Alicia Vela-Bailey
Alicia Vela-Bailey, American stunt performer, stunt double, actress, dancer, and choreographer
In context
- When
- Thursday, July 8 198244 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1980s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Alicia Vela-Bailey
Who they were
Alicia Vela-Bailey, American stunt performer, stunt double, actress, dancer, and choreographer
Why this date
Alicia Vela-Bailey appears on our July 8 calendar for 1982 as a birth entry.
July 8 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1982Alicia Vela-Bailey
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- 2003Sudan Airways Flight 139
- 2011Space Shuttle Atlantis
- 2014Israel
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Disappearance of Lars Mittank
- 2014Brazil national football team
- 2021Head of a Bear
- 2022Shinzo Abe
- 2025Hurricane Beryl
Also in 1982
- March 141982 bombing of the African National Congress headquarters in LondonThe South African government bombs the headquarters of the African National Congress in London.
- September 13Spantax Flight 995Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board.
- September 14Bachir GemayelPresident-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated.
- September 16Elie HobeikaA Lebanese militia under the direct command of Elie Hobeika carried out a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camp of Sabra and Shatila,…
- September 161982 Lebanon WarLebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place.
- October 201982–83 UEFA CupDuring a UEFA Cup match between Spartak Moscow and Haarlem, a large number of attendees trying to leave the Central Lenin Stadium resulte…
- October 20FC Spartak MoscowDuring the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.
- May 25Falklands WarFalklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks.
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When did Alicia Vela-Bailey happen?
July 8 1982 — 44 years ago, on a Thursday.
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