Title: 1982 Content: 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was . == Events == * 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. * 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. * 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. == Births == * February 14 – Marián Gáborík, 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 == === January === * 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 === * 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 === * 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 === * April 15 – Riccardo Billi, Italian actor (b. 1906) * April 24 – Ville Ritola, Finnish long-distance runner (b. 1896) === May === * 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 === * 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 Jürgens, German actor (b. 1915) === July === * July 4 – Antonio Guzmán Fernández, 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 === * August 12 – Henry Fonda, American actor (b. 1905) * August 12 – Tomás 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 === * 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 === * 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 Mendès 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 === * November 10 – Leonid Brezhnev, General Secretaries of the Soviet Union (b. 1906) * November 18 – A.K. Nazmul Karim, Bangladeshi sociologist (b. 1922) * November 22 – Stanisław Ostrowski, President of Poland-in-exile (b. 1892) === December === * 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 == * 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 == * "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 == * Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg == Nobel Prizes == * Physics – Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist * Chemistry – Aaron Klug * Physiology or Medicine – Sune K Bergström, Bengt I Samuelsson, John R Vane * Literature – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian novelist and journalist * Peace – Alva Myrdal and Alfonso García Robles * Economics – George Stigler