WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1987
Find out what all happened January to September 1987

The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II. (27. April 1987)

Northwest Airlines Flight 255 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes after take off in Detroit, Michigan, killing 154 of the 155 on board, plus 2 people on the ground. (16. August 1987)

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

Los Angeles Dodgers executive Al Campanis resigns amid controversy over racially charged remarks he had made while on Nightline. (8. April 1987)

Iran-Contra affair: start of Congressional televised hearings in the United States of America (5. May 1987)

The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly". (4. August 1987)

The Loughgall Ambush: The SAS kills eight Provisional Irish Republican Army volunteers and a civilian during an ambush in Loughgall, Northern Ireland. (8. May 1987)

With the death of the last individual of the species, the Dusky Seaside Sparrow becomes extinct. (17. June 1987)

The LTTE uses suicide attacks on the Sri Lankan Army for the first time. The Black Tigers were born and, in the following years, continued to kill with the tactic. (5. July 1987)

Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. (1. May 1987)

Southern Methodist University's football program is the first college football program to receive the Death Penalty by the NCAA's Committee on Infractions. It was revealed that athletic officials and school administrators had knowledge of a "slush fund" used to make illegal payments to the school's football players as far back as 1981. (25. February 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)

Supernova 1987a is seen in the Large Magellanic Cloud. (23. February 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)

American engineer Ben Linder is killed in an ambush by U.S.-funded Contras in northern Nicaragua. (28. April 1987)

A value added tax is introduced in Greece for the first time. (1. January 1987)

Iran-Contra affair: The Tower Commission rebukes President Ronald Reagan for not controlling his national security staff. (26. February 1987)

Hashimpura massacre in Meerut, India. (22. May 1987)

Unabomber: In Salt Lake City, a bomb explodes in a computer store. (20. February 1987)

The Soviet Union launches the Polyus prototype orbital weapons platform. It fails to reach orbit. (15. May 1987)