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3 Aug, 1982

Damien Sandow born in Worcester, Mass.

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Sandow is born in Worcester, Massachusetts. He decides to pursue wrestling at age 16 training under Killer Kowalski in order to achieve his dream.

There were people who told me I wouldn’t achieve my dreams and I have and I just want to tell them anything is possible if they just believe in themselves and that’s not to sound generic. I’m living proof that it can actually happen.

21 Jun, 1982

Prince William born in London

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_38699561_dicharlesbaby238Prince William Arthur Philip Louis Windsor is born weighing 7lb 1½oz.  The Prince is the first child of Prince Charles and Princess Diana and his official title is “Prince William, Duke of Cambridge”. His paternal grandparents are Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. He is second in line to succeed his grandmother, after his father.

Prince Charles is present at the birth and calls the Palace from St Mary’s Hospital Paddington, to tell his mother, who was said to be “absolutely delighted.” The Queen Mother, driving back to her home at Clarence House was “overjoyed.” The news was also flashed to Prince Andrew in the South Atlantic task force and to the rest of the Royal Family.

The crowd outside the hospital were chanting “Nice one Charlie, let’s have another one,” the Prince laughed and said:

Bloody hell, give us a chance.

11 Jun, 1982

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

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Spielberg directs this film about a little boy who finds an Alien in his garden shed. He befriends the creature and tries to help it find its way back home. The film stars Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote.

It’s a contemporary science-fiction fantasy. It’s about human values. It’s about the understanding people have towards one another. It’s about compassion and love. They share so much of what they know about their own environments with each other and they come to have a great understanding for each other’s problems. Elliott understands that E.T. is lonely and has to get home to survive, and that he must save E.T.’s life.

E-T the Extra Terrestrial Original Trailer 1982

27 May, 1982

Natalya born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Neidhart is born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He father is WWE legend Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart. Due to her family’s heavy involvement in the world of professional wrestling, she decides to pursue the sport as a career. She becomes the first woman to graduate wrestling school from the Hart Family Dungeon to begin her career.

24 Apr, 1982

Kelly Clarkson born in Fort Worth, Texas

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c10c6456ee21aed7f1eda5acd6914f95Kelly Brianne Clarkson is born in Fort Worth, Texas to English teacher Jeanne Ann and engineer Stephen Michael Clarkson. She has an elder brother and an elder sister. She attends Pauline Hughes Middle School in Burleson, Texas.

I grew up pretty much the hard way and went through a couple of divorces within my family.

24 Mar, 1982

Jack Swagger born in Perry, OK

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Swagger is born in Perry, Oklahoma. He begins wrestling at age five and continues to pursue the amateur sport through high school. He attends the University of Oklahoma as a football player and wrestler. He graduates from the University with a degree in finance.

2 Dec, 1981

Britney Spears born in McComb, Mississippi

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xakja10Britney Spears is born in McComb, Mississippi to school teacher Lynne Irene Bridges and building contractor James Parnell Spears. She has an elder brother and a younger sister. She attends Parklane Academy in McComb. Her uncle:

At first, Britney was a scared child and you’d catch her crying but she reached the stage when she just walked off, as if it wasn’t happening. And as she got older, she would scream and curse at her parents, trying to get them to stop fighting.

10 Nov, 1981

Ryback born in Las Vegas, NV

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Ryback is born in Las Vegas, Nevada. He begins watching professional wrestling at the age of eight. With hopes of one day becoming a professional wrestler, he begins weight lifting at twelve years old. In 2004 he decides to enter WWE’s Tough Enough competition to become a professional wrestler. Despite losing the competition he is offered a developmental contract.

16 Oct, 1981

Moshe Dayan dies at 66

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Moshe Dayan's FuneralDayan dies of heart problems in Tel Aviv at Sheba Medical Center. He is taken to the hospital around midnight due to chest pains and shortness of breath. Dayan is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter and five grandchildren. He is buried in in Nahalal, the settlement where he was raised.

13 Sep, 1981

Angelina Love born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Love (Lauren Williams) is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She discovers wrestling as a young girl and becomes a fan of Shawn Michaels.

I’d say Shawn (Michaels) is my all-time favorite wrestler. I don’t think I’d have gotten into wrestling if not for watching him when I was young.

8 Sep, 1981

Jonathan Taylor Thomas born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Jonathan Taylor Thomas is born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He lives with his mother, Claudine Gonsalves, his father, Stephen Weiss, and his older brother Joel. At the age of seven, he works as a model for print advertisements in Sacramento, CA. His mother works as a social worker until she manages his career.

An education is a more surefire guarantee that you have possibilities opened to you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

14 Aug, 1981

Kofi Kingston born in Ghana, West Africa

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Kingston is born in Ghana, West Africa despite being billed from Kingston, Jamaica in the early part of his WWE career. His family immigrates to the United States when he is still a baby. Kingston graduated from Boston College before deciding to pursue professional wrestling as career.

22 Jul, 1981

Fandango born in Standish, Maine

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Fandango is born in Standish, Maine. He develops an early interest in the world of professional wrestling. As a teenager he begins training for a wrestling debut under the tutelage of Killer Kowalski.

12 Jun, 1981

Raiders of the Lost Ark

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Spielberg directs high energy film that brings to mind the classic adventure serials of the 1920s. An archeologist is tasked with finding the mysterious Ark of the Covenant. Unfortunately, the Nazis are also looking for it, hoping to use its mystical powers as a weapon. The film was co-written by George Lucas and stars Harrison Ford. On Collaborator George Lucas:

I would trust George with any movie I ever direct to edit in any way he sees fit. He knows the secret of what an editor can do to a movie, how he can enhance the film.

HD - Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Theatrical Trailer

9 Jun, 1981

Natalie Portman born in Jerusalem

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Natalie Portman ChildNatalie Portman, originally Natalie Hershlag, is born in Jerusalem to American Shelley Stevens and Israeli doctor Avner Hershlag. She and her family moved to the United States in 1984. She spends most of her childhood in New York, where she enrolled in theatrical camps and ballet classes.

As a child, I idealized ballet because, as a little girl, you just think of it as this pretty, light, delicate and feminine thing.

22 May, 1981

Born in Aberdeen, Wa.

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Bryan is born in Aberdeen, Washington and develops an early interest in the world of professional wrestling and other sports. Bryan decides to pursue wrestling as a career in 1999.

3 Mar, 1981

Justin Gabriel born in Cape Town, South Africa

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Gabriel is born in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the son of professional wrestler, Pink Panther (Paul Lloyd). He develops an early interest in wrestling, often practicing in his father’s training rings in their backyard. He makes his professional wrestling debut at age 16.