12/5/2023 0 Comments 1982 barney clark newspaper![]() It has since been beaten, with the current record being 68 meters.įebruary 5: Laker Airways, a British airline, collapses owing £270 million.įebruary 10: 28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands in Bromont, Quebec.įebruary 13: Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd has now been in the charts for 402 weeks, around 7 years.įebruary 16: Agatha Barbara becomes the first female president of Malta.įebruary 24: The Boston Celtics begin an 18 game winning streak in the NBA.įebruary 25: The record speed for a snowmobile is set at 148 mph.įebruary 27: Wayne Williams, the Atlanta Child Murderer, is convicted of killing 2 of 28 total victims. The animal is extinct except in zoos.įebruary 1: On NBC-TV, The Late Night with David Letterman show debuts, with Bill Murray as his first guest.įebruary 3: John Holmes, famed porn star, is ordered to stand trial for murdering four members of a gang in Los Angeles.įebruary 4: Tacoma Wash sets the world record for the indoor distance of a paper plane. January 31: 10 Arabian oryx are released in Oman. It’s 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot programme named Elk Cloner. January 30: Richard Skrenta writes Elk Cloner, the first PC virus code. January 26: The unemployed population in the UK rises above three million, the first time since the 1930s. January 22: Snow covers 75% of North America. January 20: Piet Dankert is elected as chairman of European Parliament. January 20: Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines, Iowa. January 20: 7 miners are killed in an explosion in Craynor, Kentucky. January 17: In what is known as “ Cold Sunday ”, several cities in the United States see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in 100 years. January 15: Magaret Thatcher’s son, Mark, returns home after being missing for 6 days in the Sahara. January 13: Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. January 11: In Atlanta, Georgia, the temperature recorded is below 0 F. January 9: An earthquake measuring 5.9 is registered in New England and Canada, the first since 1855. January 7: Fame premieres on NBC TV, two years after its release. January 5: A judge in Arkansas rules against obligatory teaching of creation. January 4: The Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco, is closed for the third time after fierce storms. January 2: Martina Navratilova wins the Australian Open Women’s Tennis Championship, her first of three Australian single crowns. January 1: The 264th Pope, John Paul II, prays for an end to martial law in Poland. January 1: MTA launches a 5 year capital program to upgrade the subway system in New York City. 1982 was an eventful year, with Ozzy Osbourne eating a bat live on stage, the Falkland War taking place and a new British Prince being born.Ī 1982 newspaper from our private archive is a great way to have a look at the way the 1982 events were reported at the time.
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