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*[[Hama]] is [[1982 Hama massacre|besieged]], killing 10,000
*Several keychains with the logo of the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]], held in [[Spain]] and won by [[Italy national football team|Italy]].
*The [[Compact Disc|CD]] was launched.
*During the filming of ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'' [[Twilight Zone accident|a helicopter crashed]], killing actor [[Vic Morrow]] and child actors Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin-Yi Chen, and injuring six other passengers.
*Soldiers during the [[1982 Lebanon war]] in [[Lebanon]].
*[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]] is released, solidifying [[Steven Spielberg]]'s status, becoming a blockbuster phenomenon, and influencing family-oriented cinema.
*''[[Thriller (album)|Thriller]]'', a musical album from [[Michael Jackson]] is released, and later goes on to become the best selling album of all time. 
*The [[Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic| Argentina military]] during the [[Falklands War]].
*[[Air Florida Flight 90]] crashes into the [[14th Street bridges|14th Street Bridge]] and the [[Potomac River]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], leaving almost 80 dead (74 on plane, 5 on ground).
*The [[Boeing 757]] begins production and, for the first time, is flown in the [[Farnborough Airshow]].
*[[Pan Am Flight 759]] crashes on several houses shortly after take-off, caused by a [[microburst]], killing 153 (all 145 on board, 8 on ground)
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==Events==

===January===
* [[January 1]] – In [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]], clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, [[UTC+8]] (GMT+8.00).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-09 |title=The Forgotten History Of Malaysia's 6 Timezone Changes {{!}} TRP |url=https://www.therakyatpost.com/living/2021/04/09/the-forgotten-history-of-malaysias-6-timezone-changes/ |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=www.therakyatpost.com/ |language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[January 13]] – [[Air Florida Flight 90]] crashes shortly after takeoff into the [[14th Street bridges|14th Street Bridge]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States, then falls into the [[Potomac River]], killing 78 people.<ref>[[Robert Trivers|Trivers, R. L.]] & [[Huey P. Newton|Newton, H. P.]] "The crash of flight 90: doomed by self-deception?" ''[[Science Digest]]'' (November 1982): pp.&nbsp;66–67, 111.</ref>
* [[January 14]] – An [[Ethiopian Air Force]] [[Antonov An-26]] with an unknown registration crashed near [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia, killing all 73 occupants on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Antonov An-26 , Thursday 14 January 1982 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/327948 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash]]: Four [[Northrop T-38]] aircraft of the [[United States Air Force]] crash at [[Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field]], Nevada, killing all 4 pilots.
* [[January 26]] – [[Mauno Koivisto]] is elected [[President of Finland]].
* [[January 27]] – The government of [[Garret FitzGerald]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the [[22nd Dáil]] is dissolved.
* [[January 30]] – The first [[computer virus]], the [[Elk Cloner]], written by 15-year old [[Rich Skrenta]], is found.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci989616,00.html|title=Elk Cloner|work=SearchSecurity |access-date=2012-01-28 |date=June 2004}}</ref> It infects [[Apple II]] computers via [[floppy disk]].

===February===
* [[February 1]] – [[Senegal]] and [[The Gambia]] form a loose [[Senegambia Confederation]].
* [[February 2]] – The [[1982 Hama massacre|Hama massacre]] begins in [[Syria]].
* [[February 3]] – [[Syria]]n president [[Hafez al-Assad]] orders the army to purge the city of [[Harran]] of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]].
* [[February 5]] – London-based [[Laker Airways]] collapses, leaving 6,000 stranded passengers and debts of £270&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1982-02-05 |title=1982: Laker Airways goes bust |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/dates/stories/february/5/newsid_2535000/2535297.stm |access-date=2025-09-14 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[February 7]] – [[Iraq]]i club [[Al-Shorta SC|Al-Shorta]] win the [[1982 Arab Club Champions Cup]] with a 4–2 aggregate win over [[Nejmeh SC|Al-Nejmeh]] in the final.
* [[February 9]] – [[Japan Airlines Flight 350]] crashes in [[Tokyo Bay]] due to [[thrust reversal]] on approach to [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo International Airport]], killing 24 among the 174 people on board.
* [[February 15]] – The [[oil platform]] ''[[Ocean Ranger]]'' sinks during a storm off the coast of [[Newfoundland (island)|Newfoundland]], killing all 84 rig workers aboard.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Loss of the Ocean Ranger, 15 February 1982 |url=https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/economy/ocean-ranger.php |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.heritage.nf.ca}}</ref>
* [[February 18]] – The [[February 1982 Irish general election|Ireland general election]] gives a boost to [[Fianna Fáil]].
* [[February 19]] - The [[Boeing 757]] is flown for the first time.
* [[February 24]] – In South Africa, 22 [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] MPs, led by [[Andries Treurnicht]], vote for no confidence in [[P. W. Botha]].
* [[February 25]] – The [[European Court of Human Rights]] rules that teachers who cane, belt or tawse children against the wishes of their parents are in breach of the Human Rights Convention.<ref>{{cite book|title=Human Rights Law Journal: HRLJ.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AkYvAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=N.P. Engel|page=221}}</ref>

=== March ===
* [[March 2]] – [[Decentralisation in France]]: the Law of Decentralisation creates the administrative [[regions of France]] (''régions'').<ref>{{Cite journal|last=De Montricher|first=Nicole|date=July 1995|title=Decentralization in France|journal=Governance |volume=8|issue=3|pages=405–418|doi=10.1111/j.1468-0491.1995.tb00217.x}}</ref>
* [[March 9]] – [[Charles Haughey]] becomes [[Taoiseach]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].
* [[March 10]]
** The United States places an [[embargo]] on [[Libya]]n [[petroleum|oil]] imports, alleging Libyan [[state-sponsored terrorism]].
** [[Syzygy (astronomy)|Syzygy]]: All 9 planets recognized at this time align on the same side of the Sun.<ref>''[[The Jupiter Effect]]''.</ref>
* [[March 16]] – [[Claus von Bülow]] is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife by a court in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Thomas T.|last=Noguchi|title=Coroner at Large|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiNwUPuUvFAC|year=1985|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-54462-1|page=23}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – A legal case brought by [[Mary Whitehouse]] against the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] of Britain concerning alleged obscenity in the play ''[[The Romans in Britain]]'' ends after the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]] intervenes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/18/newsid_2524000/2524269.stm|title=1982: Judge halts 'obscenity' trial|access-date=2007-11-30|work=BBC News|date=1982-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jan/28/theatre.stage|title=Look back in anger|access-date=2007-11-30|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|first=Howard|last=Brenton|author-link=Howard Brenton|date=2006-01-28}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Argentina|Argentine]] scrap metal workers (infiltrated by marines) raise the [[flag of Argentina]] on [[South Georgia Island|South Georgia]] and the [[Falkland Islands]], two British overseas territories.
* [[March 24]] – [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] seizes power in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/90.htm |author=U.S. Library of Congress |author-link=Library of Congress |title=Bangladesh - THE ERSHAD PERIOD |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[March 29]]
** [[Royal Assent]] is given to the [[Canada Act 1982]], setting the stage for the repatriation of the [[Canadian Constitution]] on [[April 17]].
** The [[54th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Johnny Carson]], are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]]. ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' wins [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and 3 other [[Academy Awards]].
* [[March 30]] – [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] ends an eight-day mission, [[STS-3]], by landing at [[White Sands Space Harbor]] near [[Alamogordo, New Mexico]]. It was the only time a Space Shuttle has landed at White Sands. The orbiter was forced to land at White Sands due to flooding at its originally planned landing site, [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in California.

===April===
* [[April 1]] – The [[1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands]] begins when [[Argentina|Argentine]] forces land near [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], beginning the [[Falklands War]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Moreno|first=Isidoro J Ruiz|year=1987|title=Comandos en acción|publisher=Emecé editores|language=es|page=21}}</ref>
* [[April 2]] – [[Rex Hunt (governor)|Rex Hunt]], the British governor [[1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands|of the Falkland Islands]], surrenders the islands to Argentine forces, leading to [[occupation of the Falkland Islands|their occupation]].
* [[April 3]] – Invasion of the Falkland Islands: Argentine forces begin the [[invasion of South Georgia]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Lawrence Freedman|last=Freedman|first=Lawrence|title=The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: The origins of the Falklands war|publisher=[[Routledge]]|year=2005|isbn=0-7146-5206-7|pages=13–14}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] – ''[[Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]]'': By Proclamation of the [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]] on [[Parliament Hill]], Canada [[patriate]]s its [[constitution]], gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first [[Entrenched clause|entrenched]] [[bill of rights]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Keith Sullivan|title=Education and Change in the Pacific Rim: meeting the challenges|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0I6ZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA60|date=1 January 1998|publisher=Symposium Books Ltd|isbn=978-1-873927-33-5|pages=60–}}</ref>
* [[April 24]] – German singer [[Nicole (German singer)|Nicole]] wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1982]] (held in Britain) with the song ''Ein Bisschen Frieden''.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Kurt Pätzold|author2=Manfred Weissbecker|title=Schlagwörter und Schlachtrufe: aus zwei Jahrhunderten deutscher Geschichte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQZoAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Militzke|isbn=978-3-86189-270-0|page=136|language=de}}</ref>
* [[April 25]] – [[Israel]] completes its withdrawal from the [[Sinai Peninsula]] in accordance with the [[Egypt–Israel peace treaty]] of [[1979]].
* [[April 26]]
** [[Falklands War]]: British troops retake [[South Georgia Island]] during [[Operation Paraquet]].<ref>{{cite book|author=J.B.A Bailey|title=Field Artillery And Fire Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iDGPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT149|date=2 September 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=1-135-47811-2|pages=149}}</ref>
** From 26 to 27 April, [[Woo Bum-kon incident|policeman Woo Bum-kon goes on a killing spree]] in Uiryeong County, South Korea. By the early morning of April 27, after killing at least 56 people with several firearms and grenades, he kills himself via grenade. It becomes the deadliest [[Spree killer|spree shooting]] in recorded history up until the [[2011 Norway attacks]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qi0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7077,5239639 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=news.google.com}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – The [[Bijon Setu massacre]] takes place in broad daylight at a railway crossing in India.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTHFwKU6IwoC|year=1985|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press|page=14}}</ref>

===May===
{{Main article|May 1982}}
* [[May 1]] – A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the [[1982 World's Fair]] in [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], which is kicked off with an address by President [[Ronald Reagan]]. Over 11&nbsp;million people attend during its six-month run.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206170055/http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/ |archive-date=6 February 2010 |author=East Tennessee Historical Society |author-link=East Tennessee Historical Society |title=20th Anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair |year=2002 |publisher=[[The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co.]] |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205015518/http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/history.html |archive-date=5 December 2009 |title=20th Anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair |department=History |year=2002 |publisher=The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/knoxville-worlds-fair-of-1982/ |last=Wheeler |first=W Bruce |title=Knoxville World's Fair of 1982 |encyclopedia=[[Tennessee Encyclopedia]] |date=1 March 2018 |publisher=[[Tennessee Historical Society]] |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 2]]
** [[Falklands War]]: The British nuclear submarine {{HMS|Conqueror|S48|6}} sinks the Argentine cruiser ''[[ARA General Belgrano|General Belgrano]]'', killing 323 sailors.<ref name="Timeline">{{cite web |url=http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/timeline.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101212405/http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/timeline.html |archive-date=1 January 2010 |title=20th Anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair |department=Timeline |year=2002 |publisher=The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. |access-date=9 September 2021}}</ref><ref name="Golowanow">{{cite web |url=https://www.konflikty.pl/historia/czasy-najnowsze/pocisk-ktory-nie-wybuchl-zatopienie-hms-sheffield/ |last=Golowanow |first=Łukasz |title=Pocisk, który nie wybuchł – czyli zatopienie HMS Sheffield |trans-title=The missile that did not explode – the sinking of HMS Sheffield |date=4 May 2012 |website=Konflikty.pl |language=pl |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref> [[Operation Algeciras]], an attempt to destroy a [[Royal Navy]] warship in [[Gibraltar]], fails.
** [[The Weather Channel]] airs on [[cable television]] in the United States as the first 24-hour all-weather network.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://weatherboy.com/weather-channel-celebrates-38th-birthday/ |author=Weatherboy Team Meteorologist |title=Weather Channel Celebrates 38th Birthday |date=2 May 2020 |website=Weatherboy |publisher=Isarithm LLC |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 4]] – [[Falklands War]]: {{HMS|Sheffield|D80|6}} is hit by an Argentine [[Exocet]] missile and burns out of control; 20 sailors are killed.<ref name="Golowanow"/><ref>{{cite news |title=BBC ON THIS DAY <nowiki>|</nowiki> 4 <nowiki>|</nowiki> 1982: Argentines destroy HMS Sheffield |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/4/newsid_2504000/2504155.stm |year=2008 |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref> The ship sinks on [[May 10]].<ref name="Golowanow"/>
* [[May 8]] – French-Canadian racing driver [[Gilles Villeneuve]] is killed during qualifying for the [[1982 Belgian Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/05/09/The-horrifying-crash-that-snapped-the-life-from-race/4136389764800/ |title=The horrifying crash that snapped the life from race... |date=9 May 1982 |publisher=[[United Press International, Inc.]] |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 12]] – Spanish priest [[Juan María Fernández y Krohn]] tries to stab [[Pope John Paul II]] with a [[bayonet]] during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine at [[Fátima, Portugal|Fátima]].<ref name="Timeline"/><ref>{{cite news |title=Pope John Paul 'wounded' in 1982 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7673443.stm |date=16 October 2008 |website=[[BBC News]] |department=Europe |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – The [[New York Islanders]] sweep the [[Vancouver Canucks]] in four games to win the [[1982 Stanley Cup Finals]] in [[ice hockey]].<ref name="Timeline"/><ref>{{cite book |title=Total Stanley Cup: 2008 Playoff Media Guide |editor-last=Diamond |editor-first=Dan |chapter=This Date in Stanley Cup History |url=http://www.stanleycupplayoffs2008.com/assets/pdfs/totalstanleycup2008.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326001907/http://www.stanleycupplayoffs2008.com/assets/pdfs/totalstanleycup2008.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2009 |page=95 |year=2008 |publisher=Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc. |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 18]] – [[Falklands War]]: The British [[Special Air Service]] launches [[Operation Plum Duff]], a reconnaissance mission preliminary to [[Operation Mikado]], which is planned to destroy three Argentinean [[Exocet]] [[missile]]s and five [[Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard|Super Étendard]] [[fighter-bomber]]s. Both Operation Plum Duff and Operation Mikado are called off after the Plum Duff insertion is revealed by a helicopter landing in [[Chile]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eliteukforces.info/articles/sas-versus-exocets.php#prof |title=The SAS vs The Exocets |website=Elite UK Forces |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Alastair |last=Finlan |title=Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror: Warfare By Other Means |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_uefXyZuZNwC&pg=PA41 |date=16 October 2009 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-18043-1 |page=41 |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 21]] 
** [[Falklands War]]: {{HMS|Ardent|F184|6}} is sunk by Argentine aircraft, killing 22 sailors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rna-10-area.co.uk/files/boi_hms_ardent.pdf |title=Report of the Board of Inquiry Into the Loss of HMS Ardent |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151010132324/http://www.rna-10-area.co.uk/files/boi_hms_ardent.pdf |archive-date=10 October 2015 |date=6 August 1982 |pages=3–4 |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407213506/http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/ |archive-date=7 April 2005 |title=HMS Ardent Association |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
** The [[International Maritime Organization]] (IMO) is established.
* [[May 23]] – Falklands War: {{HMS|Antelope|F170|6}} is lost.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rna-10-area.net/files/boi_hms_antelope.pdf |title=LOSS OF HMS ANTELOPE - BOARD OF INQUIRY |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724042320/http://www.rna-10-area.net/files/boi_hms_antelope.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2011 |date=11 August 1982 |pages=2–3 |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 24]]
** [[Iran]]ian troops retake [[Khorramshahr]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://en.alalam.ir/news/1596930 |title=Iran celebrates anniversary of liberating Khorramshahr |date=24 May 2014 |publisher=[[Alalam News Network]] |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
** [[KGB]] head [[Yuri Andropov]] is appointed to the Secretariat of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/1230/123030.html |last=Temko |first=Ned |author-link=Ned Temko |title=From Brezhnev to Andropov: why the transition has been so smooth |date=30 December 1982 |journal=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 25]] – British ships {{HMS|Coventry|D118|6}} and {{SS|Atlantic Conveyor}} are sunk during the [[Falklands War]]; ''Coventry'' by two [[Douglas A-4 Skyhawk|A-4C Skyhawks]] and ''Atlantic Conveyor'' by two [[Exocet]]s.<ref>{{cite web |last=Burke |first=Damien |title=25th May 1982 |url=https://www.hmscoventry.co.uk/d118/25th-may-1982/ |website=HMS Coventry D118 |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EC14467A-DFAF-4030-BDFB-9E1AAF00205E/0/boi_atlanticconveyorpt1.pdf |title=Board of Inquiry (REPORT): Loss of SS Atlantic Conveyor |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012134301/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EC14467A-DFAF-4030-BDFB-9E1AAF00205E/0/boi_atlanticconveyorpt1.pdf |archive-date=12 October 2012 |date=21 July 1982 |pages =1 - 5-2 - 5 |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[May 26]] – [[Aston Villa F.C.]] wins the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]], beating [[FC Bayern Munich|Bayern Munich]] 1–0 after a 69th-minute goal by [[Peter Withe]] in [[Rotterdam]].
* [[May 28]]–[[May 29|29]] – [[Falklands War]]: [[Battle of Goose Green]]: British forces defeat a larger Argentine force.<ref>{{cite report |last1=Roberts |first1=Maj. Brice |title=Mission Command During the Falklands War: Opportunities and Limitations |date=2016 |publisher=Defense Technical Information Center |pages=27–31 |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1022241.pdf |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 30]]
** Spain becomes the 16th member of [[NATO]]<ref name="Timeline"/> and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in [[1955]].
** [[Indianapolis 500]]: [[1973]] winner [[Gordon Johncock]] wins his second race over [[1979]] winner [[Rick Mears]] by 0.16 seconds. Leading to the closest finish to this date,<ref name="Timeline"/> Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps, in what [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]] historian [[Donald Davidson (historian)|Donald Davidson]] and Speedway public address announcer [[Tom Carnegie]] later call the greatest moment in the track's history.

===June===
* [[June 6]] – The [[1982 Lebanon War]] begins: [[Israel]]i forces under Defense Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] invade southern [[Lebanon]] in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital [[Beirut]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Morley Sachar|title=A History of Israel: Volume II: from the Aftermath of the Yom Kippur War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXKJ0qVZHskC|year=1988|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-504623-6|page=176}}</ref> The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes to demand that [[Israel]] withdraw its troops from [[Lebanon]].
* [[June 8]]
** [[Falklands War]]: British supply ship [[RFA Sir Galahad (1966)|RFA ''Sir Galahad'']] is destroyed during the [[Bluff Cove Air Attacks]]
** [[VASP Flight 168]], a [[Boeing 727]] passenger jet, crashes into a forest hillside in [[Fortaleza]] in Brazil, killing 137.
**The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] defeat the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] in six games to win the [[1982 NBA Finals]].
* [[June 11]] – ''[[E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial]]'' is released in the United States; directed by [[Steven Spielberg]], this will become the biggest box-office hit for the next 11 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmssummary.html|title=Top Films of All-Time|work=filmsite.org|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref> 
* [[June 12]] – The Nuclear Disarmament Rally, an event against [[nuclear weapon]] proliferation, draws 750,000 to New York City's [[Central Park]]. Performers included [[Jackson Browne]], [[James Taylor]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Montgomery |first1=Paul L. |title=Throngs Fill Manhattan To Protest Nuclear Weapons |work=The New York Times |date=June 13, 1982 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/13/world/throngs-fill-manhattan-to-protest-nuclear-weapons.html |access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> An international convocation at the [[Cathedral of St. John the Divine]] features prominent peace activists from around the world and afterward participants march on Fifth Avenue to Central Park for the rally.
* [[June 13]]
** The [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] begins in Spain.
** [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|Fahd]] becomes [[King of Saudi Arabia]] upon the death of his brother, [[King Khalid|Khalid]].
* [[June 14]] – [[Argentine surrender in the Falklands War]]: [[Argentina|Argentine]] forces in the capital, [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], surrender to British forces.
* [[June 18]] – Argentine military dictator [[Leopoldo Galtieri]] resigns in the wake of his country's defeat in the [[Falklands War]].
* [[June 20]] – [[Falklands War]] ends with British forces retaking the [[South Sandwich Islands]].
* [[June 24]] – [[British Airways Flight 9]] suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane after flying through the otherwise undetected [[volcanic ash]] plume from Indonesia's [[Mount Galunggung]].

===July===
* [[July 4]] – Four [[Iran]]ian diplomats are kidnapped upon [[Israel]]'s invasion of [[Lebanon]].
* [[July 6]] – A lunar eclipse (umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century) occurs.
* [[July 9]] – [[Pan Am Flight 759]] ([[Boeing 727]]) crashes in [[Kenner, Louisiana]], killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground.
* [[July 11]] – [[Italy national football team|Italy]] beats [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] 3–1 to win the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] in Spain.
* [[July 16]] – In New York City, the Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]] is sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000 for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
* [[July 20]] – [[Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings]]: the [[Provisional IRA]] detonates 2 bombs in central London, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.
* [[July 23]]
** The [[International Whaling Commission]] decides to end commercial [[whaling]] by 1985–[[1986]].
** Torrential rain and mudslides in [[Nagasaki]], Japan, destroy bridges and kill 299.
** [[Twilight Zone accident|''Twilight Zone'' accident]]: During filming of ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'', actor [[Vic Morrow]] and 2 child actors die in a helicopter stunt accident in California.<ref name="McCaffetyPowers1999">{{cite book|author1=Kerri McCaffety|author2=Lynn Powers|title=Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFxLAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Winter Books|isbn=978-0-9653145-9-6|page=74}}</ref>
* [[July 31]] – [[Beaune coach crash]]: In [[Beaune]], France, 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a highway accident (France's worst).

=== August ===
[[File:Lapset odottavat saapuvaa metrojunaa Hakaniemen metroasemalla - DHKL-147 - hkm.HKMS000005-km0025rm.jpg|thumb|[[Helsinki Metro]] train in 1982]]
* [[August 1]] – [[1982 Kenyan coup d'état attempt|Attempted coup]] against the government of [[Daniel Arap Moi]] in [[Kenya]].
* [[August 2]] – The [[Helsinki Metro]], the first [[rapid transit]] system in Finland, opens to the general public.<ref>{{cite book | author = Tapio Tolmunen | title= Mutkatonta matkaa vuodesta 1982. Raka spår från år 1982 | year= 2002 | pages= 43–44 | location= Helsinki | publisher= Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos | isbn= 951-8926-84-0 | language= fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hel.fi/hki/HKL/en/About+HKL/History/History+of+metro+transport |title=Helsinki City Transport - About HKL - History - A brief history of the metro |publisher=Helsinki City Transport |date=19 March 2012 |access-date=21 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150512153035/http://www.hel.fi/hki/HKL/en/About%2BHKL/History/History%2Bof%2Bmetro%2Btransport |archive-date=12 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[August 4]] – The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes to [[censure]] Israel because its troops are still in Lebanon.
* [[August 7]] – Italian Prime Minister [[Giovanni Spadolini]] resigns.
* [[August 12]] – Mexico announces it is unable to pay its large foreign debt, triggering a [[Latin American debt crisis|debt crisis]] that quickly spreads throughout Latin America.
* [[August 13]] – In Hong Kong, health warnings on cigarette packets are made statutory.<ref>Clarence Tsui, ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', 12/12/99, "[http://lists.essential.org/intl-tobacco/msg00330.html From ads to ashes]." ([https://web.archive.org/web/20130113021355/http://lists.essential.org/intl-tobacco/msg00330.html Archive])</ref>
* [[August 17]] – The first [[compact disc]]s (CDs) are produced in Germany.
* [[August 20]] – [[Lebanese Civil War]]: A multinational force lands in [[Beirut]] to oversee the [[PLO]] withdrawal from [[Lebanon]].

===September===
* [[September 14]] 
** [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] President-elect [[Bachir Gemayel]] is [[Assassination of Bachir Gemayel|assassinated]] in [[Beirut]].
** [[Grace Kelly|Princess Grace of Monaco]] dies after having suffered a car crash a few days previously.
* [[September 18]]
**A Lebanese Christian militia (the [[Kataeb|Phalange]]) [[Sabra and Shatila massacre|kill thousands of Palestinians]] in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut; the massacre is a response to the assassination of the president-elect, Bachir Gemayel, four days earlier.
**The [[funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco]] takes place.
* [[September 19]] – The first [[emoticon]]s are posted by [[Scott Fahlman]].
* [[September 21]] 
** The first [[International Day of Peace]] is proclaimed by the ([[United Nations]]).
** In the United States, the [[National Football League Players Association]] calls a [[strike action|strike]], the first in-season work stoppage in the [[National Football League]]'s 63-year history. The strike lasts for 57 days, reduces the [[1982 NFL season|regular season]] from 16 games to 9, and forces an expanded 16-team [[NFL playoffs, 1982-83|playoff tournament]]. 
* [[September 23]] – [[Amine Gemayel]], brother of Bachir, is elected president of [[Lebanon]].
* [[September 24]] – The [[Wimpy Operation]], the first act of armed resistance against Israeli troops in [[Beirut]].
* [[September 25]] – In Israel, 400,000 marchers demand the resignation of Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]].
* [[September 26]] – [[Thermal]]s take Australian parachutist Rich Collins up to {{convert|2800|m|ft}} during a jump; he almost blacks out due to lack of oxygen. He releases his main [[parachute]] to fall to a lower altitude and lands by his reserve parachute.<ref>{{cite book|title=Journal of Meteorology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXMdAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Artetech International|page=284}}</ref>
* [[September 29]] – [[Chicago Tylenol murders]]: an unknown killer laces [[Tylenol]] capsules with [[potassium cyanide]] that kills seven in Chicago, Illinois.

=== October ===
* [[October 1]]
** [[Helmut Kohl]] replaces [[Helmut Schmidt]] as [[Chancellor of Germany (Federal Republic)|Chancellor of Germany]] through a [[constructive vote of no confidence]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Curtis|title=Introduction to Comparative Government|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vB2DAAAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=HarperCollins College Publishers|isbn=978-0-06-500552-3|page=209}}</ref>
** [[Sony]] launches the first consumer [[compact disc]] (CD) player (model [[Sony CDP-101|CDP-101]]).
* [[October 8]] 
** Poland bans the [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] trade union after having suspended it on December 13, 1981.
** After six years in opposition, Social Democrat [[Olof Palme]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Sweden]] once again.
* [[October 11]] – The ''[[Mary Rose]]'', flagship of [[Henry VIII of England]] that sank in [[1545]], is raised from the [[Solent]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Margaret Rule|author2=Mary Rose Trust|title=The Mary Rose: A Guide to the Exhibition and Ship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PbQ87eG9J3EC|year=1993|publisher=Mary Rose Trust|isbn=978-0-9511747-2-2|page=6}}</ref>
* [[October 20]] – [[Luzhniki disaster]]: During the [[UEFA Cup]] match between [[FC Spartak Moscow]] and [[HFC Haarlem]], 66 people are crushed to death.
* [[October 27]] – In Canada, [[Dominion Day]] is officially renamed [[Canada Day]].
* [[October 28]] – The [[Spanish Socialist Workers' Party|Socialist Party]] wins the [[1982 Spanish general election|election]] in Spain; [[Felipe González]] is elected Prime Minister. 
* [[October 30]] - [[Galleria Dallas]] opened in [[Dallas Texas]]. One of the most expensive projects in the year of 1982 

=== November ===
* [[November 3]]
** A gasoline (petrol) tanker explodes in the [[Salang Tunnel]] in [[Afghanistan]], killing at least 176 people.
** The [[Dow Jones Industrial Average]] surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than 9 years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marotta |first1=David John |title=Volker's Bear: The Bear Market Of 1982 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarotta/2017/10/11/volkers-bear-the-bear-market-of-1982/?sh=6335dc0e5a29 |website=Forbes |date=11 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Merrill |title=Dow Industrials Soar to a Record of 1,065.49 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/11/04/dow-industrials-soar-to-a-record-of-106549/7e04d522-a607-4104-ad06-0851c3bcea4b/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=4 November 1982}}</ref>
* [[November 6]] – [[Cameroon]] president [[Ahmadou Ahidjo]] resigns, replaced by [[Paul Biya]] who rules the country for more than 40 years.
* [[November 8]] – [[Kenan Evren]] becomes the seventh president of [[Turkey]] as a result of the constitution referendum. His former title was "head of state".
* [[November 11]] – In [[Lebanon]], the first [[Tyre headquarters bombings|Tyre headquarters bombing]] kills between 89 and 102 people.
* [[November 12]] – In the [[Soviet Union]], former [[KGB]] head [[Yuri Andropov]] is selected to become the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late [[Leonid Brezhnev|Leonid I. Brezhnev]] who had died two days earlier.
* [[November 14]] – The leader of Poland's outlawed [[Solidarity (Polish trade union)|Solidarity]] movement, [[Lech Wałęsa]], is released from 11 months of internment near the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] border.
* [[November 20]]
**The [[General Union of Ecuadorian Workers]] (UGTE) is founded.
**[[University of California, Berkeley]] executes "[[The Play (Stanford vs. California)|The Play]]" in a [[college football]] game against [[Stanford University|Stanford]]. Completing a wacky 57-yard kickoff return that includes five laterals, Kevin Moen runs through Stanford band members who have prematurely come onto the field. His touchdown stands and California wins 25–20.
* [[November 24]] – Representatives from 88 countries gather in [[Geneva]] to discuss [[International trade|world trade]] and ways to work toward aspects of [[free trade]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Radio Free Europe Research|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pkkpAQAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Radio Free Europe|page=3}}</ref> 
* [[November 27]] – [[Yasuhiro Nakasone]] becomes Prime Minister of Japan.
* [[November 28]] 
** The [[Edmonton Eskimos]] win an unprecedented 5th [[consecutive]] [[Grey Cup]] – a feat yet unaccomplished by any professional football franchise – to win the [[70th Grey Cup]], defeating the [[Toronto Argonauts]] 32–16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1982|title=1982 – Edmonton Eskimos 32, Toronto Argonauts 16|access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231143927/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1982|archive-date=December 31, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** Al Ahly SC won the African Cup of Champions club (today known as the CAF Champions League) for the first time after defeating Ghanaian Asante Kotoko
* [[November 29]] – [[Michael Jackson]] releases his sixth studio album, ''[[Thriller (Michael Jackson album)|Thriller]]'', in the United States, which will go on to be the best-selling album of all time at 110&nbsp;million units sold worldwide.

=== December ===
* [[December 1]] – [[Miguel de la Madrid]] takes office as [[President of Mexico]].
* [[December 2]] – At the [[University of Utah]], 61-year-old retired dentist [[Barney Clark (patient)|Barney Clark]] becomes the first person to receive a permanent [[artificial heart]] (he lives for 112 days with the device).
* [[December 4]] – The People's Republic of China adopts its [[constitution of the People's Republic of China|current constitution]].
* [[December 7]] – The first U.S. [[capital punishment|execution]] by [[lethal injection]] is carried out in [[Texas]].
* [[December 8]] – The [[December murders]] occur in Suriname.
* [[December 11]] – Swedish pop group [[ABBA]] make their final public performance on the British TV programme ''[[The Late, Late Breakfast Show]]''.
* [[December 13]] – The 6.2 {{M|w}} [[1982 North Yemen earthquake|North Yemen earthquake]] shakes southwestern [[Yemen]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), killing 2,800.
* [[December 16]] – The [[United Freedom Front]] bombs an office of [[South African Airways]] in Elmont, NY and an [[IBM]] office in Harrison, NY.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/17/nyregion/bombs-rock-ibm-building-and-airline-office.html|title=Bombs Rock I.B.M. Building And Airline Office|date=December 17, 1982|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> Two police officers suffer hearing damage. In March 1984, the UFF claims responsibility for the IBM building bombing, stating that the company was targeted because of its business in South Africa under [[Apartheid]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iREhAAAAIBAJ&pg=3707%2C1069528|title=Terrorist Claim Bombing of IBM Building|newspaper=[[The Daily Gazette|Schenectady Gazette]]|date=March 21, 1984}}</ref>
* [[December 22]] – The [[Indian Ocean Commission]] (Commission de l'Océan Indien, COI) is created by the [[Port Louis]] Agreement.
* [[December 26]] – ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's [[Time Person of the Year|Man of the Year]] is given, for the first time to a non-human, the computer.

=== Date unknown ===
* The population of the [[People's Republic of China]] alone exceeds 1&nbsp;billion, making China the first nation to have a population of more than a billion.<ref>{{cite book|title=China Trade News|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CVsqAQAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=National Council for US-China Trade|page=10 }}</ref>
* A global surplus of [[crude oil]] causes [[gasoline]] prices to collapse.
* [[Ciabatta]] bread is invented by a baker in [[Verona]], [[Italy]].

== Births and deaths ==
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== Nobel Prizes ==
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* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] – [[Kenneth G. Wilson]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] – [[Aaron Klug]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] – [[Sune K. Bergström]], [[Bengt I. Samuelsson]], [[John R. Vane]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] – [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] – [[Alva Myrdal]], [[Alfonso García Robles]]
* [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Economics]] – [[George Stigler]]

== Fields Medal ==
* [[Alain Connes]], [[William Thurston]], [[Shing-Tung Yau]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/12/14/Chronology-of-major-events-1982/1005408690000/ Chronology of major events — 1982 - UPI Archives - UPI.com]
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