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July 23, 1982

On July 23, 1982, outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie. 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

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The year in brief

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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What happened

On July 23, 1982

  1. 1982 Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie.

    City in California, United States

    Santa Clarita is a suburban city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-most populous city in Los Angeles County, the 17th-most populous in California, and the 103rd-most populous city in the United States. 2 km2) of land in the Santa Clarita Valley, along the Santa Clara River.

Arrivals

Born on July 23, 1982

Ömer Aysan Barış 1982– Turkish footballer (born 1982)
Joe Mather 1982– American baseball player & coach (born 1982)
Gökhan Ünal 1982– Turkish footballer
Gerald Wallace 1982– American basketball player (born 1982)
Paul Wesley 1982– American actor and director (born 1982)
Pia Maria Wieninger 1982– Austrian politician (born 1982)

Farewells

Died on July 23, 1982

Vic Morrow American actor (1929–1982)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1982

The class of 1982

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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