Page 4: Historical Events In 1982

Feb 27   Wayne B. Williams is convicted of murdering two of 28 Atlanta area youngsters whose bodies were are discovered over a 22-month period   

Feb 28   AT and T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day.   

Feb 28   FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street.   

Mar 01   5th Emmy Sports Awards presentation   

Mar 01   Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data.   

Mar 02   Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at 53.   

Mar 02   Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru.   

Mar 03   Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45.   

Mar 03   Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (D-NJ).   

Mar 03   Statistics Canada confirms that Canada entered a recession in 1982. Gee all they had to do was ask me I could have told them.   

Mar 04   NASA launches Intelsat V.   

Mar 05   Comedian/actor John Belushi is are discovered dead at age 33 of a drug overdose in Hollywood   

Mar 05   John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33.   

Mar 05   Parliament passes Canada Oil and Gas Act; Petro Canada (the peoples oil and gas company) gets automatic 25% of all new offshore finds; to speed offshore oil and gas development.   

Mar 06   Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77.   

Mar 06   Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)   

Mar 07   Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68   

Mar 07   In this year, Beth Daniel claims LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic   

Mar 07   In this year, IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1   

Mar 09   Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58   

Mar 10   President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya   

Mar 10   Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL).   

Mar 10   Sygyzy all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun.   

Mar 11   Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55   

Mar 11   Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname   

Mar 11   Harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion.   

Mar 11   Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC.   

Mar 12   1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica vs Leeward Islands.   

Mar 12   Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90   

Mar 12   PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline".   

Mar 13   Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64.   

Mar 13   World Ice Dance Championship in Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

Mar 14   Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59   

Mar 15   Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan   

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Apr 02   Bianca chatfield: Australian netballer   

Apr 28   Nikki grahame: Big brother 7 star   

Apr 30   Kirsten dunst: Actress (interview with the vampire)   

Apr 30   Lloyd banks: American rapper   

Apr 30   Cleo higgins: British singer and actress   

Apr 30   Andrew seeley: Canadian actor and singer   

May 22   Apolo anton ohno: American short track speed skater   

May 22   John bobek: American actor   

Jan 01   Paul belmondo: French sculptor (bathing woman, orleans),    

Jan 03   Derek sealy: Cricketer (west in   

Jan 05   Hans conried: Actor (bullwinkle show, make room for daddy),   

Jan 07   Bert oosterhuis: Dutch motor racer (paris-dakar),   

Jan 08   Gregoire aslan: Actor (concrete jungle),   

Jan 09   Paul lynde: Actor (bye bye birdie, bewitched),   

Jan 10   Lazar weiner: Composer,   

Jan 13   Marcel camus: French director (orfeu negro),