1982 New technology continues to change our buying habits with smaller and cheaper electronic gadgets appearing including the first CD player and a new industry is just beginning with the use of Genetic Engineering human insulin produced by bacteria is sold for the first time. On the world stage Argentina invades the Falkland Islands and Argentina and the UK go to war over a small island thousands of miles away. After many reports of Whales becoming and endangered species the International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling, and a major recession hits the United States.

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Cost of Living 1982

How Much things cost in 1982
Yearly Inflation Rate USA6.16 %
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1046
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 11.50%
Average Cost of new house $82,200.00
Average Income per year $21,050.00
Average Monthly Rent $320.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 91 cents
New Car Average price $7,983.00
US Postage Stamp 20 cents
Vic 20 $299.95
Satellite Receiver $245.95

What Events Happened in 1982

France

• Wave of Terrorist attacks in France by Carlos the Jackal

U.S.

• All time record lows in dozens of cities throughout the Midwestern United States.

Argentina

• Argentina invades the Falkland Islands / Maldives on 19th March , and the UK sends the Royal Navy, RAF and the Army and retakes possession of the Falkland Islands during the conflict the Nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano.

Lebanon

• Israeli forces invade Lebanon

Egypt

• Israeli returns Sinai to Egypt

U.S.

• The largest cash robbery in History occurs in New York when $9,800,000 is stolen from an armored car

U.S.

• The First Issue of USA Today is published

U.S.

• Disney Futuristic Park EPCOT ( Experimental Community Of Tomorrow )is opened

U.S.

• Around 700,000 demonstrators gathered in New York City's Central Park protesting the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

U.S.

• Tylenol capsules laced with potassium cyanide kill 7 in Chicago September 29th

Palestine

• Yassar Arafat elected the President of the Palestinian National Council

U.S.

• Doctors performed the first implant of a permanent artificial heart designed by Robert Jarvik

U.S.

• Severe recession begins in the United States.

U.S.

• The world's largest oil rig ( The Ocean Ranger ) sinks in the north Atlantic

Canada

• The Serial killer Clifford Robert Olson is covicted and given 11 concurrent life sentences for the murder of 11 children in Canada

Italy

• Italy Wins 1982 World Cup in Spain

Russia

• Leonid Brezhnev the General Secretary of the Communist Party dies of a heart attack while in office.

U.S.

• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC is dedicated

Technology

• First CD player sold in Japan



• The Weather Channel airs on cable television for the first time.



• The Soviet Spaceship Vanera 13 lands on Venus and sends back color Photographs



• 20 million Elm Trees die in the UK through Dutch Elm Disease



• The First Commercial use of Genetic Engineering is Launched when human insulin produced by bacteria is marketed



• Times man of The Year is THE COMPUTER

Popular Culture 1982

Smileys 1982 was the year a computer scientist ( Scott Fahlman ) from Carnegie Mellon University first suggested the use of Smiley or emoticon as a way of expressing emotion in an email :-)

Freeware first used by Andrew Flueleman and Jim Knopf to distribute their application which allowed programs to be copied, in 1984 the distribution of this type of software changed from freeware to Shareware ( name thought up by Bob Wallace )

• Michael Jackson releases his second adult solo album, Thriller.

• Graceland the home of Elvis Presley opens to the public

• The screen legend Grace Kelly / Princess Grace of Monaco dies on September 14th in car crash

Popular Films

• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
• Rocky III,
• On Golden Pond
• Porky's
• An Officer and a Gentleman
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
• Poltergeist
• Annie
• Chariots of Fire
• Gandhi

Check out our TV Shows From The 80s whenever possible we have included a trailer to jog your memory. Series trailers and more information are found on the decade they started.

Popular Musicians

• Human League with " Don't You Want Me "
• Bucks Fizz
• The Jam
• Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder with " Ebony and Ivory "
• Olivia Newton-John
• Vangelis
• Steve Miller band With " Abracadabra "
• Survivor with " Eye of The Tiger "
• Chicago with " Hard to Say I'm Sorry "
• Lionel Richie

Popular TV Programmes

• Magnum, P.I.
• Dynasty
• Falcon Crest
• Hill Street Blues
• Knight Rider

Born This Year 1982

Andy Roddick This Day In History August 30th

LeAnn Rimes News And Events From August 28th

Kelly Clarkson This Day In History April 24th
 

Major World Political Leaders 1982

Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser

Brazil President João Figueiredo

Canada Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

China Chairman of the People's Republic of China Post Abolished

France President François Mitterrand

Germany Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Till 1 October
Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl From 1 October

India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Italy Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini Till 1 December
Italy Prime Minister Amintore Fanfani From 1 December

Japan Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki Till 27 November
Japan Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone From 27 November

Mexico President José López Portillo Till 30 November
Mexico President Miguel de la Madrid From 30 November

Russia / Soviet Union
Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Leonid Brezhnev

South Africa Prime Minister Pieter Willem Botha

United States President Ronald Reagan

United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher



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