1987 the start for years of smiles for Mr. Jones in Blandford.
- April 19 The Simpsons cartoon first appears as a series of shorts on
The Tracey Ullman Show.
- June 1 Nigel took over an established part
time practice located then in West Street.
- June 11 Margaret Thatcher, is re-elected for a third term at the 1987
general election.
- July 2 & 3 - Richard Branson & Per Lindstrand make first
Atlantic crossing in Hot Air balloon.
- July 31 London's DLR, the first driverless railway in Great Britain,
is opened by Queen Elizabeth.
- October 15 & 16 Great Storm of 1987: Hurricane-force winds hit
much of South England, killing 23 people.
- October 19 Black Monday Stock Market crash.
- November 1 InterCity 125 breaks world diesel powered train speed
record reaching 147.88 mph.
- November 18 The King's Cross fire on the London Underground kills 31.
- December 8 -
Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sign Nuclear Arms treaty.
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