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1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January
- January 1 - Central Independent Television, Television South and Television South West start broadcasting in the United Kingdom.
- January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the Freeway Killer.
- January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself into 22 subdivisions.
- January 10 - The lowest ever United Kingdom temperature of -27.2°C is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895, and the record would be equalled again at Altnaharra in 1995.
- January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara during the Paris-Dakar rally. He is rescued January 14.
- January 11-January 17 - A brutal cold snap sends temperatures to all-time record lows in dozens of cities throughout the Midwestern United States.
- January 13 - Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78. On the same day, a Washington Metro train derails to the north, killing 3 (the system's first, and worst, fatal accident).
- January 17 - Cold Sunday sweeps over the northern United States.
- January 26 - Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.
- January 26 - Unemployment in the United Kingdom increases by 129,918 to 3,070,621, a post-war record.
- January 27 - The Garret Fitzgerald government of the Republic of Ireland was defeated 82-81 on its budget; Fitzgerald announced his resignation.
- January 28 - U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades.
[edit] February
- February 1 - Senegal and Gambia form a loose confederation.
- February 2 - The Hama Massacre begins in Syria.
- February 3 - Syrian president Hafez al-Assad orders the army to purge the city of Harran of the Muslim Brotherhood.
- February 5 - London-based Laker Airways collapses, leaving 6,000 passengers stranded, with debts of £270 million.
- February 15 - The oil platform Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 rig workers.
- February 18 - The Republic of Ireland general election gives a boost to Fianna Fáil.
- February 19 - The DeLorean Car factory in Belfast is put into receivership.
- February 24 - Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers scores his 77th goal of the National Hockey League season, breaking the previous record of 76. He would go on to score 92 goals that season, which remains the record.
- February 24 - In South Africa, 22 National Party MPs led by Andries Treurnicht voted no confidence in P. W. Botha.
- February 25 - The European Court of Human Rights ruled that teachers who caned, belted or tawsed children against the wishes of their parents were in breach of the Human Rights Convention.
- February 27 - In Atlanta, Georgia, Wayne Williams is convicted of murdering 2 children, and given 2 consecutive life terms.
- April 2 - Falklands War begins: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
- April 4 - Falklands War: The British Falkland Islands government surrenders, placing the islands in Argentinean control.
- April 5 - Falklands War: The Royal Navy task force sails to recapture the Falklands.
- April 6 - A blizzard 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.
- April 12 - Falklands War: A 200-mile 'total exclusion zone' around the Falklands proclaimed by the United Kingdom comes into effect.
- April 17 - By Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill, Canada patriates its constitution, granting full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first entrenched bill of rights.
- April 23 - Dennis Wardlow, Mayor of Key West, Florida, declares the independent Conch Republic for a day.
- April 24 - The German singer Nicole wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 for Germany, with the song Ein Bisschen Frieden.
- April 25 - Israel completes withdrawing from the Sinai peninsula per the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.
- May 1 - Falklands War: A Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber takes off from Ascension Island and bombs Stanley Airport.
- May 2 - Falklands War: The nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano killing 323 sailors.
- May 2 - The Weather Channel (United States) airs on cable television for the first time.
- May 4 - Falklands War: HMS Sheffield is hit by an Exocet missile, and burns out of control; 20 sailors are killed. The ship sank on May 10.
- May 5 - A Unabomber bomb explodes in the computer science department at Vanderbilt University; secretary Janet Smith is injured.
- May 12 - Spanish priest Juan Hernandes tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the Fatima, Portugal shrine.
- May 12 - Braniff International Airways was declared bankrupt and ceased all flights.
- May 21 - Falklands War: Royal Marines and paratroopers from the British Task Force land at San Carlos Bay on the Falkland Islands and raise the Union Jack.
- May 22 - Falklands War: HMS Ardent is sunk by Argentine aircraft, killing 22 sailors.
- May 23 - Falklands War - HMS Antelope of the Royal Navy explodes.
- May 24 - Iranian troops retake Khorramshahr.
- May 24 - KGB head Yuri Andropov is appointed to the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- May 25 - Falklands War: Atlantic Conveyor is sunk by an Argentine Exocet missile, killing 12 and depriving British forces of the helicopters intended to be used in the later stages of the conflict.
- May 26 - Aston Villa win the European Cup beating Bayern Munich 1-0 after a 69 minute goal by Peter Withe in Rotterdam
- May 26 - Kielder Water, an artificial lake in Northumberland, is opened.
- May 27 - Tottenham Hotspur win the FA Cup beating QPR 1-0 in a replay.
- May 27 - Conservative candidate Tim Smith held the seat of Beaconsfield in a by-lection. The Labour Party candidate was Tony Blair.
- May 28 - British troops reach Darwin, Falkland Islands.
- May 29 - Falklands War: In the Battle of Goose Green, British paratroopers defeat a larger force of Argentine troops in the first land battle of the war.
- May 30 - Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.
- May 30 - Indianapolis 500: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears 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.
- May 30 - Cal Ripken starts the first game of what will eventually become his record-breaking consecutive games played streak of 2,632.
- May 31 - Falklands War: The Battle of Stanley is fought.
- June 5 - The first Rubik's Cube World Championships is held in Budapest, Hungary.
- June 6 - The 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
- June 6 - The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon.
- June 8 - President Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
- June 8 - Falklands War, British RFA Sir Galahad destroyed
- June 12 - A rally against nuclear weapons draws 750,000 to New York City's Central Park. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt attend.
- June 13 - In Alberta, Canada 15 members of the Black Leopards Karate Club demolish a house with bare hands and feet with the owner's consent.
- June 13 - The 1982 FIFA World Cup is opened in Spain.
- June 13 - Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
- June 14 - The Falklands War ends: A formal surrender is agreed that day.
- June 18 - Argentine military dictator Leopoldo Galtieri resigns, in the wake of his country's defeat in the Falklands War.
- June 19 - The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi, chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
- June 21 - Prince William is born at St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, West London.
- June 22 - British Airways Flight 9 suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane, after flying through the otherwise undetected ash plume from Indonesia's Galunggung.
- June 25 - 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 National Institute for Latino Policy.
- June 30 - The Equal Rights Amendment falls short of the 38 states needed to pass; Phyllis Schlafly and other leaders of the Religious Right take credit for its defeat.
- July 2 - Larry Walters, a.k.a. Lawn Chair Larry, flies 16,000 feet above Long Beach, California in lawn chair with weather balloons attached.
- July 2 - Roy Jenkins was elected Leader of the Social Democratic Party.
- July 3 - ASLEF train drivers in the United Kingdom went on strike over hours of work; they returned to work on July 18.
- July 4 - Four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped upon Israel's invasion of Lebanon.
- July 9 - Pan Am Flight 759 (Boeing 727) crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground.
- July 9 - Intruder Michael Fagan visits Queen Elizabeth II in her bedroom for a chat.
- July 11 - Italy beats West Germany 3-1 to win the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.
- July 12 - Checker Motors Corporation ceases production of automobiles.
- July 15 - Geoffrey Prime, a GCHQ civil servant, was remanded in custody on charges under the Official Secrets Act 1911.
- July 16 - In New York City, The Reverend Sun Myung Moon is sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000 for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- July 19 - William Whitelaw, Home Secretary, announced that Michael Trestrail (the Queen's bodyguard) had resigned from the Metropolitan Police Service over a relationship with a male prostitute.
- July 20 - The Provisional IRA detonates 2 bombs in central London, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.
- July 21 - HMS Hermes, the Royal Navy flagship during the Falklands War, returns home to Portsmouth to a hero's welcome.
- July 23 - The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-1986.
- July 23 - A coroner's jury returned a verdict of suicide on Roberto Calvi, who had been found hanging under Blackfriars Bridge.
- July 31 - 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a highway accident in Beaune in France's worst road accident.
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[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
- November 1 - The Welsh language station, S4C, launches in Wales.
- November 2 - The fourth terrestrial television channel is launched in the England, Scotland and Northern Ireland (known as Channel 4) with the first program broadcast being the game show Countdown, which is still in production.
- November 3 - A gasoline tanker explodes in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing at least 2,000 people.
- November 3 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average 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 January 11, 1973 when the average closed at 1,051.70. The points gain was the biggest ever up to that point.
- November 7 - The Thames Barrier is first publicly demonstrated.
- November 12 - In the Soviet Union, former KGB head Yuri Andropov is selected to become the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late Leonid I. Brezhnev.
- November 13 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
- November 14 - The leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, Lech Wałęsa, is released from 11 months of internment near the Soviet border.
- November 20 - University of California, Berkeley executes "The Play" in a college football game against Stanford. 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.
- November 28 - Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.
- November 29 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37, stating that the Soviet Union should withdraw from Afghanistan.
[edit] December
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[edit] Births
[edit] January-February
- January 1 - David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
- January 4 - Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress
- January 4 - Richard Logan, English footballer
- January 5 - Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
- January 6 - Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
- January 7 - Francisco Rodriguez, Venezualan baseball player
- January 9 - David Barrett, American festival player
- January 11 - Ashley Taylor Dawson, British actor
- January 12 - Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
- January 13 - Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
- January 14 - Victor Valdes, Spanish football player
- January 15 - Benjamin Agosto, American skater
- January 17 - Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
- January 17 - Alex Varkatzas, Greek-American lead vocalist (Atreyu)
- January 18 - Joanna Newsom, American harpist/singer-songwriter
- January 19 - Jodie Sweetin, American actress
- January 31 - Elena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer
- January 31 - Bruno Nogueira, Portuguese actor, comedian, and tv host
- February 2 - Kelly Mazzante, American basketball player
- February 4 - Mandisa Stevenson, American basketball player
- February 4 - Kimberly Wyatt, singer The Pussycat Dolls
- February 4 - Tomas Vaitkus, Lithuanian professional road racing cyclist
- February 9 - Ami Suzuki, Japanese singer
- February 10 - Mon Redee Sut Txi, Malaysian athlete
- February 10 - Justin Gatlin, American athlete
- February 12 - Onil Joseph, American baseball player
- February 14 - Marian Gaborik, Czechosovakian (now Slovakia) hockey player
- February 17 - Adriano Leite Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer (soccer player)
- February 22 - Jenna Haze, American pornographic actress
- February 25 - Chris Baird, Northern Irish footballer
- February 27 - Benjamin Bradley, American porn actor
- February 28 - Andres Nuiamäe, Estonian soldier (d. 2004)
[edit] March-April
- March 2 - Henrik Lundqvist, Swedish hockey goaltender
- March 2 - Ben Roethlisberger, American football player (Pittsburgh Steelers)
- March 3 - Jessica Biel, American actress
- March 4 - Landon Donovan, American soccer player
- March 4 - Charity Rahmer, American actress
- March 5 - Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
- March 7 - Erika Yamakawa, Japanese talent
- March 8 - Nicoleta Onel, Romanian gymnast
- March 9 - Paul Ballard, English television presenter
- March 10 - Kwame Brown, American basketball player
- March 10 - Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
- March 11 - Thora Birch, American actress
- March 20 - Nick Wheeler, American musician (The All-American Rejects)
- March 23 - Tomasz Kuszczak, Polish football (soccer) goalkeeper
- March 24 - Kenichirou Ohashi. Japanese voice actor
- March 25 - Danica Patrick, American race car driver
- March 25 - Sean Faris, American actor
- March 30 - Jason Dohring, American actor
- March 30 - Javier Garcia Portillo, Spanish footballer (soccer player)
- April 1 - Sam Huntington, American actor
- April 1 - Taran Killam, American actor
- April 3 - Kasumi Nakane, Japanese gravure idol
- April 6 - Ilan Hall, Israeli-American chef
- April 8 - Judy Star, American actress
- April 12 - Chyler Leigh, American actress
- April 13 - Nellie McKay, American singer
- April 22 - Kaká, Brazilian footballer (soccer player)
- April 24 - Kelly Clarkson, American singer
- April 24 - Shayna Nackoney, Canadian synchronized swimmer
- April 25 - Monty Panesar, English cricketer
- April 30 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress
- April 30 - Lloyd Banks, African American/ Puertorican Rapper
[edit] May-June
- May 9 - Rachel Boston, American beauty queen and actress
- May 10 - Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer
- May 10 - Jeremy Gable, American playwright
- May 13 - Yoko Kumada, Japanese gravure idol
- May 13 - Oguchi Onyewu, American soccer player
- May 15 - Jessica Sutta, singer The Pussycat Dolls
- May 15 - Veronica Campbell, Jamaican athlete
- May 17 - Tony Parker, French basketball player
- May 18 - Eric West, American actor and singer
- May 19 - Kevin Amankwaah, English footballer
- May 20 - Petr Čech, Czech footballer (soccer player)
- May 22 - Apolo Anton Ohno, American short track speed skater
- May 26 - Yoko Matsugane, Japanese model
- June 1 - Justine Henin-Hardenne, Belgian tennis player
- June 3 - Yelena Isinbayeva, Russian athlete
- June 4 - Jin Au-Yeung, Chinese rapper
- June 7 - Amy Nuttall, British actress and opera singer
- June 8 - Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player
- June 10 - Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
- June 10 - Princess Madeleine of Sweden
- June 11 - Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
- June 11 - Eldar Rønning, Norwegian cross-country skier
- June 16 - Missy Peregrym, American actress
- June 21 - Prince William of Wales
- June 22 - Soraia Chaves, Portuguese actress and model
- June 23 - Kenny Techstepper, American music journalist
- June 24 - Jarret Stoll, Canadian ice hockey player
- June 25 - Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
- June 30 - Lizzy Caplan, American actress
[edit] July-August
- July 1 - Hilarie Burton, American actress and VJ
- July 5 - Alberto Gilardino, Italian footballer
- July 7 - Jan Lastuvka, Czech footballer
- July 8 - Sophia Bush, American actress
- July 8 - Tarah Paige, American actress
- July 8 - Hakim Warrick, American basketball player
- July 9 - Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese racecar driver
- July 10 - Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
- July 10 - Sebastian Mila, Polish footballer
- July 12 - Antonio Cassano, Italian footballer (soccer player)
- July 13 - Simon Clist, English footballer
- July 18 - Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress and beauty queen
- July 18 - Ryan Cabrera, American musician
- July 19 - Jared Padalecki, American actor
- July 23 - Claudette Ortiz, American soul singer
- July 24 - Anna Paquin, Canadian-born actress
- July 25 - Brad Renfro, American actor
- July 29 - Allison Mack, American actress
- July 31 - Melanie Vallejo, Australian TV actress
- August 2 - Hélder Postiga, Portuguese footballer (soccer player)
- August 7 - Yana Klochkova, Ukrainian swimmer
- August 9 - Tyson Gay, American athlete
- August 10 - Devon Aoki, American supermodel and actress
- August 10 - Shaun Murphy, English snooker player
- August 13 - Shani Davis, American speed skater
- August 19 - Erika Christensen, American actress
- August 24 - Kim Källström, Swedish footballer
- August 28 - LeAnn Rimes, American singer
- August 28 - Karo Parisyan, Armenian MMA fighter
- August 30 - Andy Roddick, American tennis player
- August 31 - José Manuel Reina Páez, Spanish footballer
[edit] September-October
- September 1 - Jeffrey Buttle, Canadian figure skater
- September 2 - Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
- September 3 - Andrew McMahon, American musician
- September 3 - Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
- September 4 - Alessandra Rubi Streignard Villarreal, Spanish actress, model, and singer
- September 7 - Lorne Berfield, American actor
- September 9 - Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer and songwriter
- September 12 - Nana Ozaki, Japanese gravure idol
- September 13 - Nenê, Brazilian basketball player
- September 19 - Nicole Voss, American model
- September 27 - Lil Wayne, American rapper
- September 27 - Darrent Williams, Denver Broncos cornerback (d. 2007)
- September 28 - Emeka Okafor, American basketball player
- September 29 - Ariana Jollee, American porn actress and director
- September 30 - Lacey Chabert, American actress
- September 30 - Michelle Marsh, British model
- October 3 - Erik von Detten, American actor
- October 6 - MC Lars, American rapper
- October 7 - Jermaine Defoe, English footballer
- October 7 - Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
- October 11 - Salim Stoudamire, American basketball player
- October 13 - Ian James Thorpe, Australian swimmer
- October 13 - Jo Yoon-hee, South Korean actress & model
- October 15 - Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Qatari athlete
- October 18 or 19th - Shauntay Henderson, American criminal
- October 22 - Robinson Canó, Dominican baseball player
- October 25 - Eman Lam, Hong Kong singer
- October 27 - Patrick Fugit, American actor
- October 27 - Dennis Moran, American computer hacker
- October 28 - Anthony Lerew, American baseball player
[edit] November-December
- November 2 - Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer
- November 10 - Heather Matarazzo, American actress
- November 11 - Brittny Gastineau, American model and socialite
- November 12 - Anne Hathaway, American actress
- November 13 - Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
- November 14 - Sailosi Tagicakibau, Samoan rugby player
- November 17 - Rett Devil, activist
- November 22 - Charlene Choi, Hong Kong singer and actress
- November 27 - Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Russian soccer player
- November 29 - Ashley Force, American race car driver
- November 30 - Elisha Cuthbert, Canadian actress
- December 3 - Michael Essien, Ghanaian soccer player
- December 13 - Anthony Callea, Australian singer
- December 14 - Anthony Way, British singer and actor
- December 20 - David Wright, New York Mets third baseman
- December 27 - Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist (Týr)
- December 30 - Kristin Kreuk, Canadian actress
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[edit] 1982 in fiction
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