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

 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 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

 New books 
 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

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