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1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1982 - Events. 1982 - January. January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself into twenty-two subdivisions. January 10 - The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895. January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of ...

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• 1982 - Events
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• 1982 - February
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• 1982 - April
• 1982 - May
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• 1982 - August
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• 1982 - October
• 1982 - November
• 1982 - December
• 1982 - Unknown dates
• 1982 - Births
• 1982 - January
• 1982 - February
• 1982 - March
• 1982 - April
• 1982 - May
• 1982 - June
• 1982 - July
• 1982 - August
• 1982 - September
• 1982 - October
• 1982 - November-December
• 1982 - Deaths
• 1982 - January-June
• 1982 - July-December
• 1982 - Nobel Prizes
• 1982 - Fields Medalists
• 1982 - Templeton Prize

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1982 Lebanon War - Casualties. It is estimated that around 17,825 Arabs were killed during the war. There are different estimates of the proportion of civilians killed. A Beirut newspaper An Nahar estimated that 17,825 killed during the invasion Outside Beirut Military personnel: 9,797 (PLO, Syria, etc.) Civilians: 2,513 Beirut area: 5,515 (mil. + civ.) [6] About 675 Israeli soldiers were killed. ...

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1982 Lebanon War, 1982 Lebanon War - Background, 1982 Lebanon War - Reasons for the war, 1982 Lebanon War - Course of the fighting, 1982 Lebanon War - Outcome of the war, 1982 Lebanon War - Casualties, 1982 Lebanon War - The security buffer zone, 1982 Lebanon War - Political results, 1982 Lebanon War - Consequences

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Barry fitted out at the Boston Naval Shipyard through November, testing her new electronics, ASW gear and gunnery systems into December. After a brief underway period in Narragansett Bay, she departed 3 January 1957 for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to continue her shakedown. Her training exercises were interspersed with port visits to Kingston, Jamaica; Cuelebra, Puerto Rico, and Santa Marta, Colombia, before she departed for Colon, Panama. The destroyer transited the Canal Zone on 26 February and anchored at Salinas, Ecuador, two days later ...

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USS Barry DD-933, USS Barry DD-933 - 1956 – 1959, USS Barry DD-933 - 1960 – 1962, USS Barry DD-933 - Cuban Missile Crisis, USS Barry DD-933 - 1962 – 1965, USS Barry DD-933 - Vietnam War, USS Barry DD-933 - 1966 – 1970, USS Barry DD-933 - 1970 – 1976, USS Barry DD-933 - 1977 – 1979, USS Barry DD-933 - 1980 – 1982, USS Barry DD-933 - Present

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In various forms of astrology both past and present, solar and lunar eclipses are thought to be omens for notable births, deaths, or other important world developments. Princess Diana is sometimes cited as an example of such phenomenon, due to solar and lunar eclipses occurring on or close to the day of significant events in her life, to include her wedding to Prince Charles, on July 29, 1981 (solar eclipse) and the birth of her son, Prince William, on June 21, 1982 (solar eclipse). Additionally, she was formally separated from Prince Charle ...

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Omen, Omen - Roman Religion, Omen - Astrology

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Lady Thatcher's husband, Sir Denis Thatcher, died in June 2003. The couple had been married for fifty-two years and had two children, twins, on 15 August 1953. Her son, Sir Mark Thatcher, has been dogged by a series of controversies from 1982 when he went missing in the Sahara Desert to January 2005 when he was fined three million rand and received a four-year suspended jail sentence in South Africa over funding an aircraft intended for use in a planned coup d'etat in Equatorial Guinea. Her daughter, the journalist and commentator Hon. Carol Thatcher, won the fifth series of the British realit ...

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Margaret Thatcher, Margaret Thatcher - Early life and education, Margaret Thatcher - Political career between 1950 and 1970, Margaret Thatcher - In Heath's Cabinet, Margaret Thatcher - As Leader of the Opposition, Margaret Thatcher - As Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher - 1979–1983, Margaret Thatcher - 1983–1987, Margaret Thatcher - 1987–1990, Margaret Thatcher - Fall from power, Margaret Thatcher - Post-political career, Margaret Thatcher - Legacy, Margaret Thatcher - Family life, Margaret Thatcher - Titles and honours, Margaret Thatcher - Titles from birth, Margaret Thatcher - Honours

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Richard Pryor was married seven times to five different women: Patricia Price (1960 - ?) (divorced) 1 child Shelly Bonus (1967 - 1969) (divorced) 1 child Deborah McGuire (22 September 1977 - 1979) (divorced) 1 child Jennifer Lee (August 1981 - October 1982) (divorced) Flynn Belaine (October 1986 - January 1987) (divorced) Flynn Belaine (1 April 1990 - ?) (divorced) Jennifer Lee (June 2 ...

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Richard Pryor, Richard Pryor - Early life and career, Richard Pryor - Mainstream success, Richard Pryor - The freebasing incident and its aftermath, Richard Pryor - Later life, Richard Pryor - Death, Richard Pryor - Remembrance and legacy, Richard Pryor - Personal, Richard Pryor - Discography, Richard Pryor - Compilations and repackagings, Richard Pryor - Filmography

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The Soviet Union was a federation of Soviet Socialist Republics (SSR). The first Republics were established shortly after the October Revolution of 1917. At that time, republics were technically independent from one another but their governments acted in closely coordinated confederation, as directed by the CPSU leadership. In 1922, four Republics (Russian SFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belarusian SSR, and Transcaucasian SFSR) joined into the Soviet Union. Between 1922 and 1940, the number of Republics grew to sixteen. S ...

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Soviet Union, Soviet Union - History, Soviet Union - Politics, Soviet Union - Leaders of the Soviet Union, Soviet Union - Foreign relations, Soviet Union - Republics

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In the late 1970s the Deltics began to be supplanted by the next generation of express trains for the East Coast route, the Class 254 High Speed Train (HST), branded as InterCity 125, and the Deltics began to take on secondary roles. However, it was soon realised that the class had a limited future; it was not considered economic to maintain such a small and totally non-standard class of locomotive for secondary services, and the end of the decade saw the first withdrawals from service. More were withdrawn, and 1981 proved to be the last ser ...

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British Rail Class 55, British Rail Class 55 - Production, British Rail Class 55 - Replacement, British Rail Class 55 - Preservation, British Rail Class 55 - Return to service, British Rail Class 55 - Class roster, British Rail Class 55 - In film

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Why did the ancient Mayan or pre-Maya choose December 21st, 2012 A.D., as the end of their Long Count calendar? This article will cover some recent research. Scholars have known for decades that the 13-baktun cycle of the Mayan "Long Count" system of timekeeping was set to end precisely on a winter solstice, and that this system was put in place some 2300 years ago. This amazing fact - that ancient Mesoameri- can skywatchers were able to pinpoint a winter solstice far off into the future - has not been dealt with by Mayanists. And why did they choose the year 2012? One immediately gets the impression that there is a very strange mystery to be confronted here. I will be building upon a clue to this mystery reported by epigrapher Linda Schele in Maya Cosmos (1994). This article is the natural culmination of the research relating to the Mayan Long Count and the precession of the equinoxes that I explored in my recent book Tzolkin: Visionary Perspectives and Calendar Studies (Borderlands Science and Research Foundation, 1994).

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Ai Otsuka (大塚愛 Ōtsuka Ai, born September 9, 1982) is a Japanese pop female singer-songwriter from Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is best-known for her 2003/2004 hit Sakuranbo, which stayed on the charts for 82 weeks. Ai Otsuka is signed to record label avex trax, one of the biggest record labels in Japan which also manages other high-profile artists like Ayumi Ham ...

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For the water tank, see Aquarium; for the album by the Danish pop-dance group Aqua see Aquarium (album). Aquarium [Аквариум] is a Russian rock-group, formed in Leningrad in 1972 by Boris Grebenshchikov, then a student of Applied Mathematics at Leningrad State University, and Anatoly "George" Gunitsky, then a playwright and absurdist poet. In the 1970s and early 1980's, rock and roll was banned in the Soviet Union (exception was given only to a few gov ...

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Joel married his business manager, Elizabeth Weber, on May 20, 1971. The marriage ended in divorce on July 20, 1983. Joel went on to marry supermodel Christie Brinkley on March 23, 1985. Their marriage produced one child, daughter Alexa Ray Joel, born December 30, 1985. This marriage ended with divorce on August 25, 1994. In 2004, Joel married 23 year-old Katie Lee. Lee is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. At the time of the wedding, Joel was 54. Joel's daughter, Alexa Ray, 18, served as maid of honor. Joel's ex-w ...

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Billy Joel, Billy Joel - Career, Billy Joel - Early Years, Billy Joel - Early albums 1970–1976, Billy Joel - Becoming a superstar 1977–1981, Billy Joel - Building on success 1982–1986, Billy Joel - The Russia period 1987–1989, Billy Joel - Later albums 1989–1994, Billy Joel - Semi-retirement 1994–present, Billy Joel - Songwriting, Billy Joel - Influences, Billy Joel - Marriages, Billy Joel - Alcohol problems, Billy Joel - Master Classes, Billy Joel - Discography, Billy Joel - Albums, Billy Joel - Hit singles, Billy Joel - Credits on Broadway

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1933 - January. January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco Bay. January 15 - Political violence has caused almost 100 deaths in Spain January 17 - US Congress votes favorable for Philippines independence, against the view of president Hoover January 30 - Edouard Daladier forms a government in France January 30 - Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany by Reich President Paul von Hindenburg. January 30 - The first airing of episode 1 of 2,956 episodes of the radio program ...

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1933, 1933 - Events, 1933 - January, 1933 - February, 1933 - March, 1933 - April, 1933 - May, 1933 - June, 1933 - July, 1933 - August, 1933 - September, 1933 - October, 1933 - November, 1933 - December, 1933 - Undated, 1933 - Births, 1933 - January, 1933 - February, 1933 - March, 1933 - April, 1933 - May, 1933 - June, 1933 - July, 1933 - August, 1933 - September-October, 1933 - November, 1933 - December, 1933 - Deaths, 1933 - January-March, 1933 - April-June, 1933 - July-December, 1933 - Nobel Prizes

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Harold Bloom - Miscellaneous Books. (Editor) English Romantic Poetry, An Anthology, Doubleday, 1961, two-volume revised edition, Anchor, 1963. (Editor, with John Hollander) The Wind and the Rain, Doubleday, 1961. The Literary Criticism of John Ruskin, Edited and with Introduction by Harold Bloom, Anchor, 1965. (Editor, with Frederick W. Hilles) From Sensibility to Romanticism: Essays Presented to Frederick A. Pottle, Oxford University Press, 1965. ...

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Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom - Life, Harold Bloom - Bloom's Influence, Harold Bloom - Bibliography, Harold Bloom - Miscellaneous Books, Harold Bloom - Articles, Harold Bloom - Books About Harold Bloom, Harold Bloom - Awards

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1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2); Reggie Jackson, MVP American League Championship Series: New York Yankees (East) over Kansas City Royals (West) (3-2) National League Championship Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (West) over Philadelphia Phillies (East) (3-1); Dusty Baker, MVP All-Star Game, July 19 at Yankee Stadium ...

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1977 in baseball, 1977 in baseball - Champions, 1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball, 1977 in baseball - Other champions, 1977 in baseball - Awards and honors, 1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball final standings, 1977 in baseball - American League final standings, 1977 in baseball - National League final standings, 1977 in baseball - Events, 1977 in baseball - January-March, 1977 in baseball - April-June, 1977 in baseball - July-September, 1977 in baseball - October-December, 1977 in baseball - Births, 1977 in baseball - Deaths

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Meteor scatter occurs when a signal bounces off a meteor's ionised trail. When a meteor strikes the Earth's atmosphere, a cylindrical region of free electrons is formed at the height of the E layer. This slender, ionised column is relatively long, and when first formed is sufficiently dense to reflect and scatter television and radio signals, generally from 25 MHz upwards through UHF TV, back to Earth. Consequently an incident television or radio signal is capable of being reflected up to distances approaching that of conventiona ...

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TV-FM DX, TV-FM DX - History, TV-FM DX - Tropospheric propagation, TV-FM DX - Tropospheric ducting, TV-FM DX - Notable tropospheric DX receptions, TV-FM DX - Sporadic E propagation E-skip, TV-FM DX - Equatorial E-skip, TV-FM DX - Notable Sporadic E DX receptions, TV-FM DX - F2 propagation F2-skip, TV-FM DX - Notable F2 DX receptions, TV-FM DX - Transequatorial propagation TEP, TV-FM DX - Afternoon TEP, TV-FM DX - Evening TEP, TV-FM DX - Earth–Moon–Earth EME propagation Moonbounce, TV-FM DX - Notable Earth-Moon-Earth EME DX receptions, TV-FM DX - Auroral propagation, TV-FM DX - Meteor scatter propagation, TV-FM DX - Satellite TVRO UHF TV DX, TV-FM DX - Notable Satellite TVRO UHF TV DX receptions

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The following figures are for Omagh District Council Area which incorporates villages and rural areas surrounding the town of Omagh. Population 1982: 44,417 1992: 46,372 2001: 47,819 2002: 48,919 2004: 50,082 GROWTH: 5,665 (8.64 %) Population Density - 44 per km² Home Ownership - 72 % Unemployment - 4.5% Car Ownership (Households) - 75 % ...

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Omagh, Omagh - History, Omagh - Omagh Bomb, Omagh - Population, Omagh - 2001 Census Demographics, Omagh - Places Of Interest/Tourism, Omagh - Climate, Omagh - Public Transport, Omagh - Road Connections, Omagh - Distances, Omagh - Education, Omagh - Health, Omagh - Religion, Omagh - Sport And Leisure, Omagh - Security, Omagh - Property, Omagh - Media, Omagh - Postcodes/Postal Services, Omagh - Electorial Wards, Omagh - Notable Residents/People From Omagh, Omagh - Town Twinnings, Omagh - Areas Of Omagh, Omagh - Omagh Area Facts, Omagh - Other Information

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Main article: Departments of Bolivia Bolivia is divided into nine departments, or departamentos: Chuquisaca (Sucre) Cochabamba (Cochabamba) Beni (Trinidad) La Paz (La Paz) Oruro (Oruro) Pando (Cobija) Potosí (Potosí) Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz de la Sierra) Tarija (Tarija) Additionally, each department is further divided into provinces, or provincias; cantons, or cantones; and municipalities, or ...

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Bolivia, Bolivia - History, Bolivia - Pre-colonial period, Bolivia - Colonial period, Bolivia - The Republic and economic instability 1809, Bolivia - Rise of the Nationalist Revolutionary Movement 1951, Bolivia - Military governments: García Meza and Siles Zuazo 1978, Bolivia - Sánchez de Lozada and Banzer: Liberalizing the economy 1993, Bolivia - Social Crisis and the nationalization of hydrocarbon resources 2000-2005, Bolivia - Evo Morales Movement toward Socialism, Bolivia - Politics, Bolivia - Administrative Division, Bolivia - Geography, Bolivia - Economy, Bolivia - Demographics, Bolivia - Culture, Bolivia - Literature, Bolivia - Footnotes

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Toward the end of the war, the land conflict regressed into stalemate. Both Iraq and Iran lacked sufficient self-propelled artillery to support their respective armored forces in assaults. This was made even more important because neither side had the air force capability to support ground forces. When the relatively professional Iraqi armed force advance was halted by the sheer size and committment of Iranian infantry and the Iranian infantry moved to advance itself; it faced the terrible prospect that the Iraqis had large numbers of ...

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Iran-Iraq War, Iran-Iraq War - Background, Iran-Iraq War - Invasion and repulse, Iran-Iraq War - The Tanker War and U.S. entanglement, Iran-Iraq War - War of the Cities, Iran-Iraq War - Arming the combatants, Iran-Iraq War - Aircraft, Iran-Iraq War - U.S.-Iraqi arms transfers in the war, Iran-Iraq War - Weapons of Mass Destruction, Iran-Iraq War - Human Wave Attacks in the Iran-Iraq War, Iran-Iraq War - Aftermath, Iran-Iraq War - Final ruling, Iran-Iraq War - List of successful Iranian operations during the war

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When Sharon joined Begin's government he had relatively little political experience. He avoided Begin's Herut party in the 1940s and 1950s and seemed to be personally devoted to the ideals of Mapai, and then Labor. However, after retiring from military service, Sharon was instrumental in establishing the Likud in July 1973. The Likud was comprised of Herut, the Liberal Party and independent elements. Sharon became chairman of the campaign staff for the elections which were scheduled for November 1973. But two and a half weeks after the start ...

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Ariel Sharon, Ariel Sharon - Early life, Ariel Sharon - Mitla incident, Ariel Sharon - Six-Day War and Yom Kippur War, Ariel Sharon - Sabra and Shatila massacre, Ariel Sharon - Political career, Ariel Sharon - Gaza evacuation, Ariel Sharon - Founding of Kadima, Ariel Sharon - Health problems

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