Today in History for January 1982

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 64 of 64

1st - 30 Something stars Ken Olin & Patricia Wettig meet, later they marry
1st - Clemson wins the Orange Bowl for college football championship
1st - Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
1st - MTA launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the NYC subway system
1st - Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland
1st - TA launches 5 year capital program to overhaul NYC subway system
2nd - "Camelot" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 48 performances
2nd - 70th Australian Mens Tennis: Johan Kriek beats S Denton (62 76 67 64)
2nd - Islanders start 23 undefeated home streak (21-0-2) 14 straight wins
2nd - San Diego Chargers beat Miami Dolphins, 41-38 in 13:52 of OT
4th - Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"
4th - Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show
4th - Golden Gate Bridge closed for 3rd time by fierce storm
4th - ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
5th - Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
7th - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV
7th - Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
8th - AT&T agrees to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies
8th - Johnny Cash Parkway opens in Hendersonville Tennessee
264th Pope John Paul II 8th - Justice Dept withdraws antitrust suit against IBM, pending since
9th - 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
9th - Steve D'Innocenzo scores 3 hockey goals in 12 sec in Mass HS game
10th - -17°F (27.2°C) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record)
10th - Bengals beat Chargers in -59°F (-51°C) to win AFC championship
10th - Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)
11th - Atlanta Ga's temperature goes below zero F
11th - Honduras adopts constitution
13th - Hank Aaron & Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame
13th - Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, DC, & falls into Potomac River, killing 78
15th - "Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in NYC
17th - "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.
19th - Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
19th - Heater explodes at Star Elementary School-Oklahoma, kills 6 kids & teacher
20th - 7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky
Baseball Player Hank Aaron 20th - Honduras constitution goes into effect
20th - Piet Dankert elected chairman of European Parliament
21st - "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater NYC for 36 performances
21st - NY Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak
22nd - 75% of North America is covered by snow
23rd - Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
23rd - World Airways DC-10 skids at Boston Logan Airport killing 2
24th - Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
24th - Superbowl XVI: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Mich
25th - 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win
26th - Islanders score 4 goals within 1:38, 5 within 2:37 vs Penguins
26th - Mauno Koivisto elected president of Finland
27th - "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" opens at Royale NYC for 747 perfs
27th - Mauno Koivisto installed as president of Finland
27th - Phila trades Larry Bowa & Ryne Sandberg to Cubs for Ivan DeJesus
Country Singer Kenny Rogers 27th - Roberto S Cordova installed as president of Honduras
27th - West Indies beat Australia 3-1 to win World Series Cup
28th - US Gen Dozier freed from Red Brigade of Padua Italy
28th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
29th - Old Dominion ends La Tech's women's basketball rec 54-game win streak
29th - Wayne Garland, baseball 1st millionaire free agent, waived by Indians
30th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
30th - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
31st - 10 Arabian oryx (extinct except in zoos) released in Oman
31st - 12th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 16-13
31st - 32nd NBA All-Star Game: East beats West 120-118 at New Jersey
31st - Gustafson skates world record 10 km (14:26.59)
31st - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Whirlpool Golf Championship of Deer Creek
31st - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 16-13
31st - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 56 of 56

1st - David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
2nd - Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
4th - Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer
4th - Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress
4th - Richard Logan, English footballer
5th - Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
6th - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
6th - Brian Bass, American baseball player
6th - Tiffany Pollard, American reality television personality
7th - Francisco Rodriguez, Venezuelan baseball player
7th - Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
7th - Ianina Zanazzi, Argentine racing driver
8th - Gaby Hoffman, actress (Field of Dreams, Uncle Buck, Now & Then)
8th - Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer
8th - John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
8th - wiL Francis, American singer
9th - Kate Middleton, Reading, England, Duchess of Cambridge and wife of Prince William
10th - Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
11th - Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor and singer
Duchess of Cambridge & Wife of Prince William Kate Middleton (9th) 11th - Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
12th - Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbekistanian boxer
12th - Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
12th - Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
12th - Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
12th - Chris Ray, American baseball player
12th - Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
13th - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
14th - Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
14th - Víctor Valdés, Spanish goalkeeper
15th - Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
15th - Prince Philip and Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
16th - Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
16th - Samuel Preston, British singer (The Ordinary Boys)
17th - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
17th - Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer
17th - Alex Varkatzas, American Singer (Atreyu)
18th - Joanna Newsom, American harpist
19th - Jodie Sweetin, actress (Stephanie Tanner-Full House)
19th - Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
19th - Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
21st - Dean Whitehead, English footballer
22nd - Kevin Sheridan, actor (Soul Man)
22nd - Fabricio Coloccini, Argentine footballer
22nd - Jason Peters, American football player
23rd - Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
25th - Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer and actor
25th - The-Dream, singer
25th - Shawna Waldron, American actress
29th - Heidi Mueller, American actress
30th - Jorge Cantu, Mexican baseball player
31st - Yuniesky Betancourt, Major League Baseball shortstop
31st - Andreas Görlitz, German football player
31st - Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese actor, comedian and TV host
31st - Elena Paparizou, Greek singer
31st - Jānis Sprukts, National Hockey League player
31st - Brad Thompson, Major League Baseball player

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 32 of 32

1st - Paul Belmondo, French sculptor (Bathing Woman, Orleans), dies at 83
1st - Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43
1st - Vladimir K Zworykin, Russ/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies
3rd - Derek Sealy, cricketer (West Indies 1930-39), dies
5th - Hans Conried, actor (Bullwinkle Show, Make Room for Daddy), dies at 64
5th - Harvey Lembeck, actor (Phil Silvers, Hathaways), dies at 56
5th - Sir Edmund Herring, Australian military commander, Lieutenant Governor of Victoria (b. 1892)
7th - Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash
8th - Gregoire Aslan, actor (Concrete Jungle), dies of 73 of a heart attack
8th - Reta Shaw, actress (Ghost & Mrs Muir), dies of emphysema at 69
9th - Paul Lynde, actor (Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55
10th - Lazar Weiner, composer, dies at 84
10th - Paul Lynde, comedian (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched), dies at 55
13th - Marcel Camus, French director (Orfeu Negro), dies at 69
15th - Red Smith, sportscaster (Pulitzer, Fight Talk), dies at 76
16th - Red Smith, American sports columnist (b. 1905)
18th - Burnet Corwin Tuthill, US composer (Laurentia), dies at 93
18th - Trent Lehman, actor (Butch-Nanny & the Professor), dies at 20
19th - Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy (WW II), dies at 77
19th - Marc Demeyer, Belgian bicyclist (Paris-Roubaix '76), dies [or 1/20]
19th - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
20th - Marc Demeyer, Belgian cyclist (Paris-Brus 1974), dies at 31[or 1/19]
22nd - Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71
23rd - Hope Hampton, actress (Star Dust, Lawful Larcency), dies at 83
24th - Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president and dictator (b. 1918)
25th - Mihail A Suslov, Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79
27th - Iris Korn, actress (Widder-Palmerstown USA), dies at 60
30th - Félix L V L J Labisse, French painter (libidoscaphes), dies at 76
30th - Lightning Hopkins, rocker, dies of cancer at 69
30th - Riccardo Nielsen, composer, dies at 73
30th - Stanley Holloway, comedian (My Fair Lady, Our Man Higgins), dies at 91
Blues Singer Lightnin' Hopkins (30th) 30th - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)