Notable Historical Events - 1982
1982 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry |
Jan 1 |
Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship |
Jan 1 |
Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN |
Jan 1 |
MTA launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the NYC subway system |
Jan 1 |
Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland |
Jan 1 |
TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul NYC subway system |
Jan 2 |
"Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 48 performances |
Jan 2 |
70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64) |
Jan 2 |
Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins |
Jan 2 |
San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT |
Jan 2 |
"The Epic in Miami", in 85 degree heat (Fahrenheit), the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, a game that set numerous playoff scoring records |
Jan 4 |
Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show" |
Jan 4 |
Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show |
Jan 4 |
Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm |
Jan 4 |
ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network |
Jan 5 |
Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation |
Jan 5 |
Darryl Sittler, on advice from his doctor, leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs because of mental depression |
Jan 7 |
"Fame" premieres on NBC TV |
Jan 7 |
Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick |
Jan 8 |
AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies |
Jan 8 |
Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee |
Jan 8 |
Justice Dept withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since |
Jan 9 |
5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855 |
Jan 9 |
Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game |
Jan 10 |
-17°F (27.2°C) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record) |
Jan 10 |
"Freezer Bowl", Bengals beat Chargers in -59°F (-51°C) to win AFC championship |
Jan 10 |
Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31) |
Jan 10 |
"The Catch" - iconic moment in NFL history - Dwight Clark makes a fingertip catch for a touchdown from Joe Montana with 58 seconds left (SF 49ers win the game and go on to win the Super Bowl) |
Jan 11 |
Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F |
Jan 11 |
Honduras adopts constitution |
Jan 13 |
Hank Aaron & Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame |
Jan 13 |
Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, DC, & falls into Potomac River, killing 78 |
Jan 15 |
"Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in NYC |
Jan 17 |
"Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities. |
Jan 19 |
Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case |
Jan 19 |
Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Oklahoma, kills 6 kids & teacher |
Jan 20 |
7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky |
Jan 20 |
Honduras constitution goes into effect |
Jan 20 |
Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament |
Jan 20 |
Darryl Sittler is traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Philadelphia Flyers |
Jan 21 |
"Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 36 performances |
Jan 21 |
NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak |
Jan 22 |
75% of North America is covered by snow |
Jan 23 |
Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date) |
Jan 23 |
World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2 |
Jan 24 |
Super Bowl XVI: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Michigan, MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB |
Jan 25 |
9th American Music Award: Pat Benatar & Kenny Rogers win |
Jan 26 |
Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins |
Jan 26 |
Mauno Koivisto elected president of Finland |
Jan 27 |
"Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale NYC for 747 perfs |
Jan 27 |
Mauno Koivisto installed as president of Finland |
Jan 27 |
Phila trades Larry Bowa & Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus |
Jan 27 |
Roberto S Cordova installed as president of Honduras |
Jan 27 |
West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup |
Jan 28 |
US Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy |
Jan 28 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
Jan 29 |
Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak |
Jan 29 |
Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians |
Jan 30 |
US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners |
Jan 30 |
Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". |
Jan 31 |
10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman |
Jan 31 |
12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13 |
Jan 31 |
32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey |
Jan 31 |
Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59) |
Jan 31 |
Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek |
Jan 31 |
NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13 |
Jan 31 |
US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton |
Feb 1 |
"Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV, Bill Murray is first guest |
Feb 1 |
Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia) |
Feb 2 |
Government troops and Muslim fundamentalists battle in Hamah, Syria |
Feb 2 |
San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead |
Feb 3 |
Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission |
Feb 3 |
Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR |
Feb 3 |
John Sharples of England finishes 371 hours of disco dancing |
Feb 3 |
Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder |
Feb 4 |
"Pump Boys & Dinettes" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 573 perfs |
Feb 4 |
Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash |
Feb 4 |
Musical "Pump Boys & Dinettes," premieres in NYC |
Feb 4 |
Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees |
Feb 5 |
Chin A Sen ends term as president of Suriname |
Feb 5 |
DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people |
Feb 5 |
British airline Laker Airways collapses owing 270M pounds ($351M) |
Feb 5 |
Suriname pres Chin A Sen resigns & flees to Neth |
Feb 6 |
"Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart |
Feb 7 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic |
Feb 7 |
Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica |
Feb 8 |
Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey) |
Feb 9 |
34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington |
Feb 10 |
28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec |
Feb 11 |
Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through |
Feb 12 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
Feb 12 |
Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, breaking NHL record |
Feb 13 |
Dark Side of the Moon is in charts for 402nd week |
Feb 13 |
Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers |
Feb 14 |
"Night of 100 Stars" takes place at NY's Radio City Music Hall |
Feb 14 |
Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic |
Feb 15 |
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw |
Feb 15 |
Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die |
Feb 16 |
Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta |
Feb 16 |
Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad |
Feb 17 |
Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England |
Feb 19 |
Hanneke Jagersma installed as Neth's 1st Communist mayor |
Feb 19 |
Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853 |
Feb 19 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
Feb 20 |
NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game |
Feb 21 |
"Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 1604 perfs |
Feb 21 |
"Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 36 performances |
Feb 21 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic |
Feb 22 |
NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful) |
Feb 23 |
Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," premieres in London |
Feb 24 |
Basketball team Boston Celtics begin 18 NBA game win streak |
Feb 24 |
24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins |
Feb 24 |
Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92 |
Feb 25 |
Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs |
Feb 25 |
Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph) |
Feb 26 |
Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9 |
Feb 27 |
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw |
Feb 27 |
Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million |
Feb 27 |
France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island |
Feb 27 |
Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta |
Feb 28 |
AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day |
Feb 28 |
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic |
Feb 28 |
FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street |
Mar 1 |
5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees |
Mar 1 |
5th Emmy Sports Award presentation |
Mar 1 |
NY Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents |
Mar 1 |
Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data |
Mar 2 |
60th hat trick in Islander history-Bryan Trottier |
Mar 2 |
Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru |
Mar 3 |
Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ) |
Mar 4 |
2nd double hat trick in Islander history-Bossy & D Potvin |
Mar 4 |
NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 504 |
Mar 5 |
Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners |
Mar 5 |
Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data |
Mar 6 |
NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT) |
Mar 6 |
Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) |
Mar 7 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic |
Mar 7 |
Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec) |
Mar 7 |
NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time |
Mar 10 |
President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya |
Mar 10 |
Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL) |
Mar 10 |
Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun |
Mar 10 |
Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame |
Mar 10 |
The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups. |
Mar 10 |
8th People's Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field & Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda & Barbara Mandrell win (TV) |
Mar 11 |
Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname |
Mar 11 |
Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion |
Mar 11 |
Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC |
Mar 11 |
US boycotts Libyan crude oil |
Mar 12 |
1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands |
Mar 12 |
PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" |
Mar 13 |
Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill & Dean (GRB) |
Mar 13 |
Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess & Thierbach (GDR) |
Mar 13 |
Men's Fig Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) |
Mar 13 |
Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) |
Mar 13 |
Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship |
Mar 14 |
Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic |
Mar 14 |
Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century |
Mar 15 |
Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan |
Mar 15 |
KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP) |
Mar 15 |
Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days |
Mar 17 |
4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador |
Mar 18 |
Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident |
Mar 19 |
National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27 |
Mar 19 |
Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.. |
Mar 20 |
1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados |
Mar 20 |
France performs nuclear test |
Mar 20 |
Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks |
Mar 20 |
Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa |
Mar 21 |
"Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC |
Mar 21 |
Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard |
Mar 21 |
Movie "Annie" premieres |
Mar 21 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament |
Mar 22 |
3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched |
Mar 22 |
Iran offensive against Iraq |
Mar 23 |
Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, pres Romeo Lucas flees |
Mar 23 |
Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals |
Mar 24 |
US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia |
Mar 25 |
Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season |
Mar 26 |
Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
Mar 26 |
Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK |
Mar 26 |
Soap opera "Capitol" premieres |
Mar 27 |
"Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St NYC after 1577 perfs |
Mar 27 |
Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore |
Mar 27 |
Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes |
Mar 28 |
12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000 |
Mar 28 |
1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62 |
Mar 28 |
Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open |
Mar 28 |
JN Duartes' Christian Democrats win elections in El Salvador |
Mar 29 |
2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins |
Mar 29 |
44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62 |
Mar 29 |
54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win |
Mar 29 |
Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy |
Mar 30 |
3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM |
Mar 30 |
John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God" premieres in NYC |
Mar 31 |
Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil |
Mar 31 |
Rock group Doobie Brothers split up |
Apr 1 |
Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution |
Apr 1 |
US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama |
Apr 2 |
Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvinas) Islands from Great Britain |
Apr 2 |
In exhibition game A's pitcher Steve McCatty comes to bat using a 15" toy bat (under Billy Martins orders), protesting disallowing of DH |
Apr 3 |
Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point |
Apr 3 |
UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands |
Apr 4 |
11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little |
Apr 5 |
British fleet sails to Falkland Islands |
Apr 5 |
Cards' Jim Kaat, pitches in record 24th consecutive season |
Apr 5 |
Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary resigns due to Falklands war |
Apr 6 |
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands |
Apr 6 |
Largest crowd ever to see a baseball game in Minn 52,279 |
Apr 7 |
Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested |
Apr 7 |
Penguins 1-Isles 8-Preliminary-Isles hold 1-0 lead |
Apr 8 |
Penguins 2-Isles 4-Preliminary-Isles hold 2-0 lead |
Apr 8 |
Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title |
Apr 9 |
LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record |
Apr 10 |
LA Kings losing 5-0 to Edmonton in 3rd period, win in OT 6-5 |
Apr 10 |
Penguins 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Preliminary- Isles hold 2-1 lead |
Apr 11 |
46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284 |
Apr 11 |
Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 |
Apr 12 |
3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot |
Apr 13 |
Penguins 3-Isles 4 (OT)-Preliminary-Isles win series (3-2) |
Apr 15 |
Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, & landscape display |
Apr 16 |
Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution |
Apr 17 |
Canada adopts its constitution |
Apr 17 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
Apr 17 |
Proclamation of the Constitution Act by Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau |
Apr 18 |
Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros) |
Apr 18 |
Canada Constitution Act replaces British North America Act |
Apr 18 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA CPC Women's Golf International |
Apr 18 |
Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare |
Apr 19 |
11th Boston Women's Marathon won by Charlotte Teske of Ger in 2:29:33 |
Apr 19 |
86th Boston Marathon won by Alberto Salazar of Oreg in 2:08:51 |
Apr 19 |
Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut |
Apr 19 |
Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery |
Apr 19 |
Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut |
Apr 19 |
USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit |
Apr 20 |
Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season |
Apr 20 |
The Provisional Irish Republican Army explode bombs in Belfast, Derry, Armagh, Ballymena, Bessbrook and Magherafelt; 2 civilians are killed and 12 injured |
Apr 21 |
Atlanta Braves win their 13th straight game |
Apr 21 |
Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant |
Apr 21 |
Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress |
Apr 22 |
Atlanta Braves lose after winning 1st 13 games of season |
Apr 22 |
Launch of STS-3-Lousma & Fullerton [03/23] |
Apr 23 |
Conch Republic is established - secession of the Florida Keys from the United States of America |
Apr 23 |
The Sinclair ZX Spectrum is released. |
Apr 24 |
150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany |
Apr 24 |
Cards win 12th game in a row; 7-4 over Phillies |
Apr 24 |
Firestone World Bowling Tournament of Champions won by Mike Durbin |
Apr 25 |
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
Apr 25 |
In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawal |
Apr 25 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Orlando Lady Golf Classic |
Apr 25 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
Apr 25 |
Yanks fire manager Bob Lemon & replaces him with Gene Michael |
Apr 26 |
Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island |
Apr 26 |
CBS radio begins youth oriented broadcast Radio Radio |
Apr 26 |
Gene Michael becomes NY Yankee manager for 2nd time |
Apr 26 |
Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche |
Apr 27 |
Nordiques 1-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles hold 1-0 lead |
Apr 27 |
Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins |
Apr 29 |
17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell |
Apr 29 |
Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador |
Apr 29 |
Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead |
Apr 29 |
American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski murders pharmacist Paul Hoffman by beating him with a tire iron |
Apr 30 |
Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as pres of El Salvador |
Apr 30 |
Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season |
Apr 30 |
Iranian offensive in Khusistan |
May 1 |
108th Kentucky Derby: Ed Delahoussaye on Gato Del Sol wins in 2:02.4 |
May 1 |
1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee opens |
May 1 |
Nordiques 4-Isles 5 (OT)-semifinals-Isles hold 3-0 lead |
May 2 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic |
May 2 |
Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men |
May 3 |
ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations) |
May 3 |
NY Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget |
May 3 |
President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts |
May 4 |
British destroyer HMS Sheffield hit by Exocet rocket off Falkland Islands |
May 4 |
Nordiques 2-Isles 4-Semifinals-Isles win series 4-0 |
May 4 |
Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself, due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans |
May 6 |
Seattle Mariner Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games |
May 7 |
"Is There Life after High School?" opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 perfs |
May 7 |
Federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing |
May 7 |
IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 |
May 7 |
Oakland Raiders to move to LA |
May 7 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
May 8 |
Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT)-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead |
May 9 |
"9" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 739 performances |
May 9 |
Arthur Kopit's musical "Nine" premieres in NYC |
May 9 |
Sally Little wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic |
May 10 |
WABC NYC plays its last record (John Lennon's Imagine) |
May 10 |
WABC joins ABC's All Talk radio network |
May 11 |
Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead |
May 12 |
FC Barcelona wins 22nd Europe Cup II |
May 12 |
Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) |
May 12 |
US Football League forms |
May 12 |
In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II |
May 13 |
Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy |
May 13 |
Canucks 0-Isles 3-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead |
May 13 |
Chicago Cubs win their 8,000th (beat Astros) |
May 13 |
Soyuz T-5 is launched-Berezovoi & Lebedev for 211 days in space |
May 13 |
Terri Lea Utley, 20 (Arkansas) crowned 31st Miss USA |
May 14 |
Guinea adopts constitution |
May 15 |
108th Preakness: Jack Kaenel aboard Aloma's Ruler wins in 1:55.4 |
May 16 |
"Barnum" closes at St James Theater NYC after 854 performances |
May 16 |
"Is There Life after High School?" closes at Barrymore after 12 perfs |
May 16 |
Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation for STS-4 |
May 16 |
Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament |
May 16 |
Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep |
May 16 |
Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games |
May 18 |
Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs |
May 18 |
Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion |
May 19 |
IFK Göteborg wins 11th UEFA Cup at Göteborg |
May 19 |
Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion |
May 21 |
British troops land on Falkland Islands |
May 23 |
BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina |
May 23 |
Cathy Morse wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic |
May 23 |
Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles |
May 23 |
Pope John Paul II declares "Peerke" Donders a saint |
May 24 |
Liberation of Khorramshahr, Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran-Iraq War. |
May 25 |
Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters |
May 25 |
Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar |
May 25 |
STS-4 vehicle moves to launch pad |
May 26 |
Aston Villa wins 27th Europe Cup 1 of Rotterdam |
May 26 |
British ship Atlantic Conveyor carrying Chinook helicopters & destroyer HMS Coventry were hit in Falkland war |
May 27 |
New owners purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, & get approval to move them to NJ Meadowlands (Devils) |
May 27 |
"Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." opens at Alvin NYC for 5 perfs |
May 27 |
John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies & gets approval to move to NJ |
May 28 |
Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight |
May 28 |
Pope John Paul II is 1st reigning pope to visit Great Britain (Adrian IV was born in England, as Nicholas Breakspear) |
May 29 |
"I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses hits #62 |
May 29 |
1st papal visit to Britain since 1531 |
May 29 |
Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war |
May 30 |
"Do Black Patent Leather Shoes..." closes at Alvin NYC after 5 perf |
May 30 |
Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds |
May 30 |
Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
May 30 |
Spain becomes 16th member of NATO |
May 31 |
"Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 63 perfs |
Jun 1 |
Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year |
Jun 2 |
"Blues in the Night" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances |
Jun 3 |
55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis |
Jun 3 |
Israeli ambassador Shlomo Argov seriously wounded by Palestinians |
Jun 4 |
"Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA |
Jun 4 |
Israel attacks targets in south Lebanon |
Jun 5 |
"Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39 |
Jun 5 |
114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28 |
Jun 5 |
52nd French Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Andrea Jaeger (76 61) |
Jun 5 |
Waterfront streetcar begins operating in Seattle |
Jun 6 |
30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out PLO |
Jun 6 |
36th Tony Awards: Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby & Nine win |
Jun 6 |
52nd French Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats G Vilas (16 76 60 64) |
Jun 6 |
Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY |
Jun 6 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA McDonald 's Golf Classic |
Jun 7 |
16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell |
Jun 7 |
Habres rebel army occupies capital of Chad, N'djamena |
Jun 7 |
LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games |
Jun 7 |
NY Mets draft Dwight Gooden, Roger McDowell & Randy Myers |
Jun 7 |
US President Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II |
Jun 7 |
Steve Garvey plays in his 1,000th consecutive game & goes 0-for-4 |
Jun 8 |
36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2 |
Jun 8 |
Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die |
Jun 8 |
Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time |
Jun 8 |
US President Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament |
Jun 9 |
General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala |
Jun 9 |
Israel wipes out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley |
Jun 10 |
"Taxi" last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall |
Jun 10 |
Battle of Sultan Yakoub - 3 IDF members captured |
Jun 10 |
Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut |
Jun 10 |
John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA |
Jun 10 |
Iran recaptures Khorramshahr |
Jun 11 |
Israel & Syria stop fighting in Lebanon |
Jun 11 |
Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title |
Jun 11 |
Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) |
Jun 11 |
Pope John Paul II visits Argentina |
Jun 11 |
"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", starring Drew Barrymore, is released |
Jun 12 |
750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC |
Jun 12 |
Battle of Mount Longdon Falkland Islands |
Jun 12 |
Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam |
Jun 13 |
28th LPGA Championship won by Jan Stephenson |
Jun 13 |
Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 |
Jun 14 |
Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict |
Jun 15 |
Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat |
Jun 15 |
Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education |
Jun 16 |
Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners |
Jun 17 |
US President Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech) |
Jun 17 |
President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat |
Jun 18 |
ABC's All Talk radio network expands to 22 stations |
Jun 18 |
Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote |
Jun 19 |
The body of God's Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. |
Jun 20 |
82nd US Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach GL Calif |
Jun 20 |
Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington |
Jun 20 |
Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
Jun 20 |
Pete Rose is 5th to appear in 3,000 games (Cobb, Musial, Aaron, Yaz) |
Jun 21 |
Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away" |
Jun 21 |
John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity |
Jun 22 |
Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes |
Jun 22 |
Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd hit, moves past Aaron into 2nd place |
Jun 22 |
Prince Charles & Princess Diana take son Prince William home from hospital |
Jun 22 |
Susan Lea Hammett, of Miss, 18, crowned 25th America's Junior Miss |
Jun 23 |
"Cleavage" opens & closes at Playhouse Theater NYC |
Jun 23 |
-117°F; All time low at South Pole |
Jun 23 |
Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) |
Jun 23 |
Intelligence Identities Protection Act (Public Law 97-200) |
Jun 23 |
Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight |
Jun 24 |
Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat |
Jun 24 |
Jean-Loup Chretien, 1st spacionaut, 2 others, lift off (Soyuz T-16) |
Jun 24 |
Soyuz T-6 Launch (USSR) |
Jun 24 |
US Supreme Court rules president can't be sued for actions in office |
Jun 25 |
Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges |
Jun 25 |
San Francisco holds its 1st County Fair |
Jun 25 |
US Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz |
Jun 25 |
Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military. |
Jun 25 |
South African President P.W. Botha issues a new Proclamation again placing Ingwavuma under government control |
Jun 26 |
Carlos Lopes runs European record 10km (27:34.39) |
Jun 26 |
US vetos UN Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli & Palestine Liberation Organization forces |
Jun 27 |
"Dancin'" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 1,774 performances |
Jun 27 |
"Play Me a Country Song" opens & closes at Virginia Theater NYC |
Jun 27 |
STS-4 Launch (Columbia) |
Jun 27 |
Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Rochester Golf International |
Jun 28 |
Prince Charles & Lady Diana name their baby "William" |
Jun 29 |
Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended |
Jun 30 |
"Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander NYC after 333 perfs |
Jun 30 |
Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification |
Jun 30 |
Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale |
Jun 30 |
NJ NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders & Americans |
Jul 1 |
2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC |
Jul 1 |
ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened) |
Jul 1 |
Challenger moves overland to Dryden |
Jul 1 |
General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina |
Jul 1 |
Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched |
Jul 1 |
PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells |
Jul 2 |
Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000' |
Jul 2 |
Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth |
Jul 2 |
In South Africa, the Internal Security Act is passed, giving massive powers to the authorities to investigate any organization or publication |
Jul 3 |
89th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62) |
Jul 3 |
Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages Ÿ1 million) |
Jul 4 |
10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie |
Jul 4 |
4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 lands at Edwards AFB |
Jul 4 |
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Jul 4 |
Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico |
Jul 4 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
Jul 4 |
Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning |
Jul 5 |
Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas |
Jul 5 |
ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol v Malay |
Jul 7 |
David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41 |
Jul 7 |
Steve Scott of US runs mile in a record 3:47.69 |
Jul 8 |
"7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 perfs |
Jul 8 |
Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager |
Jul 8 |
Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property |
Jul 8 |
Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized. |
Jul 9 |
Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England v India at The Oval |
Jul 9 |
Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner La, killing 153 |
Jul 10 |
Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze |
Jul 10 |
Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week |
Jul 10 |
Samuel Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000 |
Jul 10 |
Zimbabwe beats Bermuda by 5 wickets to win ICC Trophy |
Jul 11 |
"7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 5 perfs |
Jul 11 |
3rd US Seniors Golf Open: Miller Barber |
Jul 11 |
Hollis Stacy wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic |
Jul 11 |
Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid |
Jul 12 |
Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs |
Jul 12 |
FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail |
Jul 13 |
53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal |
Jul 13 |
All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cin Reds) |
Jul 13 |
Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed |
Jul 13 |
Iran launches first attack into Iraq |
Jul 15 |
Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle |
Jul 15 |
Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas |
Jul 15 |
Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 |
Jul 16 |
George P. Shultz sworn in as US Secretary of State |
Jul 16 |
NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth |
Jul 16 |
Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud |
Jul 18 |
"Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs |
Jul 18 |
111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon |
Jul 18 |
Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic |
Jul 19 |
1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Wash DC |
Jul 19 |
Bolivian government resigns |
Jul 19 |
David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon |
Jul 19 |
1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2 |
Jul 20 |
T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London |
Jul 20 |
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London |
Jul 21 |
France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island |
Jul 22 |
Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle |
Jul 23 |
FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo |
Jul 23 |
Intl Whaling Comn votes for total ban on coml whaling (starting 1985) |
Jul 24 |
"Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 perfs |
Jul 24 |
KHJ (LA) & KFRC (SF) become 2nd & 3rd stereo AM stations |
Jul 24 |
Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. |
Jul 25 |
20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0) |
Jul 25 |
37th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson |
Jul 25 |
France performs nuclear Test |
Jul 26 |
Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket |
Jul 26 |
Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe |
Jul 27 |
California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times |
Jul 27 |
Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years |
Jul 27 |
Menken & Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" premieres in NYC |
Jul 30 |
Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats |
Jul 30 |
USSR performs underground nuclear Test |
Jul 31 |
46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France |
Jul 31 |
Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die |
Jul 31 |
Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria & France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) |
Jul 31 |
USSR performs nuclear Test |
Aug 1 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic |
Aug 1 |
Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives |
Aug 1 |
H Aaron, F Robinson, T Jackson, & H Chandler inducted in Hall of Fame |
Aug 1 |
Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut |
Aug 1 |
Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10) |
Aug 2 |
Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season |
Aug 2 |
Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network |
Aug 3 |
Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as NY Yankee manager |
Aug 4 |
NY Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game |
Aug 5 |
Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager |
Aug 5 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
Aug 6 |
22nd Curtis Cup: US, 14½-3½ |
Aug 6 |
California Doug DeCinces hits 3 HRs again in game (did it 5 days ago also) |
Aug 6 |
WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system |
Aug 6 |
Three ANC members are sentenced to death in South Africa |
Aug 8 |
64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa |
Aug 8 |
Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic |
Aug 11 |
Twins Terry Felton loses & runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16) |
Aug 11 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
Aug 11 |
The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola |
Aug 14 |
Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres |
Aug 14 |
Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq |
Aug 14 |
Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) |
Aug 15 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic |
Aug 15 |
Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution |
Aug 17 |
LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18) |
Aug 17 |
South Bend, Ind jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin |
Aug 17 |
The first Compact Discs (CDs) were released to the public in Germany. |
Aug 18 |
1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded |
Aug 18 |
LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17) |
Aug 18 |
NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded |
Aug 18 |
Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance |
Aug 18 |
Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th) |
Aug 18 |
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation. |
Aug 19 |
Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec |
Aug 19 |
Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space |
Aug 20 |
Don Lever becomes 1st captain of NJ Devils |
Aug 20 |
US marines land in Beirut Lebanon |
Aug 21 |
Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut |
Aug 21 |
Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300 |
Aug 22 |
Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence |
Aug 22 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf |
Aug 23 |
Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president |
Aug 23 |
Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter |
Aug 23 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
Aug 24 |
KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record |
Aug 26 |
NASA launches Telesat-F |
Aug 27 |
Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark |
Aug 27 |
Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth |
Aug 28 |
"Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 perfs |
Aug 28 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
Aug 28 |
The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco. |
Aug 29 |
38°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August |
Aug 29 |
George Brett gets his 1,500th hit |
Aug 29 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic |
Aug 29 |
Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1 |
Aug 29 |
The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. |
Aug 30 |
PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut |
Aug 31 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
Sep 1 |
Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls" premieres in London |
Sep 1 |
Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH |
Sep 1 |
Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks |
Sep 1 |
Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon |
Sep 1 |
The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. |
Sep 2 |
Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down |
Sep 3 |
Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns |
Sep 4 |
Arson fire engulfs apartment-hotel in LA, 25 die |
Sep 4 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
Sep 5 |
82nd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel |
Sep 5 |
Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph |
Sep 6 |
Dutch Internal minister Mr M Red assigns BVD to spy on communists |
Sep 6 |
Jerry Lewis' 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000 |
Sep 6 |
Joanne Carner wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic |
Sep 6 |
Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War" |
Sep 6 |
Pittsburgh Pirates retire Willie Stargell's # |
Sep 6 |
Polish dissidents seize Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland |
Sep 8 |
Dutch social democratic party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament |
Sep 9 |
"Your Arms 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 |
96th US Womens Tennis: C E L Mills beats Hana Mandlikova (63 61) |
Sep 11 |
Debbie Maffett (California), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983 |
Sep 11 |
Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY |
Sep 12 |
102nd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64) |
Sep 12 |
Gerard Nijboer (2:15:16) & Rosa Mota (2:36:04) win marathon |
Sep 12 |
Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic |
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 |
1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc |
Sep 15 |
Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut |
Sep 15 |
Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat |
Sep 16 |
Massacre of 1000+ Palestinian refugees at Chatila & Sabra begins |
Sep 17 |
NJ Devils 1st exhibition game, beating Caps 3-1 in Hershey Pa |
Sep 18 |
Sabra and Shatila massacres - Christian militia massacre at least 700 Palestinians in retaliation for assassination of Bachir Gemayel |
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 Chic Bears 10-0 |
Sep 19 |
Sandra Haynie/Kathy McMullen wins Portland Ping Team Golf Championship |
Sep 19 |
Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service |
Sep 20 |
Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick Pakistan v Australia |
Sep 20 |
NFL players begin a 57 day strike |
Sep 21 |
2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium |
Sep 21 |
Devils beat Rangers 3-2 in exhibition; 1st hockey in Meadowlands (NJ) |
Sep 21 |
NFL players begin a 57 day strike |
Sep 21 |
SF 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 |
SF's cable cars made a final run before closing down for 20-month |
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 |
Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 |
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 26 |
"Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 5 perfs |
Sep 26 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic |
Sep 26 |
"Knight Rider", starring David Hasselhoff, debuts on NBC |
Sep 27 |
Cards clinching NL East title |
Sep 27 |
Filming begins on "Never Say Never Again" |
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 "Cheers" on NBC-TV |
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 |
Oct 1 |
EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida |
Oct 1 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
Oct 1 |
West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl |
Oct 1 |
The Sony CDP-101, the world's first commercially released Compact Disc player, is released in Japan for 168,000 yen ($730) |
Oct 2 |
Bomb attack in Teheran, kills 60, injures 700 |
Oct 3 |
Cox 4 rowing record set at 12:52 for 99 miles (Geneva, Switzerland) |
Oct 3 |
Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 to win AL East championship |
Oct 3 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic |
Oct 3 |
Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm |
Oct 3 |
Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours |
Oct 4 |
Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of German FR |
Oct 5 |
1st NJ Devils game, tie the Pitts Penguins 3-3 at the Meadowlands |
Oct 5 |
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC |
Oct 5 |
Hernan Siles Zuazo appointed president of Bolivia |
Oct 5 |
Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9,851 kph at White Sands, NM |
Oct 6 |
Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks 6 field goals |
Oct 6 |
Fokker Fellowship crashes at Moerdijk Neth, 17-22 die |
Oct 7 |
Olof Palme forms Swedish government |
Oct 7 |
Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater on Broadway NYC and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. |
Oct 8 |
NJ Devils 1st victory, beating NY Rangers 3-2 at Meadowlands |
Oct 8 |
Poland bans Solidarity & all labor unions |
Oct 9 |
Attack on synagouge in Rome, 1 dead |
Oct 10 |
Brewers beat Angels in ALCS |
Oct 10 |
Hernan Siles Zuazo installed as president of Bolivia |
Oct 10 |
Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint |
Oct 10 |
US imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union |
Oct 11 |
16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skagg |
Oct 11 |
English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England |
Oct 11 |
Riot in Amsterdam as tram catches fire |
Oct 12 |
38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record) |
Oct 12 |
Milwaukee Brewer Paul Molitor getrs world sereis record 5 hits |
Oct 13 |
IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's gold medals from the 1912 Olympics |
Oct 13 |
NJ Devils 1st short handed goal-Don Lever |
Oct 14 |
6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea |
Oct 14 |
Islanders assessed 108 penality minutes Penguins 125 (233 total) |
Oct 14 |
NY Islanders greatest shutout margin (9-0) vs Pittsburgh Penguins |
Oct 14 |
President Reagan proclaims war against drugs |
Oct 16 |
Devils 1st road victory 6-5 over Penguins |
Oct 16 |
Mt Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return |
Oct 16 |
Shultz warns US will withdraw from UN if they vote to exclude Israel |
Oct 16 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
Oct 17 |
1st live orch on commerical network since 1954 (National Symphony) |
Oct 17 |
Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation |