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1982 Calendar
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1982 Historical Event(s)
- January 13, 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, DC’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
- January 25, 1982 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
- June 8, 1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by Argentine air attack on two landing ships : RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
- September 19, 1982 – Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System.
- September 20, 1982 – The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike.
- October 1, 1982 – EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- November 3, 1982 – The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people.
- November 30, 1982 – Michael Jackson’s Thriller, the best-selling album of all time, is released.
- December 2, 1982 – At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart.
- December 23, 1982 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.
Who Were Born On 1982?
- January 13, 1982 – Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
- March 5, 1982 – Daniel Carter, New Zealand rugby player
- March 15, 1982 – Emily Tyndall, American actress
- April 6, 1982 – Ilan Hall, American chef
- April 22, 1982 – Kaká, Brazilian footballer
- June 15, 1982 – Abdur Razzak, Bangladeshi cricketer
- October 23, 1982 – Valentin Badea, Romanian footballer
- November 4, 1982 – Devin Hester, American football player
- November 8, 1982 – Lynndie England, former U.S. Army reservist, associated with Abu Ghraib
- November 24, 1982 – Sean O'Loughlin, English rugby league footballer