WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER 1987
Find out what all happened September to October 1987

Jerzy Kukuczka becomes the second mountaineer to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders. (18. September 1987)

Fiji becomes a republic. (6. October 1987)

The Whittier Narrows earthquake shakes the San Gabriel Valley, registering as magnitude 5.9. (1. October 1987)

Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers & Indian Army soldiers. (11. October 1987)

The United States Navy conducts Operation Nimble Archer, an attack on two Iranian oil platforms in the Persian Gulf. (19. October 1987)

In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya. (3. September 1987)

The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from depletion. (16. September 1987)

Jaffna hospital massacre is carried out by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 70 ethnic Tamil patients, doctors and nurses. (21. October 1987)

United States Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war. (15. September 1987)

In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit (fourth generation) video game console, the PC Engine, which is later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16. (30. October 1987)

Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized. (7. October 1987)

Pope John Paul II embraces an AIDS-infected boy while visiting San Francisco. (17. September 1987)

The Great Storm of 1987 hits France and England. (15. October 1987)

Black Monday - the Dow Jones Industrial Average falls by 22%, 508 points. (19. October 1987)

The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them. (14. September 1987)

Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning. (13. September 1987)

Pope John Paul II starts his 11-day papal visit to Fort Simpson, Canada and afterwards to several southern and western cities in the United States. (10. September 1987)