10th » 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.
13th » 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.
14th » The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
15th » 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.
16th » The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer from Ozone depletion known as depletion.
17th » Pope John Paul II embraces an AIDS-infected boy while visiting San Francisco.
18th » Jerzy Kukuczka becomes the second mountaineer to summit all 14 Eight-thousanders.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1987
1st » Dann Hume, New Zealand singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer (Evermore (band) called Evermore)