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August 29, 1982

On August 29, 1982, meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. The year's #1 song was "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John. Taran Killam, Andreas Thorkildsen, Andre Ethier would arrive in the same year.

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1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.

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On August 29, 1982

  1. 1982 Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

    Chemical element with atomic number 109 (Mt)

    Meitnerium is a synthetic chemical element; it has symbol Mt and atomic number 109. It is an extremely radioactive synthetic element. 5 seconds, although the unconfirmed meitnerium-282 may have a longer half-life of 67 seconds.

Arrivals

Born on August 29, 1982

Ruhila Adatia-Sood 1982– Kenyan radio presenter (1982–2013)
Carlos Delfino 1982– Argentine basketball player (born 1982)
Yakhouba Diawara 1982– French basketball player (born 1982)
Vincent Enyeama 1982– Nigerian footballer (born 1982)

Farewells

Died on August 29, 1982

Ingrid Bergman Swedish actress (1915–1982)
Lehman Engel American composer and conductor

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Others born in 1982

Taran Killam 1982– American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
Andreas Thorkildsen 1982– Norwegian javelin thrower
Andre Ethier 1982– American baseball player
Ian Bell 1982– English cricketer[citation needed]
Peeter Kümmel 1982– Estonian skier
Nellie McKay 1982– British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

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