The year in history
1982
Someone born in 1982 turns 44 in 2026
1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.
What happened in 1982
In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).
Syrian president Hafez al-Assad orders the army to purge the city of Harran of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan state-sponsored terrorism.
Invasion of the Falkland Islands: Argentine forces begin the invasion of South Georgia.
French-Canadian racing driver Gilles Villeneuve is killed during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.
Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.
Argentine military dictator Leopoldo Galtieri resigns in the wake of his country's defeat in the Falklands War.
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.
A Lebanese Christian militia (the Phalange) 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.
Sony launches the first consumer compact disc (CD) player (model CDP-101).
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 I. Brezhnev who had died two days earlier.
The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.