What Happened on July 1, 1982

• 2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
• ABC national music radio network scheduled premiere (never happened)

• Challenger moves overland to Dryden
• General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as President of Argentina
• Kosmos 1383, 1st search & rescue satellite, launched
• PEC Zwolle '82 soccer club renamed when purchased by Dutch businessman Marten Eibrink

• Carmella DeCesare, American model and Playmate of the Year 2004, born in Avon Lake, Ohio
• Hilarie Burton, American actress (One Tree Hill), born in Sterling, Virginia
• Joachim Johansson, Swedish tennis player (3 ATP titles), born in Lund, Sweden

• Over 2000 Unification Church couples marry at NYC Madison Square Garden

• John Everett Watts, American composer (Elegy for Chimney),new music promoter (Composers & Choreographers Theater), synthesizer player, and educator (New School, 1969-82), dies at 51
• Ray Scarborough, American MLB pitcher (All Star 1950), dies at 64
• Vera [A Veronica] Bondam, actress, dies at 86

Holidays: Dominion Day (Canada)

• #1 Song: Don't You Want Me - The Human League
• #1 Song: Happy Talk - Captain Sensible