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November 3, 1982

On November 3, 1982, the Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people. 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 November 3, 1982

  1. 1982 The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people.

    Road accident and fire in Afghanistan

    The 1982 Salang Tunnel fire occurred on 3 November 1982 in Afghanistan's Salang Tunnel during the Soviet–Afghan War. Details are uncertain and officially the number of casualties was recorded as between 168–176 Soviet and Afghan soldiers and civilians. Despite this, contemporary Western media said the incident may have been the deadliest known road accident, and one of the deadliest fires of modern times, with the death toll estimated at 2,700 people, including 700 Soviet soldiers.

Arrivals

Born on November 3, 1982

Jay Harrison 1982– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1982)
Moniek Kleinsman 1982– Dutch speed skater
Egemen Korkmaz 1982– Turkish footballer (born 1982)
Janel McCarville 1982– American basketball player (born 1982)
Evgeni Plushenko 1982– Russian retired figure skater and coach (born 1982)
John Shuster 1982– American curler (born 1982)
Pekka Rinne 1982– Finnish ice hockey player (born 1982)

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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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