Unix Timestamp: 556156800
Monday, August 17. 1987, 12:00:00 AM UTC


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Monday, August 17, 1987

ABC News' chief Middle East correspondent Charles Glass escapes his Hezbollah kidnappers in Beirut, Lebanon, after 62 days in captivity.
Rudolf Hess is found dead in his cell in Spandau Prison. Hess, 93, is believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself with an electrical flex. He was the last remaining prisoner at the complex, which is soon demolished.
Order of the Garter is opened to women.
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