September 1987

Wednesday 02:

In Moscow, the trial begins of 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna aircraft into Red Square in May 1987.

Friday 11:

Reggae musician Peter Tosh is murdered in his own home in Kingston.

Sunday 13:

Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and leading some to die from radiation poisoning.

Tuesday 15:

U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war.

Wednesday 16:

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion.

Monday 28:

Encounter at Farpoint, the first episode of TV show ' airs.