WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1987
Find out what all happened June to September 1987

In France, former Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie (aka the "Butcher of Lyon") is convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to life imprisonment. (4. July 1987)

All the children held at Kia Lama, a rural property on Lake Eildon, Australia, run by the Santiniketan Park Association, are released after a police raid. (14. August 1987)

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). (29. July 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)

A rare, class F4 tornado rips through Edmonton, Alberta, killing 27 people and causing $330 million in damage. (31. July 1987)

RMS Titanic Inc. begins the first expedited salvage of wreckage of the RMS Titanic. (27. July 1987)

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

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

The Royal Canadian Mint introduces the $1 coin, known as the Loonie. (30. June 1987)

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

The American male basketball team lost the gold medal to Brazilian team at the Pan American Games in Indianapolis. Score was 115-120 and triggered changes in this sport basis in USA, resulting in the "Dream Team". (23. August 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)

Thai Airways Flight 365 crashes into the ocean near Ko Phuket, Thailand, killing all 83 aboard. (31. August 1987)

The Central African Republic's former Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa is sentenced to death for crimes he had committed during his 13-year rule. (12. June 1987)

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

Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J.R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. (29. July 1987)

The American radio station WFAN in New York, New York is launched as the world's first all-sports radio station. (1. July 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)

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