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1982 Calendar

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•  January 25, 1982 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
•  March 26, 1982 – A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.
•  March 29, 1982 – The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
•  May 2, 1982 – Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
•  June 19, 1982 – In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped.
•  July 4, 1982 – Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon.
•  July 20, 1982 – Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
•  September 16, 1982 – Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon.
•  October 1, 1982 – Sony launches the first consumer compact disc player (model CDP-101).
•  October 7, 1982 – Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.

•  January 5, 1982 – Benoît Vaugrenard, French cyclist
•  January 13, 1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
•  February 5, 1982 – Marc Kennedy, Canadian Curler
•  February 24, 1982 – Emanuel Villa, Argentine footballer
•  March 5, 1982 – Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
•  May 4, 1982 – Giorgos Tsiaras, Greek basketball player
•  July 21, 1982 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese actress
•  September 13, 1982 – Miha Zupan, Slovenian basketball player
•  November 24, 1982 – Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player
•  December 15, 1982 – George O. Gore II, American actor