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Hank Greenberg who played first baseman and was a member of American Baseball Hall of Fame passes at 75 from cancer on September 4.
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On September 7th, an assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet fails while leaving five people dead.
Instant replay is first used to review a play by the NFL team Cleveland Browns on September 7.
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Dan Morino, NFL quarterback, throws a 100th touchdown pass on September 7.
On September 8, The Oprah Winfrey Show is first aired nationally.
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Joseph Cicippo, a United States professor, is kidnapped and held hostage in Beirut, Lebanon on September 12th. He was later released in 1991.
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September 12: Directed by David Lynch, Blue Velvet is unveiled in Toronto, Canada.
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In Transvaal, South Africa, 177 perish from a fire in Kinross Gold Mine on September 16.
On September 19th, the premier of Captain EO with Michael Jackson appears.
AZT (azidothymidine), also known as Zidovudine, is made available to Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) patients per the United States Federal Health Officials on September 19.
On September 22, A disarmament accord is signed in Stockholm, Sweden by 35 countries.
The United States national flower is selected as the rose by Congress on September 23.
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Raising Hell is the first album in which RUN-DMC become the first rap group to reach the top 10 on September 26th.
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On September 27th, Michael Johnson releases the single Give Me Wings.
Mordechai Vanunu is kidnapped on September 30th in Rome, Italy after revealing details of an Israeli covert program to British Media.
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