Today in History for March 1982

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 72 of 72

1st - 5 dies as ski lift malfunctions a Luz-Ardiden in Pyrenees
1st - 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation
1st - NY Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents
1st - Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus, sends back data
2nd - 60th hat trick in Islander history-Bryan Trottier
2nd - Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
3rd - Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
4th - 2nd double hat trick in Islander history-Bossy & D Potvin
4th - NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 504
5th - Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners
5th - Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data
6th - NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
6th - Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
7th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic
7th - Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
7th - NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
10th - Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
10th - Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
10th - Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
10th - Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame
10th - The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
11th - Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
11th - Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion
Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin 11th - Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Wash DC
12th - 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands
12th - PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
13th - Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Torvill & Dean (GRB)
13th - Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess & Thierbach (GDR)
13th - Men's Fig Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
13th - Worlds Ladies Fig Skate Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA)
13th - Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
14th - Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
14th - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
15th - Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
15th - KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP)
15th - Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
17th - 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
18th - Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
19th - National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27
19th - Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K..
20th - 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados
20th - France performs nuclear test
20th - Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
20th - Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
21st - "Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
21st - Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
21st - Movie "Annie" premieres
21st - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
22nd - 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched
22nd - Iran offensive against Iraq
23rd - Guatemala military coup under gen Rios Montt, pres Romeo Lucas flees
23rd - Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals
24th - US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky 25th - Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season
26th - Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
26th - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK
26th - Soap opera "Capitol" premieres
27th - "Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St NYC after 1577 perfs
27th - Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
27th - Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes
28th - 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
28th - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
28th - Amy Alcott wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
28th - JN Duartes christian-democrats win elections in El Salvador
29th - 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
29th - 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62
29th - 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda & K Hepburn win
29th - Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
Singer-Songwriter Stevie Wonder 30th - 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM
30th - John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in NYC
31st - Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil
31st - Rock group Doobie Brothers split up

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 65 of 65

2nd - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish ice hockey player
2nd - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player
2nd - Corey Webster, American football player
2nd - Kevin Kurányi, German footballer
3rd - Colton Orr, Canadian ice hockey player
3rd - Jessica Biel, Ely Minnesota, American actress (Mary Camden in 7th Heaven)
4th - Mariano Altuna, Argentine racing driver
4th - Landon Donovan, American soccer player
5th - Daniel Carter, New Zealand Rugby player
5th - Giorgia Palmas, Italian television personality and model
7th - Erika Yamakawa, Japanese talent
7th - Kate Michael, American beauty queen
8th - Nicolas Armindo, race car driver
8th - Leonidas Kabantais, Greek footballer
8th - Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast
8th - Kat Von D, Mexican-American tattoo artist
8th - Craig Stansberry, American baseball player
9th - Paul Ballard, English television presenter
10th - Timo Glock, German racing car driver
Actress Jessica Biel (3rd) 10th - Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
11th - Hasan Raza, cricketer (Test cricketer at the age of 14)
11th - Brian Anderson, Major League Baseball player
11th - Thora Birch, Los Angeles, California, American actress (American Beauty, Ghost World)
11th - Lindsey McKeon, American actress
12th - Tobias Schweinsteiger, German footballer
12th - Zach Miner, American baseball player
13th - Jeremy Curl, British explorer
13th - Nicole Ohlde, WNBA basketball player
14th - Kate Maberly, actress (Secret Garden)
14th - Carlos Marinelli, Argentine footballer
14th - François Sterchele, Belgian footballer (d. 2008)
15th - Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
15th - Emily Tyndall, American actress
15th - Jordan Hastings, Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire)
Actress Thora Birch (11th) 17th - Steven Pienaar, South African footballer
18th - Timo Glock German Formula 1 driver
18th - Pedro Mantorras, Angolan footballer
18th - Chad Cordero, American baseball player
19th - Che' Vonne Burton, Miss Michigan Teen USA (1997)
19th - Brad Jones, Australian footballer
19th - Matt Littler, British actor
19th - Jonathan Fanene, American football player
20th - Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish footballer
20th - José Moreira, Portuguese footballer
20th - Terrence Duffin, Zimbabwean cricketer
20th - Nick Wheeler, American guitarist (The All-American Rejects)
21st - Colin Turkington, British racing driver
21st - Aaron Hill, American baseball player
23rd - José Raúl Contreras, Chilean footballer
24th - Corey Hart, American baseball player
24th - Dustin McGowan, American baseball player
24th - Nivea, American singer
25th - Sergey Yakovlev, russian musical artist and painter
25th - Álvaro Saborío, Costa Rican footballer
25th - Danica Patrick, American race car driver
25th - Sean Faris, American actor and model
26th - Mikel Arteta, Spanish footballer
27th - Kurara Chibana, Japanese beauty queen, first runner-up Miss Universe 2006
28th - Sonia Agarwal, Indian actress
29th - Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese artist
30th - Jason Dohring, American actor
31st - Jessica Joseph, Royal Oak Mich, dance skater (& Butler-1997 Natl)
31st - Tal Ben Haim, Israeli footballer
31st - Philippe Mexès, French footballer
31st - Lennon Murphy, American rock singer/songwriter

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 32 of 32

2nd - Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at 53
3rd - Georges Perec, French writer, dies at 45
5th - John Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live), dies of drug overdose at 33
6th - Ayn Rand, author-philosopher (Atlas Shrugged), dies in NY at 77
6th - Jan Lemaire, Dutch actor/writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97
7th - Charles Borromeo Mills, composer, dies at 68
9th - Alan Badel, actor (Shogun), dies of a heart attack at 58
9th - Rex Marshall, TV announcer (Circuit Rider, Herman Hickman Show), dies
9th - Richard A Butler, England, min of Finance, dies at 79
11th - Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55
11th - Horace Gregory, American poet (b. 1898)
12th - Elisabeth Zernike, Dutch writer (Course of Events), dies at 90
13th - Albert Weisser, composer, dies at 64
13th - Wilfred Hawker, Suriname sgt-major, executed
14th - Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov, composer, dies at 59
17th - Hans ter Laag, Dutch sound technician, murdered in El Salvador
17th - Jan Kuiper, Dutch news editor (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
17th - Joop Willemsen, Dutch cameraman, murdered in El Salvador
17th - Koos Koster, Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador
18th - Georg G Lampe, Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at 60
19th - Randy Rhoads, heavy metal guitarist (Ozzy Osbourne), air crash at 25
20th - Hendrik L van Beek, Dutch vice-admiral, dies at 52
21st - Harry H Corbett, Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57
23rd - Mario Praz, Italian author (Casa della vita), dies at 85
24th - Ace Goodman, KC Mo, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 83
26th - Agathe "Henriette" de Beaufort, writer (Dolly of Arnhem), dies at 91
28th - William Giauque, Canadian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
29th - Carl Orff, German composer (Mouth, Antigonae), dies at 86
29th - Rudy Bond, actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68
29th - Walter Hallstein, W German politician (CDU, H-doctrine), dies at 80
29th - Nathan Twining, USAF general (b. 1897)
31st - Fritz Eberhard, West German lawyer/resistor, dies at 85