Chronology year 1982

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January 1982

Air tragedy of Air Florida Flight 90, in Washington D.C., after taking off on ice: the plane crashes into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.
Premiere of the TV series Knight Rider (The Punisher) in the USA.
Death of American musician John Belushi, on March 5 — Belushi passed away in March.
Organization of the Grammy Awards.
Birth of British singer Lily Allen, on May 2, 1985 — Lily Allen was born in 1985, not 1982.

February 1982

Release of the album Rio by the band Duran Duran.
San Francisco 49ers victory in Super Bowl XVI, with Joe Montana as MVP.
Premiere of the TV show Late Night with David Letterman.
Launch of the electronic game Pitfall! by Activision.
Death of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges — Borges died in June 1986.

March 1982

Death of American musician John Belushi, on March 5, aged 33.
Release of the album Screaming for Vengeance by the band Judas Priest.
Landslide in Nagasaki, Japan, causing more than 30 deaths.
Launch of the electronic game Jungle Hunt by Taito.

April 1982

Invasion of the Falkland Islands by Argentina, on April 2, starting the Falklands War with the United Kingdom.
Release of the album The Number of the Beast by the band Iron Maiden.
Release of the film Poltergeist, by Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg.
Premiere of the TV series Family Ties in the USA.
Collapse of the New World Hotel in Singapore, resulting in 33 deaths.

May 1982

Surrender of Argentine forces in the Battle of Goose Green, in the Falklands.
Sinking of the British ship HMS Sheffield in the Falklands War, with 20 deaths.
Organization of the Cannes Film Festival.
Release of the film Conan the Barbarian, with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

June 1982

Release of the film E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial, by Steven Spielberg, in the USA.
Italy's victory in the Football World Cup, held in Spain.
Definitive surrender of Argentina in the Falkland Islands, on June 14.
Release of the album Signals by the band Rush.
Birth of Australian actor Wentworth Miller, on June 2.

July 1982

Release of the film Blade Runner, by Ridley Scott, with Harrison Ford.
Release of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska album.
Air crash of Pan Am flight 759 in New Orleans, with 153 deaths.
Holding of the Football World Cup, with emphasis on the Brazil x Italy game (Brazil's defeat by 3 to 2).
Death of Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez — García Márquez passed away in April 2014.

August 1982

Release of the album Rio by the band Duran Duran in the American version.
Birth of American singer Nick Jonas, on September 16, 1992 — Nick Jonas was born in 1992.
Launch of the electronic game Pitfall! in version for Atari 2600.

September 1982

Release of the album Toto IV by the band Toto, which would win six Grammys in 1983.
Jimmy Connors' victory in the US Open tennis.
Assassination of Bashir Gemayel, elected president of Lebanon, and massacre in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut.
Premiere of the TV series Cheers in the USA.
Birth of British singer Liam Gallagher, on September 21st.

October 1982

Release of the album Business as Usual by the band Men at Work.
St. Louis Cardinals win in baseball's World Series — the Cardinals won, not the Dodgers.
Premiere of the TV series Family Ties in the USA.
Opening of the EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World, in Florida.
Launch of the electronic game Dig Dug by Namco.

November 1982

Release of Michael Jackson's album Thriller, on November 30, which would become the best-selling album in history.
Death of Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet leader, on November 10; Yuri Andropov takes power.
Opening of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.
Birth of American actress Scarlett Johansson, on November 22.

December 1982

Release of the album The Nylon Curtain by Billy Joel.
First permanent artificial heart implant surgery (Jarvik-7) in Barney Clark, USA.
Premiere of the TV series Remington Steele in the USA.
Birth of British actor Eddie Redmayne, on January 6, 1982 — Redmayne was born in January.
Death of American writer John Cheever, on June 18, 1982.