Telethon
Sep 1 Jerry Lewis' 21st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $34,096,733
Album Release
Sep 1 Paul McCartney releases "Press to Play" album
- Sep 1 Henri Debehogne discovers asteroid #8265 La Silla
- Sep 2 Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi
- 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
- Sep 4 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
Video Music Awards
Sep 5 3rd MTV Video Music Awards: Whitney Houston wins
Music Concert
Sep 6 300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Streisand's benefit concert
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
Historic Event
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 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
- 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
- Sep 8 Westinghouse sells background music company Muzak to the Fields Company of Chicago
Historic Event
Sep 8 "The Oprah Winfrey Show" is first broadcast nationally
Historic Event
Sep 11 Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak receives Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres
- Sep 11 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 11 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded
- Sep 12 240.49 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
- Sep 12 Twins fire manager Ray Miller & replace him with coach Tom Kelly
- Sep 12 US professor Joseph Cicippio is kidnapped & held hostage in Beirut
- Sep 12 Limited U.S. premiere of film adaptation of Marsha Norman's play "'Night, Mother"
Film & TV History
Sep 12 "Blue Velvet" directed by David Lynch, Starring Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan and Dennis Hopper debuts in Toronto
Baseball Event
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 Saskatchewan & Hamilton play 1st CFL regular-season overtime game
- Sep 14 CBS premiere of true life "The Last Days of Patton"
- 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
Sports History
Sep 18 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
Film Premiere
Sep 19 3-D short film "Captain EO" with Michael Jackson premieres at Disney theme parks
Emmy Awards
Sep 21 38th Emmy Awards: "The Golden Girls", "Cagney & Lacey" and Michael J. Fox win
- Sep 21 NY Jets beat Miami Dolphins 51-45 in OT; record 884 passing yards
- Sep 21 New Orleans Saints Mel Gray returns kickoff 101 yards for a touchdown
- Sep 21 SD Padre Jimmy Jones pitches 1-hitter in his major league debut
- 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 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
- Sep 23 Astro Jim Deshaies strikes out 1st 8 Dodger of game (ends with 10)
- Sep 23 Congress selects the rose as US national flower
- Sep 25 Antonin Scalia appointed to US Supreme Court
- Sep 25 Houston Astro Mike Scott no-hits SF Giants, 2-0
- Sep 26 Antonin Scalia, sworn in as US Supreme Court Justice
- 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
Film & TV History
Sep 26 Bobby (Patrick Duffy) returns to TV show "Dallas", his death is attributed to his wife Pam's bad dream (erases all of last season)
- Sep 27 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
- Sep 27 "Give Me Wings" single released by Michael Johnson (Billboard Song of the Year 1987)
- Sep 28 Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)
- Sep 28 Tight end Brian Foster of RI catches NCAA record 18 passes for 327 yds
- 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 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 USSR releases American journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges
- Sep 29 NBC true life drama "Adam: His Song Continues" premieres, sequel to "Adam" (1983)
- Sep 30 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
- Sep 30 US releases Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
- Sep 30 Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy