At the beginning of this year , the Archbishop of Canterbury 's envoy Terry Waite was kidnapped in Lebanon and remained a hostage until 1991 . The major political event of this year was the re-election of Margaret Thatcher in June , making her the longest continuously-serving Prime Minister since Lord Liverpool in the early 19th century . The year was also marked by a number of disasters : the sinking of the ferry , the Hungerford massacre , the " Great Storm " , the Remembrance Day Bombing and the King 's Cross fire
Hungerford massacre
Hungerford massacre
1987 in the United Kingdom