What Happened In January 1982 In History

Historical Events for January, 1982

• 1st » Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• 1st » ITV (TV network) ITV franchise Associated Television ATV gets replaced by ITV Central Central
• 8th » Bell System divestiture known as The break up of AT&T: AT&T Corporation known as AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions.
• 17th » "Cold Sunday": in numerous cities in the United States temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years.
• 28th » United States Army or US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades.
• 30th » Richard Skrenta writes the first PC Computer virus e.g virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple Inc. or Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".

Famous Birthdays on January in 1982

• 1st » Egidio Arévalo Ríos, Uruguayan footballer
• 1st » David Nalbandian, Argentinian tennis player
• 1st » Luke Rodgers, English footballer
• 2nd » Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker
• 3rd » Peter Clarke (footballer) called Peter Clarke, English footballer
• 3rd » Lasse Nilsson, Swedish footballer
• 4th » Paulo Ferrari, Argentinian footballer
• 4th » Kang Hye-jung, South Korean actress
• 4th » Richard Logan (footballer born 1982) or Richard Logan, English footballer
• 4th » Lucie Škrobáková, Czech hurdler
• 4th » Hollie Stevens, American porn actress (d. 2012)
• 5th » Norichika Aoki, Japanese baseball player
• 5th » Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
• 5th » Darren Mackie, Scottish footballer
• 5th » Tiiu Nurmberg, Canadian-Estonian skier
• 5th » Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvian javelin thrower
• 5th » Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist
• 6th » Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
• 6th » Brian Bass, American baseball player
• 6th » Tiffany Pollard, American actress
• 6th » Eddie Redmayne, English actor
• 7th » Francisco Rodríguez (baseball, born 1982) named Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
• 7th » Hannah Stockbauer, German swimmer
• 7th » Priit Viks, Estonian biathlete
• 7th » Ianina Zanazzi, Argentinian race car driver
• 8th » Emanuele Calaiò, Italian footballer
• 8th » Wil Francis, American singer-songwriter and producer (Aiden and William Control)
• 8th » Gaby Hoffmann, American actress
• 8th » John Utaka, Nigerian footballer
• 9th » Timmy Bowers, American basketball player
• 9th » Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
• 9th » Grétar Steinsson, Icelandic footballer
• 10th » Julien Brellier, French footballer
• 10th » Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (d. 2002)
• 11th » Tony Allen (basketball) known as Tony Allen, American basketball player
• 11th » Ashley Taylor Dawson, English actor and singer (allstars (band) or allSTARS
• 11th » Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
• 12th » Sherzod Abdurahmonov, Uzbek boxer
• 12th » Paul-Henri Mathieu, French tennis player
• 12th » Chris Ray, American baseball player
• 12th » Dimitrios Tsiamis, Greek triple jumper
• 12th » Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
• 12th » Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• 12th » Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
• 13th » Kamran Akmal, Pakistan cricketer
• 13th » Guillermo Coria, Argentinian tennis player
• 13th » Constantinos Makrides, Cypriot footballer
• 13th » Mason Ryan, Welsh wrestler
• 13th » Ruth Wilson (actress) named Ruth Wilson, English actress
• 14th » Léo Lima, Brazilian footballer
• 14th » Víctor Valdés, Spanish footballer
• 15th » Benjamin Agosto, American skater
• 15th » Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (b. 1982) known as Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia
• 15th » Armando Galarraga, Venezuelan baseball player
• 15th » Emina Jahović, Serbian-Turkish singer-songwriter and actress
• 15th » Brett Lebda, American ice hockey player
• 15th » Neil Nitin Mukesh, Indian actor
• 15th » Prince Philip of Yugoslavia
• 15th » Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish composer
• 15th » Francis Zé, Cameroonian footballer
• 16th » Preston (singer) known as Preston, English singer-songwriter (The Ordinary Boys)
• 16th » Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
• 16th » Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
• 17th » Hwanhee, South Korean singer and actor (Fly to the Sky)
• 17th » Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
• 17th » Amanda Wilkinson, Canadian singer (The Wilkinsons)
• 19th » Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 19th » Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
• 19th » Jodie Sweetin, American actress
• 20th » Fredrik Strømstad, Norwegian footballer
• 20th » Joe Swash, English actor
• 21st » Nicolas Mahut, French tennis player
• 21st » Simon Rolfes, German footballer
• 21st » Go Shiozaki, Japanese wrestler
• 21st » Dean Whitehead, English footballer
• 22nd » Fabricio Coloccini, Argentinian footballer
• 22nd » Jason Peters, American football player
• 23rd » Patrick Levis, American actor
• 23rd » Wily Mo Peña, Dominican baseball player
• 24th » Fiona Xie, Singaporean actress
• 25th » Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (Arashi)
• 25th » Shawna Waldron, American actress
• 26th » Reggie Hodges, American football player
• 26th » Brahim Takioullah, Moroccan giant
• 26th » Yasushi Tsujimoto, Japanese wrestler
• 27th » Danko Bošković, German footballer
• 28th » Ryan Sheridan (musician) or Ryan Sheridan, Irish singer-songwriter
• 28th » Annie Social, American wrestler
• 29th » Wallis Bird, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 29th » Adam Lambert, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 29th » Heidi Mueller, American actress
• 29th » Riff Raff (rapper), American rapper
• 30th » Jorge Cantu, Mexican baseball player
• 30th » DeSagana Diop, Senegalese basketball player
• 30th » Mark Nwokeji, English footballer
• 31st » Maret Ani, Estonian tennis player
• 31st » Yuniesky Betancourt, Cuban baseball player
• 31st » Andreas Görlitz, German footballer
• 31st » Salvatore Masiello, Italian footballer
• 31st » Allan McGregor, Scottish footballer
• 31st » Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese comedian and actor
• 31st » Elena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer-songwriter (Antique (band) e.g Antique)
• 31st » Jānis Sprukts, Latvian ice hockey player
• 31st » Brad Thompson, American baseball player

Famous Deaths for January 1982

• 1st » Victor Buono, American actor (b. 1938)
• 5th » Hans Conried, American actor (b. 1917)
• 5th » Edmund Herring, Australian military commander and politician, 7th Chief Justice of Victoria (b. 1892)
• 5th » Harvey Lembeck, American actor (b. 1923)
• 8th » Grégoire Aslan, Armenian actor (b. 1908)
• 9th » Marya Zaturenska, American poet (b. 1902)
• 10th » Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (b. 1926)
• 13th » Marcel Camus, French director and screenwriter (b. 1912)
• 13th » Arland D. Williams, Jr., American passenger on Air Florida Flight 90 (b. 1935)
• 16th » Red Smith (sportswriter) e.g Red Smith, American journalist (b. 1905)
• 19th » Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
• 22nd » Eduardo Frei Montalva, Chilean politician, 28th President of Chile (b. 1911)
• 22nd » Tommy Tucker (singer) e.g Tommy Tucker, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1933)
• 22nd » Pantelis Zervos, Greek actor (b. 1908)
• 24th » Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian general and politician, 56th President of Bolivia (b. 1918)
• 25th » Mikhail Suslov, Soviet politician (b. 1902)

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