Historical Events in September 1984

Sep 1 Willie Totten (Mississippi Valley State) passes for Division I-AA record 536 yards & 9 TDs in 86-0 win v Kentucky State; Jerry Rice catches 17 passes for 294 yards & 5 TDs; breaks own Division I-AA record for total yardage in pass receptions

Sep 3 Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566

Sep 6 "Amadeus" from the play by Peter Shaffer, directed by Milos Forman and starring Tom Hulce premieres in Los Angeles (Academy Awards Best Picture 1985)

Sep 7 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236

Sep 8 US Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova retains her title; beats Chris Evert-Lloyd 4-6, 6-4, 6-4

Sep 9 US Open Men's Tennis: John McEnroe wins his 4th US title and final Grand Slam singles event; beats Ivan Lendl 6-3, 6-4, 6-1

Sep 10 First episode of daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek as host

Sep 12 Country singer Barbara Mandrell is badly injured in a car accident

Sep 13 Shimon Peres forms Israeli government with Likud

Sep 17 Brian Mulroney sworn in as Canada's 18th Prime Minister, succeeding John Turner

Sep 17 Reggie Jackson is 13th to hit 500 HRs

Sep 18 Tim Raines is 1st player with 4 consecutive 70-stolen-base seasons

Sep 23 SF 49er Joe Montana misses his 1st start in 49 games

Sep 23 Sparky Anderson is 1st manager to win 100 games in both leagues

Sep 24 Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"

Sep 25 NY Met Rusty Staub joins Ty Cobb, who hit HRs as a teen & in 40s

Sep 26 President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa

Sep 29 Elizabeth Taylor undergoes rehabilitation at the Betty Ford Clinic

Sep 30 NY Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg