Major Events
- Apr 2 Several thousand Argentine troops invade and seize the Falkland Islands from the United Kingdom
- Apr 17 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
- May 2 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
- Jun 6 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out the PLO
- Jun 14 Argentina surrenders to Great Britain, ending the 74-day Falklands Islands conflict
- Oct 14 US President Reagan proclaims a war on drugs
- Oct 27 China announces its population has reached 1 billion plus people
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1982 in Film & TV
- Feb 14 "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
- Nov 30 "Gandhi" directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Ben Kingsley and John Gielgud premieres in New Delhi (Best Picture 1983)
1982 in Music
- Mar 26 Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder release the single "Ebony & Ivory" in the UK
- Jul 24 Single "Eye Of The Tiger" by Survivor from "Rocky III" soundtrack starts 6-week run at #1 on US charts (Grammy for Best Rock Performance)
- Jul 27 Alan Menken and Howard Ashman's musical "Little Shop of Horrors" opens Off-Broadway at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC
- Oct 1 Marvin Gaye releases his last studio album "Midnight Love" featuring single "Sexual Healing"
- Oct 7 Musical "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater on Broadway, NYC; runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000, wins 7 Tony and 1 Grammy Award
- Nov 30 "Thriller", 6th studio album by Michael Jackson is released (Grammy Award Album of the Year 1984, best-selling album of all time, Billboard Album of the Year 1983)
1982 in Sport
- Jan 2 "The Epic in Miami", in 85 degree heat (Fahrenheit), the San Diego Chargers defeat the Miami Dolphins 41-38 in overtime in the AFC Divisional Playoff Game, a game that set numerous playoff scoring records
- Jan 10 NFC Championship, Candlestick Park, SF: San Francisco 49ers beat Dallas Cowboys, 28-27; "The Catch" - iconic moment in NFL history - Dwight Clark makes fingertip catch for a TD from Joe Montana with 58" remaining; SF goes on to win Super Bowl
- Feb 12 Wayne Gretzky scores 153rd point of season, breaking NHL record
- Sep 21 NFL players begin a 57 day strike
- Nov 12 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket for Pakistan v India, goes to 215
- Nov 13 WBA lightweight champion Ray Mancini beats South Korean challenger Duk Koo Kim by TKO in 14th round in Las Vegas; Kim collapses, falls into a coma and dies 4 days later; as a result, WBC shortens title bouts to 12 rounds; WBA & WBO follow in 1988, and IBF in 1989
- Dec 24 Chaminade, with a student body of only 850 students, beats #1 ranked Virginia 77-72 in a Honolulu holiday basketball classic
Did You Know?
1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (U of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart
Kate Middleton
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Jessica Biel
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Kelly Clarkson
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Anne Hathaway
Alison Brie
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LeAnn Rimes
Billie Piper
Nicki Minaj
Li Na
Ben Roethlisberger
Dan Carter
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Fun Fact About 1982
Heavy metal musician Ozzy Osbourne allegedly bites the head off a bat on stage in Des Moines, Iowa
Archibald MacLeish
Satchel Paige
Vladimir Zworykin
Bess Truman
Leonid Brezhnev
Jean Batten
John Belushi
Henry Fonda
Ingrid Bergman
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Articles About 1982
'The Most Famous of All Streaks'
Erika Roe bounced into the history books on this day when, topless, she skipped onto the pitch at a rugby game to the roar of 60,000 cheering spectators.January 2
Argentine Soldiers Surrender in the Falklands
Argentinian prisoners of war are marched in Port Stanley after they surrendered in the Falklands WarJune 14
Fatal Legacy of a Beautiful Riviera
Two famous American women – Grace Kelly and Isadora Duncan, both died after tragic motoring accidents in the same area on this day, though half a century apart.September 14
Famous Weddings in 1982
- Jan 8 American figure skater Dorothy Hamill (25) weds singer and actor Dean Paul Martin (30); divorce in 1983
- Jan 28 Actor Danny Devito (37) weds actress Rhea Perlman (33)
- Mar 19 American race car driver Al Unser Jr (19) weds Shelley Leonard (23) at Valley View Bible Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona; divorce in 1999
Famous Divorces in 1982
- Feb 16 Actors Lee Majors and Farrah Fawcett Majors divorce
- Apr 8 Actor Bryan Cranston (26) divorces writer Mickey Middleton after 4 years of marriage
- Apr 23 Professional boxer George Foreman (33) divorces Sharon Goodson after 7 months of marriage
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Ben Kingsley
John Lennon
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Wayne Gretzky
Yoko Ono
Deng Xiaoping
François Mitterrand
Margaret Thatcher
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