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]].
** An [[Edmonton tornado|F4-rated tornado]] devastates eastern [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]]; hardest hit are an industrial park and a trailer park. 27 people are killed and hundreds injured, with hundreds more left homeless and jobless.