Page 3: Historical Events In 1982
Monday, 23 February 2026
Feb 05 DEA announces seizure of 3192 tons of marijuana, 495 people. 


Feb 05 Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56 


Feb 05 Suriname President Chin A Sen steps down and flees to Netherlands. 


Feb 06 "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart 


Feb 06 Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87 


Feb 07 Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica. 


Feb 08 John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at 76 


Feb 10 K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies. 


Feb 11 Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer. 


Feb 12 Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87. 


Feb 12 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 


Feb 13 Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" is on the charts for 402nd week 


Feb 13 Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17 


Feb 14 Henk Schaer, [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at 79. 


Feb 15 Eighty-four workers die when an oil drilling rig sinks off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm. 


Feb 15 Off the Newfoundlandthe oil drilling rig Ocean Ranger capsizes and sinks in 18 m waves during a fierce storm on the Grand Banks 315 km east of St. John's; all 84 crewmen, 56 of whom are Newfoundlanders, drown in worst marine disaster in Canada. 


Feb 16 Agatha Barbara elected as inaugural female President of Malta 


Feb 16 Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad. 


Feb 16 Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce. 


Feb 17 Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81 


Feb 19 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 


Feb 21 "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 1604 performances. 


Feb 21 "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 36 performances 


Feb 21 In this year, Beth Daniel claims LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic. 


Feb 22 Britain and US sent ships to Persian Gulf following Iranian offensive 


Feb 22 Murray "the K" Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle), dies at 60. 


Feb 22 NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for New York governor (unsuccessful). 


Feb 23 Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," premieres in London. 


Feb 24 24th Grammy Awards Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy win. 


Feb 24 Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71. 


Feb 25 Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs. 


Feb 25 In this year, House of Commons starts inquiry into bank profits, in wake of record interest rates 


Feb 25 J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies. 


Feb 25 Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph). 


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