- Sep 1 Henri Debehogne discovers asteroid #8265 La Silla
Telethon
Sep 1 Jerry Lewis' 21st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $34,096,733
Press to Play
Sep 1 Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album
Music History
Sep 2 Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for drug related death of John Belushi
Film & TV History
Sep 3 Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind" premieres in London
- Sep 3 Houston Astros & Chicago Cubs use MLB record 53 players, including 17 pitchers in a 2-day 18 inning marathon; Astros win 8-7
Video Music Awards
Sep 5 3rd MTV Video Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins
- Sep 5 Hijacking of aircraft Pan Am 73 at Karachi airport, Pakistan, 20 passengers killed
- Sep 5 NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms
- Sep 5 NASA launches DoD-1 (classified Department of Defense satellite)
Music Concert
Sep 6 300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Streisand's benefit concert
- Sep 6 Attack on synagogue in Istanbul, 23 killed
- Sep 6 Jozef Pribilinec speed walking world record time (15,447k)
- Sep 6 Michael Spinks TKOs Steffen Tangstad in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
US Open Women's Tennis
Sep 6 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins her 3rd US singles title; beats Czech star Helena Suková 6-3, 6-2
- Sep 6 USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying
- Sep 7 Cleveland Browns become 1st team in NFL history to have a play reviewed by instant replay, Chicago 41, Browns 31
Sports History
Sep 7 Dan Marino throws his 100th career touchdown pass, the fastest QB in NFL history to do so
Event of Interest
Sep 7 Desmond Tutu becomes Anglican Archbishop of Capetown
Assassination Attempt
Sep 7 Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, kills 5 people
- Sep 7 NBC premiere of "The French Connection" film based TV sequel "Popeye Doyle"
US Men's Tennis Open
Sep 7 US Open Men's Tennis: In an all-Czech final Ivan Lendl retains his title; beats Miloslav Mečíř 6-4, 6-2, 6-0
Film & TV History
Sep 8 "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is first broadcast nationally
- Sep 8 Westinghouse sells background music company Muzak to the Fields Company of Chicago
- Sep 9 Minn Tommy Krammer passes for 6 touchdowns vs Green Bay (42-7)
- Sep 9 NYC jury indicts Soviet United Nations employee Gennadly Zakharov of spying
- Sep 10 Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel
- Sep 11 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffers biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded.
Event of Interest
Sep 11 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak receives Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
- Sep 11 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Film & TV History
Sep 12 "Blue Velvet" directed by David Lynch, Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan and Dennis Hopper debuts in Toronto
- Sep 12 Limited U.S. premiere of film adaptation of Marsha Norman's play "'Night, Mother"
- Sep 12 MLB Minnesota Twins fire manager Ray Miller and replace him with coach Tom Kelly
- Sep 12 US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut
- Sep 13 11th Toronto International Film Festival: "The Decline of the American Empire" directed by Denys Arcand wins the People's Choice Award
- Sep 13 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 HRs in a season
- Sep 13 Kellye Cash (Tenn), 21, crowned 60th Miss America 1987
Baseball History
Sep 14 Bo Jackson's 1st HR-a 475-foot blast (longest at Royal Stadium)
- Sep 14 Bomb attack in Paris, 2 killed
- Sep 14 Bomb explosion on airport Kimpo at Seoul, 5 killed
- Sep 14 CBS premiere of true life "The Last Days of Patton"
Sports History
Sep 14 NFL Bears running back Walter Payton scores his 100th career rushing touchdown, and gains 177 yards, surpassing 15,000-yard career plateau in 13-10 overtime win over visiting Philadelphia Eagles, at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 14 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
- Sep 15 1st broadcast of legal drama "L.A. Law" created by Steven Bochco, with ensemble cast including Corbin Bersen, Jill Eikenberry and Harry Hamlin on NBC
- Sep 15 Bomb attack in Paris, 1 dead
- Sep 16 Fire in Kinross gold mine, Transvaal South Africa, 177 killed
- Sep 17 Bomb attack in Paris, 6 killed
- Sep 17 Marina Stepanova of USSR sets 400m hurdle woman's record (52.94)
- Sep 17 Mets clinch NL East Championship
- Sep 17 US Senate confirms William Rehnquist as 16th chief justice
Cricket History
Sep 18 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
Captain EO
Sep 19 3-D short film "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres at Disney theme parks
- Sep 19 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
- Sep 19 Chicago White Sox Joe Crowley no-hits California Angels, 7-1
- Sep 19 US Federal health officials announce AZT will be available to AIDS patients
- Sep 20 Wichita State Shockers blow a 35-3 lead; lose 36-35 to Morehead State
Emmy Awards
Sep 21 38th Emmy Awards: "The Golden Girls", "Cagney & Lacey" and Michael J. Fox win
- Sep 21 Kerry GAA beat Tyrone GAA in Croke Park during the All-Ireland Football Final by 2-15 to 1-10 thus winning the championship and a three-in-a-row.
- Sep 21 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown
- Sep 21 NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards
- Sep 21 SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitches 1-hitter in his major league debut
- Sep 22 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
- Sep 22 India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
Sports History
Sep 22 LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
Film & TV History
Sep 26 Bobby Ewing (Patrick Duffy) returns to TV show "Dallas", his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of previous season)
- Sep 26 Run-DMC is the 1st rap group to hit the top 10 with "Raising Hell"
- Sep 26 William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Chief Justice of Supreme Court
- Sep 27 "Give Me Wings" single released by Michael Johnson (Billboard Song of the Year 1987)
- Sep 27 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
- Sep 28 Cleveland Browns' Gerald McNeil sets the team record for the longest punt return with an 84-yard run (and TD), Browns 24, Detroit 21
- Sep 28 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
- Sep 29 "Airwolf" TV Adventure; moves to USA
- Sep 29 "Designing Women" TV comedy, debuts on CBS
Sports History
Sep 29 Cubs Greg Maddux defeats Phillies Mike Maddux (1st rookie brothers)
- Sep 29 Indians Jay Bell is 10th to hit a HR on 1st major league pitch he sees
- Sep 29 Mary Lou Retton retires as a gymnast
- Sep 29 NBC true life drama "Adam: His Song Continues" premieres, sequel to "Adam" (1983)
- Sep 29 USSR releases American journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
- Sep 30 Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy
- Sep 30 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 30 US releases Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
Authors
Civil Rights Activists
Inventors
Kings
Revolutionaries
Scientists