September 1982 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1982 Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 mph
• 02 Sep 1982 Tom Baker, American actor, dies of a drug overdose at age 42 (born 1940).
• 04 Sep 1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
• 05 Sep 1982 82nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
• 06 Sep 1982 Dutch Internal Minister Mr M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists
• 08 Sep 1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament
• 09 Sep 1982 Your Arms are Too Short... opens at Alvin NYC for 69 performances
• 10 Sep 1982 Decca releases Beatle audition Complete Silver Beatles album
• 11 Sep 1982 96th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61)
• 12 Sep 1982 102nd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64)
• 13 Sep 1982 Joe Lefevre gets six hits in one baseball game.
• 14 Sep 1982 36 snow (Red Lodge, MT)
• 15 Sep 1982 Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat
• 16 Sep 1982 Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila and Sabra begins.
• 17 Sep 1982 New Jersey Devils' first exhibition game, beating the Washington Capitals 3-1 in Hershey, Pennsylvania.
• 18 Sep 1982 Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon.
• 19 Sep 1982 34th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Barney Miller, Alan Alda and Carol Kane
• 20 Sep 1982 Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan vs. Australia
• 21 Sep 1982 STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad
• 23 Sep 1982 Amin Gemayel, brother of Bachir, is elected president of Lebanon.
• 24 Sep 1982 US, Italian, and French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon.
• 25 Sep 1982 Northwestern ends 34 football game losing streak, beats No Ill 31-6
• 26 Sep 1982 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
• 27 Sep 1982 Cards clinching NL East title
• 28 Sep 1982 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
• 29 Sep 1982 1st broadcast of Cheers on NBC-TV
• 30 Sep 1982 National railroad strike in Belgium

Famous Birthday

• Nolwenn Leroy

  French singer-songwriter, musician and voice actress, who rose to fame after winning the second series of the French television reality...

• Lil Wayne

  Rapper.

• Billie Piper

  English singer and actress.

• Lou Doillon
• St Vincent (musician)
• Lacey Chabert

  American actress.

• Whitney Cummings

  American comedian and actress.

• Bergüzar Korel
• Gülcan Karahanci
• Shyla Stylez

  Canadian pornographic actress.

• Tory Lane

  American nude model and pornographic actress.

• Kieran Culkin

  American actor.

• Regina Deutinger
• Nenê

  Brazilian basketball player.

• Shriya Saran

  Indian model and actress.

• Anna Camp

  American actress.

• Daniella Evangelista
• Kosuke Kitajima

  Japanese swimmer.

• Elena Zamolodchikova
• Paul Hamm

  American gymnast.

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Famous Deaths

• Grace Kelly

  American actress and Princely consort of Monaco (d. 1982).

• Christian Ferras

  French violinist / conductor.

• Tom Bakker

  Actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies at 42 of a drug overdose.

• Della Chiesa

  Italian General / mafia fighter, murdered.

• Michael Thoma

  Actor (8 is Enough, Fame), dies at 55.

• Maurice Naessens

  Belgian banker, dies at 73.

• Frederic Dannay [Ellery Queen]

  United States -- Detective writer, dies at 76.

• Max Winders Maximilien

  Brought Belgium gold reserve to England.

• Albert Soboult

  French historian, dies at 68.

• Philip Ober

  Actor (General Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80.

• John C Gardner

  United States -- Writer (Life & Times of Chaucer High), dies at 49.

• Samuel L M Barlow

  Composer, dies at 90.

• Saad Sayd [Abu Walid]

  Palestinian Commandant in Lebanon.

• Manos Loizos

  Greek composer (Born 1937).

• Hovhannes Bagramyan

  Soviet general (Born 1897).

• Wladyslaw Gomulka

  Polish communist leader.

• Kommer Kleijn

  Dutch stage and radio play actor, playwright and radio play director.

• Rolfe Sedan

  Actor (Mr Beasley-Burns & Allen Show), dies at 86.

• Ken Boyer

  American baseball player and manager (d. 1982).

• Monty Stratton

  American baseball player and coach (d. 1982).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
2. Chicago - Hard To Say I'm Sorry
3. John Cougar - Jack & Diane
4. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
5. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
2. Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
3. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
4. Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?
5. Dire Straits - Private Investigations