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May 14, 1982Born on Saturday May 15, 1982
- Justin Jay van der Vliet, Dell Rapids, South-Dakota, VS († 2007)
- Evert Korse, Hoogkarspel
- Rachel Marie Featherston, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio († 1982)
Died on Saturday May 15, 1982
- Albert Edward Todd **** (62)
- Alexander MOLS (47)
- Andrew Kannengieter (91), Little Rock, Lyon County, Iowa
- Blondina Barbara Croes (58), Bornem
- Adrianus Nicolaus Poppelius Bax (81), Weelde (B)
- Adriaan Nicolaus Poppelius Bax (81), Weelde, Antwerpen, Belgie
- Beatrice Elaine Rinehart (79), Grand Haven, Ottawa, Michigan
- Antoinette M. Leggiero (72), Palm Bay, Brevard, Florida, United States of America
- Adrianus Nicolaus Poppelius Bax (81), Weelde, Antwerpen, Belgie
- Adriaan Bax (81), Turnhout, Antwerpen, België
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 15, 1982 at Delpher
Born on May 15
- 1980 » Josh Beckett, American baseball player
- 1981 » Jamie-Lynn Sigler, American actress and singer
- 1981 » Justin Morneau, Canadian baseball player
- 1981 » Patrice Evra, French footballer
- 1981 » Paul Konchesky, English international footballer
- 1981 » Zara Phillips, English equestrian
- 1982 » Layal Abboud, Lebanese singer
- 1982 » Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
- 1982 » Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer
- 1982 » Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaican sprinter
Died on May 15
- 1978 » Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1894)
- 1980 » Gordon Prange, American historian and author (b. 1910)
- 1982 » Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946)
- 1984 » Francis Schaeffer, American pastor, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1912)
- 1985 » Jackie Curtis, American actress and writer (b. 1947)
- 1986 » Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958)
- 1986 » Theodore H. White, American historian, journalist, and author (b. 1915)
- 1989 » Johnny Green, American composer and conductor (b. 1908)
- 1989 » Luc Lacourcière, Canadian ethnographer and author (b. 1910)
- 1991 » Andreas Floer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1956)
Names that were popular for boys in 1982
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Michael
- Peter
- Mark
- Hendrik
- Robert
- Pieter
- David
- Maria
- Jeroen
- John
- Paul
- James
Names that were popular for girls in 1982
- Maria
- Johanna
- Marie
- Elisabeth
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Linda
- Ann
- Elizabeth
- Kim
- Catharina
- Wilhelmina
- Marieke
- Jessica
- Anne
- Sarah
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1982
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, September 11, 1981 to Saturday, May 29, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt II, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Saturday, May 29, 1982 to Thursday, November 4, 1982 the cabinet Van Agt III, with Mr. A.A.M. van Agt (CDA) as prime minister.
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
- March 26 » A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
- May 4 » Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMSSheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
- June 7 » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits.
- June 18 » Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England.
- November 1 » Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio; a Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
- December 2 » At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
The weather on Saturday May 15, 1982
The temperature on May 15, 1982 was between 6.7 °C and 25.6 °C and averaged 17.3 °C. There was 14.6 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI