Today is Friday, September 22, the 265th day of 2017. There are 100 days left in the year.
1975 — World Football League folds
1980 — Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins
1980 — John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records
1983 — NASA launches Galaxy-B
1985 — Michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1985 — Rock & country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill
1985 — St Louis Cardinals set an unusual streak record by winning 9 of 10 games, each pitched by a different man
1986 — LA Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is 1st Mexican to win 20 games
1987 — Red Sox Wade Boggs gets his 200th hit in five straight seasons