The first general election of 1982 was caused by the sudden collapse of the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government when the budget was defeated. The Minister for Finance, John Bruton, attempted to put VAT on children shoes, a measure which was rejected by some left-wing independent TDs. The Taoiseach, Garret FitzGerald, dissolved the Dáil immediately, however, while he was with President Patrick Hillery at Áras an Uachtaráin a number of Fianna Fáil members attempted to ring the President, urging him not to grant a dissolution. If he refus ...

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A total of 21 TDs were elected for the first time in this election Michael Ahern Richard Bruton Proinsias de Rossa Frank Fahey Gemma Hussey Willie O'Dea Thomas Bellew Edward Brennan Matt Brennan John Browne Seán Byrne Donal Carey James Corr Alexis Fitzgerald Patrick Gallagher Tony Gregory Colm Hilliard Michael Lynch Maurice Manning Dinny McGinley Liam Naughten The following 2 TDs were elected in a subs ...

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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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Charles Haughey (Irish name Cathal Ó hEochaidh; born on September 16, 1925), was the sixth Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving three terms in office; 1979 to 1981, March 1982 to December 1982 and 1987 to 1992. He was the fourth leader of Fianna Fáil from 1979 until 1992. Charlie Haughey was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a TD for Dublin in 1957, and was re-elected at each election until 1992. Haughey also served as Minister for Health & Social Welfare (1977-1979), Minister for Finance (1966-1970), Min ...

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Charles Haughey - Changes
Charles Haughey - Haughey's Second Government March 1982-December 1982
Charles Haughey - Changes
Charles Haughey - Haughey's Third Government March 1987-May 1989
Charles Haughey - Changes
Charles Haughey - Haughey's Fourth Government May 1989-February 1992
Charles Haughey - Changes
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of Chinese Astrology: Recent birth-years for the zodiacal Dog with associated five elements are (inclusively): February 10, 1910 to January 29, 1911: Metal January 28, 1922 to February 15, 1923: Water February 14, 1934 - February 03, 1935: Wood February 02, 1946 - January 21, 1947: Fire February 18, 1958 - February 07, 1959: Earth February 06, 1970 - January 26, 1971: Metal January 25, 1982 - February 12, 1983: Water February 10, 1994 - January 30, 1995: Wood 29 January, 2006 - 17 February, 2007: Fire 20 ...

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Compaq was a personal computer company founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto. During the 1980s Compaq produced some of the first IBM PC compatible computers at a low-cost. The term "COMPAQ" is an acronym for "Compatibility and Quality". It existed as a standalone entity until 2002 when it was merged with Hewlett-Packard. Compaq - History. Compaq - 1980s. Compaq was founded in February 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto, three se ...

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The cubic metre (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. It is the volume of a cube with edges one metre in length. Cubic metre - History. Older equivalents were the stere and the kilolitre. The deprecation of the stere began in 1978, when the CIPM marked it (and several other metric units) as "undesirable" where not already in use, and strongly encouraged their discontinuation; in the United States, it was legally deprecated in 1982 (Federal Register, February 26, 1982, 47 ...

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The George Washington Memorial Bridge (commonly called the Aurora Bridge) is a cantilever bridge that carries Aurora Avenue (Washington State Route 99) over the west end of Seattle's Lake Union between Queen Anne and Fremont. It is 2,945 feet long, 70 feet wide, and 167 feet above Lake Union. It is owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Transportation. The bridge was dedicated on February 22, 1932, George Washington's 200th birthday. It opened to traffic on February 27. In 1982, it was added to the Nati ...

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Chief Minister of Maharashtra - List of chief ministers of Maharashtra. Yashwantrao Chavan (May 1, 1960 - November 19, 1962) Marotrao Kannamwar (November 20,1962 - November 24, 1963) Vasantrao Naik (December 5, 1963 - February 20, 1975) Shankarrao Chavan (February 21, 1975 - May 17, 1977) Vasantdada Patil (May 17, 1977 - July 18, 1978) Sharad Pawar (July 18, 1978 - February 17, 1980) A R Antule (June 9, 1980 - January 12, 1982) Babasaheb Bhosale ...

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Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman (February 13, 1885 – October 18, 1982), often known as "Bess Truman", was the wife of Harry S. Truman and First Lady of the United States from 1945 to 1953. Bess Truman - Early life. She was born to Margaret ("Madge") Gates and David Wallace on February 13, 1885, in Independence, Missouri. Christened Elizabeth Virginia, she grew up as "Bessie." Harry Truman, whose family moved to town in 1890, always kept his first impression of her -- "golden curls" and "the most ...

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Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov (Ю́рий Влади́мирович Андро́пов), (June 2 (O.S.) = June 15 (N.S.), 1914 – February 9, 1984) was a Soviet politician and General Secretary of the CPSU from November 12, 1982 until his death just sixteen months later. Yuri Andropov - Early life. Andropov was the son of a railway official and was probably born in Nagutskoye, Stavropol Guberniya, Imperial Russia. He was briefly educated at the Rybinsk Water Transport Technical College ...

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Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (February 8, 1928) is a famous Soviet actor, a recipient of numerous state awards, including the titles of People's Artist of the USSR (1974) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982). He was born in Pavlovsky Posad near Moscow and worked at a factory. In the 1950s and 1960s, he was married to Nonna Mordyukova, a far more popular actress at that time. His best known part was that of Standartenführer Stirlitz in a famous series Семнадцать мгновений весны, Seventeen Mom ...

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Chelsea Quinn Yarbo (born September 15, 1942 in Berkeley, California) attended Berkeley schools through high school followed by three years at San Francisco State College (now University). In November 1969 she married Donald Simpson and divorced in February 1982. She has no children. A professional writer for over 35 years, Yarbro has worked in a wide variety of genres, from science fiction to westerns, from young adult adventure to historical horror. Yarbro is the author of over 70 novels and numerous short stories. She is probably best known for her series of historical ...

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February February 19 - Boeing 757 April April 3 - Airbus A310 June June 12 - IAR-825 June 14 - Beechcraft Lightning August August 30 - F-20 Tigershark November November 10 - Mil Mi-28 December December 23 - Shorts S ...

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Victor "Vic" Morrow (February 14, 1929 - July 23, 1982) born Bronx, New York, USA was a Jewish-American actor. Morrow dropped out of high school and joined the U.S. Navy at age seventeen. After leaving the Navy he studied pre-law at Florida State University where he became involved in the study of acting. He enrolled in the Actors Workshop school in New York. His first movie role was in Blackboard Jungle 1955. After this movie he went into television and was cast in the TV series COMBAT! 1962-1967 in which he also worked as a director. After COMBAT! ended, h ...

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Albert Lancaster Lloyd (29 February 1908- 29 September 1982), usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was a British folk singer and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Lloyd was born in London and was brought up in a musical household, his father being a fisherman well versed in songs of that trade and his mother a formally trained musician. Orphaned at the age of 14, he emigrated to Australia where he became a sheep herder in New South Wales. ...

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The second USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), nicknamed "Abe", is the fifth Nimitz-class supercarrier in the United States Navy. The ship is named after former president Abraham Lincoln. Its home port is Everett, Washington. USS Abraham Lincoln CVN-72 - Ship history. Abe's contract was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding on 27 December 1982; her keel was laid down 3 November 1984 at Newport News, Virginia. The ship was launched on 13 February 1988 and commissioned on 11 November 1989. Ab ...

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Ayn Rand (February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982; first name pronounced (IPA) /aɪn/ (rhymes with 'mine')), born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, was best known for her philosophy of Objectivism and her novels We the Living, Anthem, The Fountainhead, and Atlas Shrugged. Her philosophy and her fiction both emphasize, above all, her concepts of individualism, rational egoism ("rational self-interest"), and capitalism. Believi ...

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Ayn Rand - Legacy Ayn Rand - Controversy Ayn Rand - Bibliography
Ayn Rand - Fiction Ayn Rand - Nonfiction

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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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1981 in music - Grammy Awards 1981 in music - Country Music Association Awards 1981 in music - Eurovision Song Contest
1981 in music - Charts
1981 in music - List of No. 1 Hits 1981 in music - KROQ

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