Spectacular landing by West German amateur pilot Matthias Rust in a Cessna in Moscow’s Red Square. He has been able to fly from Finland through 800 kilometres of Soviet airspace without hindrance.more
Meeting of party leaders from the Warsaw Pact states in East Berlin. For the first time, a statement on the military doctrine of the Warsaw Pact is issued, which publicly declares that the military alliance is solely defensive in nature. The Soviet party and state leader Mikhail Gorbachev intends it to underline the fact that his disarmament policies are meant seriously.
A brotherly kiss as greeting: Mikhail Gorbachev and Erich Honecker on 27 May (1987 Photo: Herbert Proepper/akg-images/AP 1RD-385-F1987-5)