1982 in the United States

1982 in the United States
Events from the year 1982 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Ronald Reagan (R-California)
Vice President: George H. W. Bush (R-Texas)
Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)
Speaker of the House of Representatives: Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts)
Senate Majority Leader: Howard Baker (R-Tennessee)
Congress: 97th
Events
January
January 1 – Eddie Murphy makes his first appearance on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson".
January 7 – The Commodore 64 8-bit home computer is launched by Commodore International in Las Vegas
January 8 – AT&T agrees to divest itself into 22 subdivisions.
January 11–17 – 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 (five survive). On the same day, a Washington Metro train derails to the north, killing three (the system's first fatal accident).
January 17 – Cold Sunday sweeps over the northern United States.
January 26 – President Reagan delivers his first State of the Union Address.
January 28 – United States Army Brigadier General James L. Dozier is rescued by the Italian anti-terrorism Nucleo Operativo Centrale di Sicurezza (NOCS) force after being held captive for 42 days by the Red Brigades.
February
February – Brake Masters, an automotive repair chain is founded in Tucson, Arizona.
February 1 – Late Night with David Letterman makes its debut on NBC. The first guest is Bill Murray, who, 33 years later, will be the last guest David Letterman has on.
February 27 – Atlanta murders of 1979–81: Wayne Williams is convicted of the murdering two children and is sentenced to two consecutive life terms.
February 28 – Adobe Systems is founded in the United States.
March
March 10 – The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan support for terrorist groups.
March 16 – In Newport, Rhode Island, Claus von Bülow is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife.
March 26 – A ground-breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
March 29 – The 54th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Hugh Hudson's Chariots of Fire wins Best Picture and three other Academy Awards. Warren Beatty wins Best Director for Reds out of 12 nominations, while Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark wins five awards.
April
April 6 – A blizzard unprecedented in size for April dumps 1–2 feet of snow on the northeastern United States, closing schools and businesses, snarling traffic, and canceling several major league baseball games.
April 21 – Queen Beatrix becomes the first Dutch monarch to address the United States Congress.
April 23 – Dennis Wardlow, mayor of Key West, Florida, declares the independent "Conch Republic" for a day.
May
May 1 – A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. The fair is kicked off with an address by President Ronald Reagan. Over 11 million people attend the fair during its 6-month run.
May 2 – The Weather Channel is begun in the U.S.
May 5 – A Unabomber bomb explodes in the computer science department at Vanderbilt University; secretary Janet Smith is injured.
May 12 – Braniff International Airways is declared bankrupt and ceases all flights.
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.
Cal Ripken Jr. plays the first of what eventually becomes his record-breaking streak of 2,632 consecutive Major League Baseball games in the United States.
June
June 4 – Steven Spielberg and Tobe Hooper's horror film collaboration, Poltergeist, is released.
June 8 – President Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.
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.
June 19 – Murder of Vincent Chin: Vincent Chin, a 27 year old Chinese American, is beaten unconscious by two white auto-workers in Highland Park, Michigan, who think he is Japanese and the cause of the declining prosperity of the American auto industry; he dies four days later.
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 its name to the National Institute for Latino Policy.
June 30 – The Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution of the United States falls short of the 38 states needed to pass.
July
July 2 – Larry Walters, a.k.a. Lawnchair Larry, flies 16,000 feet above Long Beach, California, in a lawn chair with weather balloons attached.
July 9 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Boeing 727) crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 146 on board and eight on the ground.
July 12 – Checker Motors Corporation, an American taxicab manufacturer, ceases production.
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.
August
August 20
Lebanese Civil War: A multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon. French troops arrive August 21, U.S. Marines August 25.
School teacher Carl Robert Brown murders eight people inside a welding shop in Miami, Florida, before being shot dead by a passing motorist.
September
September 1 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
September 3 – Speaker O'Neill and President Reagan settle one of the most unforgettable deals in US history (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act), which would cut the ratio of spending of three to one and add more taxes.
September 5 – Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch is kidnapped.
September 15 – The first edition of USA Today is published.
September 28 – 13 year old Lisa Ann Millican is murdered in Georgia after being abducted from a mall three days earlier by Alvin and Judith Neelley. She is tortured and raped, with Judith Neelley injecting her with Drano and Liquid Plumber in her neck and later shooting her to death.
September 29–October 1 – The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders occur when seven people in the Chicago area die after ingesting capsules laced with potassium cyanide.
October
October 1 – In Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney World opens the second largest theme park, EPCOT Center, to the public for the first time.
October 15 – The Garn–St. Germain Depository Institutions Act deregulates the U.S. savings and loan industry.
October 19 – Car designer John DeLorean is arrested for selling cocaine to undercover FBI agents (he is later found not guilty on the grounds of entrapment).
October 20 – World Series: The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3, to win their 9th World Series Title.
October 30 – The DeLorean Motor Company ceases production.
November
November – The severe early 1980s recession ends sometime this month.
November – The unemployment rate peaks at 10.8%.
November 2 – United States elections, 1982. The Republican Party loses 27 seats to the majority Democratic Party in the House.
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. It last hit a record on January 11, 1973, when the average closed at 1,051.70. The points gain is the biggest ever up to this point.
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 20 – University of California, Berkeley, executes "The Play" in a college football game against Stanford. Completing a wacky 57-yard kickoff return that includes 5 laterals, Kevin Moen runs through Stanford band members who had prematurely come onto the field. His touchdown stands and California wins 25–20.
November 25 – The Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire destroys an entire city block of downtown Minneapolis, including the headquarters of Northwestern National Bank.
November 30 – Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the biggest-selling album of all time.
December
December – John Warnock and Charles Geschke founds Adobe Systems Incorporated (now Adobe Inc.).
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).
December 3 – A final soil sample is taken from the site of Times Beach, Missouri. It is found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
December 7 – The first U.S. execution by lethal injection is carried out in Texas.
December 23 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency recommends the evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri, due to dangerous levels of dioxin contamination.
December 24 – The "Christmas Eve Blizzard of '82" hits Denver.
December 29 – Paul "Bear" Bryant coaches his final college football game, leading Alabama to a 21–15 victory over Illinois in the Liberty Bowl at Memphis, Tennessee. Bryant dies of a massive heart attack four weeks later at age 69.
Undated
A severe recession intensifies in the United States as part of the early 1980s recession.
Seattle is officially dubbed the Emerald City after a contest is held to choose a new city slogan.
Böttcher America, a printing industry manufacturer is founded.
Gateway Packaging is founded in Illinois.
Ongoing
Cold War (1947–1991)
Early 1980s recession (1981–1982)
Births
January
January 2 – Kevin Dudley, football player
January 4 – Hollie Stevens, pornographic actress and model (d. 2012)
January 5 – Jessica Chaffin, actress, comedian, and writer
January 6 – Gilbert Arenas, basketball player
January 7 – Lauren Cohan, actress
January 8
Wil Francis, rock musician, record producer, author, and artist
Gaby Hoffmann, actress
January 10
Tavoris Cloud, boxer
Josh Ryan Evans, actor (d. 2002)
January 11
Tony 'The Grindfather' Allen, basketball player
Blake Heron, actor (d. 2017)
January 12 – Dontrelle Willis, baseball player
January 13
Jason Ayers, wrestling referee
Pawel Szajda, actor
January 14
Chad Aquino, boxer
Vincent Bennett, singer and frontman for The Acacia Strain
January 15
Benjamin Agosto, skater
Brett Lebda, hockey player
January 17
David Blue, actor
Dwyane Wade, basketball player
January 18
Quinn Allman, guitarist for The Used (2001–2015)
Joanna Newsom, singer, harpist, pianist, and songwriter
January 19
Pete Buttigieg, politician
Jodie Sweetin, actress
January 20 – Erin Wasson, model and actress
January 22 – Jason Peters, football player
January 23 – Patrick Levis, actor
January 24 – Daveed Diggs, actor and rapper
January 25 – Bella Blue, burlesque dancer
January 26 – Reggie Hodges, football player
January 28 – Erika M. Anderson, singer/songwriter
January 29
Adam Lambert, singer/songwriter and actor
Heidi Mueller, actress
Riff Raff, rapper and television personality
January 30 – DeStorm Power, internet personality
February
February 2
Katie Britt, attorney, businesswoman, and political candidate
Kelly Mazzante, basketball player
February 3
Becky Bayless, wrestler
Bridget Regan, actress
February 4
Nelson Akwari, soccer player
Chris Sabin, wrestler
Mandisa Stevenson, basketball player
Kimberly Wyatt, television personality, actress, singer, dancer, and member of the Pussycat Dolls (2003-2010)
February 5
China Mac, rapper
Kevin Everett, football player
February 6 – John Murante, politician
February 8
Eric Alexander, football player
Danny Tamberelli, actor
February 10 – Sean Anthony, DJ, music producer, rapper, songwriter, and screenwriter
February 19 – Justin Gatlin, athlete
February 13 – Lanisha Cole, model
February 14
Sean Danielsen, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Smile Empty Soul and World Fire Brigade
Tati Westbrook, makeup artist
February 16
Lupe Fiasco, rapper
Conway the Machine, rapper
February 17 – Vanessa Atler, gymnast
February 18 – Jessie Ward, actress
February 22
Cory Allen, author, podcast host, musician, composer, and mastering engineer
Kim Allen, actress
Kimball Allen, writer, journalist, playwright, and actor
Anthony D'Esposito, politician
Kelly Johnson, baseball player
Hillary Scholten, politician
February 23 – Adam Hann-Byrd, actor and screenwriter
February 25
Kimberly Caldwell, singer
Maria Kanellis, wrestler and model
Bert McCracken, singer and frontman for The Used
February 26
Mario Austin, basketball player
DeRay Davis, actor and comedian
February 28 – Randi Zuckerberg, businesswoman, author, and television creator
March
March 1
Eugene Amano, football player
Dominic Rains, Iranian-born actor
March 2
Mike Nugent, football player
Ben Roethlisberger, football player
March 3 – Jessica Biel, actress
March 4 – Landon Donovan, soccer player
March 8
Daniel Keem, YouTuber
Kat Von D, Mexican-born tattoo artist, reality television star, musician, and makeup artist
March 10
Kwame Brown, basketball player
Dr DisRespect, streamer and internet personality
March 11
Brian Anderson, baseball player
Thora Birch, actress and producer
Lindsey McKeon, actress
March 12 – Samm Levine, actor, comedian, and podcaster
March 15 – Bobby Boswell, soccer player
March 18
Divya Narendra, businessman, co-founder and CEO of SumZero, and co-founder of ConnectU
Adam Pally, actor and comedian
March 20
Chris August, Christian singer/songwriter
Robbie Lawler, mixed martial artist
March 22 – Constance Wu, actress
March 25
Sean Faris, actor
Danica Patrick, race car driver
Jenny Slate, actress and comedian
March 27 – Iman Crosson, actor
March 28 – Pat Ryan, politician
March 30 – Jason Dohring, actor
March 31
Calvin Armstrong, football player
Ryland Blackinton, guitarist and vocalist for Cobra Starship
Brian Tyree Henry, actor
Falk Hentschel, German-born actor, dancer, and choreographer
Chloé Zhao, Chinese-born film director
April
April 1 – Taran Killam, actor, comedian, and writer
April 3
Trey Alexander, soccer player
Jared Allen, football player
April 4 – Justin Cook, voice actor
April 5
Wendy Allen, softball player
Hayley Atwell, British-born actress
Matt Pickens, soccer player
April 6
Aqua, record producer and composer
Alana Austin, actress
Bret Harrison, actor and singer
April 7
Sonjay Dutt, Indian-born wrestler
Tyron Woodley, mixed martial artist
April 10 – Chyler Leigh, actress
April 14 – Neil Anderson, politician
April 15
Mike Anchondo, boxer
Michael Aubrey, baseball player
Anthony Green, singer/songwriter
Tommy Vext, singer/songwriter and frontman for Bad Wolves (2017-2021), Divine Heresy (2006-2008), and Westfield Massacre
April 16 – Gina Carano, actress, television personality, fitness model, and mixed martial artist
April 17
Aja Brown, politician
Tyron Woodley, mixed martial artist
April 19 – Shotti, record executive
April 21
Chagmion Antoine, broadcast journalist
Claybourne Elder, actor, singer, and writer
April 23 – Kyle Beckerman, soccer player
April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, singer and American Idol winner
April 26
Benjamin Arthur, animator
Brock Gillespie, basketball player
Cooper Wallace, football player
April 27 – Katrina Johnson, actress
April 28
Michael Carbonaro, television personality, actor, host, magician, and improv artist
Donna Feldman, model and actress
Nikko Smith, singer
Kelly Thiebaud, actress and model
April 30
Lloyd Banks, rapper
Kirsten Dunst, actress, singer, and model
May
May 1 – Rob Finnerty, news anchor and host
May 2 – Mark Adamek, ice hockey player
May 3 – Rebecca Hall, British-born actress
May 4 – Charissa Thompson, sportscaster and television host
May 6 – Jason Witten, football player
May 7 – Matt Gaetz, politician
May 8 – Jessica Aguilar, mixed martial artist
May 9 – Rachel Boston, actress
May 11
Jonathan Jackson, actor, singer, and guitarist for Enation
Andrew Walter, football player
May 12 – Mobolaji Akiode, American-born Nigerian basketball player
May 13 – Oguchi Onyewu, soccer player
May 14 – Anjelah Johnson, actress
May 15
Alexandra Breckenridge, actress, voice actress, and photographer
Jessica Sutta, dancer and singer, member of the Pussycat Dolls
May 16 – Tiya Sircar, actress
May 17
Kaye Abad, actress
Jamie Kilstein, media personality
Tony Parker, Belgian-born French-American basketball player
May 18
Andrea Armstrong, basketball player
David Hallberg, ballet dancer
May 20
Jack Anthony, singer/songwriter, composer, and musician
Candace Bailey, actress and television personality
Sierra Boggess, theater actress
May 21 –Tay Zonday, singer
May 22
Kyle Andrews, indie rock songwriter
Apolo Ohno, Olympic short track speed skater and actor
May 24 – Cody Hanson, drummer for Hinder
May 26 – Joe Cunningham, politician
May 27 – Natalya Neidhart, pro wrestler
May 28 – Alexa Davalos, actress
May 30 – Eddie Griffin, basketball player (d. 2007)
May 31 – Casey James, singer, guitarist, and American Idol contestant
June
June 2 – Whitney Able, actress and model
June 4
Sasha Allen, singer and actress
MC Jin, rapper
June 6 – Jaxson Ryker, wrestler
June 7
12th Planet, dubstep producer and DJ
Virgil Vasquez, baseball player
June 8 – Josh Pence, actor
June 9 – Jacqueline Coleman, politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
June 10 – Tara Lipinski, figure skater
June 11
Marco Arment, businessman, co-creator of Tumblr
Johnny Candido, wrestler
Diana Taurasi, basketball player
June 12
Ben Blackwell, drummer
Artem Chigvintsev, Russian-American dancer
Jason David, football player
June 13 – Nicole Galloway, politician
June 14 – Freddie Gibbs, rapper
June 15 – Haley Scarnato, singer
June 16 – Chad Anderson, ice hockey player
June 17 – Will Allen, football player
June 19
David Pollack, football player
Michael Yarmush, American-born Canadian actor and voice actor
June 21
Jussie Smollett, actor
Benjamin Walker, actor
June 22
Johnny Bananas, television personality
Ian Kinsler, baseball player
June 23 – Beau Kittredge, ultimate AUDL player
June 25
La La Anthony, television personality, author, businesswoman, producer, and actress
Ryan Block, technology entrepreneur
June 28 – Jason Tam, actor and dancer
June 29
Matthew Mercer, voice actor, screenwriter, and director
James Mueller, politician, mayor of South Bend, Indiana (2020-present)
Lily Rabe, actress
June 30
Lizzy Caplan, actress and model
Mitch Maier, baseball player
Delwyn Young, baseball player
July
July 1
Matthias Askew, football player
Hilarie Burton, actress and producer
Carmella DeCesare, model and wrestler
July 2
Ferras Alqaisi, singer/songwriter
Derek Yu, indie game designer, artist and blogger
July 3 – Steph Jones, singer/songwriter
July 4
Hannah Harper, porn actress and director
Mo McRae, actor, writer, and producer
Mike 'The Situation' Sorrentino, model, actor, and author
July 5
Monica Day, model and journalist
Dave Haywood, singer/songwriter and guitarist
July 6
Nic Hudson, guitarist for Cartel
Brandon Jacobs, football player
Misty Upham, actress (d. 2014)
Tay Zonday, singer, musician, announcer, voice artist, actor, comedian and YouTube personality
July 7
C. J. Ah You, football player
Nick Karner, actor and director
July 8
Sophia Bush, actress
Schuyler Fisk, actress and singer/songwriter
Ariel Helwani, combat sports pundit
Pendleton Ward, animator
Hakim Warrick, basketball player
July 10
Alex Arrowsmith, rock/pop musician
Andrew Greer, singer/songwriter
July 11 – Lil Zane, rapper
July 12
Andy Kim, politician
Jason Wright, football player, businessman, and executive
July 13 – Brandon Whipple, politician, mayor of Wichita, Kansas (2020-present)
July 14 – Ben Silbermann, entrepreneur and co-founder of Pinterest
July 16 – Kellie Wells, Olympic hurdler
July 17 – Amanda Warren, actress
July 18 – Ryan Cabrera, Colombian-born pop rock musician
July 19 – Jared Padalecki, actor
July 20 – Percy Daggs III, actor
July 21
Veronica Belmont, media personality
Qasim Rashad, Pakistani-born author, human rights activist, politician, and attorney
July 23 – Paul Wesley, actor
July 24
George Hu, American-born Taiwanese actor and singer
Elisabeth Moss, actress
July 25
Jared Golden, politician
Oneohtrix Point Never, producer and composer
Brad Renfro, actor (d. 2008)
July 26 – Angel Acevedo, filmmaker
July 27 – Wolé Parks, actor
July 28
Willie Amos, football player
Tom Pelphrey, actor
Brandon Potter, actor, voice actor, and screenwriter
Chima Simone, television personality and journalist
Cain Velasquez, wrestler and mixed martial artist
July 29 – Allison Mack, German-born actress
July 30
Martin Starr, actor and comedian
Yvonne Strahovski, actress
July 31 – Jeff DaRosa, multi-instrumentalist for Dropkick Murphys
August
Unknown – Themo H. Peel, author and illustrator
August 3 – Luis Da Silva, actor, basketball player, author, and producer
August 5 – Lolo Jones, Olympic hurdler
August 7
Lauren Adams, actress and improviser
Brit Marling, actress
August 9
Atia Abawi, German-born author and television journalist
Tyson Gay, Olympic sprinter
Jes Macallan, actress
August 10
Josh Anderson, baseball player
Devon Aoki, supermodel and actress
August 12 – Rob Sand, politician
August 13
Shani Davis, Olympic speed skater
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House Press Secretary, and 47th Governor of Arkansas
Sebastian Stan, Romanian-born actor
August 16
Nick Ayers, political strategist and consultant
Todd Haberkorn, voice actor
Matt Lauria, actor and musician
August 17
Ryan Driller, porn actor
Mark Salling, actor (d. 2018)
August 18
Cullen Finnerty, football player (d. 2013)
August 19
Erika Christensen, actress and singer
Melissa Fumero, actress
Stipe Miocic, mixed martial artist
August 20 – Jamil Walker Smith, actor, director, producer, and writer
August 21 – Daryl Austin, journalist
August 23 – Natalie Coughlin, Olympic swimmer
August 24 – Jennifer Widerstrom, personal trainer
August 26
Esteban Arias, soccer player
John Mulaney, actor and comedian
August 27 – Josh Duhon, actor
August 28
LeAnn Rimes, country singer
Kelly Thiebaud, actress
August 29
Echo Kellum, actor and comedian
Leon Washington, football player
August 30
Juan Ciscomani, Mexican-born politician
Andy Roddick, tennis player
August 31 – Ian Crocker, Olympic swimmer
September
September 1
Matt Arroyo, mixed martial artist
September 3 – Andrew McMahon, singer/songwriter, pianist, and frontman for Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin
September 5
Urbano Antillón, boxer
Hallie Haglund, comedian, writer, and producer
Rose Mazzola, guitarist and bassist
September 9 – Aftab Pureval, politician, mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
September 10
Niklas Arrhenius, American-born Swedish Olympic shot putter and discus thrower
Misty Copeland, ballerina
Bret Iwan, voice actor
September 12 – Jeff Jackson, politician
September 15 – Jesse Andrews, novelist and screenwriter
September 16 – Koby Altman, basketball coach and president of basketball operations of the Cleveland Cavaliers
September 25
Charlene Amoia, actress
Garlin Gilchrist, politician, 64th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan
September 26
AR-Ab, rapper
Damian Priest, wrestler
September 27
Anna Camp, actress
Lil Wayne, rapper
Darrent Williams, football player (d. 2007)
September 28
Emeka Okafor, basketball player
Anderson Varejão, basketball player
St. Vincent, singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
September 29 – Stephen "tWitch" Boss, dancer (d. 2022)
September 30
Lacey Chabert, actress and singer
Kieran Culkin, actor
Ryan Stout, actor
October
October 2 – Tyson Chandler, basketball player
October 3
Applejaxx, Christian rapper
Erik von Detten, actor and commodity broker
October 4
Ilhan Omar, Somali-born politician
Jered Weaver, baseball player
October 6
Bethany Allen, racing cyclist
Michael Arden, actor, musician, and stage director
Lucas Kunce, politician
MC Lars, rapper
Lil Wyte, rapper
October 7
Jessica Allister, softball player and coach
Robby Ginepri, tennis player
Alok Kanojia, psychiatrist
October 9
Colin Donnell, actor
Travis Rice, snowboarder
Kevin Sanders, drummer for Cartel
October 11 – Salim Stoudamire, basketball player
October 12
Bashir Ahmad, Pakistani-born mixed martial artist
Julie Kagawa, author
October 15 – Brandon Jay McLaren, Canadian-born actor
October 16 – Alan Anderson, basketball player
October 17 – Abe Alvarez, baseball player and coach
October 18 – Shauntay Henderson, criminal and convicted killer
October 19 – Brandon Curry, bodybuilder
October 20 – Katie Featherston, actress
October 21 – Matt Dallas, actor
October 22
Heath Miller, football player
Caleb Rowden, politician
October 24 – Guillermo Alvarez, gymnast
October 27 – Dennis Moran, criminal and computer hacker (d. 2013)
October 28
Michael Stahl-David, actor
Anthony Lerew, baseball player
October 30 – Craig Albernaz, baseball coach
October 31 – Matt Anderson, ice hockey player
November
November 1 – John Allen, basketball player
November 2 – Adam Springfield, actor
November 3 – M. K. Asante, author, filmmaker, recording artist, and professor
November 4 – Travis Van Winkle, actor
November 5
Alaché, Nigerian-born Christian R&B singer/songwriter
Tui Alailefaleula, football player
David Archer, football player and coach
November 7 – Marc Orrell, guitarist
November 8
Ted DiBiase, wrestler and actor
Lynndie England, war criminal
Devin Hester, football player
November 10 – Heather Matarazzo, actress
November 11 – Brittny Gastineau, model and socialite
November 12 – Anne Hathaway, actress
November 14
Boosie Badazz, rapper
Laura Ramsey, actress
November 15
Elliot Anderson, politician
Yaya DaCosta, actress
D. J. Fitzpatrick, football player
Joe Kowalewski, football player
Lofa Tatupu, football player
November 16 – Amar'e Stoudemire, basketball player
November 17 – Becky Albertalli, author
November 18
Matt Mahan, politician, mayor of San Jose, California (2023-present)
Damon Wayans Jr., actor and comedian
November 19 – Shin Dong-hyuk, North Korean-born defector and human rights activist
November 20
Bobby Creekwater, rapper
Margo Stilley, actress and writer
November 21 – Ryan Starr, singer
November 23 – Tom Denney, guitarist for A Day to Remember (2003-2009)
November 24 – Ryan Fitzpatrick, football player
November 28
Adam McArthur, actor and martial artist
Malcolm Goodwin, actor
Alan Ritchson, actor, model and singer
November 29
Lucas Black, actor
Ashley Force Hood, race car driver
Eddie Spears, actor
November 30
Nick Hipa, guitarist for As I Lay Dying (2003-2020) and Wovenwar
Jason Pominville, hockey player
December
December 1 – Lance Gooden, politician
December 3 – Dascha Polanco, Dominican-born actress
December 5
Eddy Curry, basketball player
Trai Essex, American football player
Keri Hilson, R&B recording artist, songwriter, and actress
Gabriel Luna, actor
December 7 – Lou Amundson, basketball player
December 8
Raquel Atawo, tennis player
Nicki Minaj, rapper
December 11 – Roman Harper, football player
December 14 – Jesse Garcia, actor
December 16 – Amanda Stuck, politician
December 20
David Cook, singer/songwriter and guitarist
David Wright, baseball player
December 21
Rob Abiamiri, football player
Mike Gansey, basketball player
December 22 – Rodney Martin, sprinter
December 25
Shawn Andrews, football player
James Apollo, singer, bandleader, and producer
December 28
Cedric Benson, football player (d. 2019)
Beau Garrett, actress and model
December 29 – Alison Brie, actress
December 30 – Dathan Ritzenhein, long-distance runner
Full date unknown
Zarouhie Abdalian, artist
Nina Chanel Abney, artist
Curtis Adams, magician
Daniel Alaei, poker player
Maytha Alhassen, journalist
Colin C. Allrich, musician, remixer, audio engineer, and record producer
Alsarah, Sudanese-born singer/songwriter and ethnomusicologist
Roy Altman, judge
Lisa Alvarado, visual artist and harmonium player
Sana Amanat, American-born Pakistani comic book editor
Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, Nigeria-born British-American artist
Triston Jay Amero, terrorist (d. 2008)
Polina Anikeeva, Russian-born materials scientist
Daniel Arango, Colombian-born artist
Maria Aspan, journalist
Roy Assaf, Israeli-born jazz pianist and composer
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, labor organizer, writer, and political candidate
Evan Sharp. entrepreneur and co-founder of Pinterest
Deaths
February 11 – Eleanor Powell, actress and dancer (b. 1912)
February 17 – Thelonious Monk, pianist and composer (b. 1917)
March 5 – John Belushi, comedian and actor (b. 1949)
May 1 – William Primrose, Scottish-born violist in Provo, Utah (b. 1904)
June 12 – Al Rinker, singer-songwriter (b. 1907)
June 8 – Satchel Paige, baseball player (b. 1906)
July 2 – DeFord Bailey, country musician (b. 1899)
July 6 – Bob Johnson, baseball outfielder and manager (b. 1905)
July 18 – John Maxwell, actor (b. 1918)
July 19 – Hugh Everett III, American physicist (b. 1930)
July 21 – Dave Garroway, television host (b. 1913)
July 22 – Lloyd Waner, baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1906)
August 12 – Henry Fonda, actor (b. 1905)
September 30 – Bill George, American football player (Chicago Bears); member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1929)
October 11 – Edith Quimby, medical researcher and physicist (b. 1891)
October 18 – Bess Truman, First Lady of the United States, Second Lady of the United States (b. 1885)
October 29 – J. C. Hall, founder of Hallmark Cards (b. 1891)
November 1
James Broderick, actor (b. 1927)
King Vidor, film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1894)
November 16 – Al Haig, pianist (b. 1924)
December 21 – Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (b. 1900)
December 27 – Jack Swigert, NASA astronaut (b. 1931)
See also
1982 in American television
List of American films of 1982
Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)
References
External links
1980s in the United States
United States
United States
Years of the 20th century in the United States