Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 - 1982 - 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Events
- First computer virus, written by Rich Skrenta, escapes into the wild.
- Hafele and Keating prove Atomic clock changes depend on Earth's rotation (See Einstein's Special Relativity and General Relativity).
- Falklands War takes place from April 2nd to June 20th.
- October 25 United States invade Grenada.
- December 26 - Time magazine's Man of the Year was for the first time given to a non-human; a computer.
Art, Culture & Fashion
- 1982 in film
- 1982 in literature
- 1982 in music
- 1982 in sports
- January 24 - Super Bowl XVI San Francisco 49ers (26) def. Cincinnati Bengals (21)
- Commonwealth Games held in Brisbane, Australia
- Italy wins Football World Cup in Spain
- November 12- The Battle of the Champions Aaron Pryor defeats Alexis Arguello in boxing contest at the Orange Bowl.
- November 13- Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in tragic Lightweight championship bout that forever changes the landscape of boxing.
- December 3 Carnival of Champions Wilfredo Gomez defeats Lupe Pintor in grueling 14 round bout to reatin his world Jr Featherweight title and Thomas Hearns beats Wilfredo Benitez in 15 rounds in historic New Orleans boxing card.
- 1982 in television
Births
Deaths
- February 11 - Eleanor Powell, tap dancer/wife of Glenn Ford
- February 11 - Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor
- March 5 - John Belushi, actor
- March 6 - Ayn Rand, author
- June 8 - Satchel Paige, baseball player
- August 12 - Salvador Sanchez, boxer
- October 4 - Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist
- November 15 - Vinoba Bhave
- November 10 - Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union
- Physics - Kenneth G. Wilson
- Chemistry - Aaron Klug
- Medicine - Sune K Bergström, Bengt I Samuelsson, John R Vane
- Literature - Gabriel García Márquez
- Peace- Alva Myrdal and Alfonso García Robles
- Economics - George Stigler
Books