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Tuesday, 07 July 2026
Apr 20 Andrew Sandham, cricketer (325 Eng 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies 
Apr 20 Businessman Peter Pocklington held hostage in his home for almost 12 hours by a gunman demanding $1 million
Apr 21 Joe Sawyer actor (Biff O'Hara-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 80
Apr 21 M Watt discovers asteroid #2991.
Apr 22 Launch of STS-3-Lousma and Fullerton [03/23].
Apr 22 Melville Bell Grosvenor, pres (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80.
Apr 24 C Torres discovers asteroid #3361 Orpheus
Apr 25 British commandos invade South Georgia
Apr 25 Celia Johnson, actress (Brief Encounter, Happy Breed), dies at 73
Apr 25 Don Wilson TV announcer (Jack Benny Show), dies at 81.
Apr 25 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2688 Halley, #3275 Oberndorfer and #3692
Apr 25 In accordance with Camp David, Israel completes Sinai withdrawl.
Apr 26 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
Apr 26 Celia Johnson, British actress (Jean Brodie), dies of stroke at 73.
Apr 26 Dame Cella Johnson British actress, dies of a stroke at 73
Apr 26 Rod Stewart is mugged, the gunman steals his $50000 Porsche.
Apr 27 Tom Tully actor (Line-up, Shane), dies at 85.
Apr 27 Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins
Apr 28 Bert van Dongen, [Abraham J Cohen], Dutch singer/actor, dies at 66
Apr 28 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2956 Yeomans and #3253 Gradie
Apr 28 L G Taff discovers asteroid #3343 Nedzel
Apr 30 Albert TLCA Bird, lecture artist, dies
Apr 30 Fort McMurray Alberta, Alberta Alsands oil project collapses despite offers of aid from Ottawa and Alberta.
May 01 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville TN opens
May 01 Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
May 02 Argentina's only cruiser is sunk by a British submarine with a loss of more than 320 lives.
May 02 Falklands War Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men.
May 02 Helmut Dantine.
May 03 ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
May 03 Helmut Dantine, actor (Shadow of the Cloak), dies at 64
May 03 New York Times reports that military will get 25% of NASA's budget
May 03 President Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts.
May 04 British Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die.
May 05 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Vancouver Canucks, 4 games to 0
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