In The News - 1982

Jan 1st - Javier Perez becomes sec-gen of UN Jan 1st - Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland Jan 4th - Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show" Jan 4th - Chris Wallace becomes co-anchor of the Today Show Jan 5th - Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation Jan 7th - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV Jan 11th - Honduras adopts constitution Jan 13th - Hank Aaron & Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame Jan 24th - Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB Jan 25th - 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win Jan 27th - Roberto S Cordova installed as president of Honduras Jan 30th - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". Jan 31st - US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton Feb 1st - "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV Feb 3rd - John Sharples of England finishes disco dancing 371 hours Feb 3rd - Porn star John Holmes ordered to stand trial for murder Feb 4th - Indoor distance record for a paper airplane (47m) Tacoma Wash Feb 5th - DEA announces seizure of 3,192 tons of marijuana, 495 people Feb 6th - "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart Feb 7th - Luis A Monge elected pres of Costa Rica Feb 10th - 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec Feb 16th - Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta Feb 16th - Lee Majors & Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce Feb 24th - 24th Grammy Awards: Bette Davis Eyes, Double Fantasy wins Feb 25th - Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs Feb 27th - Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million Feb 28th - AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day Mar 1st - NY Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents Mar 6th - Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) Mar 10th - Pres Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya Mar 10th - all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun Mar 12th - PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline" Mar 13th - Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) Mar 15th - Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan Mar 15th - Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days Mar 20th - Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks Mar 25th - Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season Mar 26th - Ground-breaking in Washington, DC for Vietnam Veterans Memorial Mar 26th - Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK Mar 28th - 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000 Mar 29th - 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins Mar 29th - 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda & Katherine Hepburn win Mar 31st - Rock group Doobie Brothers split up Apr 1st - Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution Apr 1st - US formally transfers Canal Zone to Panama Apr 8th - Tracy Caulkins, 19, wins her 36th US swimming title Apr 16th - Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution Apr 17th - Canada adopts its constitution Apr 19th - Guinon Bluford announced as 1st black astronaut Apr 19th - Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery Apr 19th - Sally Ride announced as 1st woman astronaut Apr 20th - Atlanta Braves become 1st team to win 1st 12 games of the season Apr 21st - Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant Apr 21st - Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress Apr 26th - Rod Stewart is mugged, gunman steals his $50,000 Porsche Apr 27th - Trial of John W Hinckley Jr attempted assassin of Reagan, begins Apr 29th - 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell Apr 29th - Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador May 3rd - Pres Reagan begins 5 minute weekly radio broadcasts May 4th - Twins rookie outfielder Jim Eisenreich, who suffers from Tourette's Syndrome, removes himself due to taunts from Red Sox bleacher fans May 7th - IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1 May 7th - Oakland Raiders to move to LA May 12th - Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich) May 12th - In Fatima Portugal, a Spanish priest with a bayonet is stopped prior to his attempt to attack Pope John Paul II May 13th - Terri Lea Utley, 20, (Arkansas), crowned 31st Miss USA May 14th - Guinea adopts constitution May 16th - Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Rep May 18th - Unification Church founder Rev Sun Myung Moon convicted of tax evasion May 19th - Sophia Loren jailed in Naples for tax evasion May 23rd - Colin Wilson rides a surfboard 294 miles May 28th - Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight May 28th - Pope John Paul II is 1st pope to visit Great Britain May 29th - "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62 May 30th - Spain becomes 16th member of NATO Jun 3rd - 55th National Spelling Bee: Molly Dieveney wins spelling psoriasis Jun 4th - "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan," released in USA Jun 5th - "Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39 Jun 6th - Bernard Glassman, installed as abbot of Zen Center of NY Jun 7th - 16th Music City News Country Awards: Barbara Mandrell Jun 7th - LA Dodger Steve Garvey is 5th to play in 1,000 consecutive games Jun 7th - Pres Reagan meets Pope John Paul II & Queen Elizabeth Jun 8th - Emmy 9th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 3rd time Jun 8th - Reagan addresses joint session of British Parliament Jun 9th - General Efrain Rios Montt declares himself president of Guatemala Jun 10th - "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall Jun 10th - John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman to become deputy director of CIA Jun 11th - Israel & Syria stop fighting in Lebanon Jun 11th - Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title Jun 11th - Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) Jun 11th - Pope John Paul II visits Argentina Jun 12th - 750,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park NYC Jun 12th - Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel perform in Rotterdam Jun 13th - Fahd becomes king of Saudi Arabia when King Khalid dies at 69 Jun 15th - Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education Jun 17th - Pres Reagan 1st UN Gen Assembly address ("evil empire" speech) Jun 18th - Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended by Senate by 85-8 vote Jun 20th - Israeli PM Menachem Begin arrives in Washington Jun 21st - Paul McCartney releases "Take it Away" Jun 21st - John Hinckley found not guilty of 1981 attempted assassination of President Reagan by reason of insanity Jun 22nd - Prince Charles & Lady Diana take Prince William home from hospital Jun 22nd - Susan Lea Hammett, of Miss, 18, crowned 25th America's Junior Miss Jun 23rd - Himmy, of Australia, weighs in at domestic cat record 20.7 kg (45 lb) Jun 23rd - Mary Hart joins Entertainment Tonight Jun 24th - Supreme Court rules pres can't be sued for actions in office Jun 25th - Porn star John Holmes acquitted on murder charges Jun 25th - SF holds its 1st County Fair Jun 25th - Sec of State Alexander Haig Jr resigns, replaced by Schultz Jun 26th - Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig Jun 30th - "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander NYC after 333 perfs Jul 1st - General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina Jul 2nd - Larry Walters using lawn chair & 42 helium balloons, rose to 16,000' Jul 3rd - 89th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Martina Navratilova beats Chris Evert (61 36 62) Jul 4th - 96th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats John McEnroe (36 63 67 76 64) Jul 4th - Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico Jul 8th - Billy Martin records his 1,000th career win as a manager Jul 8th - Porn star John Homes convicted of receiving stolen property Jul 9th - Margaret Thatcher begins her 2nd term as British prime Jul 10th - Samuel Morse's "Gallery of the Louvre" sells for $3,250,000 Jul 11th - Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid Jul 12th - FEMA promises survivors of a nuclear war will get their mail Jul 15th - Senate confirms George Shultz as 60th sec of state by vote of 97-0 Jul 16th - George P Shultz sworn in as minister of Foreign affairs Jul 16th - Sun Myung Moon sentenced to 18 months for tax fraud Jul 19th - David S Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanonl Jul 20th - IRA bomb attacks in London Jul 22nd - Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle Jul 23rd - Intl Whaling Comn votes for total ban on commercial whaling (starting 1985) Jul 24th - Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. Jul 26th - Karen Dianne Baldwin, 18, of Canada, crowned 31st Miss Universe Jul 27th - Indian PM Indira Gandhi 1st visit to US in almost 11 years Jul 27th - Menken & Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors," premieres in NYC Jul 29th - Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson Jul 31st - Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria & France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) Aug 1st - Greg Louganis, US becomes 1st diver to score 700 (752.67) in 11 dives Aug 1st - H Aaron, F Robinson, T Jackson, & H Chandler inducted in Hall of Fame Aug 1st - Petra Schneider swims world record 400m medley (4:36.10) Aug 2nd - Oakland's Rickey Henderson steals his 100th base of the season Aug 2nd - Roger Ebert's Movie News premieres on ABC FM network Aug 14th - Pete Rose (Phillies) 12,365 at bat sets record (passes Aaron) Aug 15th - Equatorial Guinea adopts constitution Aug 17th - South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin Aug 17th - The first Compact Discs (CDs) were released to the public in Germany. Aug 18th - NYSE sets trading record of 132,690,000 shares traded Aug 18th - Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance Aug 20th - US marines land in Beirut Lebanon Aug 23rd - Lebanese falangist leader Bechir Gemayel elected as president Aug 28th - The first Gay Games are held in San Francisco. Aug 29th - Steve Miller's "Abracadabra" hits #1 Sep 1st - Mexico President Lopez Portillo nationalizes banks Sep 1st - Palestinian Liberation Organization leaves Lebanon Sep 1st - The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. Sep 2nd - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down Sep 6th - Jerry Lewis' 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000 Sep 6th - Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War" Sep 10th - Decca releases Beatle audition "Complete Silver Beatles" album Sep 11th - Debbie Maffett (California), 25, crowned 55th Miss America 1983 Sep 11th - Chris Evert wins her 6th & final US Open Tennis match at West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills NY Sep 12th - 102nd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 62 46 64) Sep 14th - Cindy Nicholas of Canada makes her 19th swim of English Channel Sep 14th - Trevor Baxter sets skateboard high jump record of 5' 5.7" Sep 15th - 1st issue of "USA Today" published by Gannett Co Inc Sep 15th - Pope John Paul II receives PLO leader Yasser Arafat Sep 19th - Streetcars stop running on Market St after 122 years of service Sep 23rd - Amin Gemayel sworn in as president of Lebanon Sep 24th - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26 Sep 27th - John Palmer becomes news anchor of Today Show Sep 29th - 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV Sep 29th - Cyanide laced Tylenol capsules kills 7 in Chicago Oct 1st - EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida Oct 1st - West Germany's Parliament ousts Helmut Schmidt for Helmut Kohl Oct 3rd - Scott Weiland runs Detroit marathon backwards in less than 5 hours Oct 4th - Helmut Kohl elected chancellor of German FR Oct 5th - Hernan Siles Zuazo appointed president of Bolivia Oct 7th - Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. Oct 10th - Pope John Paul II canonizes Rev M Kolbe, who volunteered to die in place of another inmate at Auschwitz concentration camp, a saint Oct 10th - US imposes sanctions against Poland for banning Solidarity trade union Oct 11th - 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skagg Oct 13th - IOC Executive Committee approves the reinstatement of Jim Thorpe's s gold medals from the 1912 Olympics Oct 14th - 6,000 Unification church couples wed in Korea Oct 14th - Pres Reagan proclaims war against drugs Oct 16th - Mt Palomar Observatory 1st to detect Halley's comet on 13th return Oct 17th - 1st live orchestra on commercial network since 1954 (National Symphony) Oct 19th - Automaker John DeLorean arrested on cocaine charges (Not guilty) Oct 20th - Billy Martin fired as manager of Oakland A's Oct 20th - Nobel prize for economy awarded to George Stigler Oct 20th - Sri Lanka President Jayewardene re-elected Oct 22nd - Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels Oct 24th - 12th NYC Women's Marathon won by Grete Waitz in 2:27:14 Oct 24th - 13th NYC Marathon won by Alberto Salazar in 2:09:29 Oct 26th - Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards Oct 26th - US budget deficit reaches more than $110 trillion for fiscal year 1982 Oct 27th - China announces its population at 1 billion people plus Oct 28th - NASA launches RCA-E Oct 28th - Spain's socialists win/communists lose elections Oct 29th - Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted Oct 29th - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson release "Girl is Mine" Oct 30th - Portugal revises constitution Oct 31st - Pope John Paul II becomes 1st pontiff to visit Spain Nov 1st - Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there. Nov 4th - Ruud Lubbers becomes Dutch premier Nov 5th - George Harrison releases "Gone Troppo" album Nov 7th - Liz Taylor's 7th divorce (John Warner) Nov 7th - Turkey adopts constitution Nov 9th - Sugar Ray Leonard retires for 1st time Nov 10th - IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankrupcy Nov 10th - Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened Nov 12th - USSR KGB-chief Yuri V Andropov succeeds Leonid Brezhnev as USSR leader Nov 13th - Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC Nov 13th - A boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada ends when Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim. Kim's death on November 17 led to significant changes in the sport. Nov 14th - Polish Solidarity chairman Lech Walesa freed Nov 15th - Funeral services held in Moscow's Red Square for Leonid I Brezhnev Nov 18th - Marisela Alvarez of Dominican Republic, crowned 32nd Miss World Nov 18th - Duk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing. Nov 20th - Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live Nov 24th - Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year Nov 26th - Clyde King named Yankee manager Nov 26th - Yasuhiro Nakasone elected PM of Japan succeeding Zenko Suzuki Nov 26th - Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch Nov 28th - "Pirates of Penzance" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 772 perfs Dec 1st - Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" Dec 1st - Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as pres of Mexico Dec 2nd - 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart Dec 3rd - 77°F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in Dec Dec 3rd - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez Dec 4th - China adopts its constitution Dec 4th - Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp Dec 5th - Herschel Walker of Georgia wins Heisman Trophy Dec 5th - Seattle Univ Baptist Ch declares sanctuary for Central American refugees Dec 6th - Sen Ted & Joan Kennedy divorce Dec 7th - In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr. becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the US. Dec 8th - Norman Mayer holds Washington Monument hostage, demanding an end to nuclear weapons. Is killed by police after 10 hrs (he had no explosives) Dec 9th - Mary-Beth & William Hurt divorce Dec 15th - Sao Tome & Principe constitution approved Dec 15th - Spain reopens border with Gibraltar Dec 22nd - William Mastrosimones "Extremities," premieres in NYC Dec 23rd - The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri. Dec 26th - TIME's Man of the Year is a computer Dec 29th - Reggae Musician Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica Dec 29th - Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ends his career with Alabama (323 wins)