1982

Year 1982 () was a (link displays the 1982 ).

January

 * - companies,  and  start broadcasting, replacing ,  and  respectively.
 * - is convicted of being the.
 * - agrees to divest itself into 22 subdivisions.
 * - The lowest ever temperature of -27.2°C is recorded at, in . This equals the record set in the same place in , and the record would be equalled again at  in.
 * -, son of the British Prime Minister , disappears in the during the .   He is rescued.
 * - - A brutal cold snap sends temperatures to all-time record lows in dozens of cities throughout the ern.
 * - Shortly after takeoff, crashes into 's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the, killing 78.   On the same day, a  train derails to the north, killing 3 (the system's first, and worst, fatal accident).
 * - sweeps over the northern.
 * - The defeat the  26-21 in  at the  in,.
 * - is elected President of.
 * - Unemployment in the increases by 129,918 to 3,070,621, a post-war record.
 * - The government of the  was defeated 82-81 on its budget; Fitzgerald announced his resignation.
 * - U.S.  is rescued by  anti- forces after 42 days of captivity under the.

February

 * - and  form a loose confederation.
 * - The begins in.
 * - n president orders the army to purge the city of  of the.
 * - -based collapses, leaving 6,000 stranded passengers and debts of $270 million.
 * - The  sinks during a storm off the coast of, killing all 84 rig workers aboard.
 * - The  gives a boost to.
 * - The Car factory in  is put into.
 * - of the  scores his 77th goal of the  season, breaking the previous record of 76. He would go on to score 92 goals that season, which remains the record.
 * - In, 22 MPs led by  voted no confidence in.
 * - The ruled that teachers who caned, belted or tawsed children against the wishes of their parents were in breach of the Human Rights Convention.
 * - In, is convicted of murdering 2 children, and given 2 consecutive life terms.

March

 * - The opens the  in.
 * - became  of the.
 * - The places an  on n  imports, alleging Libyan support of s.
 * - : all 9 s align on the same side of the.
 * - In, is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife.
 * - An scrap metal dealer raises the Argentinean flag in.
 * - 's private prosecution of  collapses.
 * - The approaches:  land on  Island, precipitating war.
 * - wins the  for the.
 * - A ground breaking ceremony for the is held in.
 * - in  to the  sets the stage for the repatriation of the  (see  below).

April

 * - begins:  invades the.
 * - : The British Falkland Islands government surrenders, placing the islands in Argentinean control.
 * - : The task force sails to recapture the Falklands.
 * - A unprecedented in size for April dumps 1-2 feet of snow on the northeastern U.S., closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and canceling several major league baseball games.
 * - : A 200-mile 'total exclusion zone' around the Falklands proclaimed by the comes into effect.
 * - By Proclamation of the on,  s its , granting full political independence from the ; included is the country's first entrenched bill of rights.
 * -, Mayor of , declares the independent for a day.
 * - The German singer Nicole wins the for, with the song Ein Bisschen Frieden.
 * - completes withdrawing from the  per the.

May

 * - : A  bomber takes off from  and bombs  Airport.
 * - A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the in .  The fair is kicked off with an address by  .  Over 11 million people attend the fair during its six month run.
 * - : The nuclear submarine sinks the Argentine cruiser  killing 323 sailors.
 * - airs on  for the first time.
 * - : is hit by an  missile, and burns out of control; 20 sailors are killed. The ship sank on.
 * - A bomb explodes in the  department at ; secretary Janet Smith is injured.
 * - French-Canadian racing driver Gilles Villeneuve is killed during qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix.
 * - Spanish priest Juan Hernandes tries to stab with a  during the latter's pilgrimage to the  shrine.
 * - was declared bankrupt and ceased all flights.
 * - : and s from the British Task Force land at San Carlos Bay on the  and raise the.
 * - : is sunk by Argentine aircraft, killing 22 sailors.
 * - -  of the  explodes, two killed.
 * - ian troops retake.
 * - head  is appointed to the Secretariat of the.
 * - : the merchant navy ship  is sunk by an Argentine missile, killing 12 and depriving British forces of the helicopters intended to be used in the later stages of the conflict.
 * - win the  beating  1-0 after a 69 minute goal by  in
 * -, an artificial lake in , is opened.
 * - win the  beating  1-0 in a replay.
 * - candidate  held the seat of  in a . The  candidate was.
 * - British troops reach.
 * - : In the, British paratroopers defeat a larger force of Argentine troops in the first land battle of the war.
 * - becomes the 16th member of  and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in.
 * - : In what historian  and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history,  winner  wins his second race over  winner  by 0.16 seconds, the closest finish to that date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.
 * - starts the first game of what will eventually become his record-breaking consecutive games played streak of 2,632.
 * - : The Battle of Stanley is fought.

June

 * - The first  is held in,.
 * - The begins: Forces under i Defense Minister  invade southern  in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital.
 * - The votes to demand that  withdraw its troops from.
 * - becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the.
 * -, British landing ship logistic  destroyed, 48 were killed.
 * -, a passenger jet, crashes into forest , killing 137.
 * - A rally against s draws 750,000 to 's . , , , and  attend.
 * - In, 15 members of the Black Leopards Karate Club demolish a house with bare hands and feet with the owner's consent.
 * - The is opened in Spain.
 * - becomes  upon the death of his brother,.
 * - The ends: A formal surrender is agreed that day.
 * - Argentine military dictator resigns, in the wake of his country's defeat in the.
 * - The body of "God's Banker",, chairman of , is found hanging beneath in.
 * - is born at  in, West.
 * - suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane, after flying through the otherwise undetected  from Indonesia's.
 * - The Institute for Puerto Rican Policy is founded in New York City to research and advocate for Puerto Rican and Latino community issues. In 2006, it changes it name to the.
 * - The falls short of the 38 states needed to pass;  and other leaders of the  take credit for its defeat.

July

 * - Larry Walters, a.k.a., flies 16,000 feet above in lawn chair with  attached.
 * - was elected Leader of the.
 * - train drivers in the  went on strike over hours of work; they returned to work on.
 * - Four ian diplomats are kidnapped upon 's invasion of.
 * - Lunar Eclipse - Umbral duration 236min and total duration 106min, the longest of the 20th century
 * A man in the UK climbs over the fences of Buckingham Palace.
 * -  crashes in, killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground.
 * - Intruder visits  in her bedroom for a chat.
 * - beats  3-1 to win the  in.
 * - ceases production of automobiles.
 * -, a civil servant, was remanded in custody on charges under the.
 * - In, The Reverend is sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000 for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
 * -, , announced that Michael Trestrail (the Queen's bodyguard) had resigned from the over a relationship with a male prostitute.
 * - The detonates 2 s in central, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.
 * -, the  during the , returns home to  to a hero's welcome.
 * - The decides to end commercial  by -.
 * - A coroner's jury returned a verdict of on, who had been found hanging under.
 * - 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a highway accident in in 's worst road accident.

August

 * - The votes to  Israel because its troops are still in Lebanon.
 * - Italian Prime Minister resigns.
 * - announces it is unable to pay its large foreign debt, triggering a debt crisis that quickly spread throughout Latin America.
 * - In, health warnings on packets are made statutory.
 * - The first s (CDs) are released to the public in.
 * - : A multinational force lands in to oversee the  withdrawal from . French troops arrive, U.S. Marines.

September

 * - Italian general is killed in a mafia ambush.
 * - paperboy  is kidnapped.
 * - President  is assassinated in.
 * - Lebanese Christian Militia kill hundreds of Palestinians in the Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in West Beirut.
 * - The first s are posted by.
 * - The first  ever
 * - is elected president of.
 * - In Israel, 400,000 marchers demand the resignation of Prime Minister.
 * - s take Australian parachutist Rich Collins up to 2,800 meters during a jump; he almost blacks out due to lack of oxygen.  He releases his main  to fall to lower altitude and lands by his reserve parachute.
 * - makes its first appearance with film
 * - - The is sparked when 7 people in the  area die after ingesting capsules laced with.

October

 * - replaces  as  through a.
 * - The theme park at  opens to the public for the first time.
 * - launches the first consumer  player (model CDP-101).
 * - bans.
 * - The , flagship of that sank in, is raised.
 * - The is launched in . It replaces the
 * - The deregulates the U.S.  industry.
 * - is arrested for selling  to undercover  agents (he is later found not guilty due to ).
 * - During the match between  and  at least 63 and probably many more people are crushed to death in the.
 * - The defeat the   6-3 in game 7 to win the
 * - In Canada, is officially renamed to.
 * - The wins the election in Spain;  is elected Prime Minister.

November

 * - The station,, launches in.
 * - The fourth channel is launched in the  (known as ) with the first program broadcast being the game show, which is still in production.
 * - A gasoline tanker explodes in the in, killing  at least 2,000 people.
 * - The surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than nine years. It last hit a record on,  when the average closed at 1,051.70. The points gain was the biggest ever up to that point.
 * - president  resigns, replaced by.
 * - The is first publicly demonstrated.
 * - In the, former head  is selected to become the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late.
 * - The is dedicated in, after a march to its site by thousands of  veterans.
 * - The leader of 's outlawed movement,, is released from 11 months of internment near the  border.
 * - executes "" in a  game against .  Completing a wacky 57-yard kickoff return that includes five laterals, Kevin Moen runs through Stanford band members who had prematurely come onto the field. His touchdown stands and California wins 25-20.
 * - becomes Prime minister of.
 * - Representatives from 88 countries gather in to discuss  and ways to work toward aspects of.
 * - : The General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37, stating that the  should withdraw from.

December

 * - album by  is released, becoming the biggest selling album of all time in entertainment history.
 * - At the, 61-year-old retired dentist becomes the first person to receive a permanent  (he will live for 112 days with the device).
 * - A final soil sample is taken from the site of .  It is found to contain 300 times the safe level of.
 * - The adopts its current.
 * - The first U.S. by  is carried out in.
 * - The in Suriname.
 * - Women's peace protest at : 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 km (9 mi) perimeter fence.
 * - is awarded to the  in.
 * - The recommends the evacuation of  due to dangerous levels of  contamination.
 * - 's is given for the first time to a non-human, the.

Undated

 * A brief but severe begins in the.
 * is officially dubbed the  after a contest held to choose a new city slogan.
 * is awarded.
 * The car brand introduced.
 * , formerly a, begins publishing.
 * is released. The Commodore 64 goes on to sell over 20 million computers until.
 * A global surplus of causes  prices to collapse.
 * 51% of do not accept  as normal in a.

Fictional
The references to 1982 in popular fiction are:

Computer games

 * (2002)

January-February

 * -, Argentine tennis player
 * -, South Korean actress
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Croatian skier
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Venezualan baseball player
 * -, American festival player
 * -, British actor
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Argentine tennis player
 * -, English actress
 * -, Spanish football player
 * -, American skater
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Greek-American lead vocalist
 * -, American harpist/singer-songwriter
 * -, American actress
 * -, Taiwanese singer and actress
 * -, German professional cyclist (d. )
 * -, Greek-Swedish singer


 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, singer The Pussycat Dolls
 * -, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist
 * -, Eritrean long distance track/road running athlete
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Malaysian athlete
 * -, American athlete
 * -, Australian snooker player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Czechosovakian (now ) hockey player
 * -, Brazilian footballer (soccer player)
 * -, American pornographic actress
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * -, WWE superstar
 * -, Estonian soldier (d. )

March-April

 * -, Swedish hockey goaltender
 * -, American football player
 * -, American football player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American soccer player
 * -, American actress
 * -, New Zealand rugby player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Japanese talent
 * -, Romanian gymnast
 * -, English television presenter
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, British actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, English rock singer and television personality
 * -, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
 * -, Japanese voice actor
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, French footballer
 * -, Spanish footballer (soccer player)


 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese gravure idol
 * -, Israeli-American chef
 * -, Indian American professional wrestler
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian actor/comedian
 * -, Brazilian footballer (soccer player)
 * -, American singer
 * -, Canadian synchronized swimmer
 * -, English cricketer
 * -, Pakistani film critic and producer
 * -, American actress
 * -, African American/ Puertorican Rapper

May-June

 * -, American beauty queen and actress
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American playwright
 * -, British actress
 * -, Japanese gravure idol
 * -, American soccer player
 * -, singer The Pussycat Dolls
 * -, Jamaican athlete
 * -, French basketball player
 * -, American actor and singer
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Czech footballer (soccer player)
 * -, American short track speed skater and actor
 * -, Russian javelin thrower
 * -, Japanese model


 * -, Belgian tennis player
 * -, Canadian actress and singer
 * -, Russian athlete
 * -, Chinese rapper
 * -, British actress and opera singer
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * -, American figure skater
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Norwegian cross-country skier
 * -, American actress
 * -, Portuguese actress and model
 * -, American music journalist
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Russian tennis player
 * -, Japanese actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Japanese actor
 * -, American actress

July-August

 * -, American actress and VJ
 * -, Italian footballer
 * -, Czech footballer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Japanese racecar driver
 * -, American musician
 * -, Polish footballer
 * -, Italian footballer (soccer player)
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American singer and  finalist
 * -, Indian actress and beauty queen
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American soul singer
 * -, Canadian-born actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, English cricketer
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Australian TV actress
 * -, Portuguese footballer (soccer player)
 * -, Belgian figure skater
 * -, Ukrainian swimmer
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American supermodel and actress
 * -, English snooker player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American speed skater
 * -, American actress
 * -, Swedish footballer
 * -, American singer
 * -, Armenian MMA fighter
 * -, American tennis player
 * -, Spanish footballer

September-October

 * -, Canadian figure skater
 * -, Hong Kong actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, Japanese singer and model
 * -, Spanish actress, model, and singer
 * -, Hong Kong singer/actress, Member of
 * -, Japanese singer and songwriter
 * -, Japanese gravure idol
 * -, Brazilian basketball player
 * -, Slovenian basketball player
 * -, American model
 * -, American actor
 * -, American rapper
 * -, cornerback (d. )
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American porn actress and director
 * - - Irish musician and songwriter
 * -, American actress
 * -, British model
 * -, American actor
 * -, American rapper
 * -, English footballer
 * -, American tennis player
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Australian swimmer
 * -, South Korean actress & model
 * -, American actress
 * -, Australian footballer
 * or -, American criminal
 * -, Dominican baseball player
 * -, Hong Kong singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American computer hacker
 * -, American singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Taiwanese actress and singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Taiwanese actress and singer

November-December

 * -, Japanese actress, model and singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American model and socialite
 * -, American actress
 * - American actor model and singer
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, Samoan rugby player
 * -, Hong Kong singer and actress
 * -, Professional football player
 * -, Russian soccer player
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Ghanaian footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, Australian singer
 * -, British singer and actor
 * -, British actor
 * -, New York Mets third baseman
 * -, Faroese guitarist
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Australian basketball player

January - June

 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Brazilian singer (b. )
 * -, Soviet politician and Politburo member (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )


 * -, South African labor leader (suicide)
 * -, American dancer (b. )
 * -, Japanese actor (b. )
 * -, Canadian actor (b. )
 * -, American jazz pianist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )


 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Russian-born author (b. )
 * -, American guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne (plane crash) (b. )
 * -, Canadian chemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, footballer - suicide


 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. )
 * -, British actor (b. )
 * -, Scottish violist (b. )
 * -, Canadian race car driver (racing accident) (b. )
 * -, German writer and artist (b. )
 * -, American race car driver (racing accident) (b. )
 * -, Austrian actress (cardiac arrest) (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American poet (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Austrian zoologist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, Italian Formula 1 driver (b. )
 * -, Australian businessman and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, German actor (b. )

July - December

 * -, early British casualty of
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. )
 * -, Russian-born inventor (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Swedish scientist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, father of cartoonist and main character/narrator of  (a  of his life during the ) (b. )
 * - King, at the time the longest reigning living (b. )
 * -, American biochemist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Swedish actress (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Cuban artist (b. )
 * -, President-elect of
 * -, American actress and Princess of Monaco (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )


 * -, Canadian pianist (b. )
 * -, Canadian-born peace activist, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, French painter and journalist (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, director (b. )
 * -, French-born writer and philosopher (b. )


 * -, (b. )
 * -, Indian educator (b. )
 * -, New Zealand aviator (b. )
 * -, Canadian athlete (b. )


 * -, American actor who played on  (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * -, British designer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry (b. )
 * -, Polish-born pianist and conductor (b. )
 * -, French writer (b. )
 * -, American astronaut (b. )