June 1982 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1982 Rickey Henderson is fastest to reach 50 stolen bases in a year
• 02 Jun 1982 Blues in the Night opens at Rialto Theater NYC for 53 performances
• 03 Jun 1982 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis
• 04 Jun 1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, released in USA
• 05 Jun 1982 114th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Conquistador Cielo wins in 2:28
• 06 Jun 1982 36th Tony Awards: Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby and Nine win
• 07 Jun 1982 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell
• 08 Jun 1982 36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Philadelphia 76ers, 4 games to 2
• 09 Jun 1982 General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself President of Guatemala
• 10 Jun 1982 Taxi, last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall
• 11 Jun 1982 Movie ET The Extra-Terrestrial is released (highest grossing film).
• 12 Jun 1982 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park, New York City
• 13 Jun 1982 28th LPGA Championship won by Jan Stephenson
• 14 Jun 1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Islands, ends 74-day conflict.
• 15 Jun 1982 Riots in Argentina after Falklands / Malvinas defeat
• 16 Jun 1982 Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners.
• 17 Jun 1982 President Reagan 1st UN General Assembly address
• 18 Jun 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote
• 19 Jun 1982 In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
• 20 Jun 1982 82nd US Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 282 at Pebble Beach GL, California
• 21 Jun 1982 Paul McCartney releases Take it Away
• 22 Jun 1982 Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes
• 23 Jun 1982 Cleavage opens and closes at Playhouse Theater, New York City
• 24 Jun 1982 Equal Rights Amendment goes down to defeat
• 25 Jun 1982 Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges
• 26 Jun 1982 Carlos Lopes runs Europe record 10k (27:34.39)
• 27 Jun 1982 Play Me a Country Song opens and closes at Virginia Theater, New York City
• 29 Jun 1982 US Voting Rights Act of 1965 is extended.
• 30 Jun 1982 Lena Horne: Lady, Music closes at Nederlander NYC after 333 performances

Famous Birthday

• Prince William Duke of Cambridge
• Justine Henin

  Belgian tennis player and champion.

• Princess Madeleine Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
• Dany Veríssimo
• San Francisco (California)
• Lizzy Caplan

  American actress, grew up in a Reform Jewish family.

• Cécile Cassel

  French actress-singer and noted family member, she is the half-sister of Vincent Cassel and daughter of Jean-Pierre Cassel.

• Missy Peregrym

  Movie Actress.

• Yelena Isinbayeva

  Russian pole vaulter.

• Tara Lipinski

  American figure skater.

• Daphne Rosen
• Reka Ebergenyi
• Rain (entertainer)
• Lang Lang (pianist)
• Amelia Warner
• Kenenisa Bekele

  Ethiopian athlete.

• Claudia Lynx
• Lily Rabe

  Movie Actress.

• May Andersen

  Danish model and actress.

• Issa Doumbia

  French-Malian stand-up comedian and actor, he grew up in Trappes, western suburb of Paris, with Jamel Debbouze and Omar Sy who attented the...

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Famous Deaths

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder

  film-maker, dies of drug overdose in Munich, Germany, at age 36.

• Curt Jurgens

  German actor of over 100 films, but considered his greatest achievements on stage.

• Pierre Balmain

  French top fashion designer for 40 years with a successful perfume and accessory line.

• Henry King

  American actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1982).

• Roberto Calvi

  Director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself.

• Roberto Calvi

  Director (Banco Ambrosiano), hangs himself.

• Harry Mills

  United States -- Singer (Mills Brothers), dies at 70.

• Marie Rambert [Cyviam Ramberg]

  Polish / British ballerina, dies at 94.

• Art[hur E] Pepper

  United States -- Alto saxophonist, dies at 56.

• Charles Russhon

  USAF lt col / liaison for James Bond films, dies at 71.

• Gerard Rutten

  Director (Sterren stralen overal).

• Gerard Knuvelder

  Literature Historian (Anthology).

• Neil Fitzgerald

  Irish actor, dies at age 90, in Princeton, New Jersey.

• John Honeyman-Scott

  guitarist of The Pretenders, dies of overdose on drugs.

• Addie ''Micki'' Harris

  American singer (Shirelles) (Born 1940).

• Al Rinker

  American singer (The Rhythm Boys) (Born 1907).

• Peter Maivia

  wrestler (Born 1935).

• Vincent Chin

  Chinese-born American murder victim (Born 1955).

• Roberto Calvi

  Italian financier called "God's Banker" as he was involved in the world of Catholic finance and the Christian Democratic.

• Curd Jurgens

  German-born Austrian actor (d. 1982).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Paul McCartney - Ebony And Ivory
2. The Human League - Don't You Want Me
3. Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers
4. Toto - Rosanna
5. Charlene - I've Never Been To Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
2. Irene Cara - Fame
3. Charlene - I've Never Been To Me
4. The Steve Miller Band - Abracadabra
5. Soft Cell - Torch