Editing 1982 (section)

===September===
* [[September 14]] 
** [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] President-elect [[Bachir Gemayel]] is assassinated in [[Beirut]].
** [[Grace Kelly|Princess Grace of Monaco]] dies after having suffered a car crash a few days previously.
* [[September 18]]
**A Lebanese Christian militia (the [[Kataeb|Phalange]]) [[Sabra and Shatila massacre|kill thousands of Palestinians]] in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut; the massacre is a response to the assassination of the president-elect, Bachir Gemayel, four days earlier.
**The [[funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco]] takes place.
* [[September 19]] – The first [[emoticon]]s are posted by [[Scott Fahlman]].
* [[September 21]] 
** The first [[International Day of Peace]] is proclaimed by the ([[United Nations]]).
** In the United States, the [[National Football League Players Association]] calls a [[strike action|strike]], the first in-season work stoppage in the [[National Football League]]'s 63-year history. The strike lasts for 57 days, reduces the [[1982 NFL season|regular season]] from 16 games to 9, and forces an expanded 16-team [[NFL playoffs, 1982-83|playoff tournament]]. 
* [[September 23]] – [[Amine Gemayel]], brother of Bachir, is elected president of [[Lebanon]].
* [[September 24]] – The [[Wimpy Operation]], the first act of armed resistance against Israeli troops in [[Beirut]].
* [[September 25]] – In Israel, 400,000 marchers demand the resignation of Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]].
* [[September 26]] – [[Thermal]]s take Australian parachutist Rich Collins up to {{convert|2800|m|ft}} during a jump; he almost blacks out due to lack of oxygen. He releases his main [[parachute]] to fall to a lower altitude and lands by his reserve parachute.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Meteorology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXMdAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Artetech International|page=284}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[Chicago Tylenol murders]]: an unknown killer laces [[Tylenol (brand)|Tylenol]] capsules with [[potassium cyanide]] that kills seven in Chicago, Illinois.