Historical Events in September 1982

Sep 6 Jerry Lewis' 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000

Sep 6 Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"

Sep 6 Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's #8

Sep 8 Dutch social democratic party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament
Sep 9 "Your Arm's are Too Short..." opens at Alvin NYC for 69 performances
Sep 9 Columbia mated with SRBs & external tank in preparation for STS-5
Sep 9 Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight
Sep 10 Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album
Sep 11 Debbie Maffett (California), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983

Sep 11 US Open Women's Tennis: Chris Evert wins her 6th and final US title, beating Hana Mandlíková 6-3, 6-1

Sep 12 US Open Men's Tennis: Jimmy Connors wins his 4th US title; beats Czech star Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4

Sep 13 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain
Sep 13 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game
Sep 14 36" snow (Red Lodge, MT)
Sep 14 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel
Sep 14 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"
Sep 14 Bomb at Lebanese Phalange party HQ kills President-elect Bachir Gemayel and 26 others
Sep 15 First issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc
Sep 15 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut

Sep 17 "Bad to the Bone" single by George Thorogood and the Destroyers first released

Sep 18 Sabra and Shatila massacres - Christian militia massacre at least 700 Palestinians in retaliation for assassination of Bachir Gemayel
Sep 18 7th Toronto International Film Festival: "Tempest" directed by Paul Mazursky wins the People's Choice Award

Sep 19 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda & Carol Kane win

Sep 19 New Orleans Saints 1st road shutout victory beating Chicago Bears 10-0
Sep 19 Streetcars stop running on Market St, San Francisco after 122 years of service
Sep 20 Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan v Australia
Sep 21 2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Sep 21 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
Sep 21 San Francisco cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs
Sep 21 STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad
Sep 22 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
Sep 22 San Francisco's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month

Sep 22 Sitcom "Family Ties starring Michael J. Fox premieres on NBC

Sep 23 "Doll's Life" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 5 performances
Sep 23 Amin Gemayel sworn in as President of Lebanon
Sep 23 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Sep 24 US, Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
Sep 25 Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Ill 31-6
Sep 25 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)
Sep 25 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Sep 25 Keke Rosberg becomes the first Fin to win the Formula 1 World Drivers Championship when he finishes 5th in season ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas; wins by 5 points from Didier Pironi
Sep 26 "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 5 performances

Sep 26 "Knight Rider", starring David Hasselhoff, debuts on NBC

Sep 27 Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again" with Sean Connery playing James Bond for the final time

Sep 27 Jan Wolkers awarded but refuses Constantine Huygens-prize
Sep 27 John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show
Sep 28 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
Sep 28 NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 505
Sep 29 1st broadcast of comedy "Cheers" on NBC-TV starring Ted Danson and Shelley Long
Sep 29 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago
Sep 29 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Sep 30 National railroad strike in Belgium
Sep 30 12th Commonwealth Games open in Brisbane, Australia