Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1982. This year saw 289 significant events. 48 notable figures were born. 5 notable figures passed away.
The "Epic in Miami," played in 85°F heat, sees the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff, setting numerous playoff scoring records
"Thirtysomething" stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet; they later marry
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director.
NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers defeat Dallas Cowboys 28-27; "The Catch," an iconic moment in NFL history, Dwight Clark makes a fingertip touchdown catch from Joe Montana with 58 seconds remaining; SF goes on to win the Super Bowl
Wayne Gretzky scores his 153rd point of the season, breaking the NHL record
"Night of 100 Stars", an all-star variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors' Fund of America, takes place at NYC's Radio City Music Hall
Harvey Lee Yeary, known professionally as Lee Majors, is an American actor. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley on the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel…
"Ebony and Ivory" is a song that was released in 1982 as a single by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder.
The occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was the short-lived Argentine occupation of a group of British islands in the South Atlantic whose sovereignty…
Actor Bryan Cranston (26) divorces writer Mickey Middleton after 4 years of marriage
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II sign the "Proclamation of the Constitution Act", establishing the "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" as part of the country’s new Constitution
American professional boxer George Foreman (33) divorces Sharon Goodson after 7 months of marriage
Argentine cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror with the loss of more than 350 men during the Falklands War
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon.
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial...
Single "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor from "Rocky III" soundtrack starts a 6-week run at #1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)
Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman.
NFL players begin a 57-day strike
"Sexual Healing" is a song recorded by American singer Marvin Gaye from his seventeenth and final studio album, Midnight Love (1982).
Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, and runs for nearly 18 years, winning seven Tony Awards and a Grammy
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in the history of...
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 7th divorce from American politician John Warner, after almost 6 years of marriage
Zaheer Abbas scores his 100th first-class century while playing a Test for Pakistan against India and goes on to score 215 runs
WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini defeats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in the 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma, and dies four days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA and WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Canadian singer Joni Mitchell (39) weds American bassist Larry Klein (26) in Malibu, California; divorce in 1994
"Thriller," the sixth studio album by Michael Jackson, is released (Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983)
"Gandhi," a film biography directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Ben Kingsley and John Gielgud, premieres in New Delhi, India (Best Picture 1983)
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis, also known as Jackie Kennedy, and as Jackie O following her second marriage, was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John...
William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award,...
Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, defeats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to start a 23 NHL games undefeated home streak (21-0-2) with 14 straight wins
ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
Star center Darryl Sittler leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs on medical advice because of mental depression; trade request was taking too long
Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years...
1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1855th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini...
-17°F (27.2°C) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record)
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County.
Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, D.C., & falls into Potomac River, killing 78
"Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in NYC
Edmonton's rookie goaltender Grant Fuhr has his 23-game unbeaten streak end with a 7-1 Oilers' defeat in Toronto
"Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities
Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky
Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Darryl Sittler is traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Rich Costello, a 2nd round draft pick and future considerations
75% of North America is covered by snow
Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
For the first time since the 1930s, the unemployed population in UK rises above three million
Los Angeles Kings set an NHL record with their 6th consecutive tied game, a 4-4 deadlock against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers
Italian police rescue US Brigadier General James Dozier, held hostage for six weeks by the Red Brigade of Padua, Italy
Old Dominion ends Louisiana Tech's women's basketball record 54-game winning streak
Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, known as "Elk Cloner"; the 400 lines long program is disguised as an Apple boot program.
Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes. Their pelage is pale with contrasting dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight and...
Government troops and Muslim fundamentalists battle in Hamah, Syria
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S.
Paper airplane flies for then indoor record of 154.2 ft (47m) in Tacoma, Washington
British airline Laker Airways collapses owing 270M pounds ($351M)
"Centerfold" is a song by the J. Geils Band, released in September 1981 as the lead single from their tenth album Freeze Frame. It reached No. 1 on the U.S.
Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica
Los Angeles Dodgers trade 2B Davey Lopes to Oakland A's, breaking up MLB's longest-playing infield (Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey) after 8 1/2 seasons
28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec
Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade between San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals finally goes through, after 62 days [1]
The Nevada National Security Sites, popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County,...
The 1982–83 New York Islanders season was the 11th season in the franchise's history. It involved winning their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta
Test cricket is a format of the sport of cricket, considered the game's most prestigious and traditional form.
Hanneke Jagersma installed as the 1st Communist mayor in the Netherlands
NY Islanders win then NHL record 15th straight game by beating Colorado Rockies, 3-2 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)
Noises Off is a 1982 farce by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of The Two of Us, a farce that he had written for Lynn...
24th Grammy Awards: "Bette Davis Eyes", "Double Fantasy" win
Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
AT&T loses a record $7 billion for the fiscal year ending on this day
NY Times raises its price from 25 cents to 30 cents
Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada
NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
Detroit Pistons play the Chicago Bulls, with final score of Detroit 152 to Chicago 144 and Detroit having 20 blocked shots
PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
American R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty...
"Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
3rd NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 3 launches
US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
1st broadcast of "Cagney & Lacey" starring Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly on CBS-TV
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the...
Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
3rd NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, New Mexico
American rock group The Doobie Brothers split up
Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
43-year-old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh was an Iranian politician who served as a close aide of Ayatollah Khomeini during his 1978 exile in France and was foreign minister (30 November 1979 – August 1980) during the Iran...
Tracy Caulkins wins her 36th US swimming title aged 19
LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference.
3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
Apollo Computer announces the DN400, DN420, and landscape display
Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
Former Cuban marathon cheat Rosie Ruiz is arrested for embezzling $60,000
The 1982 Atlanta Braves season was the club's 17th in Atlanta and its 112th overall.
The 1982 Atlanta Braves season was the club's 17th in Atlanta and its 112th overall.
The 1982 Atlanta Braves season was the club's 17th in Atlanta and its 112th overall.
The Conch Republic () is a micronation declared as a secession of the city of Key West, Florida, from the United States on April 23, 1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city.
In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty...
The 1982 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting.
The president of the Republic of El Salvador (Spanish: Presidente de la República de El Salvador) is the head of state and head of government of El Salvador.
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (23 November 1925 – 23 February 1990) was a Salvadoran politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1984 to 1989 during the Salvadoran Civil War.
The 1982 World's Fair, officially known as the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) and simply as Energy Expo '82 and Expo '82, was an international exposition held in Knoxville,...
ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
British destroyer HMS Sheffield hit by Exocet rocket off Falkland Islands: 20 of her crew died.
Seattle Mariners Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
Braniff Airways, Inc., which operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until the cessation of air operations, was a trunk carrier, a...
Guinea has had four constitutions. The latest constitution was approved by referendum on 19 April 2010 and formally adopted on 7 May.
Columbia moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating in preparation for STS-4
Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
"WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station, 90th and final episode airs on CBS
BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
The Second Battle of Khorramshahr, also known in Iran as the Liberation of Khorramshahr was the Iranian recapture of the city of Khorramshahr on 24 May 1982, during the Iran–Iraq War.
35th Cannes Film Festival: "Missing" directed by Costa Gavras and "Yol" directed by Serif Goren and Yilmaz Güney jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
New owners headed by John McMullen buy NHL's Colorado Rockies and move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands under the new name NJ Devils
Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
"I Know What Boys Like" is a song by the Waitresses, written by guitarist Chris Butler in 1978, while he was still a member of the rock band Tin Huey. It was recorded by Butler and released as a...
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa.
The 55th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on June 2–3, 1982, sponsored by the E.W.
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1982.
"Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39
Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
American TV sitcom "Taxi" last airs on ABC, cancelled after 4 seasons and 15 Emmy Award wins; moves to NBC in the fall, airing for 1 season and wins 3 more Emmys
,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park, NYC
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005.
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica.
Britain makes request to Argentina to arrange for return of prisoners
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.
Roberto Calvi (13 April 1920 – 17 June 1982) was an Italian banker, dubbed "God's Banker" (Italian: Banchiere di Dio) by the press because of his close business dealings with the Holy See.
Menachem Begin (16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician who founded Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Before the creation of the state of...
Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes
MLB Philadelphia Phillies infielder Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd career hit, moves past Hank Aaron into 2nd place
"Cleavage" opens and closes at Playhouse Theater NYC
1st French: spationaute Jean-Loup Chrétien and 2 Soviet cosmonauts, lift off aboard Soyuz T-6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, USSR
Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military
Carlos Lopes runs European record 10km (27:34.39)
4th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 4 (STS-4) launches
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B.
2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
In South Africa, the Internal Security Act is passed, giving massive powers to the authorities to investigate any organization or publication
Riot at building site of Stopera concert hall in Amsterdam causes Ÿ1 million in damages
4th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 4 (STS-4) lands at Edwards AFB
Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
English athlete David Moorcroft beats Kenyan Henry Rono's 5000m world record by nearly 5 seconds, 13:00.41 in Oslo, Norway
Botham scores 208 in 225 balls in the England vs. India match at The Oval
Miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze
FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 in front of 90,000
Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia.
Body of Wendy Caulfield, first Green River victim, found near Seattle
CDC report on AIDS symptoms in three hemophiliacs
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle
FCC approves AM stereo radio; KTSA in San Antonio, Texas, becomes the first station in the US to broadcast in stereo
Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299
France performs nuclear test
Canada's Anik D1 Comsat is launched by a US Delta rocket
Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seating
Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria, and France form the American European Football Federation (AEFF)
After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice
Pitching coach Clyde King becomes the New York Yankees' third manager of the season, replacing Gene Michael after the Yankees are swept at home by the Chicago White Sox
Outfielder Joel Youngblood is the only MLB player to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day: singles for the Mets in a Chicago day game, gets traded, then singles for the Expos in a Philadelphia night game
Stephanie Hix of Alabama is crowned Miss National Teenager
Three ANC members are sentenced to death in South Africa
The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994.
Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi).
Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs.
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space.
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey.
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes the first pitcher to achieve 300 saves
Amine Pierre Gemayel is a Lebanese politician who served as the eighth president of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Gemayel was born in Bikfaya to Pierre Gemayel, the founder of the Christian Kataeb Party...
Gaylord Jackson Perry (September 15, 1938 – December 1, 2022) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for eight teams from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of the...
KC's John Wathan steals his 31st base en route to 36 for a catcher's record
NASA launches the Telesat-F satellite
The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) athletes, artists and other...
38°F (3.33°C) is the lowest temperature ever recorded in the month of August in Cleveland, Ohio
MLB Kansas City Royals infielder George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty...
Caryl Lesley Churchill is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.
"Redlands", Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards' country house in West Wittering, Sussex, England, is seriously damaged in a fire, for the second time in 9 years
Anker Jørgensen government in Denmark resigns
Arson fire engulfs an apartment-hotel in Los Angeles, killing 25
Eddie Hill sets a propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph (368.54 km/h)
Dutch Internal Minister Mr. M. Red assigns BVD to spy on communists
Jerry Lewis's 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Conestoga 1, the first private commercial rocket, makes a suborbital flight
Decca releases the Beatles' audition on the "Complete Silver Beatles" album 20 years after label executives rejected them, feeling that "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in show business"
Spantax S.A. was a Spanish leisure airline headquartered in Madrid that operated from 6 October 1959 to 29 March 1988.
MLB Phillies Steve Carlton tosses a complete-game shutout and hits a home run for the 4th time in his career, in 2-0 win over St. Louis, at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; he becomes only pitcher to do so in three different decades
36" snow (Red Lodge, MT)
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
From 16 to 18 September 1982, between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians—mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shias—were killed in Beirut's Sabra neighbourhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp by the...
Sabra and Shatila massacres: Christian militia massacres at least 700 Palestinians in retaliation for the assassination of Bachir Gemayel
Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick in the match between Pakistan and Australia
2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket centuries for Sri Lanka against India
Amin Gemayel is sworn in as President of Lebanon
The Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF) was an international peacekeeping force created in August 1982 following a 1981 U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)...
Keke Rosberg becomes the first Finn to win the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship when he finishes 5th in the season-ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas, winning by 5 points over Didier Pironi
Cardinals clinch NL East title
The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982.
First of seven cyanide-laced Chicago Tylenol victims dies; six others consume the contaminated capsules and ultimately die from them
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982.
Epcot (stylized in capital letters as EPCOT) is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida.
Bomb attack in Tehran kills 60 and injures 700
Center fielder Robin Yount homers twice as Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 at Memorial Stadium to win the Brewers' only AL East Championship
Human rights in the People's Republic of China are poor, as per reviews by international bodies, such as human rights treaty bodies and the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic...
Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks six field goals
Attack on synagogue in Rome leaves 1 dead
Hernán Siles Zuazo (21 March 1914 – 6 August 1996) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 46th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1956 to 1960 and from 1982 to 1985.
The Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She was launched in 1511 and served for 34 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany.
38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record)
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
Mt. Palomar Observatory is the first to detect Halley's Comet on its 13th return
First live orchestra on a US commercial network since 1954 (National Symphony)
John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry.
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels
Stefanie Maria Graf ( GRA (H)F, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ; born 14 June 1969), known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional...
Spain's socialists win, and communists lose elections
John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry.
A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly...
Andrew "Dice" Clay and George Wendt appear in "Trick or Treatment"
Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die
San Diego guard Randy Smith plays his 845th consecutive game in Clippers' 130-111 loss in Philadelphia; passes Johnny “Red” Kerr's NBA record; goes on to play in 906 straight games
Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as prime minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner...
Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), and informally as the Constitution of 1982 (Turkish: 1982...
Ray Charles Leonard, better known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer.
IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankruptcy
5th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia makes the first officially "operational" shuttle mission
Earl Sidney Weaver (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television color commentator.
Aaron Pryor scores a 14th round KO of Alexis Argüello in Miami to retain his WBA super lightweight boxing title in the first of 2 meetings between the Hall of Famers; The Ring’s 'Fight of the Decade'
Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, D.C., featuring the names of over 58,000 US soldiers killed or missing in the Vietnam War
5th NASA Space Shuttle Mission Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base after 5 days in space, completing its 1st operational flight
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night.
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S.
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr., nicknamed "the Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore...
Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson's Department Store
Clyde Edward King (May 23, 1924 – November 2, 2010) was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. King's career in baseball spanned 67...
Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)
American track and field record holder Steve Scott sets record for fastest round of golf played on a regulation course; posts a 95, completing 18 holes in 29:33.05s at Miller Golf Club in Anaheim, California; he used only two clubs, and ran between holes
After losing his world welterweight boxing titles to Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns wins WBC Super Welterweight crown in a majority points decision over Wilfred Benitez at Superdome, New Orleans
48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
Dutch judoka Ingrid Berghmans retains judo's world championship
Droppin Well bombing: 11 British soldiers and 6 civilians are killed by an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) time bomb at the Droppin’ Well Bar in Ballykelly, County Londonderry
Dos Erres massacre in Guatemala during country's civil war, 171 people killed led by Santos López Alonzo
World Boxing Council first to reduce the length of championship fights from 15 to 12 rounds, and allows referees to order standing 8-count for fighters in trouble
CDC report on a transfusion recipient who developed AIDS symptoms
$9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
LA Kings' Marcel Dionne becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals
Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of NY Giants
The Federal Reserve announces that the operating capacity of factories has gone down to 67.8%.
Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds
William Mastrosimone's play "Extremities" premieres in NYC
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
TIME's Man of the Year is the computer
Ballon d'Or: Juventus striker Paolo Rossi is named best European football player; beats Bordeaux midfielder Alain Giresse and Juventus' Polish midfielder Zbigniew Boniek
Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football player and coach.
Anthony Shaffer's "Whodunnit" premieres in NYC
CBS Radio Mystery Theater (a.k.a. Radio Mystery Theater and Mystery Theater, sometimes abbreviated as CBSRMT) is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network...
Eddie Redmayne, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1982-01-06. Edward John David Redmayne OBE is an English actor.
Lauren Cohan, American british-american actress, known for british-american actress, was born on 1982-01-07.
Kate Middleton, British member of the british royal family, known for member of the british royal family, was born on 1982-01-09.
Dwyane Wade athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1982-01-17. Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr.
Jodie Sweetin, American actress and television personality, known for american actress and television personality, was born on 1982-01-19.
Alice Eve, American american actress, known for british and american actress, was born on 1982-02-06. Alice Sophia Eve is a British and American actress.
Josh Gad, American actor and singer, known for american actor and singer, was born on 1982-02-23. Joshua Ilan Gad is an American actor.
Lleyton Hewitt, Australian athlete, known for australian tennis player, was born on 1982-02-24. Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.
Josh Groban, American musician, known for american singer and actor, was born on 1982-02-27. Joshua Winslow Groban is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Casey Neistat is born
Julia Stiles, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1982-03-28. Julia O'Hara Stiles is an American actress and director.
Bethany Joy Lenz is born
Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian athlete, known for norwegian professional golfer, was born on 1982-04-07. Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian former professional golfer.
Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-04-08. Taylor Kitsch is a Canadian actor.
Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model, known for brazilian model, was born on 1982-04-11. Alessandra Corine Ambrósio is a Brazilian model.
Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-04-19. Hayden Christensen is a Canadian actor.
Chris Sharma, American athlete, known for american rock climber, was born on 1982-04-23.
Jessica Alba, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1982-04-28. Jessica Marie Alba ( AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman.
Craig David, English musician, known for british singer, was born on 1982-05-05. Craig Ashley David is an English singer. He rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger.
Xie Na is born
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-05-11. Cory Allan Michael Monteith (May 11, 1982 – July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician.
Rami Malek, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1982-05-12. Rami Said Malek is an American actor.
Zara Phillips, British equestrian, known for british equestrian, was born on 1982-05-15. Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall is a British equestrian, Olympian, and member of the British royal family.
Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress, known for american comedian and actress, was born on 1982-06-01.
Anna Kournikova, Russian athlete, known for russian tennis player and model, was born on 1982-06-07.
Natalie Portman, American american actress, known for israeli and american actress, was born on 1982-06-09.
Adriana Lima, Brazilian model, known for brazilian model, was born on 1982-06-12. Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model.
Chris Evans, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1982-06-13. Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor.
MS Dhoni, Indian athlete, known for indian cricketer, was born on 1982-07-07. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper.
Fernando Alonso, Spanish athlete, known for spanish racing driver, was born on 1982-07-29. Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin.
Hope Solo, American athlete, known for american soccer player, was born on 1982-07-30. Hope Amelia Stevens is an American former soccer goalkeeper.
Meghan Markle, American member of the british royal family, known for american member of the british royal family, was born on 1982-08-04.
Roger Federer, German athlete, known for swiss tennis player, was born on 1982-08-08. Roger Federer is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.
Patrick J. Adams, American american actor, known for canadian and american actor, was born on 1982-08-27. Patrick Johannes Adams is a Canadian-American actor.
Brian Chesky, American businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1982-08-29.
Beyoncé, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1982-09-04. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.
Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress, known for american singer and actress, was born on 1982-09-12.
Fan Bingbing is born
Serena Williams, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1982-09-26. Serena Jameka Williams is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
Brendon McCullum, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand cricketer, was born on 1982-09-27.
Guy Sebastian, New Zealand singer, known for australian singer, was born on 1982-10-26.
Ivanka Trump, American businesswoman, known for american businesswoman, was born on 1982-10-30. Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump ( iv-AHNG-kə; born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman.
Lorena Ochoa is born
Barbara Pierce Bush first lady of the united states from 1989 to 1993, known for first lady of the united states from 1989 to 1993, was born on 1982-11-25.
Britney Spears, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1982-12-02. Britney Jean Spears is an American singer.
Amy Lee, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1982-12-13. Amy Lynn Lee is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Krysten Ritter, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1982-12-16. Krysten Alyce Ritter is an American actress, musician, author, and former model.
Swann Arlaud, French actor, known for french actor, was born on 1982-11-30. Swann Arlaud is a French actor.
Paul Belmondo dies
Lightnin Hopkins, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, known for american singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, died on 1982-01-30.
Archibald MacLeish, American poet and 9th librarian of congress, known for american poet and 9th librarian of congress, died on 1982-04-20.
Vladimir Zworykin, American russian-american engineer, known for russian-american engineer, died on 1982-07-29.
Leonid Brezhnev dies
The "Epic in Miami," played in 85°F heat, sees the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff, setting numerous playoff scoring records
"Thirtysomething" stars Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig meet; they later marry
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is an American singer, actress, songwriter, producer, and director.
NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers defeat Dallas Cowboys 28-27; "The Catch," an iconic moment in NFL history, Dwight Clark makes a fingertip touchdown catch from Joe Montana with 58 seconds remaining; SF goes on to win the Super Bowl
Wayne Gretzky scores his 153rd point of the season, breaking the NHL record
"Night of 100 Stars", an all-star variety special celebrating the centennial of the Actors' Fund of America, takes place at NYC's Radio City Music Hall
Harvey Lee Yeary, known professionally as Lee Majors, is an American actor. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley on the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel…
"Ebony and Ivory" is a song that was released in 1982 as a single by Paul McCartney featuring Stevie Wonder.
The occupation of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands was the short-lived Argentine occupation of a group of British islands in the South Atlantic whose sovereignty…
Actor Bryan Cranston (26) divorces writer Mickey Middleton after 4 years of marriage
Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Queen Elizabeth II sign the "Proclamation of the Constitution Act", establishing the "Charter of Rights and Freedoms" as part of the country’s new Constitution
American professional boxer George Foreman (33) divorces Sharon Goodson after 7 months of marriage
Argentine cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by British submarine HMS Conqueror with the loss of more than 350 men during the Falklands War
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon.
The Falklands War was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial...
Single "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor from "Rocky III" soundtrack starts a 6-week run at #1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)
Little Shop of Horrors is a horror comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman.
NFL players begin a 57-day strike
"Sexual Healing" is a song recorded by American singer Marvin Gaye from his seventeenth and final studio album, Midnight Love (1982).
Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway, New York City, and runs for nearly 18 years, winning seven Tony Awards and a Grammy
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential directors in the history of...
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 7th divorce from American politician John Warner, after almost 6 years of marriage
Zaheer Abbas scores his 100th first-class century while playing a Test for Pakistan against India and goes on to score 215 runs
WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini defeats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in the 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma, and dies four days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA and WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
Canadian singer Joni Mitchell (39) weds American bassist Larry Klein (26) in Malibu, California; divorce in 1994
"Thriller," the sixth studio album by Michael Jackson, is released (Grammy Award for Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983)
"Gandhi," a film biography directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Ben Kingsley and John Gielgud, premieres in New Delhi, India (Best Picture 1983)
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis, also known as Jackie Kennedy, and as Jackie O following her second marriage, was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John...
William McChord Hurt (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award,...
Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, defeats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
New York Islanders beat Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum to start a 23 NHL games undefeated home streak (21-0-2) with 14 straight wins
ABC Direction Network (57 affiliates) & ABC Rock Network (40 affiliates) become the 5th & 6th ABC radio network
Arkansas judge rules against obligatory teaching of creation
Star center Darryl Sittler leaves the Toronto Maple Leafs on medical advice because of mental depression; trade request was taking too long
Islander's Bryan Trottier's 10th career hat trick
The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by AT&T, that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years...
1855 (MDCCCLV) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1855th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini...
-17°F (27.2°C) in Braemar Grampian (equals UK record)
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County and extends into neighboring DeKalb County.
Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, D.C., & falls into Potomac River, killing 78
"Forbidden Broadway" by/with Gerard Alessandrini premieres in NYC
Edmonton's rookie goaltender Grant Fuhr has his 23-game unbeaten streak end with a 7-1 Oilers' defeat in Toronto
"Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities
Aust-WI one-day game that produced a Privy Council libel case
7 miners killed in an explosion in Craynor Ky
Future Hockey Hall of Fame center Darryl Sittler is traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Rich Costello, a 2nd round draft pick and future considerations
75% of North America is covered by snow
Urbe Blanca (cow) produces record 110 kg of milk, Cuba (approx date)
For the first time since the 1930s, the unemployed population in UK rises above three million
Los Angeles Kings set an NHL record with their 6th consecutive tied game, a 4-4 deadlock against the visiting Philadelphia Flyers
Italian police rescue US Brigadier General James Dozier, held hostage for six weeks by the Red Brigade of Padua, Italy
Old Dominion ends Louisiana Tech's women's basketball record 54-game winning streak
Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, known as "Elk Cloner"; the 400 lines long program is disguised as an Apple boot program.
Oryx is a genus consisting of four large antelope species called oryxes. Their pelage is pale with contrasting dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight and...
Government troops and Muslim fundamentalists battle in Hamah, Syria
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S.
Paper airplane flies for then indoor record of 154.2 ft (47m) in Tacoma, Washington
British airline Laker Airways collapses owing 270M pounds ($351M)
"Centerfold" is a song by the J. Geils Band, released in September 1981 as the lead single from their tenth album Freeze Frame. It reached No. 1 on the U.S.
Luis A Monge elected President of Costa Rica
Los Angeles Dodgers trade 2B Davey Lopes to Oakland A's, breaking up MLB's longest-playing infield (Garvey-Lopes-Russell-Cey) after 8 1/2 seasons
28 skiers perform backflips while holding hands, Bromont, Quebec
Ozzie Smith for Garry Templeton trade between San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals finally goes through, after 62 days [1]
The Nevada National Security Sites, popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion of Nye County,...
The 1982–83 New York Islanders season was the 11th season in the franchise's history. It involved winning their fourth consecutive Stanley Cup.
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), begins streak of 63 consecutive free throw
Agatha Barbara elected as 1st female president of Malta
Test cricket is a format of the sport of cricket, considered the game's most prestigious and traditional form.
Hanneke Jagersma installed as the 1st Communist mayor in the Netherlands
NY Islanders win then NHL record 15th straight game by beating Colorado Rockies, 3-2 at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
NYC Mayor Koch announces he will run for NY governor (unsuccessful)
Noises Off is a 1982 farce by the English playwright Michael Frayn. Frayn conceived the idea in 1970 while watching from the wings a performance of The Two of Us, a farce that he had written for Lynn...
24th Grammy Awards: "Bette Davis Eyes", "Double Fantasy" win
Final episode of "The Lawrence Welk Show" airs
Dan Issel (NBA-Nuggets), hits on 63rd consecutive free throw
AT&T loses a record $7 billion for the fiscal year ending on this day
NY Times raises its price from 25 cents to 30 cents
Terror group "The Illuminated Path" frees 260 prisoners in Peru
Senate begins debate on expulsion of Sen Harrison Williams (D-NJ)
Bertha Wilson is appointed as first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada
NBA highest scoring game: San Antonio beat Milwaukee 171-166 (3 OT)
Jarmilla Kratochvilova run world record 400 m indoor (49.59 sec)
Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
Detroit Pistons play the Chicago Bulls, with final score of Detroit 152 to Chicago 144 and Detroit having 20 blocked shots
PLO chief Yassar Arafat appears on "Nightline"
Actress Theresa Saladana, stabbed repeatedly by obsessed fan
4 Dutch TV crew members shot dead in El Salvador
American R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass' spinal cord severed in a car accident
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI) is a British Overseas Territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean.
In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty...
"Little Johnny Jones" opens & closes at Alvin Theater NYC
3rd NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 3 launches
US sub Jacksonville collides with a Turkish freighter near Virginia
1st broadcast of "Cagney & Lacey" starring Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly on CBS-TV
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the United States Armed Forces who served in the...
Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
12th Easter Seal Telethon raises $19,500,000
3rd NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, New Mexico
American rock group The Doobie Brothers split up
Anguilla (dependent territory of UK) adopts constitution
Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
43-year-old St. Louis reliever Jim Kaat pitches 1 inning for the Cardinals in a season-opening, 14-3 rout of Houston; sets a MLB record for pitchers by playing in his 24th consecutive season
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center from White Sands
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh was an Iranian politician who served as a close aide of Ayatollah Khomeini during his 1978 exile in France and was foreign minister (30 November 1979 – August 1980) during the Iran...
Tracy Caulkins wins her 36th US swimming title aged 19
LA Lakers block 21 Denver shots setting NBA regulation game record
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles. The Kings compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Pacific Division in the Western Conference.
3 CBS employees shot to death in NYC parking lot
Apollo Computer announces the DN400, DN420, and landscape display
Queen Elizabeth proclaims Canada's new constitution
Atlanta Braves win record 11th straight opening game (beat Astros)
Former Cuban marathon cheat Rosie Ruiz is arrested for embezzling $60,000
The 1982 Atlanta Braves season was the club's 17th in Atlanta and its 112th overall.
The 1982 Atlanta Braves season was the club's 17th in Atlanta and its 112th overall.
The 1982 Atlanta Braves season was the club's 17th in Atlanta and its 112th overall.
The Conch Republic () is a micronation declared as a secession of the city of Key West, Florida, from the United States on April 23, 1982. It has been maintained as a tourism booster for the city.
In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty...
The 1982 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting.
The president of the Republic of El Salvador (Spanish: Presidente de la República de El Salvador) is the head of state and head of government of El Salvador.
José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes (23 November 1925 – 23 February 1990) was a Salvadoran politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1984 to 1989 during the Salvadoran Civil War.
The 1982 World's Fair, officially known as the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) and simply as Energy Expo '82 and Expo '82, was an international exposition held in Knoxville,...
ABC's All Talk network begins on radio (2 west coast stations)
British destroyer HMS Sheffield hit by Exocet rocket off Falkland Islands: 20 of her crew died.
Seattle Mariners Gaylord Perry becomes 15th pitcher to win 300 games
Californian federal jury rules NFL violates antitrust laws in preventing Oakland Raiders move to Los Angeles Coliseum
Braniff Airways, Inc., which operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until the cessation of air operations, was a trunk carrier, a...
Guinea has had four constitutions. The latest constitution was approved by referendum on 19 April 2010 and formally adopted on 7 May.
Columbia moves to Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center (Florida) for mating in preparation for STS-4
Tigers outfielder Larry Herndon is 14th to hit 4 consecutive HRs
"WKRP in Cincinnati", an ensemble TV sitcom created by Hugh Wilson and set in a struggling radio station, 90th and final episode airs on CBS
BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
The Second Battle of Khorramshahr, also known in Iran as the Liberation of Khorramshahr was the Iranian recapture of the city of Khorramshahr on 24 May 1982, during the Iran–Iraq War.
35th Cannes Film Festival: "Missing" directed by Costa Gavras and "Yol" directed by Serif Goren and Yilmaz Güney jointly awarded the Palme d'Or
New owners headed by John McMullen buy NHL's Colorado Rockies and move the team to the New Jersey Meadowlands under the new name NJ Devils
Leonard Maltin's 1st appearance on Entertainment Tonight
"I Know What Boys Like" is a song by the Waitresses, written by guitarist Chris Butler in 1978, while he was still a member of the rock band Tin Huey. It was recorded by Butler and released as a...
Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa.
The 55th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on June 2–3, 1982, sponsored by the E.W.
This is a list of films which have placed number one at the weekend box office in the United States during 1982.
"Murphy's Law" by Cheri hits #39
Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die
American TV sitcom "Taxi" last airs on ABC, cancelled after 4 seasons and 15 Emmy Award wins; moves to NBC in the fall, airing for 1 season and wins 3 more Emmys
,000 anti-nuclear demonstrators, rally in Central Park, NYC
Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1920, 1921 or 1923 – 1 August 2005) was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 13 June 1982 until his death in 2005.
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located in the southern cone of South America and with a claimed portion of Antarctica.
Britain makes request to Argentina to arrange for return of prisoners
Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music.
Roberto Calvi (13 April 1920 – 17 June 1982) was an Italian banker, dubbed "God's Banker" (Italian: Banchiere di Dio) by the press because of his close business dealings with the Holy See.
Menachem Begin (16 August 1913 – 9 March 1992) was an Israeli politician who founded Herut and Likud and served as prime minister of Israel from 1977 to 1983. Before the creation of the state of...
Manhattan institutes bus-only lanes
MLB Philadelphia Phillies infielder Pete Rose gets his 3,772nd career hit, moves past Hank Aaron into 2nd place
"Cleavage" opens and closes at Playhouse Theater NYC
1st French: spationaute Jean-Loup Chrétien and 2 Soviet cosmonauts, lift off aboard Soyuz T-6 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, USSR
Greece abolishes headshaving of recruits in the military
Carlos Lopes runs European record 10km (27:34.39)
4th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 4 (STS-4) launches
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed into law by President Lyndon B.
2,100 Unification church couples wed in NYC
In South Africa, the Internal Security Act is passed, giving massive powers to the authorities to investigate any organization or publication
Riot at building site of Stopera concert hall in Amsterdam causes Ÿ1 million in damages
4th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 4 (STS-4) lands at Edwards AFB
Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Ellington AFB, Texas
English athlete David Moorcroft beats Kenyan Henry Rono's 5000m world record by nearly 5 seconds, 13:00.41 in Oslo, Norway
Botham scores 208 in 225 balls in the England vs. India match at The Oval
Miguel Vasquez makes first public quadruple somersault on trapeze
FIFA World Cup Final, Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain: Italy beats West Germany 3-1 in front of 90,000
Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia.
Body of Wendy Caulfield, first Green River victim, found near Seattle
CDC report on AIDS symptoms in three hemophiliacs
Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: 11 British soldiers and 7 military horses killed in Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb attacks during military ceremonies in London
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Academic Text Processing Service forms in Seattle
FCC approves AM stereo radio; KTSA in San Antonio, Texas, becomes the first station in the US to broadcast in stereo
Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299
France performs nuclear test
Canada's Anik D1 Comsat is launched by a US Delta rocket
Atlanta Braves remove Chief Noc-A-Homa to make room for more seating
Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria, and France form the American European Football Federation (AEFF)
After the first 13 runnings of the midsummer classic, Darryl Waltrip becomes the first driver the win the Talladega 500 twice
Pitching coach Clyde King becomes the New York Yankees' third manager of the season, replacing Gene Michael after the Yankees are swept at home by the Chicago White Sox
Outfielder Joel Youngblood is the only MLB player to get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day: singles for the Mets in a Chicago day game, gets traded, then singles for the Expos in a Philadelphia night game
Stephanie Hix of Alabama is crowned Miss National Teenager
Three ANC members are sentenced to death in South Africa
The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994.
Atlanta snaps an 11-game losing streak with a 6-5 win over the Padres
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of 28,000 square kilometres (11,000 sq mi).
Compact Disc Digital Audio (CDDA or CD-DA), also known as Digital Audio Compact Disc or simply as Audio CD, is the standard format for audio compact discs.
Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation
Svetlana Yevgenyevna Savitskaya is a Russian former aviator and Soviet cosmonaut who flew aboard Soyuz T-7 in 1982, becoming the second woman in space.
The New Jersey Devils are a professional ice hockey team based in Newark, New Jersey.
Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Rollie Fingers becomes the first pitcher to achieve 300 saves
Amine Pierre Gemayel is a Lebanese politician who served as the eighth president of Lebanon from 1982 to 1988. Gemayel was born in Bikfaya to Pierre Gemayel, the founder of the Christian Kataeb Party...
Gaylord Jackson Perry (September 15, 1938 – December 1, 2022) was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for eight teams from 1962 to 1983, becoming one of the...
KC's John Wathan steals his 31st base en route to 36 for a catcher's record
NASA launches the Telesat-F satellite
The Gay Games is a worldwide sport and cultural event that promotes acceptance of sexual diversity, featuring lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) athletes, artists and other...
38°F (3.33°C) is the lowest temperature ever recorded in the month of August in Cleveland, Ohio
MLB Kansas City Royals infielder George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
In 1952, the United Kingdom became the third country (after the United States and the Soviet Union) to develop and test nuclear weapons, and is one of the five nuclear-weapon states under the Treaty...
Caryl Lesley Churchill is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.
"Redlands", Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards' country house in West Wittering, Sussex, England, is seriously damaged in a fire, for the second time in 9 years
Anker Jørgensen government in Denmark resigns
Arson fire engulfs an apartment-hotel in Los Angeles, killing 25
Eddie Hill sets a propeller-driven boat water speed record of 229 mph (368.54 km/h)
Dutch Internal Minister Mr. M. Red assigns BVD to spy on communists
Jerry Lewis's 17th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $28,400,000
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany.
Conestoga 1, the first private commercial rocket, makes a suborbital flight
Decca releases the Beatles' audition on the "Complete Silver Beatles" album 20 years after label executives rejected them, feeling that "guitar groups are on the way out" and "the Beatles have no future in show business"
Spantax S.A. was a Spanish leisure airline headquartered in Madrid that operated from 6 October 1959 to 29 March 1988.
MLB Phillies Steve Carlton tosses a complete-game shutout and hits a home run for the 4th time in his career, in 2-0 win over St. Louis, at Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia; he becomes only pitcher to do so in three different decades
36" snow (Red Lodge, MT)
USA Today (often stylized in all caps) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company.
From 16 to 18 September 1982, between 1,300 and 3,500 civilians—mostly Palestinians and Lebanese Shias—were killed in Beirut's Sabra neighbourhood and the adjacent Shatila refugee camp by the...
Sabra and Shatila massacres: Christian militia massacres at least 700 Palestinians in retaliation for the assassination of Bachir Gemayel
Jalaluddin takes a one-day hat-trick in the match between Pakistan and Australia
2,251 turn out to see Expos play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket centuries for Sri Lanka against India
Amin Gemayel is sworn in as President of Lebanon
The Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF) was an international peacekeeping force created in August 1982 following a 1981 U.S.-brokered ceasefire between the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)...
Keke Rosberg becomes the first Finn to win the Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship when he finishes 5th in the season-ending Caesars Palace Grand Prix in Las Vegas, winning by 5 points over Didier Pironi
Cardinals clinch NL East title
The Chicago Tylenol murders were a series of poisoning deaths resulting from drug tampering in the Chicago metropolitan area in 1982.
First of seven cyanide-laced Chicago Tylenol victims dies; six others consume the contaminated capsules and ultimately die from them
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982.
Epcot (stylized in capital letters as EPCOT) is a theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida.
Bomb attack in Tehran kills 60 and injures 700
Center fielder Robin Yount homers twice as Milwaukee whips Baltimore 10-2 at Memorial Stadium to win the Brewers' only AL East Championship
Human rights in the People's Republic of China are poor, as per reviews by international bodies, such as human rights treaty bodies and the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic...
Auburn's Al Del Greco kicks six field goals
Attack on synagogue in Rome leaves 1 dead
Hernán Siles Zuazo (21 March 1914 – 6 August 1996) was a Bolivian politician who served as the 46th president of Bolivia twice nonconsecutively from 1956 to 1960 and from 1982 to 1985.
The Mary Rose was a carrack in the English Tudor navy of King Henry VIII. She was launched in 1511 and served for 34 years in several wars against France, Scotland, and Brittany.
38.6 cm (15.2") of rainfall, Angoon Alaska (state record)
The Unification Church, officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합) is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called...
Mt. Palomar Observatory is the first to detect Halley's Comet on its 13th return
First live orchestra on a US commercial network since 1954 (National Symphony)
John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry.
Alfred Manuel "Billy" Martin Jr. (May 16, 1928 – December 25, 1989) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman and manager, who, in addition to leading other teams, was five times the...
Gene Mauch resigns as manager of Angels
Stefanie Maria Graf ( GRA (H)F, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ; born 14 June 1969), known professionally as Steffi Graf and preferring to be called Stefanie since 2001, is a German former professional...
Spain's socialists win, and communists lose elections
John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry.
A constitution, or supreme law, is the aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization or other type of entity, and commonly...
Andrew "Dice" Clay and George Wendt appear in "Trick or Treatment"
Fire in Salung tunnel, Afghanistan, 1,000+ Russians die
San Diego guard Randy Smith plays his 845th consecutive game in Clippers' 130-111 loss in Philadelphia; passes Johnny “Red” Kerr's NBA record; goes on to play in 906 straight games
Rudolphus Franciscus Marie "Ruud" Lubbers was a Dutch politician, diplomat and businessman who served as prime minister of the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, and as United Nations High Commissioner...
Cleveland Cavaliers lose 24th consecutive game (NBA record)
The Constitution of Turkey, formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasası), and informally as the Constitution of 1982 (Turkish: 1982...
Ray Charles Leonard, better known as Sugar Ray Leonard, is an American former professional boxer.
IMF lends Mexico $3.8 billion due to threatened bankruptcy
5th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia makes the first officially "operational" shuttle mission
Earl Sidney Weaver (August 14, 1930 – January 19, 2013) was an American professional baseball manager, author, and television color commentator.
Aaron Pryor scores a 14th round KO of Alexis Argüello in Miami to retain his WBA super lightweight boxing title in the first of 2 meetings between the Hall of Famers; The Ring’s 'Fight of the Decade'
Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, D.C., featuring the names of over 58,000 US soldiers killed or missing in the Vietnam War
5th NASA Space Shuttle Mission Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base after 5 days in space, completing its 1st operational flight
Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a late-night sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. It premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the title NBC's Saturday Night.
Columbia returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB, Texas
The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S.
Calvin Edwin Ripken Jr., nicknamed "the Iron Man", is an American former baseball shortstop and third baseman who played his entire 21-season career in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore...
Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day Fire destroys an entire city block, including the Northwestern National Bank building and the recently closed Donaldson's Department Store
Clyde Edward King (May 23, 1924 – November 2, 2010) was an American pitcher, coach, manager, general manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball. King's career in baseball spanned 67...
Howard Cossell calls his last fight after being disgusted by Larry Holmes-Tex Cobb mismatch
Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)
American track and field record holder Steve Scott sets record for fastest round of golf played on a regulation course; posts a 95, completing 18 holes in 29:33.05s at Miller Golf Club in Anaheim, California; he used only two clubs, and ran between holes
After losing his world welterweight boxing titles to Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns wins WBC Super Welterweight crown in a majority points decision over Wilfred Benitez at Superdome, New Orleans
48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
Dutch judoka Ingrid Berghmans retains judo's world championship
Droppin Well bombing: 11 British soldiers and 6 civilians are killed by an Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) time bomb at the Droppin’ Well Bar in Ballykelly, County Londonderry
Dos Erres massacre in Guatemala during country's civil war, 171 people killed led by Santos López Alonzo
World Boxing Council first to reduce the length of championship fights from 15 to 12 rounds, and allows referees to order standing 8-count for fighters in trouble
CDC report on a transfusion recipient who developed AIDS symptoms
$9,800,000 in cash stolen from money transport car in NYC
Earthquake hits Northern Yemen; 2,000 die
LA Kings' Marcel Dionne becomes 9th NHLer to score 500 goals
Bill Parcells becomes 12th head coach of NY Giants
The Federal Reserve announces that the operating capacity of factories has gone down to 67.8%.
Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds
William Mastrosimone's play "Extremities" premieres in NYC
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
TIME's Man of the Year is the computer
Ballon d'Or: Juventus striker Paolo Rossi is named best European football player; beats Bordeaux midfielder Alain Giresse and Juventus' Polish midfielder Zbigniew Boniek
Paul William "Bear" Bryant (September 11, 1913 – January 26, 1983) was an American college football player and coach.
Anthony Shaffer's "Whodunnit" premieres in NYC
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Eddie Redmayne, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1982-01-06. Edward John David Redmayne OBE is an English actor.
Lauren Cohan, American british-american actress, known for british-american actress, was born on 1982-01-07.
Kate Middleton, British member of the british royal family, known for member of the british royal family, was born on 1982-01-09.
Dwyane Wade athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1982-01-17. Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr.
Jodie Sweetin, American actress and television personality, known for american actress and television personality, was born on 1982-01-19.
Alice Eve, American american actress, known for british and american actress, was born on 1982-02-06. Alice Sophia Eve is a British and American actress.
Josh Gad, American actor and singer, known for american actor and singer, was born on 1982-02-23. Joshua Ilan Gad is an American actor.
Lleyton Hewitt, Australian athlete, known for australian tennis player, was born on 1982-02-24. Lleyton Glynn Hewitt is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.
Josh Groban, American musician, known for american singer and actor, was born on 1982-02-27. Joshua Winslow Groban is an American singer, songwriter, and actor.
Casey Neistat is born
Julia Stiles, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1982-03-28. Julia O'Hara Stiles is an American actress and director.
Bethany Joy Lenz is born
Suzann Pettersen, Norwegian athlete, known for norwegian professional golfer, was born on 1982-04-07. Suzann Pettersen is a Norwegian former professional golfer.
Taylor Kitsch, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-04-08. Taylor Kitsch is a Canadian actor.
Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model, known for brazilian model, was born on 1982-04-11. Alessandra Corine Ambrósio is a Brazilian model.
Hayden Christensen, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-04-19. Hayden Christensen is a Canadian actor.
Chris Sharma, American athlete, known for american rock climber, was born on 1982-04-23.
Jessica Alba, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1982-04-28. Jessica Marie Alba ( AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman.
Craig David, English musician, known for british singer, was born on 1982-05-05. Craig Ashley David is an English singer. He rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger.
Xie Na is born
Cory Monteith, Canadian actor, known for canadian actor, was born on 1982-05-11. Cory Allan Michael Monteith (May 11, 1982 – July 13, 2013) was a Canadian actor and musician.
Rami Malek, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1982-05-12. Rami Said Malek is an American actor.
Zara Phillips, British equestrian, known for british equestrian, was born on 1982-05-15. Zara Anne Elizabeth Tindall is a British equestrian, Olympian, and member of the British royal family.
Amy Schumer, American comedian and actress, known for american comedian and actress, was born on 1982-06-01.
Anna Kournikova, Russian athlete, known for russian tennis player and model, was born on 1982-06-07.
Natalie Portman, American american actress, known for israeli and american actress, was born on 1982-06-09.
Adriana Lima, Brazilian model, known for brazilian model, was born on 1982-06-12. Adriana Lima is a Brazilian model.
Chris Evans, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1982-06-13. Christopher Robert Evans is an American actor.
MS Dhoni, Indian athlete, known for indian cricketer, was born on 1982-07-07. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian professional cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and a wicket-keeper.
Fernando Alonso, Spanish athlete, known for spanish racing driver, was born on 1982-07-29. Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin.
Hope Solo, American athlete, known for american soccer player, was born on 1982-07-30. Hope Amelia Stevens is an American former soccer goalkeeper.
Meghan Markle, American member of the british royal family, known for american member of the british royal family, was born on 1982-08-04.
Roger Federer, German athlete, known for swiss tennis player, was born on 1982-08-08. Roger Federer is a Swiss former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.
Patrick J. Adams, American american actor, known for canadian and american actor, was born on 1982-08-27. Patrick Johannes Adams is a Canadian-American actor.
Brian Chesky, American businessman, known for american businessman, was born on 1982-08-29.
Beyoncé, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1982-09-04. Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.
Jennifer Hudson, American singer and actress, known for american singer and actress, was born on 1982-09-12.
Fan Bingbing is born
Serena Williams, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1982-09-26. Serena Jameka Williams is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
Brendon McCullum, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand cricketer, was born on 1982-09-27.
Guy Sebastian, New Zealand singer, known for australian singer, was born on 1982-10-26.
Ivanka Trump, American businesswoman, known for american businesswoman, was born on 1982-10-30. Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump ( iv-AHNG-kə; born October 30, 1981) is an American businesswoman.
Lorena Ochoa is born
Barbara Pierce Bush first lady of the united states from 1989 to 1993, known for first lady of the united states from 1989 to 1993, was born on 1982-11-25.
Britney Spears, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1982-12-02. Britney Jean Spears is an American singer.
Amy Lee, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1982-12-13. Amy Lynn Lee is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Krysten Ritter, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1982-12-16. Krysten Alyce Ritter is an American actress, musician, author, and former model.
Swann Arlaud, French actor, known for french actor, was born on 1982-11-30. Swann Arlaud is a French actor.
Paul Belmondo dies
Lightnin Hopkins, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, known for american singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist, died on 1982-01-30.
Archibald MacLeish, American poet and 9th librarian of congress, known for american poet and 9th librarian of congress, died on 1982-04-20.
Vladimir Zworykin, American russian-american engineer, known for russian-american engineer, died on 1982-07-29.
Leonid Brezhnev dies