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1982 Timeline
April 2, 1982: Argentina seizes
Faulkland Islands
April 2 - June 15, 1982: British
overcome Argentina in Faulkland Islands War
April 17, 1982: British Queen
gives Canada its Constitution.
April 25, 1982: Israel completes
withdrawal from Sinai.
May 1, 1982: British launch
counter attack in Faulkland Islands
May
1 - October 31, 1982: The World's Fair Opens in Knoxville, TN
June 4, 1982: Israel invades
Lebanon in attack on P.L.O.
June 21, 1982: John Hinckley,
Jr. found not guilty by reason of insanity in shooting of President Reagan.
June 21, 1982: Princess of
Wales gives birth to a boy, the future king of England.
June 25, 1982: Alexander Haig
resigns as Secretary of State
June 30, 1982: Equal Rights
Amendment fails radification.
July 8, 1982 - Diet Coke is introduced.
From their commercials you'd think that it was the best thing since sliced
bread.
Sept. 14, 1982: Princess Grace
dies of injuries when her car plungess off a mountain road.
October 8, 1982: Polish Parliament
outlaw Solidarity and all existing labor unions.
November 10, 1982: Leonid
Brezhnev, Soviet leader, dies at 75..
November 11, 1982: Yuri Andropov
elected Soviet President as Brezhnev's successor.
December 2, 1982: First artificial
heart transplant performed at the University of Utah Medical Center on
Dr. Barney Clark. Clark dies later in March 1983.
Movie: E.T.
Time Magazine's Machine of the Year: The
Computer - no longer just an office fixture, the computer comes home
| Top 10 TV Shows 1982-83 | Top Music of 1982 |
| 1. 60 Minutes (CBS)
2. Dallas (CBS) 3. M*A*S*H (CBS) 4. Magnum, P.I. (CBS) 5. Dynasty (CBS) 6. Three's Company (ABC) 7. Simon and Simon (CBS) 8. Falcon Crest (CBS) 9. The Love Boat (ABC) 10. The A-Team (NBC) |
Grammy Recording
of the Year: "Rosanna" by Toto
Grammy Album of the Year: Toto IV by Toto Other Songs: "I Love Rock and Roll" - Joan Jett
and the Blackhearts
Album: American Fool by John Cougar was a blast of stripped-down, small town rock. |
| Academy Awards for 1982 | |
| Best Picture: Gandhi
Best Director: Richard Attenborough, Gandhi Best Actor: Ben Kingsley, Gandhi Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Sophie's Choice Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett, Jr., An Officier and a Gentlemen Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange, Tootsie |
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| My sister's 5th grade Christmas party in elementary school. How do you know it's 1982? The jackets give it away. Also notice the nativity scene on the bulletin board. Written by the picture is "For unto you is born Savior Christ the Lord." You'd never see this in a public school in the '90s. |