Today in History for July 1982

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 77 of 77

1st - 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
1st - ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
1st - Challenger moves overland to Dryden
1st - General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina
1st - Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched
1st - PEC Swells '82 soccer team forms in Swells
2nd - Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000'
2nd - Soyuz T-6 returns to Earth
3rd - 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62)
3rd - Riot at building Stopera Amsterdam (damages Ÿ1 million)
4th - 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie
4th - 4th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 4 lands at Edwards AFB
4th - 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Connors beats J McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64)
4th - Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico
4th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
4th - Yankees bat out of order against Indians in 1st inning
5th - Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
5th - ICC Trophy record p/ship, 257 Schoonheim/Liffman, Hol v Malay
7th - David Moorcroft of UK sets record for 5000 m, 13:00.41
7th - Steve Scott of US runs mile in a record 3:47.69
8th - "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 perfs
8th - Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager
8th - Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property
8th - Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized.
9th - Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England v India at The Oval
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher 9th - Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime minster
9th - Pan Am Boeing 727 crashes in Kenner La, killing 153
10th - Miguel Vasquez makes 1st public quadruple somersault on trapeze
10th - Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
10th - Samuel Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000
10th - Zimbabwe beats Bermuda by 5 wickets to win ICC Trophy
11th - "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 5 perfs
11th - 3rd US Seniors Golf Open: Miller Barber
11th - Hollis Stacy wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
11th - Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
12th - Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
12th - FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail
13th - 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
13th - All star MVP: Dave Conception (Cin Reds)
13th - Train crash at Aalter Belgium, 5 killed
Inventor Samuel Morse 15th - Body of Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
15th - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
15th - Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0
16th - George P Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs
16th - NASA launches Landsat 4 to thematic map the Earth
16th - Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud
18th - "Blues in the Night" closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 perfs
18th - 111th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 284 at Royal Troon
18th - Sally Little wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
19th - 1st Old Timer's All star classic - AL wins 7-2 in Wash DC
19th - Bolivian government resigns
19th - David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon
19th - 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2
20th - Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks
20th - IRA bomb attacks in London
20th - T Macauly & D Vosburghs musical "Windy City," premieres in London
21st - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
22nd - Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle
23rd - FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
23rd - Intl Whaling Comn votes for total ban on coml whaling (starting 1985)
24th - "Best Little Whorehouse in Tx" closes at E O'Neill NYC after 63 perfs
24th - KHJ (LA) & KFRC (SF) become 2nd & 3rd stereo AM stations
24th - Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.
25th - 20th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA (3-0)
25th - 37th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Janet Anderson
25th - France performs nuclear Test
26th - Canada's Anik D1 Comsat launched by US Delta rocket
26th - Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
27th - California catches A's Rickey Henderson stealing 3 times
27th - Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years
27th - Menken & Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in NYC
30th - Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
30th - USSR performs underground nuclear Test
31st - 46 kids & 7 adults die as 2 buses & several cars collide in France
31st - Car/bus collision near Beaune, France, 53 die
31st - Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria & France form American European Football Federation (AEFF)
31st - USSR performs nuclear Test

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57

1st - Carmella DeCesare, American model
1st - Romola Garai, English actress
1st - Justin Huber, Australian baseball player
1st - Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player
1st - Adrian Ward, American football player
1st - Hilarie Burton, American actress
2nd - Olivia Munn, American television hostess
3rd - Kanika, Indian actress
5th - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
5th - Philippe Gilbert, Belgian cyclist
6th - Tay Zonday, American singer and keyboardist
7th - Mike Glita, American bassist (Senses Fail)
7th - George Owu, Ghanaian footballer
7th - Cassidy (Barry Adrian Reese), American rapper
8th - Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
8th - Joshua Alba, American actor
8th - Sophia Bush, American actress
9th - Ashly DelGrosso, American ballroom dancer
9th - Alecko Eskandarian, Armenian-American footballer
9th - Maggie Ma, Canadian actress
9th - Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver
10th - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
10th - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
11th - Chris Cooley, American football player
12th - Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer
13th - Joost van den Broek, Dutch keyboard player (After Forever)
13th - Shin-Soo Choo, South Korean baseball player
13th - Simon Clist, English footballer
13th - Yadier Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
13th - Christopher Bauman, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
14th - Dmitry Chaplin, So You Think You Can Dance finalist
16th - Michael Umaña, Costa Rican footballer
17th - Natasha Hamilton, British singer (Atomic Kitten)
17th - Omari Banks, West Indian Cricketer
18th - Panagiotis Lagos, Greek footballer
18th - Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen
18th - Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host
19th - Jess Vanstrattan, Australian footballer
19th - Jared Padalecki, American actor
19th - Stuart Parnaby, English footballer
20th - Percy Daggs III, American actor
22nd - Nuwan Kulasekara, Sri lankan cricketer
23rd - Schottzie Schott, dog mascot of Cincinnati Reds
23rd - Gerald Wallace, American basketball player
24th - Anna Paquin, oscar winning actress (Piano)
24th - Elise Crombez, Belgian model
24th - Thiago Medeiros, Brazilian racing driver
25th - Brad Renfro, American actor (d. 2008)
25th - Monde Zondeki, South African cricketer
26th - Chez Starbuck, American actor
28th - Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer and actress
28th - Tom Pelphrey, American actor
29th - Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
29th - Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
29th - Allison Mack, American actress
30th - Yvonne Strahovski, Australian actress
31st - Blessing Mahwire, Zimbabwean cricketer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 3 of 3

1st - Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NY Madison Square Garden
22nd - Biggest mass wedding, Rev Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in NYC
29th - Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 39 of 39

1st - John Everett Watts, composer, dies at 51
1st - Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86
2nd - Poul Rovsing Olsen, composer, dies at 59
3rd - Henry King, US director (Song of Bernadette, Gunfighter), dies
4th - Sylvestre A Guzman Fernandez, pres Dominican Rep, commits suicide
4th - Terry Higgins, early British AIDS death (b. 1945)
6th - Russell Thorson, actor (One Man's Family), dies at 72
6th - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
7th - Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis, soccer star/writer, dies at 76
7th - Fred Stuthman, actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63
8th - Isa Miranda, model/actress (Summertime), dies of infected bone at 77
10th - Gustav MR von Koenigswald, German/Dutch paleontologist, dies at 79
10th - Maria Jeritza, [Jedlicka], Aust/US, singer (Metropolitan Opera), dies
12th - Kenneth More, Brit actor (Genevieve), dies of Parkinson disease at 67
13th - Edith Heerdegen, dies at 69
13th - John Alexander, actor (Alien PI), dies at 85
14th - George Amadee Tremblay, composer, dies at 71
15th - Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
15th - Wendy Caulfield, 1st Green River victim, found near Seattle
15th - Bill Justis, American musician and producer (b. 1926)
16th - Leendert Braat, sculptor/writer (White World), dies
16th - Patrick Dewaere, actor (Catherine & Co), shoots self at 35
18th - Lionel Daunais, French-Canadian singer and composer (b. 1902)
19th - John Harvey, stage and film actor (b. 1911)
20th - Okot p'Bitek, Ugandan poet (b. 1931)
21st - Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show), dies at 69
21st - Jean J A Girault, French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58
23rd - Vic Morrow, actor (Cimmaron), killed during "Twilight Zone" at 53
25th - Beene Dubbelboer, writer (Turfgasgenerator), dies at 76
25th - Hal Foster, Canadian-American cartoonist (Prince Valiant) (b. 1892)
26th - Betty Walker, actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54
27th - Dan Seymour, actor (We the People, Sing it Again), dies at 67
27th - Vladimir Smirnov, Russian foil fencer (Olympic-gold-1980), dies at 28
28th - George Kleinsinger, US composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68
29th - Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom, resistor/President Feyenoord, dies at 81
29th - Harold Sakata, actor (Kenji-Sarge), dies at 62
29th - Richard N Gale, English general/paracommandant, dies at 86
30th - Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
30th - Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (b. 1954)