These are the Days of My Life - Second edition - September-October 1981

Sept 1 - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut, dies in Mig-21 crash at 32
2 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
3 - Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7
4 - An explosion at a mine in Zalizin, Czechoslovakia - 65 dead
5 - Ayatollah Ali Qoddusi, prosecutor-general of Iran, assassinated
6 - "They're Playing Our Song" closes at Imperial NYC after 1082 perfs
7 - Jerry Lewis' 16th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,500,000
8 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas, Bethlehem PA, actor (Randy-Home Improvement) born.
9 - Vernon E Jordan resigns as president of National Urban League
10 - Picasso's painting "Guernica" is moved from New York to Madrid
11 - 2nd govt of Agt forms
12 - Elizabeth Ward (Arkansas), 20, crowned 54th Miss America 1982
13 - 33rd Emmy Awards: Taxi, Hill St Blue, Judd Hirsh and Isabel Sanford wins
14 - Entertainment Tonight premieres on TV
15 - The John Bull becomes the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world, at 150 years old, when it operates under its own power outside Washington, DC.
16 - 1st broadcast of "Miami Vice" on NBC-TV
17 - Fernando Valenzuela sets NL rookie record with 8th shutout of season
18 - Christina Lindley born
19 - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel perform a reunion concert in Central Park
20 - Belize declares independence
21 - Sandra Day O'Conner becomes 1st female Supreme Court Justice
22 - Rocco Baldelli, baseball player born
23 - Jack Henry Abbott, best-selling author, is arrested for murder
24 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
25 - Rolling Stones begin their 6th US tour (JFK Stadium, Phila)
26 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
27 - Coenraad van Emde Boas, Dutch sexologist, dies at 77
28 - Joseph Paul Franklin, avowed racist, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 2 black joggers in Salt Lake City
29 - Siarhei Rutenka, handball player born
30 - Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics

October 1 - Iranian plane crash
2 - Ali Chamene‹ elected president of Iran
3 - Irish Nationalist at Maze Prison near Belfast end 7-mo hunger strike
4 - Meadowlands Arena opens in NJ
5 - Jud Strunk, singer/comedian (Laugh-In), dies at 48
6 - Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is assassinated during a parade by army members who were part of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad organization, who opposed his negotiations with Israel
7 - Hosni Mubarak became acting-president of Egypt
8 - Pres Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald R Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral
9 - Zachery Ty Bryan, Denver CO, actor (Brad-Home Improvement) born
10 - Anwar Sadat's funeral service is held in Cairo
11 - Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
12 - "Marlowe" opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 48 performances
13 - Nils Asther, actor (Son of Lassie, Wild Orchids), dies at 84
14 - Vice President Hosni Mubarak is elected President of Egypt one week after Anwar Sadat was assassinated.
15 - Frank DeKova, actor (Chief Wild Eagle-F Troop), dies
16 - William Holden, actor (Casino Royale), dies at 63
17 - David Guion, composer, dies at 88
18 - Andreas Papandreous' PASOK wins Greek elections
19 - Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Schawlow win Nobel for physics (laser)
20 - 3 members of Weather underground arrested for armored truck robbery
21 - Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece.
22 - Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization decertified
23 - US national debt hits $1 trillion
24 - Deborah Baltzell, actress (Karen-I'm a Big Girl Now), dies at 25
25 - 200,000 demonstrate in Brussel against cruise missile
26 - LA Dodgers beat NY Yankees, 4 games to 2 in 78th World Series
27 - Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
28 - Edward M McIntrye elected 1st black mayor of Augusta Georgia
29 - Bill Giles becomes CEO of Phila Phillies
30 - Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies
31 - 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC)