What happened on 19 July 1982?

Discover what happened on 19 July 1982 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!

Deaths

  • Harold L. Knight (American politician)
  • Grigorii Yaichnikov
  • Hugh Everett III (US physicist and discoverer of the relative-state interpretation of quantum mechanics)
  • David Frankfurter (Croatian Jew (1909-1982))
  • p’Bitek Okot (Ugandan poet (1931–1982))
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Hopf (German theologian (1910–1982))
  • Bernie Brophy (Canadian ice hockey player (1903-1982))
  • Jean Mandel (French engineer (1907-1982))
  • João Fantoni (Brazilian association football player (1905-1982))
  • Caddy Works (UCLA Bruins basketball coach (1896-1982))
  • George McClellan (Canadian police commissioner (1908-1982))
  • Teresa Serrador (Argentinian actor)
  • Jessie Iris Martin (Nurse, hospital matron, tutor, nurses’ association leader)
  • John Harvey (English actor (1911-1982))
  • Lord Rupert Nevill (British aristocrat)
  • Durval Correia Nunes (Brazilian association football player (1925-1982))
  • Eiichi Funakoshi (Japanese academic)
  • Walter H. Jones (American politician (1912-1982))
  • Jacob Kramer (politician)
  • Marian Matzenauer (Polish sports journalist)
  • H. Daudi Mokinyo (maasai clergyman)
  • Hendrik Jan Naus (Dutch painter)
  • Auguste Van Tricht (cyclist)
  • Ellen Laursen (Danish missionary (1917-1982))
  • Antonín Spálenka (judge)
  • Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo (Indian politician)
  • Hanuš Steiner
  • Mieczysław Salecki
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  • Pauli Sander (Norwegian composer)
  • Fitzroy D. Phillips (Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial District of North Carolina and judge of the International Military Tribunal II)
  • János Bojti ((1912-1982) politician, diplomat)
  • Tetsunosuke Somekawa (Japanese metal founder)
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  • Louise H. Burchfield (American art curator)