March 1982 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1982 5th Emmy Sports Award presentation
• 02 Mar 1982 Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru.
• 03 Mar 1982 US Senate begins debate on expulsion of Senator Harrison Williams (Democrat-New Jersey).
• 05 Mar 1982 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners.
• 06 Mar 1982 Ayn Rand, Russian-born author-philosopher (The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged), dies in New York at age 77 (born 1905).
• 07 Mar 1982 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for first time.
• 09 Mar 1982 The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan support for terrorist groups.
• 10 Mar 1982 President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya
• 11 Mar 1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus / Hawker in Suriname
• 12 Mar 1982 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on Nightline
• 13 Mar 1982 Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship
• 14 Mar 1982 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic.
• 15 Mar 1982 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
• 16 Mar 1982 In Newport, Rhode Island, Claus von Bnlow is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife.
• 17 Mar 1982 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
• 19 Mar 1982 National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27.
• 21 Mar 1982 Little Johnny Jones opens and closes at Alvin Theater, New York City
• 22 Mar 1982 Iran offensive against Iraq.
• 23 Mar 1982 Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees.
• 24 Mar 1982 US submarine Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia.
• 25 Mar 1982 Wayne Gretzky becomes first NHL player to score 200 points in a season.
• 26 Mar 1982 Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial
• 27 Mar 1982 Best Little Whorehouse... closes at 46th St. NYC after 1577 performances
• 28 Mar 1982 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises US$19,500,000.
• 29 Mar 1982 54th Academy Awards - Chariots of Fire, Henry Fonda and K Hepburn win
• 30 Mar 1982 Third space shuttle mission - Columbia 3 lands at White Sands New Mexico.
• 31 Mar 1982 Rock group Doobie Brothers split up.

Famous Birthday

• Jessica Biel

  American actress, model and singer.

• Kat Von D

  Mexican-born tattoo artist.

• Sean Faris

  American actor and model.

• Thora Birch

  American actress, she landed her first role in a TV commercial at age 4..

• Danica Patrick

  American race car driver.

• Philippe Mexès

  French footballer who plays as a centre back for Italian Serie A club Milan and formerly for the French national team.

• K Michelle

  R&B Singer.

• Frédéric Deltour

  French bodybuilder, winner of the 'Mr France' competition in 2003, and also a stuntman and nude model.

• Vincent Cerutti
• Laura Osswald
• Jenny Slate

  American actress, stand-up comedian, voice artist, and author best known for her breakout role as Donna Stern in Obvious Child, as well as...

• Silky Shai
• Gaëlle Niare
• Mercedes Masöhn
• Dan Carter

  Rugby Player.

• Markéta Belonoha
• Nicole Ferroni
• Émilie Vina
• Maria Elena Camerin
• 2004 Madrid train bombings
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Famous Deaths

• Ayn Rand

  Russian-born American writer, author of "Atlas Shrugged" and other philosophical novels based on her philosphy that she called "Objectivism.

• Philip K Dick

  American author (Born 1928).

• John Belushi

  American actor and comedian who had a fast-paced, six-year career as the talented comedy star of "Saturday Night Live" and such films as...

• Randy Rhoads

  American musician.

• Georges Perec

  French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist and essayist.

• Barney Clark

  first artificial heart recipient (Born 1921).

• Koos Koster

  Dutch newscaster (IKON), murdered in El Salvador.

• Philip K[indred] Dick

  American author (Hugo-1963, Dr Futurity), dies at age 53 (born 1928).

• Charles Borromeo Mills

  Composer, dies at 68.

• Kirill Vladimirovich Molchanov

  Composer, dies at 59.

• Harry H Corbett

  Brits actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky), dies at 57.

• Mario Praz

  Italian Author (Casa della vita), dies at 85.

• Rudy Bond

  Actor (Streetcar Named Desire), dies of heart attack at 68.

• Richard A Butler

  English minister of Finance, dies at age 79.

• Wilfred Hawker

  Suriname Sergeant-Major, executed.

• Georg G Lampe

  Dutch painter/director (Free Academy), dies at age 60.

• Hendrik L van Beek

  Dutch Vice-Admiral, dies at age 52.

• Ace Goodman

  comedian (Easy Aces), dies at age 83 in Kansas City, Missouri.

• Jan Lemaire

  Dutch actor / writer (Beautiful Juultje), dies at 97.

• Horace Gregory

  American poet (Born 1898).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The J. Geils Band - Centerfold
2. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll
3. Journey - Open Arms
4. Go-Go's - We Got The Beat
5. The Cars - Shake It Up

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Tight Fit - The Lion Sleeps Tonight
2. Goombay Dance Band - Seven Tears
3. Toni Basil - Mickey
4. Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
5. Imagination - Just An Illusion