May 1982 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1982 Nordiques 4 - Isles 5 (OT) - Semifinals - Isles hold 3-0 lead
• 02 May 1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
• 03 May 1982 US President Ronald Reagan begins five-minute weekly radio broadcasts.
• 04 May 1982 British torpedo boat Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket
• 05 May 1982 A Unabomber bomb explodes in the computer science department at Vanderbilt University; secretary Janet Smith is injured.
• 06 May 1982 Seattle Mariners' Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games.
• 07 May 1982 Is There Life after High School? opens at Barrymore NYC for 12 performances
• 08 May 1982 Canucks 5-Isles 6 (OT) - Stanley Cup - Isles hold 1-0 lead
• 09 May 1982 9 opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 739 performances
• 11 May 1982 Canucks 4-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
• 12 May 1982 In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II
• 13 May 1982 Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy
• 14 May 1982 Hugh Beaumont, American actor (Ward - Leave it to Beaver), dies at age 73 (born 1909).
• 16 May 1982 Barnum closes at St. James Theater NYC after 854 performances
• 18 May 1982 Unification Church founder Reverend Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion.
• 19 May 1982 Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion
• 21 May 1982 British troops lands on Falkland Islands
• 23 May 1982 Cathy Morse wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Classic.
• 24 May 1982 Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran : Iraq War.
• 25 May 1982 Ferguson Jenkins becomes 7th pitcher to strike out 3,000 batters
• 26 May 1982 British ship Atlantic Conveyor and Coventry were hit in Falkland war
• 27 May 1982 Do Black Patent Leather Shoes... opens at Alvin NYC for 5 performances
• 28 May 1982 Pope John Paul II is first pope to visit Great Britain since 1531.
• 29 May 1982 I Know What Boys Like, by The Waitresses hits #62
• 30 May 1982 Do Black Patent Leather Shoes... closes at Alvin NYC after 5 performances

Famous Birthday

• Lorie (singer)
• Jamie Dornan

  TV Actor.

• Tony Parker

  Belgian-born basketball player, his American father playing basketball moved to France when Tony was 3 months, and his mother was a Dutch...

• Cory Monteith

  Canadian actor.

• Vanessa Bryant

  Family Member.

• Ana Beatriz Barros
• Candide Thovex

  French alpine skier, he won 3 gold medals at the Winter X Games (2000, 2003, and 2007) and was 2009-10 freeride world champion.

• Clément Poitrenaud
• Rebecca Hall

  English-American actress.

• Rochelle Pangilinan
• Billy Joe Crawford
• Petr Cech

  Czech footballer.

• Alexa Davalos

  French-American actress.

• Jessica Sutta

  American singer-songwriter dancer and actress (The Pussycat Dolls).

• Nattie Neidhart

  Canadian professional wrestler.

• Tommy Robredo

  Spanish tennis player.

• Apolo Anton Ohno
• Emilie Boiron
• Jana Mrazkova
• Alex Breckenridge

  American actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Romy Schneider

  German actress, internationally known, having made her screen debut at the age of 14.

• Gilles Villeneuve

  French-Canadian race car driver in the Formula One race.

• Alfred Adam

  French actor, on stage and in films, known as a character actor who often plays in treacherous roles.

• Neil Bogart

  American entrepreneur who took over Buddah Records in 1967 to become the Bubblegum-Rock King of America.

• Gene Sheldon

  Actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72.

• Renzo Rossellini

  Italian musician and composer.

• Piet van Egmond

  organist/conductor, dies at age 70.

• Baron Mariel-Henri Jaspar

  Belgian minister/ambassador, dies.

• Lady of Ro

  Greek patriot (Born 1890).

• Lt Col H Jones VC

  British army officer (Born 1940).

• Peter Weiss

  German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality.

• Colin Blunstone

  England, United Kingdom -- Rocker (Zombies-Never Even Thought).

• Humphrey Searle

  England, United Kingdom -- Writer (20th Century counterpoint).

• Hugh Marlowe

  Actor (Jim Matthews-Another World), dies at 71.

• Sam Baker
• Jack Dempsey

  American Heavyweight boxing champion in 1919 by knocking out Jess Willard in round three.

• Leigh Snowden

  Actress (Hot Rod Rumble), dies at 51 of cancer.

• Kara Abulfazogli Karayev

  Composer, dies at 64.

• Larry J Blake

  Actor (Earth vs.

• Helmut Dantine

  American actor/director/producer, in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, of a massive coronary at age 64 (born 1917).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock 'N Roll
2. Vangelis - Chariots Of Fire - Titles
3. Paul McCartney - Ebony And Ivory
4. Rick Springfield - Don't Talk To Strangers
5. Charlene - I've Never Been To Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder - Ebony And Ivory
2. Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes
3. Nicole - A Little Peace
4. Madness - House Of Fun
5. PhD - I Won't Let You Down