1982 CE

The Falklands War breaks out between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands; the 1982 Lebanon War begins as Israel invades Lebanon; the 1982 FIFA World Cup is held in Spain and is won by Italy; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial becomes the highest grossing movie at the time; Hama is besieged; Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., killing 80; the Chicago Tylenol murders lead to tamper-evident packaging; the Twilight Zone accident kills actor Vic Morrow and two child actors; and the CD is commercially introduced.

In the 1980s, the 20th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland.source
  • January 27 – The government of Garret FitzGerald in Ireland is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil is dissolved.source
  • February 1 – Senegal and The Gambia form a loose Senegambia Confederation.source
  • February 7 – Iraqi club Al-Shorta win the 1982 Arab Club Champions Cup with a 4–2 aggregate win over Al-Nejmeh in the final.source
  • February 18 – The Ireland general election gives a boost to Fianna Fáil.source
  • February 24 – In South Africa, 22 National Party MPs, led by Andries Treurnicht, vote for no confidence in P. W. Botha.source
  • March 2 – Decentralisation in France: the Law of Decentralisation creates the administrative regions of France (régions).source
  • 8 March – A “Political Information System” seminar convenes in Nairobi, bringing together representatives from single-party states (Malawi, Zambia, Tanzania, Uganda) to discuss the viability of one-party democracy in post-colonial Africa.Kenyasource
  • March 19 – Argentine scrap metal workers (infiltrated by marines) raise the flag of Argentina on South Georgia and the Falkland Islands, two British overseas territories.source
  • March 29 – Royal Assent is given to the Canada Act 1982, setting the stage for the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution on April 17.source
  • Libya hosted the 1982 African Cup of NationsLibyasource
  • April 16: VVD leader Hans Wiegel accepts the position of Queens Commissioner in the province of Friesland. Ed Nijpels is elected as the next VVD Parliamentary leader in the House of Representatives.Netherlandssource
  • April 17 – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: By Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill, Canada patriates its constitution, gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first entrenched bill of rights.source
  • April 25 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula in accordance with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty of 1979.source
  • 2 May – The Government affirmed its neutrality in the Falklands war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, and opposed European Economic Community sanctions against Argentina (as did Italy).Irelandsource
  • June 20 – Falklands War ends with British forces retaking the South Sandwich Islands.source
  • 19 July – President Celso Torrelio resigns from office; the presidency is entrusted to a Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces while a new executive is selected.Boliviasource
  • September 21 – The first International Day of Peace is proclaimed by the United Nations.source
  • September 23 – Amine Gemayel, brother of Bachir, is elected president of Lebanon.source
  • October 1 – Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.source
  • 4 October - Bangladesh signs with India a memorandum of understanding on water sharing for two years.Bangladeshsource
  • October 26 - 20 Members of parliament signed a partition which urges the Prime-minister to use his emergency powers against Communist insurgents.Thailandsource
  • October 27 – In Canada, the July 1 holiday, Dominion Day, is officially renamed Canada Day.source
  • October 28 – The Socialist Party wins the election in Spain; Felipe González is elected Prime Minister.source
  • November 6 – Paul Biya becomes the second president of Cameroon following the resignation of Ahmadou Ahidjo.source
  • November 8 – Kenan Evren becomes the seventh president of Turkey as a result of the constitution referendum. His former title was "head of state".source
  • November 27 – Yasuhiro Nakasone becomes Prime Minister of Japan.source
  • December 1 – Miguel de la Madrid takes office as President of Mexico.source
  • December 4 – The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.source
  • December 10 – United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea signed at Montego Bay; it becomes fully effective on November 16, 1994, on receiving 60 signatures.source
  • 21 December – Ernest Mühlen is appointed in Camille Ney's place as minister, whilst Jean-Claude Juncker is promoted to secretary of state.Luxembourgsource
  • December 22 – The Indian Ocean Commission (Commission de l'Océan Indien, COI) is created by the Port Louis Agreement.source
  • 22 December – 1982 Sri Lankan national referendum: A national referendum was held, giving the people of Sri Lanka the option to extend the life of the current parliament by another 6 years, effectively cancelling the general elections which were due to be held before 1983. 54% of votes were cast in favour of the extension. The referendum was described as a dictatorial move by opposition parties, and was the first and so far only national referendum to be held in Sri Lanka.Sri Lankasource

Conflict & Security

  • February 2 – The Hama massacre begins in Syria.source
  • March 10 – The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan state-sponsored terrorism.source
  • March 17: An IKON TV-crew with Koos Koster, Jan Kuiper, Joop Willemse and Hans Terlaag are ambushed and killed in El Salvador. They were trying to interview FMLN rebels because of the upcoming election that will be held on March 28.Netherlandssource
  • 24 March - Lt. Gen. Hussain Muhammad Ershad assumes power through a bloodless coup overthrowing Abdus Sattar's government.Bangladeshsource
  • April 1 – The 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands begins when Argentine forces land near Stanley, beginning the Falklands War.source
  • April 2 – Rex Hunt, the British governor of the Falkland Islands, surrenders the islands to Argentine forces, leading to their occupation.source
  • 2 April: The Falklands War began with the 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands.Argentinasource
  • April 3 – Invasion of the Falkland Islands: Argentine forces begin the invasion of South Georgia.source
  • April 26 – Falklands War: British troops retake South Georgia Island during Operation Paraquet.source
  • April 30 – The Bijon Setu massacre takes place in broad daylight at a railway crossing in India.source
  • May 18 – Falklands War: The British Special Air Service launches Operation Plum Duff, a reconnaissance mission preliminary to Operation Mikado, which is planned to destroy three Argentinean Exocet missiles and five Super Étendard fighter-bombers. Both Operation Plum Duff and Operation Mikado are called off after the Plum Duff insertion is revealed by a helicopter landing in Chile.source
  • May 24 – Iran-Iraq War: Iranian troops retake Khorramshahr.source
  • 24 May – Battle of Khorramshahr ends with Iranian forces retaking the city of Khorramshahr which had been captured by Iraqi forces earlier in the Iran-Iraq war.Iraqsource
  • May 28–29 – Falklands War: Battle of Goose Green: British forces defeat a larger Argentine force.source
  • June 6 – The 1982 Lebanon War begins: Israeli forces under Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon.source
  • June 8 – The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the 1982 NBA Finals.source
  • June 8 – Falklands War: British supply ship RFA Sir Galahad is destroyed during the Bluff Cove Air Attackssource
  • June 13 – Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.source
  • June 14 – Argentine surrender in the Falklands War: Argentine forces in the island capital, Stanley, surrender to British forces.source
  • 15 June – U.N. Security Council resolution 510 was adopted unanimously and noted that, due to the existing circumstances, the presence of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) would continue to be essential for a peaceful settlement.Cyprussource
  • June 18 – Argentine military dictator Leopoldo Galtieri resigns in the wake of his country's defeat in the Falklands War.source
  • August 1 – Attempted coup against the government of Daniel Arap Moi in Kenya.source
  • 1 August – 1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt. The attempt took place during the political administration of Daniel arap Moi.Kenyasource
  • August 4 – The United Nations Security Council votes to censure Israel because its troops are still in Lebanon.source
  • August 20 – Lebanese Civil War: A multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon.source
  • September 18 – Sabra and Shatila massacre: A Lebanese Christian militia (the Phalange) kill thousands of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut; the massacre is a response to the assassination of the president-elect, Bachir Gemayel, four days earlier.source
  • September 24 – The Wimpy Operation, the first act of armed resistance against Israeli troops in Beirut.source
  • October 1 - Opening ceremony of the Queen's Cup. Preparations were made for an assassination attempt on the Thai Royal Family during the opening of the Queen's Cup.Thailandsource
  • October 20 – Luzhniki disaster: During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death.source
  • 6 November – The National Civil Defence Plan was launched, setting guidelines for emergency preparations.Singaporesource
  • November 11 – In Lebanon, the first Tyre headquarters bombing kills between 89 and 102 people.source
  • December 16 – The United Freedom Front bombs an office of South African Airways in Elmont, NY and an IBM office in Harrison, NY. Two police officers suffer hearing damage. In March 1984, the UFF claims responsibility for the IBM building bombing, stating that the company was targeted because of its business in South Africa under Apartheid.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • February 11-19: the 1982 Amílcar Cabral Cup took place in PraiaCape Verdesource
  • 1 March - The Carretera Austral begins to work, which connects the city of Puerto Montt with the town of Villa O'Higgins.Chilesource
  • 20 April-9 May – 1982 Vuelta a España cycle raceSpainsource
  • May 1 – A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, which is kicked off with an address by President Ronald Reagan. Over 11 million people attend during its six-month run.source
  • 14–15 May: Raid on Pebble IslandArgentinasource
  • 1 July – Official opening of the East–West Highway from Gerik, Perak to Jeli, Kelantan.Malaysiasource
  • October 5 – Laurie Skreslet becomes the first Canadian to climb Mount Everest.Canadasource
  • 26 December – Aksel Lund Svindal, alpine skier.Norwaysource
  • The Warehouse opens its first store, in Takapuna.New Zealandsource

Religion & Belief

  • May 12 – Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine at Fátima.source
  • 12 May – Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine at Fátima, Portugal.Spainsource
  • 31 May–1 June – Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom embraces Edinburgh and Glasgow.Scotlandsource
  • June 12 – The Nuclear Disarmament Rally, an event against nuclear weapon proliferation, draws 750,000 to New York City's Central Park. Performers include Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Linda Ronstadt. An international convocation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine features prominent peace activists from around the world and afterward participants march on Fifth Avenue to Central Park for the rally.source
  • 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. An international convocation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine features prominent peace activists from around the world and afterward participants march on Fifth Avenue to Central Park for the rally.United Statessource
  • 4 August – Hallvard Rieber-Mohn, writer and Dominican priest (born 1922)Norwaysource
  • 8 August – The Dalai Lama visits Australia to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of Buddhism in the country.Australiasource
  • October 31 – Marguerite Bourgeoys becomes Canada's first female saint.Canadasource
  • The founding of the moshav Ein Tamar.Israelsource
  • Mayor of Christchurch – Hamish HayNew Zealandsource

Economy & Finance

  • 1 January – The time zone in Singapore has changed to UTC+08:00 and it has not changed since.Singaporesource
  • 8 April – A law is passed to restrict the indexing of wage settlements in an attempt to stem inflation, which peaks at 9.4% over 1982.Luxembourgsource
  • 14 June - The Government devalues the peso, ending the stable exchange rate of the dollar at 39 pesos, passing the dollar to the price of 76 pesos, inflation goes to 0.4%.Chilesource
  • August 12 – Mexico announces it is unable to pay its large foreign debt, triggering a debt crisis that quickly spreads throughout Latin America.source
  • August 12 – Mexico announces it is unable to pay its large foreign debt, triggering a debt crisis that quickly spread throughout Latin America.Mexicosource
  • September 16 - Future Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh becomes Governor of the Reserve Bank of IndiaIndiasource
  • September 26 – Thermals take Australian parachutist Rich Collins up to 2,800 m during a jump; he almost blacks out due to lack of oxygen. He releases his main parachute to fall to a lower altitude and lands by his reserve parachute.source
  • October 1: Prince Claus, who is suffering from severe depressions is admitted to a psychiatric clinic in Basel. He would reappear in public in September 1983. Surprisingly this all improved his popularity amongst the Dutch people.Netherlandssource
  • October 24 - Deputy Commerce Minister, Thavee Kraikupt, resigns with other high-ranking officials over bribery accusations.Thailandsource
  • 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 9 years.source
  • November 24 – Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.source
  • A global surplus of crude oil causes gasoline prices to collapse.source
  • Souk Al-Manakh stock market crash, late 1982Kuwaitsource

Technology & Infrastructure

  • January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).source
  • 1 January – The time zone in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore changed to GMT+08:00, and it has not changed since.Malaysiasource
  • January 30 – The first computer virus, the Elk Cloner, written by 15-year old Rich Skrenta, is found. It infects Apple II computers via floppy disk.source
  • February 19 - The Boeing 757 is flown for the first time.source
  • April 17: Utilities company Electra establishedCape Verdesource
  • April – Syria closes its oil pipeline with Iraq causing significant decrease in Iraqi oil exports.Iraqsource
  • May 2 – The Weather Channel airs on cable television in the United States as the first 24-hour all-weather network.source
  • May 6 - Thaksin bridge is opened by the King and Queen.Thailandsource
  • May 21 – The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is established.source
  • May 30 – Indianapolis 500: 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds. Leading to the closest finish to this date, Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps, 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.source
  • 27 June – The opening of Taitung Station in Taitung City, Taitung County.Taiwansource
  • July 23 – Torrential rain and mudslides in Nagasaki, Japan, destroy bridges and kill 299.source
  • August 2 – The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system in Finland, opens to the general public.source
  • August 17 – The first compact discs (CDs) are produced in Germany.source
  • September 8: Dutch general election, 1982Netherlandssource
  • October 1 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc (CD) player (model CDP-101).source
  • November 3 – A gasoline (petrol) tanker explodes in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing at least 176 people.source
  • December 11 – Swedish pop group ABBA make their final public performance on the British TV programme The Late, Late Breakfast Show.source
  • December 26 – Time magazine's Man of the Year is given, for the first time to a non-human, the computer.source
  • Construction of Muuga Harbour was started.Estoniasource
  • Pakistan builds its first workable nuclear device.Pakistansource

Science & Discovery

  • 1 January – The metric system of weights and measurements was introduced to replace the British imperial systems.Malaysiasource
  • 2 January – The metric system of weights and measures is introduced, replacing the Imperial units.Singaporesource
  • 23 January – Niki Lauda returns to Formula One competition after an absence of two years to partner John Watson at McLaren.Austriasource
  • March 10 – Syzygy: All 9 planets recognized at this time align on the same side of the Sun.source
  • June 11 – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial is released in the United States; directed by Steven Spielberg, this will become the biggest box-office hit for the next 11 years.source
  • 26 June - Bangladesh adopts standards of weights and measures based on metric system.Bangladeshsource
  • July 6 – A lunar eclipse (umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century) occurs.source
  • September 13 - Don Muang security guards discover a time bomb within the departure lounge. The bomb failed to explode.Thailandsource
  • September 19 – The first emoticons are posted by Scott Fahlman.source
  • Ciabatta bread is invented by a baker in Verona, Italy.source
  • Germano Almeida's book O dia das calças roladas publishedCape Verdesource
  • Northern Ireland 0-0 YugoslaviaNorthern Irelandsource
  • Lucía represents Spain at the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Él". She finishes 10th out of 18 entries.Spainsource

Health & Medicine

  • 1 January – Lydie Polfer becomes the new Mayor of Luxembourg City.Luxembourgsource
  • 3 January – Inger Haldorsen, physician, midwife and politician (born 1899)Norwaysource
  • January 20 – Musician Ozzy Osbourne is treated for rabies after biting the head off a live bat during a concert in Des Moines, Iowa.source
  • February – First reported cases of AIDS in Canada.Canadasource
  • August 13 – In Hong Kong, health warnings on cigarette packets are made statutory.source
  • September 1 - Vypeen alcohol poisonings.Indiasource
  • September 21 – In the United States, the National Football League Players Association calls a strike, the first in-season work stoppage in the National Football League's 63-year history. The strike lasts for 57 days, reduces the regular season from 16 games to 9, and forces an expanded 16-team playoff tournament.source
  • October 8 – Poland bans the Solidarity trade union after having suspended it on December 13, 1981.source
  • 11 October – Andrew Peacock becomes Industry and Commerce Minister after 18 months on the backbench when ill-health forces Sir Phillip Lynch's resignation from the position and from Parliament.Australiasource
  • 27 October – The Homosexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 1982 comes into effect, decriminalising homosexuality in Northern Ireland for those aged 18 or older.Northern Irelandsource
  • December 2 – At the University of Utah, 61-year-old retired dentist Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart (he lives for 112 days with the device).source
  • The population of the People's Republic of China alone exceeds 1 billion, making China the first nation to have a population of more than a billion.source
  • Bangladesh enacted the National Drug Policy which helped develop the drug manufacturing industry in Bangladesh.Bangladeshsource
  • Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,226,800.New Zealandsource

Crime & Justice

  • February 25 – The European Court of Human Rights rules that teachers who cane, belt or tawse children against the wishes of their parents are in breach of the Human Rights Convention.source
  • March 16 – Claus von Bülow is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife by a court in Newport, Rhode Island.source
  • 26 March – Mikel Arteta, football player and managerSpainsource
  • April 26 – From 26 to 27 April, policeman Woo Bum-kon goes on a killing spree in Uiryeong County, South Korea. By the early morning of April 27, after killing at least 56 people with several firearms and grenades, he kills himself via grenade. It becomes the deadliest spree shooting in recorded history up until the 2011 Norway attacks.source
  • April – The 1982 Malaysian General Elections. The State Assemblyman for Tampin, Negeri Sembilan, Datuk Mohd Taha Talib was found murdered. The Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Mokhtar Hashim was arrested and later convicted in connection with the murder.Malaysiasource
  • 31 May: Skirmish at Top Malo HouseArgentinasource
  • 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.source
  • July 21 – Unidentified gunmen ambush a car carrying Minister of State and former Vice President Emmanuel Pelaez in New Manila, Quezon City, seriously injuring him and killing his driver.Philippinessource
  • 25 July – The first locally produced drama, Seletar Robbery, is shown on SBC 8.Singaporesource
  • August 15 - A hand grenade was thrown into the Prime-minister's house, causing only structural damage.Thailandsource
  • September 29 – Chicago Tylenol murders: an unknown killer laces Tylenol capsules with potassium cyanide that kills seven in Chicago, Illinois.source
  • November 26: Toos van der Valk, wife of Gerrit van der Valk CEO of hospitality chain Van der Valk, is abducted from her house in Nuland by 3 Italian criminals. She was released after 3 weeks after paying 12 to 13 million guilders in ransom .Netherlandssource
  • December 7 – The first U.S. execution by lethal injection is carried out in Texas.source
  • December 8 – The December murders occur in Suriname.source
  • Summer: tropical storm Beryl hit Sal and BravaCape Verdesource

Disasters & Accidents

  • January 6 - According to Japan Coast Guard official confirmed report, a fishing boat, Akebono Maru No.28 sank with high waves caused by stormy weather in Bering Sea, 32 crew were perished.Japansource
  • 10 January – The former Defence Minister, Tan Sri Ghazalie Shafie survived a plane crash.Malaysiasource
  • January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., United States, then falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.source
  • January 14 – An Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 with an unknown registration crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 73 occupants on board.source
  • January 18 – 1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash: Four Northrop T-38 aircraft of the United States Air Force crash at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, killing all 4 pilots.source
  • February 3 – Syrian president Hafez al-Assad orders the army to purge the city of Harran of the Muslim Brotherhood.source
  • February 5 – London-based Laker Airways collapses, leaving 6,000 stranded passengers and debts of £270 million.source
  • February 9 – Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes in Tokyo Bay due to thrust reversal on approach to Tokyo International Airport, killing 24 among the 174 people on board.source
  • February 15 – The oil platform Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing all 84 rig workers aboard.source
  • May 2 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, killing 323 sailors. Operation Algeciras, an attempt to destroy a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar, fails.source
  • May 21 – Falklands War: HMS Ardent is sunk by Argentine aircraft, killing 22 sailors.source
  • May 25 – British ships HMS Coventry and SS Atlantic Conveyor are sunk during the Falklands War; Coventry by two A-4C Skyhawks and Atlantic Conveyor by two Exocets.source
  • June 8 – VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into a forest hillside in Fortaleza in Brazil, killing 137.source
  • June 8: A Boeing 727 plane, flying VASP 168, crashes in the Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, killing all 137 occupants. This would become the biggest air accident in the history of Brazilian aviation until 2006.Brazilsource
  • July 2 – Qidong (meteorite) fell to earthChinasource
  • July 9 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Boeing 727) crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground.source
  • July 23 – Twilight Zone accident: During filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie, actor Vic Morrow and 2 child actors die in a helicopter stunt accident in California.source
  • July 31 – Beaune coach crash: In Beaune, France, 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a highway accident (France's worst).source
  • 29 September – An Aeroflot flight crashes whilst landing at Luxembourg-Findel, killing six.Luxembourgsource
  • October 11 – The Mary Rose, flagship of Henry VIII of England that sank in 1545, is raised from the Solent.source
  • October 12 – The Saudi Arabian cargo ship Elhawi Star, transporting 3,631 tonnes of ceramic tiles and 781 tonnes of lumber to Chioggia, sank while being towed away from the Port of Rijeka by the tugboats Beli Kamik and Aries because of the unevenly distributed cargo.source
  • 7 December - 4 are fatalities were reported after colliding between a Bus and Train in Habiganj.Bangladeshsource
  • 9 December - Aeronor Flight 304 tragedy. A Fairchild plane crashes to the ground near La Florida Airport, in La Serena. All 46 occupants of the aircraft died.Chilesource
  • See List of Spanish films of 1982Spainsource

Climate & Environment

  • January 18: The protest group 'Stop the ammo train' blocks the rail at Roodeschool to stop the American ammunition transport from the Eemshaven to Germany. Demonstrators chain themselves to the train and the tracks. Police clear the section after which the train arrives at the main station in Groningen. Where an altercation erupts between the police's mobile unit and hundreds of protesters. Many delays were caused the following day by similar protest actions.Netherlandssource
  • March 21 – According to Japanese government official report, twelve climbers were human fatalities, due suffer heavy fog and avalanche hit on Mount Yatsu, Nagano Prefecture.Japansource
  • March 30 – Space Shuttle Columbia ends an eight-day mission, STS-3, by landing at White Sands Space Harbor near Alamogordo, New Mexico. It is the only time a Space Shuttle has landed at White Sands. The orbiter was forced to land here due to flooding at its originally planned landing site, Edwards Air Force Base in California.source
  • March 30 – At least 38 deaths resulted when Typhoon Nelson tears through the central and southern areas of the country.Philippinessource
  • March 31 – 14 killed, 100 injured, and 15,000 others suffer the effects of the eruption of the Chichonal volcano, in Francisco León, Chiapas, 100 km from Villahermosa.Mexicosource
  • May 9 to 14 – 1982 Bei River flood, mainly occur disaster area in Shaoguan, Qingyuan, Zhaoqing and other area of Guangdong Province, kill 493 persons an overall, according to China Red Cross official confirmed report.Chinasource
  • May 16 – The New York Islanders sweep the Vancouver Canucks in four games to win the 1982 Stanley Cup Final in ice hockey.source
  • June 24 – British Airways Flight 9 suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane after flying through the otherwise undetected volcanic ash plume from Indonesia's Mount Galunggung.source
  • 27 June - The strong storms that began on June 24 cause the overflow of the Mapocho River, one of the biggest disasters in the city, as well as other more serious disasters in the south of the country.Chilesource
  • July 23 – The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985–1986.source
  • 3 December – Camille Ney resigns from the government due to poor health.Luxembourgsource
  • December 13 – The 6.2 Mw North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800.source
  • Sultan of Kelantan: Sultan Ismail PetraMalaysiasource

Culture & Society

  • January 24 – The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals to win Super Bowl XVI at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan.source
  • March 18 – A legal case brought on behalf of Mary Whitehouse against the National Theatre of Britain concerning alleged obscenity in the play The Romans in Britain ends after the Attorney General intervenes.source
  • March 29 – Freshman Michael Jordan hits a jumper with 17 seconds remaining to lift the North Carolina Tar Heels to a 63–62 win over the Georgetown Hoyas in the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.source
  • March 29 – The 54th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Chariots of Fire wins Best Picture and 3 other Academy Awards.source
  • April 6 - Bangkok and the Chakri dynasty celebrate their bicentennials. The King and Queen Sirikit led a flotilla of 51 royal barges down the Chao Phraya river in Bangkok along with other members of the royal family. The King, Queen, Crown Prince and his then wife Soamsawali, were all carried down the river in the Suphannahong. The day was declared a national holiday by the government.Thailandsource
  • April 24 – German singer Nicole wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 (held in Britain) with the song Ein Bisschen Frieden.source
  • 24 April – Representing Luxembourg, Svetlana finishes sixth in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 with the song Cours après le temps.Luxembourgsource
  • April 24/25: Table tennis player Bettine Vriesekoop wins the women's single and mixed doubles at the European championships in Budapest. Besides those two titles she also became 2nd in women's doubles in that tournament.Netherlandssource
  • May 26 – English club Aston Villa F.C. wins the European Cup, beating Bayern Munich 1–0 after a 69th-minute goal by Peter Withe in Rotterdam.source
  • June 13 – The 1982 FIFA World Cup in Association football begins in Spain.source
  • July 11 – Italy beats West Germany 3–1 to win the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.source
  • September 18 – The funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco takes place.source
  • November 15 — The State Funeral of Leonid Brezhnev was held and he was buried at the Kremlin Wall Necropolis.Soviet Unionsource
  • November 20 – The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers (UGTE) is founded.source
  • 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 have prematurely come onto the field. His touchdown stands and California wins 25–20.source
  • November 28 – The Edmonton Eskimos win an unprecedented 5th consecutive Grey Cup – a feat yet unaccomplished by any professional football franchise – to win the 70th Grey Cup, defeating the Toronto Argonauts 32–16.source
  • November 29 – Michael Jackson releases his sixth studio album, Thriller, in the United States, which will go on to be the best-selling album of all time.source
  • Mohammedan SC and Abahani KC jointly won the title of Bangladesh Federation Cup.Bangladeshsource
  • Tartu University celebrated its 350th anniversary.Estoniasource
  • Sultan of Pahang: Tengku Abdullah (Regent)Malaysiasource
  • 16–21 March – The 1982 World Women's Curling Championship takes place in Geneva.Switzerlandsource

Births

Deaths

  • 24 January – Alfredo Ovando Candía, 63, 48th president of Bolivia (born 1918)Boliviasource
  • March 2 – Philip K. Dick, 53, American authorsource
  • March 8 – Rab Butler, 79, British Conservative Party politiciansource
  • 27 March – Fazlur Rahman Khan, structural engineer and architect (born 1929)Bangladeshsource
  • March 29 – Carl Orff, 86, German composersource
  • May 4 – Falklands War: HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentine Exocet missile and burns out of control; 20 sailors are killed. The ship sinks on May 10.source
  • May 8 – French-Canadian racing driver Gilles Villeneuve is killed during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.source
  • June 8 – Satchel Paige, 75, American professional baseball pitcher who played in both Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB), his professional career lasted from 1926 until 1966, and he retired two weeks prior to his 60th birthday, heart attack during a power failure at his home.source
  • June 10 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 37, German filmmaker, dramatist and actor, one of the major figures of the New German Cinema movement, death from drug overdose, due to a combination of cocaine and barbituratessource
  • August 29 – Ingrid Bergman, 67, Swedish actress and autobiographer, breast cancer which had spread to her spine, collapsing her twelfth vertebra; her right lung no longer functioned, and only a small part of her left lung had not collapsedsource
  • September 14 – Princess Grace of Monaco dies after having suffered a car crash a few days previously.source
  • September 14 – Lebanese President-elect Bachir Gemayel is assassinated in Beirut.source
  • September 14 – Grace Kelly, 52, American actress, Princess consort of Monaco from 1956 until her death in 1982, President of the Red Cross of Monaco, taken off life support by decision of her husband, after she was declared brain dead. Kelly had suffered two cerebral hemorrhages since September 13source
  • October 4 – Glenn Gould, 50, Canadian classical pianist, television producer, writer, broadcaster, and composer, taken off life support by decision of his father. Gould was hospitalized since late September due to a stroke which had paralyzed the left side of his body, and then suffered further brain damage.source
  • 4 October – Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, politician.(b.1914)Iraqsource
  • November 1 – King Vidor, 88, American film director, film producer, and screenwriter, heart attacksource
  • November 10 – Leonid Brezhnev, 75, Soviet politician, he served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982, and was a part of the country's collective leadership, he also served as the head of state of the Soviet Union from 1960 until 1964, and again from 1977 until 1982, under the title of the chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, heart attacksource
  • 6 December – Jean-Marie Seroney, human rights advocateKenyasource