August 1982 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Columbia Savings Golf Classic
• 03 Aug 1982 Clyde King replaces Gene Michaels as New York Yankees' manager.
• 04 Aug 1982 New York Mets' Joel Youngblood singles in Chicago Cubs' day game, then singles for Montreal Expos in Philadelphia night game. (He was traded in between).
• 05 Aug 1982 Stephabue Hix, of Alabama, 18, crowned Miss National Teen-Ager
• 06 Aug 1982 California Doug DeCinces hits 3 HRs again in game (did it 5 days ago also)
• 07 Aug 1982 Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini resigns.
• 08 Aug 1982 64th PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 272 at Southern Hills Tulsa
• 11 Aug 1982 Twins Terry Felton loses and runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16)
• 12 Aug 1982 Heavy Israeli bombardement of Beirut
• 13 Aug 1982 In Hong Kong, health warnings on cigarette packets are made statutory.Clarence Tsui, ''South China Morning Post'', 12/12/99, webpage: ITobacco330.
• 14 Aug 1982 Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over Padres
• 15 Aug 1982 Beth Daniel wins LPGA WUI Golf Classic
• 17 Aug 1982 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings
• 18 Aug 1982 1st time NYSE tops 100 M figure, 132.69 M shares traded
• 19 Aug 1982 Renaldo Nehemiah of US sets record for 110 m hurdles, 12.93 seconds.
• 20 Aug 1982 US marines land in Beirut Lebanon
• 21 Aug 1982 Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut, Lebanon.
• 23 Aug 1982 Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as President
• 26 Aug 1982 NASA launches Telesat-F.
• 27 Aug 1982 Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth.
• 28 Aug 1982 Sugar Babies closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 1208 performances
• 29 Aug 1982 George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
• 30 Aug 1982 PLO leader Yasser Arafat leaves Beirut

Famous Birthday

• LeAnn Rimes

  American country-western singer with a mature voice at 13 that is similar to that of Patsy Cline.

• Sebastian Stan

  Movie Actor.

• Guido Massri
• Andy Roddick

  American tennis player.

• Abbie Cornish

  Movie Actress.

• Devon Aoki

  American supermodel and actress.

• Orelsan

  French rapper, songwriter and record producer.

• Adrianne Curry

  American model and reality television personality.

• Heather Carolin

  American model and actress.

• Cam Gigandet

  American actor.

• Erika Christensen

  American actress.

• Gil Ofarim

  German singer-songwriter guitarist and actor.

• Romola Garai

  English model and actress.

• Miki Komori
• Grégoire Ludig
• Mark Salling

  American actor.

• Tyson Gay

  American sprinter.

• Maria José Martinez Sanchez
• Brit Marling

  American actress producer and screenwriter.

• Lolita Pille
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Famous Deaths

• Henry Fonda

  American actor, a top star of stage and screen for many years.

• Ulla Jacobsson

  Swedish actress who is perhaps best known for playing the only female speaking role in the film Zulu.

• Patrick Magee

  Irish actor (Clockwork Orange, King Lear), dies at 58.

• Varlam Shalamov

  Russian writer (Born 1907).

• Valeer van Kerkhove

  Flemish writer / producer (De Weerlozen).

• Aleksandr A Alekseyev

  Russian director.

• Helvi Lemmikke Leiviska

  Composer, dies at 80.

• Joe E Ross

  Comedian (Toody-Car 54, Phil Silvers Show), dies at 77.

• Barney Phillips

  Actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68.

• Ruth Voorst

  South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb.

• John AM "Hans" van Tongeren

  Actor (Hunk), commits suicide at 27.

• Charles Walters

  US actor / choreographer / director (High Society), dies at 70.

• Nahum Goldmann

  President Zionist World Organization, dies at 87.

• Leo[nhard] Pappenheim

  Conductor, dies at 86.

• Patrick J G McGee

  Irish actor (Barry Lyndon), dies at 60.

• August Neo

  Estonian wrestler (Born 1908).

• Salvador Sanchez

  Mexican boxer (Born 1959).

• Bruce Goff

  American architect (Born 1904).

• Anderson Bigode Herzer

  Brazilian writer and poet (Born 1962).

• Geoff Chubb

  South African cricketer (Born 1911).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
2. Toto - Rosanna
3. John Cougar - Hurts So Good
4. The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
5. Fleetwood Mac - Hold Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen
2. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
3. Irene Cara - Fame
4. Yazoo - Don't Go
5. Hot Chocolate - It Started With A Kiss