On This Day: U.S. ships target Iranian oil platform

Friday, October 19, 2018 - 02:01 in Health & Medicine

On Oct. 19, 1987, U.S. Navy ships bombarded an Iranian oil platform in retaliation for an attack on a U.S.-flagged ship and Iran threatened a "crushing response."

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