December 1982 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1982 Dentist Barney B Clark gets 1st artificial heart
• 02 Dec 1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
• 03 Dec 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini)
• 04 Dec 1982 China adopts its constitution
• 05 Dec 1982 Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy
• 06 Dec 1982 Bomb attack on Londonderry, North Ireland disco, 17 killed
• 07 Dec 1982 Suriname army under Desi Bouterse fires on radio station building.
• 08 Dec 1982 Herman Van Veen: All of Him opens at Ambassador NYC for 6 performances
• 09 Dec 1982 Mary-Beth and William Hurt divorce
• 10 Dec 1982 Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at age 83.
• 12 Dec 1982 Herman Van Veen: All of Him closes at Ambassador NYC after 6 performances
• 13 Dec 1982 Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
• 14 Dec 1982 Marcel Dionne, Los Angeles, California, becomes 9th NHL player to score 500 goals.
• 15 Dec 1982 Bill Parcells becomes the 12th head coach of the New York Giants.
• 16 Dec 1982 Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with New York Mets.
• 22 Dec 1982 William Mastrosimones Extremities, premieres in New York City
• 23 Dec 1982 Jack Webb, actor (Joe Friday - Dragnet), dies of a heart attack at age 62.
• 24 Dec 1982 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic.
• 25 Dec 1982 Mudassar Nazar scores century, then Imran rips through Indians.
• 26 Dec 1982 A brief but severe recession begins in the United States.
• 27 Dec 1982 Imran Khan 8-60 to bring innings victory versus India at Karachi.
• 29 Dec 1982 Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica
• 30 Dec 1982 Anthony Shaffers Whodunnit, premieres in New York City
• 31 Dec 1982 TV soap Doctors ends 19 year run

Famous Birthday

• Nicki Minaj

  Rapper.

• Kristin Kreuk

  TV Actress.

• Dynamo (magician)
• Beatriz Luengo
• Keri Hilson

  American singer.

• Alison Brie

  TV Actress.

• Alberto Contador

  Spanish cyclist and three-time winner of the Tour de France, in 2007, 2009 and 2010.

• Nick Vujicic

  Nick Vujicic is an Australian motivational speaker born with Tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterized by the absence of all four...

• Keny Arkana

  French rapper & singer.

• Charlie Cox

  Movie Actor.

• Natalia (Spanish singer)
• Riz Ahmed

  English actor and rapper.

• Stéphane Suini
• David Cook

  American singer, winner of American Idol.

• Sultan Kösen
• Michael Essien

  Ghanaian footballer.

• Brooke Nevin

  Canadian actress.

• Beau Garrett
• Shun Oguri

  Japanese actor and director.

• Nicola Tappenden
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Famous Deaths

• Marty Robbins

  American country-western singer and composer who had 43 records in the Top Ten, composing over 500 songs in a 30-year career.

• Jack Webb

  American actor who was onscreen from 1948 in films that included "Sunset Blvd.

• Jean-Jacques Grunenwald

  French organist/composer, dies at age 71.

• David Blue

  rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at age 41.

• John Baboeram

  Suriname lawyer, murdered.

• Jozef Slagveer

  Suriname journalist, murdered.

• Kenneth Goncalves

  Deacon of Surinamese order of advocate, murdered.

• Leckie

  Suriname scholar, murdered.

• Leslie Rahman

  Suriname journalist, murdered.

• Surendre Rambocus

  Suriname army lieutenant, murdered.

• Fritz Usinger

  German writer (Song against Death), dies at 87.

• Roy Webb

  Composer, dies at 94.

• Anthony C B Chapman

  England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54.

• Lawrence Collingwood

  Composer, dies at 95.

• Norman Dinnerstein

  Composer, dies at 45.

• Sol C Siegel

  US film producer (High Society), dies at age 79.

• Charlie Brooks Jr

  convicted murderer, becomes first US prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas.

• Bertus de Harder

  Dutch soccer star (Bordeaux), dies.

• Roger Danneels

  Flemish accordionist, dies at age 55.

• Paul Godwin [Goldfein]

  Polish/Dutch violist, dies at age 80.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lionel Richie - Truly
2. Toni Basil - Mickey
3. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Maneater
4. Laura Branigan - Gloria
5. Michael Jackson - The Girl Is Mine

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Renee & Renato - Save Your Love
2. Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
3. Bucks Fizz - The Land Of Make Believe
4. The Jam - Beat Surrender
5. The Human League - Don't You Want Me