Page 6: Historical Events In 1982

Mar 30   The third space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands NM.   

Mar 31   Arkas tanker at Montz LA, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil   

Mar 31   Canada's inaugural fibre optics cable manufacturing plant opens in Saskatoon   

Mar 31   Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85   

Mar 31   Rock group Doobie Brothers split up.   

Apr 01   US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama   

Apr 02   Argentina seizes Malvinas (Falklands) Islands the start of the war with England   

Apr 02   Argentinian forces invade the British run Falkland Islands.   

Apr 03   Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1000th NHL point.   

Apr 03   Herman W Filarski, Dutch bridge journalist, dies at 69   

Apr 03   UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands.   

Apr 04   11th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Sally Little   

Apr 05   A British Naval Task Force leaves for the Falkland Islands, which have been invaded by Argentina.   

Apr 05   Abe Fortas, Supreme court justice, dies at 71   

Apr 05   Lord Carrington, British foreign secretary steps down due to Falkland Islands war   

Apr 05   St Louis Cardinals' Jim Kaat pitches in record 24th consecutive season.   

Apr 06   Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands.   

Apr 07   Brenda Benet actress, commits suicide by gun at 36   

Apr 07   Brenda Benet, actress (Track of Thunder), commits suicide by gun at 36   

Apr 09   Robert H G Havemann, German chemist/dissident, dies.   

Apr 12   3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot   

Apr 12   Ottawa bans imports from Argentina, to protest invasion of Falkland Islands   

Apr 13   Republic of South Africa a 5.0 earthquake killed 1 and and 20 injured in rockslides in a gold mine near Welkom.   

Apr 14   M Watt discovers asteroid #2675 Tolkien.   

Apr 15   5 murderers, of Egyptian pres Sadat, executed   

Apr 15   A Mrkos discovers asteroid #3257   

Apr 15   Apollo Computer announces DN400, DN420, and landscape display.   

Apr 15   The Muslims who murdered President Sadat of Egypt are executed.   

Apr 18   In this year, Canada Constitution Act adopts in place of British North America Act.   

Apr 18   M Watt discovers asteroid #2687.   

Apr 19   In this year, Alberto Salazar claims the Boston Marathon in a record 2 8 51   

Apr 19   Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery   

Apr 19   Sally Ride announced as inaugural woman astronaut   

Apr 19   USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Next Page »

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),