Events 601 - 800 of 841
- Sep 10 Bryan O'Connor named chairman of Space Flight Safety Panel
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 1st rap group to hit top 10 (Raisin' 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
- Oct 1 President Carter's presidential library/museum dedicated in Atlanta
- Oct 1 New Zealand's Labour Government introduces a Goods and Services Tax (GST), adding 10% to the cost of most goods and services
Historic Publication
Oct 1 Canadian children's author Robert Munsch publishes "Love You Forever"
- Oct 2 Astros starter Mike Scott finishes MLB regular season with 306 strikeouts with 8 in a 2-1 win in San Francisco; 3rd NL pitcher to reach 300 in a season
Baseball Record
Oct 2 New York Mets' Dwight Gooden becomes first pitcher to collect 200 strikeouts in each of his first 3 seasons when he records 7 in 8-2 win v Pittsburgh Pirates
Assassination Attempt
Oct 2 Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
Baseball Record
Oct 4 NY Yankees closer Dave Righetti saves both doubleheader games at Fenway Park for 5-3 and 3-1 wins v Boston; Righetti's MLB record 46th save
- Oct 4 Queen Beatrice installs dam at Oosterschelde
- Oct 4 Rachel Oliver (Mass), 20, crowned 19th Miss Black America
- Oct 5 London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms
- Oct 5 Rams running back Eric Dickerson runs for an NFL overtime record 42-yard touchdown as LA defeats Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 26-20 at Anaheim Stadium
- Oct 6 Russian nuclear sub K291 sinks in Atlantic Ocean
- Oct 7 First edition of new British newspaper "Independent" published
Sports History
Oct 7 Steve Yzerman is named captain of the Detroit Red Wings, a title he would hold for over 1,300 games
Music Premiere
Oct 9 Stage musical "Phantom of the Opera" premieres in London, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and starring Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman; runs for 13,629 performances
Sports History
Oct 9 Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, becomes the 12th NHLer to score 500 goals
- Oct 9 Senate convicted US District Judge Harry E Claiborne making him 5th federal official to be removed from office through impeachment
Television Premiere
Oct 9 "The Late Show with Joan Rivers" premieres on Fox, first woman to host a US late-night TV talk show
- Oct 10 7.5 Earthquake strikes San Salvador, El Salvador
Historic Event
Oct 10 Shimon Peres resigns as Prime Minister of Israel
Reagan and Gorbachev
Oct 11 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
- Oct 12 California Angels within 1 pitch of pennant victory lose to Red Sox
Historic Event
Oct 12 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, visit the People's Republic of China
Music Awards
Oct 13 20th Country Music Association Award: Reba McEntire wins
Nobel Prize
Oct 14 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Auschwitz survivor Elie Wiesel, for his efforts to ensure the Holocaust was remembered
- Oct 14 Tim Kides of West NY, NJ performs 25,000 leg raises in 11:57:15
- Oct 15 Longest post season game, Mets beat Astros 7-6 in 16 & win NL pennant
- Oct 15 MLB National League Championship: New York Mets beat Houston Astros, 4 games to 2
- Oct 15 MLB American League Championship: Boston Red Sox beat California Angels, 4 games to 3
- Oct 16 "Raggedy Ann" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 5 performances
- Oct 16 Armand Hammer returns to US with Jewish refusenik David Goldfarb
Historic Event
Oct 16 US government shuts down due to disputes between President Reagan and the House
- Oct 16 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Nobel Prize
Oct 16 Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright and poet, becomes the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Oct 17 US Senate approved immigration bill prohibiting hiring of illegal aliens & offered amnesty to illegals who entered prior to 1982
Historic Event
Oct 17 Yitzhak Rabin forms Israeli government
Sports History
Oct 19 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in all test cricket (v India, Bombay)
- Oct 19 USSR expels five US diplomats
- Oct 20 Tupolev-134 crashes in Southern Africa
- Oct 21 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI v Young WI
- Oct 21 Hugh Whitemore's "Breaking the Code" premieres in London
- Oct 21 IBM re-forms in South Africa
- Oct 21 Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US
- Oct 21 American writer Edward Tracy kidnapped in Beirut
- Oct 22 John Forster and Lee Holdridge's musical "Into the Light", starring Dean Jones opens at Neil Simon Theater, NYC ; runs for 6 performances
Historic Event
Oct 23 Artist Keith Haring commissioned to paint a mural on the Berlin wall by Checkpoint Charlie Museum 300 metres long
- Oct 24 Dodgers' Bill Russell, 38, announces his retirement
- Oct 24 Great Britain drops diplomatic relations with Syria
- Oct 25 International Red Cross ousted from South Africa
- Oct 25 Michael Sergio Parachutes into Shea Stadium during game 6 of WS
- Oct 25 Trailing 5-3 with 2 out & no one on in bottom of 10th, NY rallies to win Game 6 of the World Series, 6-5, Bill Buckner misplays a ball
- Oct 26 "Into the Light" closes at Neil Simon Theater NYC after 6 performances
Sports History
Oct 26 French McLaren driver Alain Prost retains his Formula 1 World Drivers Championship with victory in season ending Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide; wins title by 2 points from Nigel Mansell
- Oct 27 Baseball World Series: NY Mets win their second title; beat Boston Red Sox, 8-5 at Shea Stadium for 4 games to 3 series win; MVP: Mets infielder Ray Knight
Music Single
Oct 27 Paul McCartney releases single "Pretty Little Head"
- Oct 27 British government deregulates financial markets in a "Big Bang", enhancing London's status as a financial capital while increasing income inequality
- Oct 28 Stanley E. Hubbard's KOB sells the company's Albuquerque, New Mexico radio stations, KOB-AM and KOB-FM, the stations change their call signs to KKOB
Statue of Liberty
Oct 28 The centennial of the Statue of Liberty's dedication is celebrated in New York Harbor
'Splendid Achievement' becomes the 'Road To Hell'
Oct 29 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher opens the final stretch of London's Orbital Motorway, the M25. Then the world’s longest ring road at 117 miles (188.3 km).
New York City Marathon
Nov 2 New York City Marathon: Grete Waitz of Norway wins her 8th NYC event in 2:28:06; Gianni Poli of Italy, men's champion in 2:11:06
- Nov 2 Ayako Okamoto wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship
Sports History
Nov 2 German tennis star Boris Becker wins his third tournament in 3 weeks in different continents; beats Sergio Casal of Spain 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 in the final of the Paris Open after victories in Japan and Australia
Album Release
Nov 3 John Lennon "Menlove Avenue" album released posthumously
- Nov 3 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret US arms sales to Iran
- Nov 3 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
- Nov 6 Houston's Mike Scott (18-10) wins NL Cy Young
- Nov 6 President Reagan signs landmark immigration reform bill
- Nov 6 Rev Donald Wildmon begins a campaign against Howard Stern
- Nov 6 "Just Like the First Time" second studio album by Freddie Jackson is released (Billboard Album of the Year 1987)
- Nov 8 "Song & Dance" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 474 performances
- Nov 9 Pakistan all out for 77 v West Indies at Lahore
- Nov 10 Bangladeshi Constitution restored
Album Release
Nov 10 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band "Live/1975-85", a 5 LP box set of concert recordings
Sports History
Nov 12 Roger Clemens wins AL Cy Young Award unanimously
- Nov 13 Giselle Jeanne-Marie LaRonde of Trinidad, 23, crowned 36th Miss World
- Nov 13 NASA launches space vehicle S-199
- Nov 13 US President Reagan confesses weapon sales to Iran
- Nov 14 Doubleday Publishing sells NY Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon
- Nov 14 FCC issues Notice Of Apparent Liability to WYSP Philadelphia
- Nov 14 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky
Film & TV History
Nov 15 2nd time "Saturday Night Live" uses a time delay (Sam Kinison hosts)
Album Release
Nov 15 Beastie Boys release their debut album "Licensed to Ill" - 1st No. 1 rap album on Billboard charts
Sports History
Nov 16 36th NASCAR Sprint Cup: Dale Earnhardt wins
- Nov 17 "Oh Coward!" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 56 performances
- Nov 18 Roger Clemens wins AL MVP
Sports History
Nov 19 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt wins NL MVP
- Nov 19 Tina Howe's "Coastal Disturbances" premieres in NYC
- Nov 20 Afghanistan President Babrak Karmal flees
- Nov 20 World Health Organization announces first global effort to combat AIDS
- Nov 21 Central African Republic adopts constitution
- Nov 21 Suriname army leader Desi Bouterse massacres Moiwana village
Boxing Title Fight
Nov 22 20 year old Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history when he stops titleholder Trevor Berbick in round 2 at Las Vegas Hilton to earn the WBC title
Sports History
Nov 22 Edmonton Oiler Wayne Gretzky becomes the 13th NHLer to score 500 goals
Sports History
Nov 23 Second WTA Tour Championship of the year; change of tennis schedule; Martina Navratilova wins 5th straight and 8th overall title with 7–6, 6–3, 6–2 win over Steffi Graf in NYC
- Nov 25 Iran-Contra affair erupts, President Reagan reveals secret arms deal
Historic Event
Nov 25 Oliver North's secretary, Fawn Hall, smuggles documents out of his office
- Nov 26 Trial begins in Israel for John Demjanjuk, accused of being Nazi prison guard "Ivan the Terrible" at Treblinka concentration camp
- Nov 27 Europa TV, a project of five European public service broadcasters ceases operations after exhausting its budget
- Nov 28 Hilbert van der Duim skates 1 hour world record 39.4928 km
- Nov 28 US Reagan administration exceeds SALT II arms limitations for 1st time
- Nov 28 OPEC reaches oil production accord
- Nov 29 51st Iron Bowl: Auburn beats Alabama 21-17 in Birmingham
- Nov 30 "Flamenco Puro" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 40 performances
- Nov 30 CFL Grey Cup, BC Place, Vancouver: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 39-15; Al Bruno's 2nd Grey Cup win, 1st as head coach, also as a player with 1952 Toronto Argonauts
Sports History
Nov 30 American-based Czech tennis star Ivan Lendl is first player to make over $10 million in career earnings
- Dec 1 Musée d'Orsay opens in Paris
- Dec 1 Paul McCartney releases "Only Love Remains"
- Dec 2 Dow-Jones index hits record 1,955.57
- Dec 3 Chasing the West Indies 248/5, Sri Lanka is sensationally dismissed for just 55 in cricket's Champions Trophy in Sharjah; Windies pace bowler Courtney Walsh takes 5 for 1 in 4.3 overs
- Dec 4 US launches its Fleet Satellite Communications System (Fltsatcom-7)
Film & TV History
Dec 4 Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" premieres in NYC
Historic Event
Dec 7 President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees Haiti