1982 - What happened in 1982 ?

January 1982

Wednesday 06:

William Bonin convicted of being the "freeway killer".

Sunday 10:

The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C was recorded at Braemar in Aberdeenshire. This equalled the record set in the same place on February 11, 1895.

Monday 11:

A cold snap sends temperatures to record lows in dozens of cities throughout the Midwestern United States.

Sunday 17:

"Cold Sunday" in the United States sees temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities.

Sunday 24:

Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals, 26-21 in the first Super Bowl played north of the Mason-Dixon line

February 1982

Monday 01:

Senegal and Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.

Tuesday 02:

1986 - Nurse Anita Cobby is found Dead in a paddock in Prospect, She had been Robbed, Raped + Murdered. 5 men, Micheal Murphy, Gary Murphy, Les Murphy, Micheal Murdoch + John Travers Sentenced to life imprisonment without parole, June 1987 for Anita Cobby's Murder

Wednesday 10:

Das Boot opens in United States theaters.

Monday 15:

The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 rig workers.

March 1982

Friday 05:

Venera 14, a Soviet satellite arrives at the planet Venus.

Wednesday 10:

Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun.

Friday 19:

Falklands War: Argentines land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.

Friday 26:

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.

Monday 29:

Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory".

April 1982

Friday 02:

John Chancellor helms the news desk at the NBC Nightly News for the final time, after eleven-and-a-half years.

Saturday 17:

Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada.

Saturday 24:

In Harrogate, United Kingdom, Nicole wins the twenty-seventh Eurovision Song Contest for Germany singing "Ein bißchen Frieden" (A little bit of peace).

May 1982

Saturday 01:

The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Sunday 02:

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.

Tuesday 25:

HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.

Friday 28:

Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.

Sunday 30:

Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.

June 1982

Sunday 06:

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.

Saturday 12:

in New York City's Central Park, 750,000 people rally against nuclear weapons. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt are in attendance.

Monday 14:

Falklands War ends: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley unconditionally surrender to British forces.

Thursday 17:

The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.

Monday 21:

Fête de la Musique street music festival inaugurated in France by Jack Lang.

July 1982

Sunday 04:

Four Iranian diplomats have been kidnapped upon Israel invasion of lebanon.

Friday 09:

A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 people on board and eight others on the ground.

Sunday 11:

Football World Cup 1982: Italy defeats West Germany 3–1 at Santiago Bernabéu stadium, Spain to win the Football World Cup.

Monday 12:

1982 - Italy wins the World Cup for a third time.

Friday 23:

The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.

August 1982

Wednesday 18:

Japanese election law is amended to allow for proportional representation.

Friday 20:

Lebanese Civil War: A multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon.

Sunday 29:

The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

September 1982

Wednesday 15:

The first issue of USA Today is published by Gannett.

Thursday 16:

Sabra and Shatila massacre.

Sunday 19:

Scott Fahlman posts the first recorded instance of the emoticon :-) to an online bulletin board

Thursday 30:

The TV sitcom Cheers premieres.

October 1982

Friday 01:

The EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World in Florida, United States.

Thursday 07:

Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

Friday 08:

Poland bans Solidarity.

Tuesday 19:

John De Lorean is arrested for trafficking in cocaine.

Wednesday 20:

St. Louis Cardinals defeat Milwaukee Brewers 6-3 to win 9th World Series Championship.

November 1982

Friday 12:

In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov is selected to become the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late Leonid I. Brezhnev.

Sunday 14:

Lech Wa??sa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

Thursday 18:

Duk Koo Kim died unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.

Monday 29:

Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.

Tuesday 30:

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher receives a parcel bomb at 10 Downing Street.

December 1982

Friday 03:

A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that would be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.

Saturday 04:

The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.

Tuesday 07:

First US execution by lethal injection is carried out in Texas.

Thursday 09:

Norman Mayer threatens to blow up the Washington Monument, before being killed by United States Park Police.

Sunday 26:

TIME magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human; the personal computer