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1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar.
Events
[change | change source]- January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
- January 17 - Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home.
- January 20 - Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance. Osbourne is hospitalized with rabies.
- January 21 - B.B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
- February 13 - A 300-pound gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone two weeks later in a dry river bed.
- February 20 - Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
- March 4 - Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin.
- March 5 - Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
- March 18 - Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass' injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down.[1]
- March 19 - Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane he's riding in buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
- March 28 - In Los Angeles, California, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon.
- March 29 - Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory".
- March 31 - The Doobie Brothers announce that they are breaking up.
- April 2 - The Falklands War begins.
- April 15 - Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
- April - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman.
- April 26 - Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
- June 20 - The Falklands War ends.
- July 4 - The divorce of Jack Catain Jr., an American businessman, and Kathleen Richards, an American casting director, is finalized.
- August 17 - The first mass production of compact discs begins in Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany.
- September 7 - The musical Cats begins its 18-year run on Broadway.
- September 30 - The TV show Cheers premieres.
- November 5 - First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
- November 13 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated.
- November 30 - Michael Jackson releases his sixth studio album, Thriller. Which it will later became the best-selling album of all time.
Births
[change | change source]- February 14 - Marian Gaborik, Slovak professional ice hockey player
- April 10 - Chyler Leigh, American actress, singer and model
- June 21 - Prince William, Duke of Cambridge
- August 6 - David Knazovicky
- November 20 - Nathan Vetterlein, American YouTube personality
Deaths
[change | change source]January
[change | change source]- January 10 - Paul Lynde, American comedian (b. 1926)
- January 22 - Eduardo Frei Montalva, President of Chile (b. 1911)
- January 22 - Tommy Tucker, American singer-songwriter (b. 1933)
- January 30 - Stanley Holloway, British actor (b. 1890)
- January 30 - Lightnin' Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912)
February
[change | change source]- February 11 - Eleanor Powell, American dancer (b. 1912)
- February 11 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (b. 1905)
- February 12 - Victor Jory, Canadian actor (b. 1902)
- February 17 - Thelonious Monk, American jazz pianist (b. 1917)
- February 17 - Lee Strasberg, American actor (b. 1901)
March
[change | change source]- March 1 - Charlie Spivak, American trumpeter (b. 1905)
- March 2 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (b. 1928)
- March 5 - John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
- March 6 - Ayn Rand, American writer (b. 1905)
- March 19 - Randy Rhoads, American guitarist (b. 1956)
- March 29 - Carl Orff, German composer (b. 1895)
- March 29 - Walter Hallstein, German educator (b. 1901)
April
[change | change source]- April 15 - Riccardo Billi, Italian actor (b. 1906)
- April 24 - Ville Ritola, Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1896)
May
[change | change source]- May 8 - Bernie Glow, American jazz musician (b. 1926)
- May 22 - Cevdet Sunay, 5th President of Turkey (b. 1899)
- May 29 - Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress (b. 1938)
June
[change | change source]- June 2 - Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, President of Pakistan (b. 1904)
- June 8 - Satchel Paige, American baseball player (b. 1906)
- June 13 - Riccardo Paletti, Italian racing driver (b. 1958)
- June 13 - King Khalid of Saudi Arabia (b. 1912)
- June 18 - Curd Jurgens, German actor (b. 1915)
July
[change | change source]- July 4 - Antonio Guzman Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic (b. 1911)
- July 6 - Bob Johnson, American baseball player (b. 1905)
- July 8 - Gunnar Eriksson, Swedish cross-country skier (b. 1921)
- July 16 - Charles Robberts Swart, State President of South Africa (b. 1894)
- July 22 - Sonny Stitt, American saxophonist (b. 1924)
August
[change | change source]- August 12 - Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905)
- August 12 - Tomas Romero Pereira, President of Paraguay (b. 1886)
- August 12 - Salvador Sanchez, Mexican professional boxer (b. 1959)
- August 21 - Sobhuza II of Swaziland, King of Swaziland (b. 1899)
- August 23 - Alfred S. Bloomingdale, American heir (b. 1916)
- August 27 - Atilla Altikat, Turkish military diplomat (b. 1937)
- August 29 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
- August 29 - Nahum Goldmann, founder of the Jewish World Congress (b. 1895)
September
[change | change source]- September 1 - Ludwig Bieberbach, German mathematician (b. 1886)
- September 5 - Douglas Bader, British fighter pilot (b. 1910)
- September 14 - Kristjan Eldjarn, 3rd President of Iceland (b. 1916)
- September 14 - Bachir Gemayel, elect President of Lebanon (b. 1947)
- September 14 - Grace Kelly, American actress (b. 1929)
October
[change | change source]- October 4 - Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, President of Iraq (b. 1914)
- October 4 - Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1898)
- October 4 - Kunwar Inderjit Singh, Prime Minister of Nepal (b. 1906)
- October 4 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist (b. 1932)
- October 8 - Fernando Lamas, Argentine actor (b. 1916)
- October 8 - Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, English peace activist (b. 1889)
- October 18 - Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
- October 18 - Pierre Mendes France, Prime Minister of France (b. 1907)
- October 18 - John Robarts, Canadian politician, 17th Premier of Ontario (b. 1917)
- October 26 - Giovanni Benelli, Italian cardinal (b. 1921)
November
[change | change source]- November 2 - Prakash Kaur, Indian singer (b. 1919)
- November 10 - Leonid Brezhnev, 4th President of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
- November 18 - A.K. Nazmul Karim, Bangladeshi sociologist (b. 1922)
- November 22 - Stanislaw Ostrowski, President of Poland-in-exile (b. 1892)
December
[change | change source]- December 8 - Marty Robbins, American singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
- December 20 - Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (b. 1887)
- December 23 - Jack Webb, American actor (b. 1920)
Movies released
[change | change source]- 48 Hrs.
- Annie
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Blade Runner
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
- Class of 1984
- Conan the Barbarian
- Das Boot
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- Death Wish II
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Fanny and Alexander
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- First Blood
- Frances
- Friday the 13th, Part 3
- Gandhi
- Grease 2
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- Megaforce
- Missing
- My Favorite Year
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Parasite
- Poltergeist
- Porky's
- Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip
- The Road Warrior
- Rocky III, starring Sylvester Stallone
- The Secret of NIMH
- Sophie's Choice
- Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
- Time Stands Still
- Tootsie
- Tron
- The Verdict
- Veronika Voss
- Victor/Victoria
- The World According to Garp
- Yol
Hit songs
[change | change source]- "867-5309 Jenny" - Tommy Tutone
- "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
- "Believer" - Ozzy Osbourne
- "Body Language" - Queen
- "The Day Before You Came" - ABBA
- "Don't Talk To Strangers" - Rick Springfield
- "Electric Eye" - Judas Priest
- "Even the Nights are Better" - Air Supply
- "Eye In The Sky" - Alan Parsons Project
- "Flying High Again" - Ozzy Osbourne
- "Freeze Frame" - J. Geils Band
- "Gloria" - Laura Branigan
- "Gypsy" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Head Over Heels" - ABBA
- "Heart Attack" - Olivia Newton-John
- "Heat Of The Moment" - Asia
- "Hold Me" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran
- "Hurts So Good" - John Cougar
- "I'm Afraid of Me" - Culture Club
- "Invisible Sun" - The Police
- "Love Will Turn You Around" - Kenny Rogers
- "Make A Move On Me" - Olivia Newton-John
- "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash
- "Open Arms" - Journey
- "Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Gos
- "Over The Mountain" - Ozzy Osbourne
- "Planet Rock" - Afrika Bambaataa
- "Pressure" - Billy Joel
- "Quiero Ser" - Menudo
- "Rock The Casbah" - The Clash
- "Rosanna" - Toto
- "Shake It Up" - The Cars
- "Since You're Gone" - The Cars
- "Spirits In The Material World" - The Police
- "Still They Ride" - Journey
- "Sube A Mi Motora" - Menudo
- "Time (Clock of the Heart)" - Culture Club
- "TV Party" - Black Flag
- "Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring
- "Vacation" - The Go-Gos
- "Valley Girl" - Frank Zappa
- "We Got The Beat" - The Go-Gos
- "White Boy" - Culture Club
- "You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins
- "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" - Melissa Manchester
- "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" - Judas Priest
New books
[change | change source]Nobel Prizes
[change | change source]- Physics - Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist
- Chemistry - Aaron Klug
- Physiology or Medicine - Sune K Bergstrom, Bengt I Samuelsson, John R Vane
- Literature - Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian novelist and journalist
- Peace - Alva Myrdal and Alfonso Garcia Robles
- Economics - George Stigler
References
[change | change source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1982.
- | "R&B singer Pendergrass dead in Pa. at 59". Retrieved 2010-01-14.[permanent dead link]
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