Historical Events in March 1982

Mar 2 60th hat trick in Islander history-Bryan Trottier

Mar 2 Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
Mar 3 Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
Mar 4 2nd double hat trick in Islander history-Bossy & D Potvin
Mar 4 NASA launches Intelsat V satellite, no. 504
Mar 5 Gaylord Perry (with 297 wins) signs with Seattle Mariners
Mar 5 Russian spacecraft Venera 14 lands on Venus sends back data
Mar 6 NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
Mar 6 Susan Birmingham makes then world's loudest recorded human shout (120 dB)
Mar 6 23rd SEC Men's Basketball Tournament: Alabama beats Kentucky, 48-46
Mar 7 Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
Mar 7 NCAA Tournament Selection televised live for 1st time
Mar 7 29th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament: North Carolina beats Virginia, 47-45

Mar 10 US President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

Mar 10 Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
Mar 10 Sygyzy: all 9 planets aligned on same side of Sun
Mar 10 Travis Jackson & Happy Chandler elected to Hall of Fame
Mar 10 The United States places an embargo on Libyan petroleum imports because of their support of terrorist groups.

Mar 10 8th People's Choice Awards: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field & Jane Fonda win (Motion Picture) and Alan Alda & Barbara Mandrell win (TV)

Mar 11 Failed military coup under Rambocus and Hawker in Suriname
Mar 11 Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigns rather than face expulsion
Mar 11 US boycotts Libyan crude oil
Mar 12 1st-class debut of Courtney Walsh, Jamaica v Leeward Islands
Mar 12 PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
Mar 13 Ice Dance Championship at Copenhagen won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (GBR)
Mar 13 Ice Pairs Championship at Copenhagen won by Baess & Thierbach (GDR)
Mar 13 Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
Mar 13 Worlds Ladies' Figure Skating Champs in Copenhagen won by Elaine Zayak (USA) who lands 6 triple jumps

Mar 13 TV drama "T.J. Hooker" premieres on US's ABC network starring William Shatner

Mar 14 Sally Little wins LPGA Olympia Gold Golf Classic
Mar 14 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
Mar 15 Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
Mar 15 KGB-AM in San Diego CA changes call letters to KCNN (now KPOP)
Mar 15 Nicaragua suspends their citizens rights for 30 days
Mar 17 4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
Mar 18 Singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
Mar 19 National Guard jet tanker crashes killing 27
Mar 19 Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the U.K.

Mar 20 1st-class debut of Richie Richardson, Leeward Is v Barbados
Mar 20 France performs nuclear test
Mar 20 Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 weeks
Mar 20 Rev A Treurnicht forms Conservative Party of South Africa
Mar 21 "Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
Mar 21 Jerry Pate celebrates golf win by jumping into the water hazard
Mar 21 Movie "Annie" directed by John Huston, starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney and Carol Burnett premieres
Mar 22 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched
Mar 22 Iran offensive against Iraq

Mar 23 Guatemala military coup under General Efraín Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees

Mar 23 Isle's Mike Bossy's 20th career hat trick-4 goals

Mar 25 Wayne Gretzky becomes 1st NHL to score 200 points in a season

Mar 25 1st broadcast of "Cagney & Lacey" starring Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly on CBS-TV
Mar 26 Groundbreaking in Washington, D.C. for Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Mar 26 Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder release "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK

Mar 26 Soap opera "Capitol" premieres
Mar 27 "Best Little Whorehouse..." closes at 46th St NYC after 1577 performances
Mar 27 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
Mar 27 Randy Holt sets Wash Cap record of 34 penalty minutes
Mar 28 12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
Mar 28 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
Mar 28 JN Duartes' Christian Democrats win elections in El Salvador
Mar 28 Last AIAW Women's Basketball Championship, Rutgers beat Texas 83-77 in Philadelphia
Mar 29 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Mommie Dearest" wins
Mar 29 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62

Mar 29 54th Academy Awards: "Chariots of Fire", Henry Fonda & Katharine Hepburn win