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What Happened In June 1982 In History

Historical Events for June, 1982

  • 3rd » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
  • 6th » The 1982 Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
  • 6th » A Army Air Corps (United Kingdom) British Army Air Corps Aérospatiale Gazelle Gazelle helicopter is destroyed in 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident a friendly fire incident, resulting in the loss of four lives.
  • 7th » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier was kept off-limits.
  • 8th » Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad named RFA 'Sir Galahad' and RFA Sir Tristram e.g RFA 'Sir Tristram'.
  • 11th » The Sentosa Musical Fountain was officially opened as part of the second phase of construction on the island of Sentosa, Singapore.
  • 13th » Fahd of Saudi Arabia Fahd becomes Kings of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid of Saudi Arabia Khalid.
  • 13th » Riccardo Paletti, was killed when he crashed on the start grid for the Canadian Grand Prix
  • 14th » Falklands War: Argentina Argentine forces in the capital Stanley, Falkland Islands Stanley Conditional surrender conditionally surrender to British forces.
  • 19th » In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
  • 20th » The Argentine base Corbeta Uruguay on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
  • 21st » John Hinckley is found Insanity defence known as not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of President of the United States named U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
  • 23rd » Chinese American Vincent Chin dies in a coma after being beaten in Highland Park, Michigan on June 19, by two auto workers who had mistaken him for Japanese people known as Japanese and who were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.
  • 24th » "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
  • 25th » Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
  • 27th » 'Space Shuttle Columbia' launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1982

  • 1st » Justine Henin, Belgian tennis player
  • 2nd » Jānis Karlivāns, Latvian decathlete
  • 2nd » Andres Raja, Estonian decathlete
  • 2nd » Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
  • 3rd » Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian pole vaulter
  • 3rd » Manfred Mölgg, Italian skier
  • 3rd » Dihan Slabbert, South African singer-songwriter and producer (Hi-5 (South African band) or Hi-5)
  • 4th » MC Jin, American-Chinese rapper and actor
  • 4th » Abel Kirui, Kenyan runner
  • 4th » Ronnie Prude, American-Canadian football player
  • 5th » Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (Suburban Legends) (d. 2005)
  • 5th » Baron Geisler, Filipino actor
  • 6th » Marian Oprea, Romanian triple jumper
  • 7th » Germán Lux, Argentinian footballer
  • 7th » Virgil Vasquez, American baseball player
  • 8th » Matteo Barbini, Italian rugby player
  • 8th » Michael Cammalleri, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 8th » Dickson Etuhu, Nigerian footballer
  • 8th » Irina Lăzăreanu, Romanian-Canadian model and singer
  • 8th » Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
  • 9th » Thomas Aldridge, English actor
  • 9th » Yoshito Ōkubo, Japanese footballer
  • 9th » Christina Stürmer, Austrian singer-songwriter
  • 9th » Andrew Walker (actor) e.g Andrew Walker, Canadian actor
  • 10th » Steve Guerdat, Swiss horse rider
  • 10th » Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
  • 10th » Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
  • 10th » Laleh Pourkarim, Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter and actress
  • 10th » Elyse Sewell, American model
  • 10th » Ana Lucia Souza, Brazilian ballerina and journalist
  • 11th » Marco Arment, American businessman, co-created Tumblr
  • 11th » Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
  • 11th » Johnny Candido, American wrestler
  • 11th » Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper
  • 11th » Joey Graham, American basketball player
  • 11th » Stephen Graham (basketball) or Stephen Graham, American basketball player
  • 11th » Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier
  • 11th » Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
  • 12th » Ben Blackwell, American drummer (The Dirtbombs)
  • 12th » Diem Brown, American journalist
  • 12th » Jason David, American football player
  • 12th » Loïc Duval, French race car driver
  • 12th » Marko Popović (basketball, born 1982) or Marko Popović, Croatian basketball player
  • 12th » Samantha Tolj, Australian actress
  • 13th » Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian runner
  • 13th » Krzysztof Bosak, Polish politician
  • 13th » Jessica Caban, American model and actress
  • 13th » Nate Jones (American football) named Nate Jones, American football player
  • 13th » Jess Manafort, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Jamie Green, English race car driver
  • 14th » Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
  • 14th » Luda Kroitor, Moldavian-Australian dancer
  • 14th » Lang Lang (pianist) e.g Lang Lang, Chinese pianist
  • 15th » Katie Chapman, English footballer
  • 15th » Mike Delany, New Zealand rugby union footballer
  • 15th » Abdur Razzak (cricketer) e.g Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
  • 15th » Haley Scarnato, American singer
  • 16th » May Andersen, Danish model
  • 16th » Fraser Cartmell, Scottish triathlete
  • 16th » Matt Costa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 16th » Missy Peregrym, Canadian actress
  • 16th » Jodi Santamaria, Filipino actress
  • 16th » Chris Wingert, American soccer player
  • 17th » Arthur Darvill, English actor and singer
  • 17th » Alex Rodrigo Dias da Costa, Brazilian footballer
  • 17th » Stanislava Hrozenská, Slovak tennis player
  • 17th » Marek Svatoš, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 18th » Nadir Belhadj, French-Algerian footballer
  • 18th » Marco Borriello, Italian footballer
  • 19th » Joe Cheng, Taiwanese actor and singer
  • 19th » Alexander Frolov, Russian ice hockey player
  • 19th » Trevor Hamilton, Irish murderer
  • 19th » David Pollack, American football player
  • 19th » Chris Vermeulen, Australian motorcycle racer
  • 20th » Example (musician) e.g Example, English singer-songwriter and producer
  • 20th » Yas, Iranian Rapper
  • 20th » Aleksei Berezutski, Russian footballer
  • 20th » Vasili Berezutski, Russian footballer
  • 20th » George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer
  • 20th » April Ross, American volleyball player
  • 21st » Rob Mills, Australian singer-songwriter and actor
  • 21st » Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
  • 22nd » Soraia Chaves, Portuguese model and actress
  • 22nd » Ian Kinsler, American baseball player
  • 23rd » Rafael Bejarano, Peruvian-American jockey
  • 23rd » Derek Boogaard, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 2011)
  • 24th » Clint Bajada, Maltese radio host
  • 24th » Kevin Nolan, English footballer
  • 24th » Mark Penney, Canadian director and producer
  • 24th » Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 25th » Rain (entertainer) or Rain, South Korean singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
  • 25th » Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
  • 26th » Zuzana Kučová, Slovak tennis player
  • 28th » Ibrahim Camejo, Cuban long jumper
  • 29th » Dusty Hughes (baseball) named Dusty Hughes, American baseball player
  • 29th » Ott Sepp, Estonian actor and singer
  • 29th » Matthew Mercer, American voice actor, director, and producer
  • 30th » Willam Belli, American drag queen performer and singer (DWV (group) known as DWV)
  • 30th » Lizzy Caplan, American actress
  • 30th » Ignacio Carrasco, Mexican footballer
  • 30th » Otis Harris, American sprinter
  • 30th » Andy Knowles, English drummer and producer (Franz Ferdinand (band) called Franz Ferdinand and Skuta (band) called Skuta)
  • 30th » Mitch Maier, American baseball player
  • 30th » Delwyn Young, American baseball player

Famous Deaths for June 1982

  • 2nd » Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Pakistani politician, 5th President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
  • 6th » Kenneth Rexroth, American poet and academic (b. 1905)
  • 8th » Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906)
  • 10th » Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)
  • 11th » Al Rinker, American singer-songwriter (The Rhythm Boys) (b. 1907)
  • 12th » Karl von Frisch, Austrian ethologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
  • 12th » Ian McKay, English sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1953)
  • 13th » Peter Maivia, Samoan-American wrestler and promoter (b. 1935)
  • 13th » Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1912)
  • 13th » Riccardo Paletti, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
  • 14th » Marjorie Bennett, Australian actress (b. 1896)
  • 16th » James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist and songwriter (The Pretenders) (b. 1956)
  • 17th » Roberto Calvi, Italian banker (b. 1920)
  • 18th » Djuna Barnes, American journalist, author, and poet (b. 1892)
  • 18th » John Cheever, American author (b. 1912)
  • 18th » Curd Jürgens, German-Austrian actor and director (b. 1915)
  • 23rd » Vincent Chin, Chinese-American murder victim (b. 1955)
  • 29th » Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founded Balmain (fashion house) named Balmain (b. 1914)
  • 29th » Henry King (director) or Henry King, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1886)

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