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The Sports of The Times column yesterday incorrectly identified some basketball players mentioned as potential first-round draft choices. The Georgetown players should have been Pat Ewing, Eric Floyd, Anthony Jones, Fred Brown and Bill Martin. The Houston players should have been Rob Williams, Akeem Abdul Olajuwon, Larry Micheaux and Clyde Drexler.
IT was May 6, 1922, and the Sabbath. That morning Judith Kaplan, who was 12 1/2 years old, took the American Jewish community into new terrain: she became the first girl in this country to undergo the rite of passage known as bas mitzvah. ''At that time it was enough for me to stand on the platform before the ark with the Torah closed, recite blessings and read a portion of the Torah, not from the scroll itself but from a book,'' the pioneer, whose married name is Judith Kaplan Eisenstein, said recently. The historic event took place in Manhattan at the Society for the Advancement of Judaism, then the center of the Reconstructionist movement, a segment of Conservative Judaism. Reconstructionism, founded four months before the bas mitzvah by Mrs. Eisenstein's father, Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan, became independent in 1954.
In a stirring plea on behalf of a 10-yearold deaf girl from northern Westchester County, a 35-year-old graduate of Brooklyn Law School today became the first deaf lawyer to argue before the United States Supreme Court. With the help of a computerized video display screen, the lawyer, Michael A. Chatoff, who can speak but not hear, communicated with the nine Justices during oral arguments by reading their questions and then speaking back to them. ''This is a tough world, and it is going to be as tough for Amy as it is for every other child,'' said Mr. Chatoff in halting, dissonant speech, as the Justices leaned forward in their seats to be able to hear. ''If she's going to be able to compete she must receive an education equal to those of other children.''
''Like F.D.R., may I say I'm not trying to destroy what is best in our system of humane, free government - I'm doing everything I can to save it: to slow down the destructive rate of growth in taxes and spending; to prune non-essential programs so that enough resources will be left to meet the requirements of the truly needy.'' - President Reagan. (A1:2)
NOW that the season for shad is with us, perhaps it's time that we paid homage to the employee of a New York fishmonger who devised a technique some years ago for boning that delicious fish. Shad has what may be the most elaborate bone structure of any fish. Because of the maddening intricacy, it was looked upon as ''trash'' fish slightly more than 50 years ago.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 24, 1982, covering March 24, 1982.
Go-Go's
The J. Geils Band
Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Vangelis
Journey
1982Epico Colon, Puerto Rican professional wrestler[†]
Orlando Tito Colón Nieves is a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs as Orlando Colón and is in a tag team with his cousin Eddie Colón. He is best known for his tenure in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Epico Colón.
1982Jake Hager, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler[†]
Donald Jacob Hager Jr. is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler and mixed martial artist. He currently performs on the independent circuit. He is best known for his tenures in WWE as Jack Swagger and in All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as Jake Hager. As a mixed martial artist, he was signed to Bellator MMA and competed in the heavyweight division.
1982Corey Hart, American baseball player[†]
Jon Corey Hart is an American former professional baseball right fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers from 2004 through 2013, the Seattle Mariners in 2014 and the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2015. Hart was a two-time MLB All-Star, and also participated in the MLB Home Run Derby.
1982Jimmy Hempte, Belgian footballer[†]
Jimmy Hempte is a Belgium retired footballer who played as a left back and current head coach of CS PV Ostiches.
1982Dustin McGowan, American baseball player[†]
Dustin Michael McGowan is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies, and Miami Marlins.
1982Bangladeshi President Abdus Sattar is deposed in a bloodless coup led by Army Chief Lieutenant general Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who suspends the Constitution and imposes martial law.[†]
Abdus Sattar was a Bangladeshi statesman. A leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), he served as the president of Bangladesh from 1981 to 1982, and earlier as the vice president. A jurist by profession, Abdus Sattar held numerous constitutional and political offices in British India, East Pakistan and Bangladesh. He was a cabinet minister, supreme court judge, and chief election commissioner. He took oath and became president shortly after the assassination of president Ziaur Rahman.
In 1982, the world population was approximately 4,612,673,421 people[†]