July 1982 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1982 ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)
• 02 Jul 1982 Larry Walters, a.k.a. Lawn Chair Larry, flies 16,000 feet above Long Beach, California in lawn chair with weather balloons attached.
• 03 Jul 1982 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats C Evert (61 36 62)
• 04 Jul 1982 10th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Sandra Haynie
• 05 Jul 1982 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
• 06 Jul 1982 A lunar eclipse (umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century) occurs.
• 07 Jul 1982 David Moorcroft of United Kingdom sets record for 5000m, 13:00.41.
• 08 Jul 1982 7 Brides for 7 Brothers opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 09 Jul 1982 Botham scores 208 in 225 balls, England vs. India at The Oval
• 10 Jul 1982 Rangers Larry Parrish hits his 3rd grand slam of the week
• 11 Jul 1982 7 Brides for 7 Brothers closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 5 performances
• 12 Jul 1982 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
• 13 Jul 1982 53rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-1 at Olympic Stadium, Montreal
• 15 Jul 1982 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via Dyess AFB, Texas
• 16 Jul 1982 George P Shultz sworn in as Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 18 Jul 1982 Blues in the Night closes at Rialto Theater NYC after 53 performances
• 19 Jul 1982 1st annual Cracker Jack Oldtimers Classic 75-year-old Luke Appling hits a 250-foot HR off Warren Spahn, AL beats NL 7-2
• 20 Jul 1982 Bombs planted by Irish Republican Army explode in 2 London parks
• 21 Jul 1982 HMS ''Hermes'', the Royal Navy flagship during the Falklands War, returns home to Portsmouth to a hero's welcome.
• 22 Jul 1982 Biggest mass wedding, Rev Sun Myung Moon weds 2,200 couples in New York City
• 23 Jul 1982 FCC approves AM stereo radio, KTSA San Antonio goes stereo
• 24 Jul 1982 KHJ (LA) and KFRC (San Francisco) become 2nd and 3rd stereo AM stations
• 25 Jul 1982 20th Tennis Federation Cup: USA beats Germany in Santa Clara USA
• 26 Jul 1982 Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe
• 27 Jul 1982 Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's first visit to US in almost 11 years.
• 29 Jul 1982 Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson
• 30 Jul 1982 Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seats
• 31 Jul 1982 46 kids and 7 adults die as 2 buses and several cars collide in France

Famous Birthday

• Tuba Buyukustun
• Priyanka Chopra

  Movie Actress.

• Jared Padalecki

  American actor.

• Julien Doré

  French singer, songwriter, and actor, he won the TV show "Nouvelle Star" in 2007.

• Sophia Bush

  American actress.

• Paul Wesley

  American actor.

• Anna Paquin

  Canadian-born New Zealand actress.

• Elisabeth Moss

  American actress.

• Hilarie Burton

  American actress and VJ.

• Luka Magnotta
• Alberto Gilardino

  Soccer Player.

• Brad Renfro

  American actor (dies 2008).

• Yvonne Strahovski

  TV Actress.

• Antonio Cassano

  Italian footballer.

• Allison Mack

  American actress.

• Aida Yespica
• Natasha Hamilton

  English singer-songwriter dancer and actress (Atomic Kitten).

• Eva Notty
• Carmella Decesare
• Michael Sorrentino

  American model actor and author.

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Famous Deaths

• Patrick Dewaere

  French leading man of films of the 1970s; a second generation actor, borrowing is grandmother’s last name when he began performing with an...

• Vic Morrow

  American actor (age 53), and two child actors are killed when struck by a helicopter during filming of Twilight Zone, The Movie in Valencia,...

• Vic Morrow

  American actor (age 53), and two child actors are killed when struck by a helicopter during filming of Twilight Zone, The Movie in Valencia,...

• Kenneth More

  British actor, onscreen from 1948 whose films include "No Highway In The Sky," "Doctor In The House" and "The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw.

• Dave Garroway

  American radio broadcaster from 1939 and by 1952, the original host of the "Today Show," for nine years.

• Edith Heerdegen

  Dies at 69.

• Wendy Caulfield

  1st Green River victim, found near Seattle.

• Leendert Braat

  Sculptor / writer (White World).

• Jean J A Girault

  French director (Gendarme Saint-Tropez), dies at 58.

• Beene Dubbelboer

  Writer (Turfgasgenerator), dies at 76.

• George Kleinsinger

  US Composer (Tubby the Tuba), dies at 68.

• Betty Walker

  Actress (Steve Lawrence Show), dies at 54.

• Vladimir Smirnov

  Russian foil fencer (1980 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 28.

• Cor[nelis R J] Kieboom

  Resistor / President Feyenoord, dies at 81.

• Richard N Gale

  English General / paracommandant, dies at 86.

• Bep [Elisa H] Bakhuis

  Soccer star / writer, dies at 76.

• Fred Stuthman

  Actor (Henry Adler-Hello Larry), dies at 63.

• George Amadee Tremblay

  Composer, dies at 71.

• Okot p'Bitek

  Ugandan poet (Born 1931).

• Charles Robberts Swart

  South African politician, 1st State President of South Africa (Born 1894).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
2. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
3. Toto - Rosanna
4. Paul McCartney - Ebony And Ivory
5. John Cougar - Hurts So Good

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Irene Cara - Fame
2. Dexy's Midnight Runners With The Emerald Express - Come On Eileen
3. The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
4. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
5. Captain Sensible - Happy Talk