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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 the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara during Paris-Dakar rally. He is rescued January 14. Janua ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1982 in music

See also: 1981 in music, other events of 1982, 1983 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1982 in music - Events. January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida. January 17 - Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home January 20 - Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1982 in film

See also: 1981 in film 1982 1983 in film 1980s in film years in film film 1982 in film - Events. January 11 - Production begins on the Star Wars film Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. The THX Sound System is developed for use in movie theaters. Hugh Grant makes his film debut. The Coca-Cola Company acquires Columbia Pictures 1982 in film - Top grossing filmsIncluding:

1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - 146 Lucina

146 Lucina is a main belt asteroid. It is large, dark and has a carbonaceous composition. It was discovered by Alphonse Borrelly on June 8, 1875 and named after Lucina, the Roman goddess of childbirth. Two stellar occultations by Lucina have been observed so far, in 1982 and 1989. During the first event, a possible small satellite (6 km in diameter) was detected. Further evidence for a satellite emerged in 2003, this time based on astrometric measurements [1]. … | Previous minor planet | 146 Lucina | Next ...

1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - Zolder

The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating 3.977 km (2.622-mile) motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. Built in the 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s. Unfortunately, Zolder is probably best remembered as the place Gilles Villeneuve lost his life during qualifying at the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix, an event that signified the beginning of the end for the Flemish circuit. On two occasions has Zolder hosted for the World Championship Road Cycling in 1969 and 2002 and the Wor ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - Chateau Marmont Hotel

The Chateau Marmont is a hotel on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, built in 1929 and modeled after the Chateau Amboise in France's Loire Valley. It has served as the backdrop for a number of events in the lives of well-known rock stars and actors. In 1982, John Belushi died of a drug overdose in one of its garden bungalows. Jim Morrison of The Doors used up what he called the eighth of his nine lives falling out of a window at the hotel. James Dean hopped in through a window to audition fo

1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1981 in film

See also: 1980 in film 1981 1982 in film 1980s in film years in film film 1981 in film - Events. January 19 - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie Heaven's Gate, a major factor in the decision of owner Transamerica to sell it. November 29 - Off Santa Catalina Island, 43-year old actress Natalie Wood drowns during a boating ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1983 in music

See also: 1982 in music, other events of 1983, 1984 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1983 in music - Events. The most long-term influential release of 1983 is probably Head over Heels by the Cocteau Twins, which sold poorly upon its initial release. In the ensuing years, the album's eclectic assortment of alternative rock, New Wave and synth pop influences became a cornerstone of later alternative rock groups, most especially in the United Kingdom, where the Cocteau Twins' mi ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - Conan the Barbarian film

Conan the Barbarian is a 1982 film by director John Milius and is recognized as the breakthrough of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is loosely based on the Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E. Howard. It was followed in 1984 by a lighter, more child-friendly, but less successful sequel, Conan the Destroyer. While its sequel is a much more traditional sword and sorcery tale that includes magic, monsters, and fantastical events, Conan the Barbarian is set in a relatively realistic bronze and iron age setting wit ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - Boxing in the 1980s

Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport. Boxing in the 1980s was shaped by many different situations, such as the continuous corporate battles between the different world sanctioning organizations, the void left by Muhammad Ali as the sport's ambassador and consequent search for a new boxing hero, the continuous presence of Don King as the sport's most famous promoter and the surge of rival promoters as Bob Arum, Butch Lewis and Murad Muhammad. In 1986, Mike Tyson cro ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia - 1981 in music

See also: 1980 in music, other events of 1981, 1982 in music, 1980s in music and the list of 'years in music' 1981 in music - Events. January 10 - Revival of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Pirates of Penzance opens at Broadway's Uris Theatre, starring Linda Ronstadt and Rex Smith February 14 - Billy Idol leaves the band Generation X to begin a solo career February 15 - Blues guitarist Mike Bloomfield is found dead in San Francisco. The cause of death was ruled an accide ...

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1982 - Events: Encyclopedia II - 1982 in South Africa - Events

1982 in South Africa - January. 7 January - A bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Soweto 8 January - Umkhonto we Sizwe guerrillas attack Koeberg nuclear power plant in Cape Town 11 January - The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid launches the International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa 1982 in South Africa - February. South Africa ...

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