Timeline September 1982

Events in September 1982 9

• 1929 – 1982 Grace Kelly (1929-1982) Died 14 September 1982, aged 52 American actress who became Princess of Monaco after retiring from film. She died from injuries sustained when her car went off a mountain road near Monte Carlo.
• 1947 – 1982 Bashir Gemayel (1947-1982) Died 14 September 1982, aged 34 Lebanese president-elect and Maronite militia leader. He was assassinated in a bombing at his Phalange party headquarters in Beirut before taking office.
• 1982 Pretenders release Back on the Chain Gang US top five Written for Honeyman-Scott — their biggest US hit.
• 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre Christian militia kills refugees in Beirut camps Lebanese Christian Phalangist militiamen massacred hundreds of Palestinian and Lebanese Shia civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps while the area was under Israeli military control. The killings drew international condemnation and an Israeli commission later found indirect responsibility.
• 1982 CDC first uses the term AIDS US health agency names the new epidemic The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began using the term Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, to describe the emerging disease previously called GRID. The naming marked a turning point in public health efforts to track and study the epidemic.
• 1982 Love Over Gold Fourth album — September 24, 1982 Love Over Gold was released on September 24, 1982, featuring the epic "Telegraph Road" and "Private Investigations". It reached number 1 in the UK — their first chart-topper — and number 19 in the US. The last album with drummer Pick Withers.
• 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders Cyanide-laced capsules kill seven Seven people in the Chicago area died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules that had been laced with potassium cyanide. The unsolved poisonings prompted the introduction of tamper-evident packaging across the pharmaceutical industry.
• 1982 Bruce Springsteen releases Nebraska Home recordings Dark songs recorded alone on a four-track cassette recorder.
• 1982 Marvin Gaye releases Sexual Healing Comeback His first Grammy-winning hit, written in Ostend.