Fait général: 6987 is a number for which we're missing a fact (submit one to numbersapi at google mail!).
Fait mathématique: 6987 is the number of digits of the 26^{th} Mersenne prime.
Culture générale: 6987 is an unremarkable number.
Date historique: February 16th is the day in 1934 that the Austrian Civil War ends with the defeat of the Social Democrats and the Republican Schutzbund.