Historical Events In 1982

Nov 07 Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner)

Sep 27 John Palmer becomes news anchor of the Today Show

Sep 05 Eddie Hill sets propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph

Sep 13 Joe Lefevre gets 6 hits in one baseball game

Sep 01 Max speedometer reading mandated at 85 MPH

Sep 13 Philip Ober actor (Gen Stone-I Dream of Jeannie), dies at 80

Sep 16 Israeli forces move into West Beirut too late to prevent a massacre of Palestinians by Christian Falangists.

Sep 28 The first reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules

Sep 18 Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon

Sep 13 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain

Sep 21 STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad

Sep 14 Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of the English Channel

Sep 15 First issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc

Sep 10 Pete Rose breaks Hank Aarons's National League record by playing in his 3,077th baseball game.

Sep 08 The Boeing 767 makes its commercial debut on a United Airlines flight from Chicago to Denver

Sep 15 Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut

Sep 10 Decca releases Beatle audition "The Complete Silver Beatles" album

Sep 24 US, Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon

Sep 25 Penn prison guard George Banks kills 13 (5 were his own children)

Sep 09 Conestoga 1, 1st private commercial rocket, makes suborbital flight

Sep 24 Sarah Churchill actress, dies at 67

Sep 28 NASA launches Intelsat V

Sep 06 Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"

Sep 21 SF cable cars cease operations for 2 years of repairs

Sep 14 Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7"

Sep 24 Tennis great Bj”rn B”rg retires at 26

Sep 01 Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon

Sep 19 Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service

Sep 29 Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago

Sep 06 Polish dissidents seize the Polish Embassy in Bern, Switzerland

Sep 09 Columbia mated with SRBs &external tank in preparation for STS-5

Sep 09 Former movie star Princess Grace of Monaco dies from injuries suffered from an earlier car accident.

Jun 28 Prince Chuck &Lady Di name their baby "William"

Jun 12 A rally against the nuclear arms race brings 800,000 demonstrators into New York's Central Park

Jun 11 Israel & Syria stop fighting in Lebanon

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