Science on the 23rd of February 1987 in history

Science

Date	Type	Text
23 Feb 1987 Supernova	science	Supernova In 1987, supernova 1987A in LMC was first seen. The brightest of the twentieth century, it was the first supernova visible with the naked eye since 1604.	0
23 Feb 1987 Supernova 1987a	science	Supernova 1987a (astronomy) Supernova 1987a is observed, the first "naked-eye" supernova since 1604.	0

22nd February 1987 24th February 1987

Link to results

What happened on this day in history?

OnThisDay.net is your complete guide to find out what happened on this day in History. The front page on this site shows you a series of important happenings and you can browse them buy categories such as births, deaths, events, science, history, music, news and holidays. We have also added an anniversary tab displaying happenings deserving extra attention today. If you are missing an important happening we made it easy for you to add it to the list. Just click add event, fill out the form and your suggestion will be revised by one of our staff. Please feel free to vote on your favourite events. This will help us in our effort to display the most popular events first and make the site more interesting for the next visitor, as events with many votes eventually will be shown first.

Science on the 23rd of February 1987 in history

Like us on

Follow us on

Link to results

What happened on this day in history?