Sep 01 A Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard.

Sep 12 USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane

Sep 26 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)

Sep 04 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)

Sep 18 George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere

Sep 14 US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner

Sep 10 John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67.

Sep 09 Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas

Sep 12 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million

Sep 13 US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)

Sep 22 NASA launches Galaxy-B

Sep 23 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9

Sep 01 Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet

Sep 26 Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10

Feb 10 Canada signs agreement allowing US testing of military equipment in Canada, including cruise missiles

Feb 20 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)

Feb 28 Statistics Canada reports Canadian Gross National Product fell 4.8% in 1982; sharpest decline since 1933

Feb 21 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak

Feb 08 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W)-46 days

Feb 11 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP

Feb 01 USSR performs underground nuclear test

Feb 28 Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch

Feb 01 New channels first available on cable as pay TV launched in Canada; First Choice, Superchannel and C-Channel allyou got to do is PAY

Feb 22 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary

Feb 13 Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup

Feb 23 25th Grammy Awards Rosanna, Toto IV, Men at Work win

Feb 04 Pop singer-drummer Karen Carpenter dies in Downey, California, at age 32.

Feb 08 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance

Feb 03 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners

Feb 04 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton

Feb 10 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament

Feb 23 USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 million)

Feb 24 A U.S. congressional report condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII.

Feb 26 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks

Feb 05 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial

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