Cheers September 30, 1982 The TV show Cheers debuts on NBC. "Where Everybody Knows Your Name." Cheers was almost canceled during its first season where it ranked near the bottom in ratings, but eventually developed a following and became the #1 sitcom and one of the most popular sitcoms of all time. John Ratz...

Tylenol Murders September 29, 1982 The first two of seven deaths from cyanide-laced Tylenol acetaminophen capsules. A 12-year-old girl and a 27-year-old man die after taking cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules. The man's brother and sister-in-law later also died from after taking Tylenol from the same bottle. Three other pe...

Black Sox Scandal September 28, 1920 Eight members of the Chicago White Sox are indicted for accepting bribes to throw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds. They were banned from baseball even though they were eventually acquitted. They are still currently banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Mars Observer September 25, 1992 The $813 million spacecraft is launched. NASA lost contact with it three days before it was scheduled to arrive at Mars in August of 1993. The most probable cause of the failure was a rupture of the fuel pressurization side of the spacecraft's propulsion system causing the spacecraft to...

Little Rock Crisis September 24, 1957 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower orders federal troops to enforce the court order allowing blacks to enter Central High School in Little Rock. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus had ordered the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine blacks from entering all-whi...