Timeline September 1987

Events in September 1987 13

• 1906 – 1987 Mary Astor (1906-1987) American actress, a silent-film beauty who became famous as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon.
• 1927 – 1987 Bob Fosse (1927-1987) Died 23 September 1987, aged 60 Fosse was an American director and choreographer known for his distinctive dance style and for films including Cabaret and All That Jazz. He won an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards and an Emmy, a rare combination in entertainment. He died of a heart attack in Washington, D.C.
• 1944 – 1987 Peter Tosh (1944-1987) Died 11 September 1987, aged 42 Tosh was a Jamaican reggae musician and founding member of the Wailers alongside Bob Marley, who went on to a successful solo career and outspoken activism. He was shot and killed during a robbery at his home in Kingston, Jamaica. His death was widely mourned across the reggae world.
• 1951 – 1987 Jaco Pastorius (1951-1987) Died 21 September 1987, aged 35 Pastorius was an American jazz bassist and composer widely regarded as one of the most influential electric bass players of all time, known for his work with Weather Report. He struggled with bipolar disorder and substance abuse in his final years. He died from injuries sustained in a fight outside a Florida nightclub.
• 1987 – 1988 A Momentary Lapse of Reason -- Gilmours Pink Floyd David Gilmour leads a reconstituted Pink Floyd -- with Mason and the restored Wright (now a full member again) -- to record A Momentary Lapse of Reason (September 1987). The album is largely written by Gilmour with outside collaborators; it is technically polished but lacks the conceptual depth of the Waters era. Waters publicly dismisses it as 'a pretty fair forgery.' The subsequent Delicate Sound of Thunder tour (1987-89) grosses over $135 million and plays to 4.25 million people -- demonstrating that the Pink Floyd brand retains enormous commercial power even without Waters.
• 1987 Second World Championship gold -- Rome 1987 Bubka retains his world title at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, winning with 5.90m. The performance is part of a period of consistent dominance across all major championships. By 1987 he has set 13 world records; the question is no longer whether he will win competitions but how high he will go. The Rome defence of his title is the second step in what will become an unbroken six-title run at World Championships -- every two years, 1983 through 1997.
• 1987 Barents Sea collision Su-27 meets P-3 Orion A Soviet Su-27 intercepting a Norwegian P-3 Orion clips it with its tail fin. Both aircraft return safely.
• 1987 The Montreal Protocol The one that worked Signed on 16 September 1987 and eventually ratified by every country on earth, the protocol phases out CFCs worldwide. It is generally reckoned the most successful international environmental agreement ever made, and the ozone layer is now measurably recovering. It is also the clearest evidence available that a global atmospheric problem can in fact be fixed.
• 1987 First DNA mass screening leads to arrest of Colin Pitchfork Genetic fingerprinting used for the first time to solve a murder case British police conducted the world's first mass DNA screening, testing blood samples from thousands of men in Leicestershire to find the killer of two teenage girls. The screening led to the arrest of Colin Pitchfork after a coworker was caught taking the test in his place. It was the first criminal case solved using genetic fingerprinting, a technique developed by Alec Jeffreys.
• 1987 Knopfler scores The Princess Bride Beloved film soundtrack — September 25, 1987 Mark Knopfler composed the score for Rob Reiner's beloved fantasy film The Princess Bride, released on September 25, 1987. The soundtrack album won a Grammy nomination and is considered one of the most charming film scores of the 1980s.
• 1987 Mary Astor dies in Woodland Hills Mary Astor dies aged 81.
• 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation — Season 1 Set 78 years after the original series, TNG premieres in first-run syndication with Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The first season is uneven but the ensemble — including Brent Spiner as Data, Jonathan Frakes as Riker and LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge — quickly establishes itself as one of television's finest casts. 26 episodes.
• 1987 Roy Orbison's A Black and White Night TV concert Springsteen, Elvis Costello and Tom Waits in his band.