Today in History for September 1992

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 79 of 79

1st - NYC police commisioner Brown resigns
1st - Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery
2nd - Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die
2nd - US dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record)
3rd - Jerry Lewis' 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368
4th - "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
5th - Dan O'Brien sets world record decathlon (8891 pts)
6th - Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m (3:28.86)
7th - Army of Ciskei homeland kills 28 ANC demonstrators
7th - Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
7th - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
8th - Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
8th - Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas (KGEL-FM 97.1)
9th - 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home
9th - 9th MTV Awards: Howard Stern appears as Fartman
9th - Robin Yount, is 17th to get 3,000 hits
10th - Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball
10th - Lucy in Peanuts comics raises her Pyschiatric Help from 5 cents to 47 cents
11th - Hurricane Iniki hits Kauai Hawaii; 3 die & 8,000 injured
Radio shock jock Howard Stern 12th - 106th US Womens Tennis: Monica Seles beats A Sanchez Vicario (63 63)
12th - Hurricane Inuki pounds Hawaii
12th - STS-47 (Endeavour 2) launches
12th - Stefan Edberg beats Michael Chang in what is believed to be the longest match in US Open history (5hr 26min)
13th - 112th US Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Pete Sampras (36 64 76 62)
13th - NY Giants trailing Dallas Cowboys 34-0 in 3rd, lose 34-28
13th - Nancy Lopez wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
13th - Steffan Edberg beats Pete Sampress to win US Open
14th - 1st subway car completed to be exported from US (to Taiwan)
15th - Ted Weiss, despite dying on 14th, wins congressional NYC seat
16th - "Les Miserables," opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid
16th - 900 die in flood in Pakistan
16th - FCC votes to allow competition for local phone service
17th - Amsterdam stock exchange hits record Ÿ8.8 billion
17th - House votes 280 to 128 to give FCC control of cable TV rates
Champion Tennis Player Pete Sampras 17th - NFL decides to suspend World League Football
19th - Sergei Boebka pole vaults world record (6.13m)
19th - UN Security Council votes 12-0 (3 abstentions) to dump Yugoslavia
19th - Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson & Ron Gant as having (2) 30-HR/30-steal seasons
20th - Colleen Walker wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
20th - France votes in favor of Maastricht treaty
20th - Leanza Cornett (Florida), 21, crowned 66th Miss America 1993
20th - Phils' Mickey Moradini makes an unassisted triple play
20th - Space shuttle STS-47 (Endeavour 2) lands
22nd - Heavy storm in South France, 34 die
23rd - Bill Comrie purchases BC Lions from CFL
23rd - Bradlees announces it will take over Alexander's dept stores in NYC
23rd - Jackson Browne reportedly beats girlfriend Daryl Hannah
23rd - Mud storm kills 30 in South France
23rd - 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period
24th - John Jaha ties record of 11 teammates to steal 10 bases (Brewers)
24th - Scott Stevens is named 5th Captain in NJ Devils history
24th - Toronto's Dave Winfield, 40, is oldest player to reach 100-RBI
Musician Barry Manilow 25th - "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" opens at Paramount NYC
25th - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
25th - Opening Main-Donau canal (North Sea-Black Sea)
25th - Sparky Anderson ties Hughie Jennings as Detroit's winningest manager
25th - US Mars Observer launched from Space shuttle
25th - Gregory Kingsley, 12, wins right to divorce his parents & live with his foster parents, he takes name Shawn Russ
26th - Jimmy Connors beats Martina Navratilova, 7-5, 6-3
26th - Nigerian Hercules C-130 crashes at Lagos, 163 die
26th - Roseanne Barr Arnold gets a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame
26th - Tsuruhiko Kiuchi discovers comet Swift-Tuttle
26th - 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates
27th - ASPCA stops Santeria ceremony in Bronx halts sacrifice of 42 animals
27th - LA Dodgers for 1st time in history clinch last place
27th - Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163
27th - Nancy Scranton wins Los Coyotes LPGA Golf Classic
Comedienne/Actor Roseanne 27th - Pittsburgh Pirates win their 3rd straight NL East title
27th - Seattle's Randy Johnson ties AL record for lefties with 18 strike outs
28th - "Barry Manilow's Showstoppers" closes at Paramount Theater NYC
28th - "Dog City," cartoon debuts on Fox-TV
28th - Oakland A's win AL West title
28th - Pakistani Airbus A-300 crashes into mountain at Kathmandu, 167 dies
29th - Atlanta Braves wins 2nd straight NL West title
29th - Magic Johnson announces return to play basketball (he doesn't)
29th - Parliament suspends president Fernando Collor
30th - 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins
30th - KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits
30th - Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4

16th - Nick Jonas, American singer, member of The Jonas Brothers
27th - Jake Burbage, American actor
28th - Skye McCole Bartusiak, American actress
30th - Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

5th - Andrew "Dice" Clay marries his long time partner Trinie
5th - Rock singer John Mellencamp (40) weds model Elaine Irwin Mellencamp (23) in Indiana

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 46 of 46

1st - Morris Carnovsky, US actor (Dead Reckoning), dies at 94
2nd - Barbara McClintock, US, geneticist (Nobel 1983), dies at 90
2nd - Piotr Jaroszewicz, premier of Poland (1970-80), dies
3rd - Johannes van Capel, oldest man in Netherlands (Born 4/22/1884), dies
4th - John van Dreelen, [Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg], actor (Topaz), dies
5th - Billy Herman, 2nd baseman/manager (Dodgers, Cubs), dies at 83
5th - Dorothy MacKaye, marital advisor (Ladies Home Journal), dies at 88
5th - Irving Allen Lee, actor (Newspaper Boys), dies of AIDS at 43
7th - Henry Ephron, US screenwriter (Daddy Long Legs), dies at 81
7th - Indra Kamadjojo, [Broekveld], Indon/Dutch dancer (Stille Kracht), dies
7th - Leo van der Kar, masseur/businessman/founder (Sports Fund), dies at 79
8th - Quentin N Burdick, (Sen-D-ND, 1960-91), dies at 84
11th - Erik Terpstra, director (Versier de leegte, De ander, Daniel), dies
11th - Frank Singuineau, actor (Firepower, Pressure, Mummy), dies
11th - Paul Storken, Dutch priest (Away Backing), dies
12th - Anthony Perkins, actor (Psycho), dies from AIDs at 60
12th - Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75
12th - Ruth Nelson, actress (Awakenings, 3 Women), dies at 87
13th - Lou Jacobs, US clown (1966 US postage stamp), dies at 89
14th - David Jones, actor, commits suicide (had terminal cancer) at 76
14th - S A Banerjee, cricketer (1 Test for India 1948, no runs, 5 wkts), dies
14th - Ted Weiss, (Rep-NY, 1977-92), dies at 64
14th - Paul Joseph James Martin, Canadian politician (b. 1903)
15th - Walter B Jones, (Rep-D-NC, 1966-92), dies at 79
16th - Duke Robbins, entertainer, dies of pneumonia at 71
16th - Lee Tully, entertainer, dies
16th - Millicent Fenwick, (Rep-R-NJ 1975-82), dies at 82
17th - Feodor Chaliapin Jr, actor (King's Whore), dies after illness at 87
17th - William A Swanberg, biographer (Henry Luce, Pulitzer 1973), dies at 84
19th - Frederick Combs, playwright/director, dies of AIDS at 57
19th - Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
20th - K W Stackpole, cricketer (good Victorian batsman), dies
21st - Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor
21st - Hans Rosenberg, astronomer/alderman of Utrecht, dies
22nd - Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
23rd - Bernice Gera, 1st female basball ump (1969 NY-Penn League) dies at 61
23rd - James A Van Fleet, US general (D-Day, Battle of Bulge), dies at 100
23rd - Martin Arsenault, actor (Guilty by Suspicion), dies of an ulcer
23rd - Paul E Garber, 1st curator (Natl Air & Space Museum), dies at 93
26th - Ralph Manheim, translator (Mein Kampf), dies at 85
27th - Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies
27th - Keith Prentice, US actor (Boys in the Band), dies of cancer at 52
27th - Ray Gill, actor (Prelude to a Kiss), dies of AIDS at 42
27th - Wim Van Exter, founder Unity Profession Central (1944), dies
28th - Leech, mathematician, dies
29th - Paul Jabara, singer/actor (Last Dance), dies of AIDS at 44