What day of the week was October 8, 1982?

The day of the week October 8th, 1982 fell on was a Friday. Last day of Sukkot for Jewish people.

Fernando Lamas the Argentinian-American actor and director (b. 1915) died on this day in 1982. As did Philip Noel-Baker the Baron Noel-Baker, English runner, academic, and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) .

Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions. ''Cats'' opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10 the 2000.