Today in History for February 1982

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 57 of 57

1st - "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV
1st - Senegal & Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia)
2nd - Government troops & Moslem-fundamentalists battle in Hamah Syria
2nd - San Diego beats Miami 41-38 in OT after blowing a 24-0 lead
2nd - Hama Massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama and kills thousands of people.
3rd - Columbia Shuttle moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-3 mission
3rd - Greatest helicopter lift, 56,888 kg, Podmoscovnoe, USSR
3rd - John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours
3rd - Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder
4th - "Pump Boys & Dinettes" opens at Princess Theater NYC for 573 perfs
4th - Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash
4th - Musical "Pump Boys & Dinettes," premieres in NYC
4th - Suriname premier Chin A Sen flees
5th - Chin A Sen ends term as president of Suriname
5th - DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people
5th - British airline Laker Airways collapses owing 270M pounds ($351M)
5th - Suriname pres Chin A Sen resigns & flees to Neth
6th - "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart
7th - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
Comedian David Letterman 7th - Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica
8th - Dodgers trade Davey Lopes to A's breaking up the longest-playing infield (Cey-Russell-Lopes-Garvey)
9th - 34th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 4-2 at Washington
10th - 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec
11th - Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade finally goes through
12th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
12th - Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, tieing NHL record
13th - Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
13th - Islander's Bryan Trottier scores 5 goals against Flyers
14th - "Night of 100 Stars" takes place at NY's Radio City Music Hall
14th - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
15th - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
15th - Ocean Ranger oil-drilling platform lost off Newfoundland, 84 die
16th - Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta
16th - Assembled STS-3 vehicle moves from Vandenberg AFB to launch pad
Actress Farrah Fawcett 16th - Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
17th - Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England
19th - Hanneke Jagersma installed as Neth's 1st Communist mayor
19th - Sharie Langford, California, sets women's bowling series record of 853
19th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
20th - NY Islanders wins then NHL record 15th straight game
21st - "Ain't Misbehavin'" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 1604 perfs
21st - "Little Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC after 36 performances
21st - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Bent Tree Ladies Golf Classic
22nd - NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)
23rd - Michael Frayn's "Noises Off," premieres in London
24th - 24th Grammy Awards: Betty Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins
24th - Wayne Gretzky scores NHL-record 78th goal of season en route to 92
25th - Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
25th - Record speed for a snowmobile (239 kph)
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky 26th - Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9
27th - Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
27th - Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million
27th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
27th - Wayne Williams found guilty of murdering 2 of 28 blacks in Atlanta
28th - AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
28th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
28th - FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 52 of 52

1st - Shoaib Malik, Pakistani cricketer
2nd - Brandy Talore, American pornographic actress
2nd - Han Ga In, South Korean model/actress
2nd - Sergio Castaño, Spanish footballer
2nd - Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
3rd - Alan Gurr, Australian V8 Supercar driver
3rd - Jessica Harp, American singer (The Wreckers)
4th - Chris Sabin, American professional wrestler
4th - Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist
4th - Kimberly Wyatt, American singer and dancer (Pussycat Dolls)
5th - Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami, Iranian basketball player (d. 2007)
5th - Rodrigo Palacio, Argentine footballer
5th - Tomas Kopecky, Ice hockey player
5th - Kevin Everett, American football player
6th - Alice Eve, English actress
6th - Tank, Mandopop singer.
8th - Eric Alexander, American football player
8th - Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese voice actress
8th - Sousuke Takaoka, Japanese actor
8th - Danny Tamberelli, American actor
9th - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
10th - Keith Dunne, Irish footballer
10th - Iafeta Paleaaesina, New Zealand rugby league player
10th - Justin Gatlin, American sprinter
11th - Neil Robertson, Australian snooker player
12th - Onil Joseph, Dominican baseball player
12th - Louis Tsatoumas, Greek long jumper
13th - Michael Turner, Running Back for the San Diego Chargers
13th - Lanisha Cole, American model
14th - Marián Gáborík, Slovak hockey player
16th - Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, American rapper
17th - Joseph Gordon-Levitt, actor (Tommy Solomon-Third Rock From the Sun)
17th - Adriano, Brazilian footballer
17th - Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
17th - Brian Bruney, American baseball player
20th - Jason Hirsh, American baseball player
21st - Bernhard Auinger, Austrian racing driver
21st - Chantal Claret, American musician
22nd - Jenna Haze, American pornographic actress
22nd - Robert Weiner, Jr., American water polo player
23rd - Adam Hann-Byrd, American actor
23rd - Karan Singh Grover, Indian Television Actor
24th - Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
24th - Klára Zakopalová, Czech tennis player
24th - Nick Blackburn, American baseball player
25th - Chris Baird, Irish footballer
25th - Anton Volchenkov, Russian ice hockey player
25th - Bert McCracken, American singer (The Used)
25th - Maria Kanellis, American model and professional wrestler
25th - Tara Wilson, Canadian actress
26th - Song Hye Kyo, South Korean model and actress
28th - Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

16th - Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 31 of 31

2nd - Stringfellow Barr, US educationalist (100 Great Books), dies at 85
2nd - Paul Desruisseaux, French Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician (b 1905)
4th - Sue Carol, actress (She's My Weakness), dies at 73 of a heart attack
4th - Alex Harvey, Scottish musician (b. 1935)
4th - Georg Konrad Morgen, German judge (b. 1909)
5th - Dolores Moran, actress (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at 56
5th - Neil Aggett, South African worker's union leader, commits suicide
5th - Wies [Aloisius CA] Moens, Flemish writer/nazi, dies at 84
6th - Ben Nicholson, England, painter/sculptor (Circle), dies at 87
8th - John Hay Whitney, US newspaper magnate, dies at 76
10th - K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
11th - Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford, dies at 69 of cancer
11th - Takashi Shimura, Japans actor (Rashomon, 7 Samurais), dies at 76
11th - Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79
12th - Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87
12th - Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
12th - Victor Jory, actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79
13th - Zeng Jinlian, Hunan China, grew to 8'1" (tallest woman), dies at 17
14th - Henk Schaer, [Hendricus J M Schaareman], Dutch actor, dies at 79
15th - Rolfe Sedan, actor (Mailman-George Burns Show), dies at 86
17th - Lee Strasberg, acting coach/actor (And Justice for All), dies at 81
17th - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (b. 1922)
17th - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist and composer, dies at 64
18th - Edith Ngaio Marsh, NZ detective writer/producer, dies at 82
18th - Tina Carver, actress (Inside Detroit, Uranium Boom), dies at 58
21st - Murray "the K" Kaufman, NYC DJ (5th Beatle), dies at 60
22nd - Josh Malihabadi, Urdu poet of India and Pakistan (b. 1898)
24th - Virginia Bruce, actress (Born to Dance, Great Ziegfield), dies at 71
25th - J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
26th - Gabor Szabo, Hungarian jazz pianist (Perfect Circle), dies at 45
27th - Malika A Sabirova, Russian dancer, dies at 39