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March 22, 1982

On March 22, 1982, nASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. 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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On March 22, 1982

  1. 1982 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.

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Born on March 22, 1982

Deng Gai 1982– South Sudanese basketball player (born 1982)
Enrico Gasparotto 1982– Italian-born Swiss road racing cyclist
Michael Janyk 1982– Canadian alpine skier (born 1982)
Michael Morse 1982– American baseball player (born 1982)
Piá 1982– Brazilian footballer
Mike Smith 1982– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1982)
Constance Wu 1982– American actress (born 1982)

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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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