1982
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[edit] Events
- January 15 - K.C. and the Sunshine Band's Harry Wayne Casey is seriously injured in an automobile accident in Miami, Florida.
- January 17 - Tommy Tucker, writer of "Hi Heel Sneakers", dies of carbon tetrachloride poisoning sustained while he was finishing floors in his home.
- January 20 - Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off of a live bat thrown at him during a performance. Osbourne is hospitalized with rabies.
- January 21 - B.B. King donates his personal record collection, which includes nearly 7,000 rare blues records, to the University of Mississippi's Center for the Study of Southern Culture.
- February 13 - A 300 pound gravestone from the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer Ronnie Van Zant is stolen from an Orange Park, Florida cemetery. Police found the gravestone two weeks later in a dry river bed.
- February 20 - Pat Benatar marries her guitarist, Neil Giraldo on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
- March 4 - Frank Zappa's son Dweezil and daughter Moon Unit form Fred Zeppelin.
- March 5 - Comedian and Blues Brother John Belushi is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in the Chateau Marmont Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
- March 18 - Teddy Pendergrass is severely injured in a car accident in Philadelphia. Pendergrass' injuries result in him being paralyzed from the waist down.
- March 19 - Ozzy Osbourne's lead guitarist, Randy Rhoads is killed in a freak accident in Leesburg, Florida when the plane he's riding in buzzes Osbourne's tour bus and crashes into a house. The plane's pilot and a female passenger are also killed.
- March 28 - In Los Angeles, California, David Crosby is arrested for possession of Quaaludes and drug paraphernalia, driving under the influence of cocaine and carrying a concealed weapon.
- March 29 - Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory".
- March 31 - The Doobie Brothers announce that they are breaking up.
- April 2 - The Falklands War begins.
- April 15 - Billy Joel is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident in Long Island, New York. Joel spends over a month in the hospital undergoing physical therapy for his hand.
- April - Amy Grant marries Gary Chapman.
- April 26 - Rod Stewart is mugged in Los Angeles, California. Stewart loses his $50,000 Porsche to the mugger, but was not hurt.
- June 20 - The Falklands War ends.
- August 17 - The first mass production of compact discs begins in Langenhagen near Hanover, Germany.
- September 7 - The musical Cats begins its 18 year run on Broadway.
- September 30 - The TV show Cheers premieres.
- November 5 - First broadcast of The Tube was shown on Channel 4 in the UK.
- November 13 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated.
[edit] Births
- June 21 - Prince William of Wales
[edit] Deaths
- January 10 - Paul Lynde, comedian
- February 12- Victor Jory, Canadian actor (born 1902)
- March 5 - John Belushi, actor
- March 29 - Carl Orff, German composer
- August 12 - Henry Fonda, actor
- September 5 - Douglas Bader, RAF Fighter pilot
- November 10 - Leonid Brezhnev, leader of the Soviet Union
[edit] Films released
- 48 Hrs.
- Annie
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- Blade Runner
- Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean
- Conan the Barbarian
- Das Boot
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
- Death Wish II
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
- Fanny and Alexander
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High
- First Blood
- Frances
- Friday the 13th, Part 3
- Gandhi
- Grease 2
- Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- Megaforce
- Missing
- My Favorite Year
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Poltergeist
- Porky's
- Richard Pryor Live on Sunset Strip
- The Road Warrior
- Rocky III, starring Sylvester Stallone
- The Secret of NIMH
- Sophie's Choice
- Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
- Time Stands Still
- Tootsie
- Tron
- The Verdict
- Veronika Voss
- Victor/Victoria
- The World According to Garp
- Yol
[edit] Hit songs
- "867-5309 Jenny" - Tommy Tutone
- "Always On My Mind" - Willie Nelson
- "Believer" - Ozzy Osbourne
- "Body Language" - Queen
- "The Day Before You Came" - ABBA
- "Don't Talk To Strangers" - Rick Springfield
- "Electric Eye" - Judas Priest
- "Even the Nights are Better" - Air Supply
- "Eye In The Sky" - Alan Parsons Project
- "Flying High Again" - Ozzy Osbourne
- "Freeze Frame" - J. Geils Band
- "Gloria" - Laura Branigan
- "Gypsy" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Head Over Heels" - ABBA
- "Heart Attack" - Olivia Newton-John
- "Heat Of The Moment" - Asia
- "Hold Me" - Fleetwood Mac
- "Hungry Like The Wolf" - Duran Duran
- "Hurts So Good" - John Cougar
- "I'm Afraid of Me" - Culture Club
- "Invisible Sun" - The Police
- "Love Will Turn You Around" - Kenny Rogers
- "Make A Move On Me" - Olivia Newton-John
- "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash
- "Open Arms" - Journey
- "Our Lips Are Sealed" - The Go-Gos
- "Over The Mountain" - Ozzy Osbourne
- "Planet Rock" - Afrika Bambaataa
- "Pressure" - Billy Joel
- "Quiero Ser" - Menudo
- "Rock The Casbah" - The Clash
- "Rosanna" - Toto
- "Shake It Up" - The Cars
- "Since You're Gone" - The Cars
- "Spirits In The Material World" - The Police
- "Still They Ride" - Journey
- "Sube A Mi Motora" - Menudo
- "Time (Clock of the Heart)" - Culture Club
- "TV Party" - Black Flag
- "Twilight Zone" - Golden Earring
- "Vacation" - The Go-Gos
- "Valley Girl" - Frank Zappa
- "We Got The Beat" - The Go-Gos
- "White Boy" - Culture Club
- "You Can't Hurry Love" - Phil Collins
- "You Should Hear How She Talks About You" - Melissa Manchester
- "You've Got Another Thing Comin'" - Judas Priest
[edit] New books
- Jumangi by Chris Van Allsburg
[edit] Nobel Prizes
- Nobel Prize in Physics - Kenneth G. Wilson, American physicist
- Chemistry - Aaron Klug
- Medicine - Sune K Bergström, Bengt I Samuelsson, John R Vane
- Literature - Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian novelist and journalist
- Peace - Alva Myrdal and Alfonso García Robles
- Economics - George Stigler