Today in History for September 1982

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 72 of 72

1st - Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls," premieres in London
1st - Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH
1st - Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks
1st - Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon
1st - The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
2nd - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down
3rd - Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns
4th - Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
4th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
5th - 82nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
5th - Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph
6th - Dutch Internal minister Mr M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists
6th - Jerry Lewis' 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000
6th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
6th - Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"
6th - Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #
6th - Polish dissidents seize Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland
8th - Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament
9th - "Your Arms are Too Short..." opens at Alvin NYC for 69 performances
Pop Singer & Beatle Paul McCartney 9th - Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank in preparation for STS-5
9th - Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight
10th - Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album
11th - 96th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61)
11th - Debbie Maffett (California), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983
11th - Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY
12th - 102nd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64)
12th - Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon
12th - Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
13th - 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain
13th - Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
14th - 36" snow (Red Lodge, MT)
14th - Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel
14th - Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
15th - 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
15th - Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat 15th - Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat
16th - Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins
17th - NJ Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa
18th - Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon
19th - 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda & Carol Kane
19th - New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chic Bears 10-0
19th - Sandra Haynie/Kathy McMullen wins Portland Ping Team Golf Championship
19th - Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service
20th - Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan v Australia
20th - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
21st - 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
21st - Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands (NJ)
21st - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
21st - SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs
21st - STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad
22nd - Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
22nd - SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month
23rd - "Doll's Life" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 5 performances
23rd - Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon
23rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
24th - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
24th - US, Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
25th - Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Ill 31-6
25th - Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)
25th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
26th - "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 5 perfs
26th - Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
27th - Cards clinching NL East title
27th - Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again"
27th - Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize
27th - John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show
28th - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
28th - NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 505
29th - 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
29th - Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
29th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
30th - National railroad strike in Belgium

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 56 of 56

1st - Paul Dumbrell, Australian racing driver
1st - Ryan Gomes, American basketball player
1st - Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
2nd - Joey Barton, English footballer
2nd - Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
2nd - Jason Hammel, American baseball player
3rd - Andrew McMahon, American singer and songwriter
3rd - Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
5th - Alexandre Geijo, Spanish/Swiss footballer
5th - Sondre Lerche, Norwegian musician
7th - Andre Dirrell, American boxer
9th - Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter
11th - Shriya Saran, South Indian actress
12th - Nana Ozaki, Japanese model
13th - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
13th - Rickie Weeks, American baseball player
13th - Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
14th - Hiroki Narimiya, Japanese actor
16th - Leon Knight, English footballer
16th - Michael McCall, Irish chemist
17th - Hope Larson, American illustrator and cartoonist
17th - Garth Murray, Canadian ice hockey player
19th - Eleni Daniilidou, Greek tennis player
19th - Columbus Short, American actor and choreographer
19th - Jordan Parise, American ice hockey player
19th - Nicole Voss, American model
21st - Eduardo Azevedo, Brazilian racing driver
21st - Danny Kass, American snowboarder
21st - Marat Izmailov, Russian footballer
21st - Rowan Vine, English footballer
22nd - Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress
22nd - Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer
22nd - Billie Piper, English singer and actress
24th - Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
24th - Paul Hamm, American gymnast
24th - Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
25th - Hyun Bin, South Korean actor
26th - Miguel Alfredo Portillo, Argentine footballer
26th - Rob Burrow, English rugby league player
27th - Darrent Williams, American football player (d. 2007)
27th - Lil Wayne, American rapper
28th - Anderson Varejão, Brazilian basketball player
28th - Abhinav Bindra, Indian shooter
28th - Ray Emery, Canadian hockey player
28th - Ranbir Kapoor, Indian Actor
28th - Nolwenn Leroy, French Singer
28th - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
28th - Dustin Penner, Canadian hockey player
29th - Ariana Jollee, American pornographic actress
29th - Rob Smith, Irish musician and songwriter
30th - Lacey Chabert, actress (Party of Five)
30th - Michelle Marsh, British model
30th - Kieran Culkin, American actor
30th - Tory Lane, American nude model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress
30th - Teal Redmann, American actress
30th - Ryan Stout, American comedian

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 33 of 33

1st - Clifford M Curzon, England, pianist, dies at 75
1st - Wladislaw Gomulka, Polish partisan/party leader, dies at 76
1st - Haskell Curry, American mathematician (b. 1900)
2nd - Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78
2nd - Tom Bakker, actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies of a drug OD at 42
3rd - Della Chiesa, Italian general/mafia fighter, murdered
3rd - Michael Thoma, actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55
5th - Maurice Naessens, Belgian banker, dies at 73
5th - Douglas Bader, RAF fighter pilot in World War II (b. 1910)
7th - Ken Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1931)
9th - Frederic Dannay, [Ellery Queen], US, detective writer, dies at 76
10th - Max Winders Maximilien, brought Belgium gold reserve to England, dies
11th - Albert Soboult, French historian, dies at 68
12th - Kommer Kleijn, Dutch actor/director (Paul Vlaanderen), dies at 89
13th - Philip Ober, actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80
14th - Bashir Gemayel, falangist Lebanon's president-elect, killed by a bomb
14th - Grace Kelly, princess of Monaco, dies in a car crash at 52
14th - John C Gardner, US, writer (Life & Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49
14th - Christian Ferras, French violinist (b. 1933)
Actress Grace Kelly (14th) 15th - Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran
16th - Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mr Beasley-Burns & Allen Show), dies at 86
17th - Manos Loïzos, Greek composer (b. 1937)
19th - Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies
19th - Samuel L M Barlow, composer, dies at 90
21st - Hovhannes Bagramyan, Soviet general (b. 1897)
23rd - Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68
24th - Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67
26th - Alec Hurwood, cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies
27th - Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies
28th - Larry Breeding, actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies on 36th birthday
28th - Mabel Albertson, actress (Gazebo, Bewitched), dies of Alzheimer at 81
29th - H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies
29th - Monty Stratton, baseball player (b. 1912)