1982

**1982** (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar.

## 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.
- 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

- 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

### 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 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 – 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

## 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