* 1982 – Estonian Communist Party bureau declares " fight against bourgeois TV "— meaning Finnish TV — a top priority of the propagandists of Estonian SSR

* 1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president ( d. 1982 )

* 1937 – Peter Maivia, Samoan wrestler ( d. 1982 )

* 1982 – Alana Austin, American actress

* 1982 – Sofia Boutella, Algerian-French dancer and actress

* 1982 – Michael Guy Chislett, Australian-American guitarist ( The Academy Is ... and Hillsong United )

* 1982 – Herculez Gomez, American soccer player

* 1982 – Ilan Hall, American chef

* 1982 – Bret Harrison, American actor

* 1982 – Travis Moen, Canadian hockey player

* 1982 – Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Spanish actor

* 1982 – Deen, Bosnian singer

* 1982 – Bijon Setu massacre

* 1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper ( G-Unit )

* 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress

* 1982 – Cleo Higgins, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress ( Cleopatra )

* 1982 – Drew Seeley, Canadian singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

* 1982 – Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada's capital.

* 1982 – Damien Monier, French cyclist

* 1908 – Will Lee, American actor ( d. 1982 )

* 1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model, actress, and producer

* 1982 – Karl Davies, English actor

* 1982 – Romola Garai, English actress and model

* 1982 – Danny Lopes, American model and actor

* 1982 – Ryan Sypek, American actor

* Adrian Gonzalez ( born 1982 ), Mexican-American Major League Baseball player

To celebrate the successful 1982 Milwaukee Brewers team, the franchise decided to have the 2007 season be named as the " 25th Anniversary of ' 82 ", with more fan giveaways than any other Major League Baseball team except the Pittsburgh Pirates, and more discounts and deals than any other time in Brewers ' history.

* 1982 – Jeff Larish, American Baseball Player

Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

In 1982, Frank Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a Baltimore Oriole.

Baseball has won five state championships in 1982 ( AA ), 1988 ( A ), 1991 ( A ), 1992 ( A ), 1993 ( A ) and the state runner-up six times 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1995, 1996, 2004 and 2007.

Baseball teams from 1977, 1981 and 1982 and the 1997 girls basketball team reached the state playoffs.

* Mike Laga ( born 1960 ), Major League Baseball player from 1982 to 1990.

* Joe Dugan ( 1897 – 1982 ), Major League Baseball player, played in five World Series with the New York Yankees.

Prosper High School Baseball team went to the State Championship Semi-Finals in Class A in 1982 & 1983 then won their first State Championship trophy in Class A Baseball in 1984 against Runge.

The Oakland Athletics drafted Canseco in the 15th round of the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft.

* 1982 August-Ikeda Highschool takes first place in the 64th National Baseball Championships.

* Ed White ( baseball ) ( 1926 – 1982 ), Major League Baseball player

In 2008, Speaker's name was brought up by Marvin Miller, who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966 to 1982, as a player who should be removed from the Hall of Fame because of alleged membership in the Ku Klux Klan.

* Eleven Major League Baseball players were born in Poughkeepsie: Frank Bahret ( 1858 ), Frank Beck ( 1860 ), Bill Daley ( 1868 ), Buttons Briggs ( 1875 ), Elmer Steele ( 1886 ), Mickey McDermott ( 1929 ), Fred Lasher ( 1941 ), Tommy Boggs ( 1955 ), Ricky Horton ( 1959 ), Frank Cimorelli ( 1968 ), Jeff Pierce ( 1969 ), and Dan Gallagher ( 1982 ).

Aside from his political positions, he also served as the second Commissioner of Major League Baseball from 1945 to 1951 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

The Major League Baseball Veterans Committee chose Chandler for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.

Anthony Keith " Tony " Gwynn, Sr. ( born May 9, 1960 ), nicknamed Mr. Padre and Captain Video, is a retired American professional baseball player who played 20 seasons ( 1982 – 2001 ) in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the San Diego Padres.

Baseball Hall of Fame member Dick Williams, who managed Gwynn from 1982 through 1985, said of Gwynn, " I don't think I've ever had a player who worked harder, cared more and was more deserving of his awards.

David Francis Dravecky ( born February 14, 1956, in Youngstown, Ohio, graduated from Boardman High School in 1974, United States ) is a Christian motivational speaker, author, and former Major League Baseball player for the San Diego Padres ( 1982 – 87 ) and San Francisco Giants ( 1987 – 89 ).

* Fu-Te Ni ( born 1982 ), a Major League Baseball pitcher from Taiwan