Page 5: Historical Events In 1982

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.   

Mar 15   Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days   

Mar 17   4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador.   

Mar 17   Following the failure of Argentinean diplomatic efforts to reclaim the Falkland Islands from the British, an Argentine warship lands a party of "scrap dealers" on South Georgia Island, a dependency of the Falkland Islands British crown colony.   

Mar 17   Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador   

Mar 18   Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60   

Mar 18   Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident.   

Mar 19   Following the failure of Argentinean diplomatic efforts to reclaim the Falkland Islands from the British, an Argentine warship lands a party of "scrap dealers" on South Georgia Island, a dependency of the Falkland Islands British crown colony.   

Mar 19   National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27   

Mar 19   Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25.   

Mar 20   1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Islands vs Barbados.   

Mar 20   France performs nuclear test.   

Mar 20   Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52.   

Mar 20   Joan Jett and Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 weeks.   

Mar 20   Reverend A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa   

Mar 21   Harry H Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe and Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57.   

Mar 21   In the Hokkaido, Japan Region a 6.7 earthquake injured 110 and caused extensive damage (VI JMA) in southern Hokkaido   

Mar 21   Movie "Annie" premieres   

Mar 22   3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched   

Mar 22   Iran offensive against Iraq.   

Mar 23   Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees.   

Mar 23   Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85   

Mar 24   Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83.   

Mar 24   US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia   

Mar 25   Wayne Gretzky is recorded as becoming inaugural NHL to score 200 points in a season   

Mar 26   Agathe "Henriette" de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies at 91.   

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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),