Page 14: Historical Events In 1982

Sep 15   Israeli forces began pouring into west Beirut.   

Sep 15   Sadegh Ghotbzadeh, Iran's former foreign minister, executed in Iran.   

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

Sep 16   Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mr Beasley-Burns and Allen Show), dies at 86.   

Sep 18   Christian militia begin massacre of 600 Palestinians in Lebanon.   

Sep 19   Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies.   

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

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

Sep 21   STS-5 vehicle moves to launch pad.   

Sep 23   Jimmy Wakely, country western singer, dies of heart failure at 68.   

Sep 24   Sarah Churchill actress, dies at 67.   

Sep 24   Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67   

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

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

Sep 25   Penn prison guard George Banks results in the deaths of 13 (5 were his own children).   

Sep 26   Alec Hurwood, cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies   

Sep 27   John Palmer is recorded as becoming news anchor of the Today Show   

Sep 27   Saad Sayd, [Abu Walid], Palestinian commandant in Lebanon, dies.   

Sep 28   Larry Breeding, actor (Who's Watching the Kids), dies on 36th birthday.   

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

Sep 29   Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules results in the deaths of 7 in Chicago.   

Sep 29   H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies   

Oct 01   EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida.   

Oct 01   West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt.   

Oct 02   Paul Volcker announces that the war against inflation has gone too far and that he is abandoning his experiment with monetarism   

Oct 02   William Bernbach, advertising magnate, dies at 71   

Oct 03   Roger J J Claessen, Belgian soccer star, dies at 41.   

Oct 04   Ahmad H al-Bakr, Iraqi fieldmarshal/president/premier, dies.   

Oct 05   Unmanned rocket sled reaches 9851 kph at White Sands, NM.   

Oct 08   Fernando Lamas, actor/director (Lost World), dies of cancer at 67   

Oct 08   Poland bans Solidarity.   

Oct 09   Anna Freud, Austria/Engl psychoanalyst/daughter of Sigmund, dies at 86.   

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 11   After 437 years, the remains of Henry VIII ship the 'Mary Rose' are raised from the seabed.   

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Apr 02   Bianca chatfield: Australian netballer   

Apr 28   Nikki grahame: Big brother 7 star   

Apr 30   Kirsten dunst: Actress (interview with the vampire)   

Apr 30   Lloyd banks: American rapper   

Apr 30   Cleo higgins: British singer and actress   

Apr 30   Andrew seeley: Canadian actor and singer   

May 22   Apolo anton ohno: American short track speed skater   

May 22   John bobek: American actor   

Jan 01   Paul belmondo: French sculptor (bathing woman, orleans),   

Jan 03   Derek sealy: Cricketer (west in   

Jan 05   Hans conried: Actor (bullwinkle show, make room for daddy),    

Jan 07   Bert oosterhuis: Dutch motor racer (paris-dakar),    

Jan 08   Gregoire aslan: Actor (concrete jungle),    

Jan 09   Paul lynde: Actor (bye bye birdie, bewitched),   

Jan 10   Lazar weiner: Composer,   

Jan 13   Marcel camus: French director (orfeu negro),