Unix Timestamp: 554169600
Saturday, July 25. 1987, 12:00:00 AM UTC

Four hundred Iranian pilgrims are killed in clashes with Saudi Arabian security forces in Mecca.

An 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.

The East Lancashire Railway, a heritage railway in the North West of England, is opened between Bury and Ramsbottom.

Docklands Light Railway in London, the first driverless railway in Great Britain, is formally opened by Elizabeth II.

The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to fairly present controversial issues.

The World Commission on Environment and Development, also known as the Brundtland Commission, publishes its report, "Our Common Future."