Today in History for August 1982

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 58 of 58

1st - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
1st - Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives
1st - H Aaron, F Robinson, T Jackson, & H Chandler inducted in Hall of Fame
1st - Heavy Israeli air bombardment on Beirut
1st - Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10)
2nd - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season
2nd - Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network
3rd - Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as NY Yankee manager
4th - NY Met Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago day game, he is traded, then singles for Expos in Philadelphia night game
5th - Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
5th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
6th - 22nd Curtis Cup: US, 14½-3½
6th - California Doug DeCinces hits 3 HRs again in game (did it 5 days ago also)
6th - WQXI (Atlanta) is 1st to use Harris Corp AM stereo system
8th - 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
8th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
11th - Twins Terry Felton loses & runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16)
11th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
14th - Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres
14th - Iran "Ramadan-offensive" in Iraq
14th - Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron)
15th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
15th - Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution
17th - LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18)
17th - South Bend, Ind jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin
17th - The first Compact Discs (CDs) were released to the public in Germany.
18th - 1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded
18th - LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game started 8/17)
18th - NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded
18th - Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance
18th - Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago IL, ends after 22 innings - before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1 (game started Aug 17th)
18th - Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.
19th - Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 sec
19th - Soyuz T-7 launched, Svetlana Savtiskaya 2nd woman in space
20th - Don Lever becomes 1st captain of NJ Devils
20th - US marines land in Beirut Lebanon
21st - Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut
21st - Rollie Fingers (Brewers) becomes 1st pitcher to get save #300
22nd - Gen Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peaceful coexistence
22nd - Israeli General Ariel Sharon urges Palestinians to discuss peace
22nd - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Chevrolet World Championship of Women's Golf
23rd - Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president
23rd - Seattle Mariner pitcher Gaylord Perry ejected for throwing a spitter
23rd - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
24th - KC's John Wathan steals 31st en route to 36 base for catcher's record
26th - NASA launches Telesat-F
27th - Rickey Henderson steals 119th base of season breaks Lou Brock's mark
27th - Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth
28th - "Sugar Babies" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 perfs
28th - USSR performs underground nuclear test
28th - The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco.
29th - 38°F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in August
29th - George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
29th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
29th - Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1
29th - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat 30th - PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut
31st - USSR performs underground nuclear test

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 54 of 54

1st - Ai Tominaga, Japanese model and actress
2nd - Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer
2nd - Grady Sizemore, American baseball player
5th - LoLo Jones, American track and field athlete
5th - Ryu Seung Min, Korean table tennis player
5th - Tobias Regner, German singer
6th - Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality
6th - Karl Davies, British actor
6th - Justin Germano, American baseball player
6th - Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
6th - Ryan Sypek, American actor
7th - Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer
7th - Vasileios Spanoulis, Greek basketball player
8th - David Florence, British canoeist
9th - Tyson Gay, American sprinter
9th - Danieal Manning, American football player
10th - Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress
11th - Alan Halsall, British actor
12th - Alexandros Tzorvas, Greek footballer
13th - Shani Davis, American speed skater
15th - Casey Burgener, American weightlifter
16th - Cam Gigandet, American actor
16th - Joleon Lescott, English footballer
17th - Phil Jagielka, English footballer
17th - Melissa Anderson, American professional wrestler
19th - Erika Christensen, American actress
19th - J. J. Hardy, American baseball player
19th - Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter
20th - Cléber Luis Alberti, Brazilian footballer
20th - Youssouf Hersi, Ethiopian footballer
20th - Joshua Kennedy, Australian footballer
20th - Barney Rogers, Zimbabwean cricketer
23rd - Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
23rd - YTCracker, American musician
23rd - Scott Palguta, professional soccer player
24th - Kim Kallstrom, Swedish footballer
26th - David Long, New Zealand musician
28th - Le Ann Rimes, country singer (Blue, Holiday in Your Heart)
28th - Anderson Silva de França, Brazilian footballer
28th - Thiago Motta, Brazilian footballer
28th - Kevin McNaughton, Scottish footballer
29th - Carlos Delfino, Argentinean basketball player
29th - A+, American rapper
30th - Will Davison, Australian racing driver
30th - Andy Roddick, American tennis player
31st - Lien Huyghebaert, Belgian athlete
31st - José Reina, Spanish footballer
31st - Michele Rugolo, Italian racing driver
31st - Ian Crocker, American swimmer
31st - Chris Duhon, American basketball player
31st - Josh Kroeger, American baseball player
31st - Alexei Mikhnov, Ukrainian-born ice hockey player
31st - Patrick Nuo, Swiss singer
31st - G. Willow Wilson, American journalist and comic book writer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

2nd - "Dangerous Liaisons" actor John Malkovich (28) weds film and stage actress Glenne Headly (27)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 38 of 38

2nd - Cathleen Nesbitt, English actress (Separate Tables), dies at 93
2nd - Rudolf Maros, composer, dies at 65
4th - Bruce Goff, American Architect (b. 1904)
5th - Wanda Rotha, actress (Mrs Fitzherbert), dies at 72
8th - Ferre Grignard, Belgian pop singer/painter (Crucified Jesus), dies
8th - Hermine Heijermans, author (Snikken en Smartlapjes), dies at 80
8th - Kurt Edelhagen, West German jazz pianist, dies at 62
8th - Valeer van Kerkhove, Flemish writer/producer (De Weerlozen), dies
8th - Eric Brandon, British racing driver (b. 1920)
9th - Aleksandr A Alekseyev, Russian director, dies
11th - Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
12th - Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska, composer, dies at 80
12th - Henry Fonda, actor (On Golden Pond), dies of heart disease at 77
12th - Joe Tex, rocker, dies at 49
12th - Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
12th - Varlam Shalamov, Russian writer (b. 1907)
13th - Charles Walters, US actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70
13th - Joe E Ross, comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77
13th - Joe Tex, [Joseph Arrington Jr], singer (Getting Scarce), dies at 49
13th - Joe Tex, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
14th - Patrick Magee, Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 60
15th - Hugo Theorell, Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1903)
17th - Barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68
17th - Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb
18th - Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87
19th - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
20th - Ulla Jacobsson, Swedish actress (Zulu), dies of bone cancer at 53
21st - Sobhuza II, king of Swaziland/Ngwane (1921-82), dies
23rd - Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85
23rd - Stanford Moore, US biochemist (Nobel 1977), dies
24th - Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for South Africa), dies
25th - John AM "Hans" van Tongeren, actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27
28th - G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies
28th - Nini de Boel, Flemish operetta singer (White Horse), dies at 84
Actress Ingrid Bergman (29th) 29th - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday
29th - Lehman Engel, US composer (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 71
29th - Nahum Goldmann, pres Zionist World Organization, dies at 87
30th - Leo[nhard] Pappenheim, conductor, dies at 86