1982 Calendar
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1982 Historical Event(s)
January 25, 1982
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
January 30, 1982
– Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called “Elk Cloner”.
February 1, 1982
– Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia.
May 2, 1982
– Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano.
June 6, 1982
– 1982 Lebanon War begins: Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their “Operation Peace for the Galilee”, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
June 25, 1982
– Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
November 1, 1982
– Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of their factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
November 14, 1982
– Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland’s outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.
December 2, 1982
– At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
December 3, 1982
– A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
Who Were Born On 1982?
January 12, 1982
– Hans Van Alphen, Belgian decathlete
January 17, 1982
– Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
January 31, 1982
– Brad Thompson, American baseball player
April 6, 1982
– Herculez Gomez, American soccer player
May 27, 1982
– Nattie Neidhart, Canadian professional wrestler
July 4, 1982
– Hannah Harper, English porn star
August 30, 1982
– Will Davison, Australian racing driver
September 30, 1982
– Lacey Chabert, American actress
November 6, 1982
– Sowelu, Japanese pop singer
December 13, 1982
– Dominik Werling, German footballer