* 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

During the mid-1980s, many sysops opted for the less expensive, ubiquitous Commodore 64 ( introduced in 1982 ), which became popular among software pirate groups.

During Selig's tenure as club president, the Brewers participated in postseason play in 1981, when the team finished first in the American League East during the second half of the season, and in 1982, when the team made it to the World Series, under the leadership of future Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

During a 1982 visit to relatives on the West Coast, Holbrook met Peanuts creator, Charles Schulz.

During the 1982 season, Earnhardt struggled.

* During the 1982 – 2000 South Lebanon conflict, Hezbollah waged a guerrilla campaign against Israeli forces occupying Southern Lebanon.

During the 1980s ( from 1982 to 1987 ,) the company was led by the charismatic John Harvey Jones.

* Walker, Clarence E. ( 1982 ) A Rock in a Weary Land: The African Methodist Episcopal Church During the Civil War and Reconstruction, Louisiana State University Press, ISBN 0-8071-0883-9

During the United States v. Sun Myung Moon in 1982, federal prosecutors argued that the word " Moonie " be banned during the jury selection process because they said it was considered " a negative term ," and prejudicial in nature.

During the re-ignition of Cold War tensions in 1982, the U. S. Congress during Reagan Administration established the Baltic Freedom Day to be remembered every June 14 in the United States.

During Yuri Andropov's tenure as General Secretary ( 1982 – 1984 ), Gorbachev became one of the Politburo's most visible and active members.

During this time the Mets also drafted slugger Daryl Strawberry (# 1 in 1980 ) and 1984 Cy Young Award winner Doc Gooden (# 5 in 1982 ).

* 1982 – During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

During the strike shortened 1982 season, Fouts averaged what is still a record of 320 yards passing per game.

During this game, CBS would introduce a new theme that would be used the following season for the NFL Today pregame show between 1976 and 1981 in its original form, with a remake for 1982 followed by updates for 1983 and 1989 before its retirement.

During the 1982 season, he hit. 302 and led the American League with 136 runs scored.

During the 1980s, influenced by the success of the 1982 feature film Conan the Barbarian many cheaply made fantasy films were released that came to be derisively known as " Sword & Sorcery ".

During July 1982, funds to the off-shore interests were cut off, leading to their collapse, and in August the bank was replaced by the Nuovo Banco Ambrosiano under Giovanni Bazoli.

During the 1980s in Argentina, the Trotskyist party founded in 1982 by Nahuel Moreno, MAS, ( Movimiento al Socialismo, Movement Toward Socialism ), claimed to be the " largest Trotskyist party " in the world, before it broke into a number of different fragments in the late 1980s, including the present-day MST, PTS, MAS, IS, PRS, FOS, etc.

During 1982 Sykes played the Chief Constable in the slapstick police comedy film The Boys in Blue, which starred the comedy duo Cannon and Ball, with Jon Pertwee.

During his times with the club between 1966 and 1977, and 1979 and 1982, he netted 185 times in league competition.

During this time Morecambe published two other novels: The Reluctant Vampire ( 1982 ) and its sequel, The Vampire's Revenge ( 1983 ).

During the 1980s a number of official events in Cathedral life took place: in 1981, the Prince of Wales visited to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the Consecration of the Cathedral ; and on Maundy Thursday 1982, Queen Elizabeth II distributed the Royal Maundy at the Cathedral.

During this period, he played almost no concerts, except in 1977 and 1982 in Japan, and in 1984 in Europe.

During that time, he participated in albums like Más, Mucho Más ( 1980 ), Fuego ( 1981 ), Quiero Ser ( 1981 ), Por Amor ( 1982 ), and A Todo Rock ( 1983 ), among others.