* 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

* Eddy Grant ' 1982 song " Electric Avenue " refers to the Brixton riot, although there was actually little rioting in Electric Avenue itself.

Eddy Curry ( born December 5, 1982 ) is an American professional basketball player who has most recently played with the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association.

Its initial entry on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, " Walking on Sunshine " ( an Eddy Grant composition, featuring vocals by Donnie Calvin ) hit # 1 on the U. S. dance chart in 1982.

* 1982 Mike Eddy

The road gave its name to Eddy Grant's 1982 single " Electric Avenue ", which reached # 2 on both the UK and U. S. singles charts.

* Eddy Grant – " Electric Avenue " ( 1982 )

Curry first became well known with his breakthrough role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in the 1975 cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reprising the role he played in the 1973 London and 1974 Los Angeles stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show, then later for his supporting roles as Rooster in the film adaption of Annie ( 1982 ), Lord of Darkness in the film Legend ( 1985 ), Wadsworth in the film Clue ( 1985 ) as well as a starring role as Pennywise the Clown in the horror TV miniseries It ( 1990 ), which is one of Curry's most acclaimed performances aside from Rocky Horror.

In 1982, Curry took the part of the Pirate King in the Drury Lane production of Joe Papp's version of The Pirates of Penzance opposite George Cole, earning enthusiastic reviews.

Haskell Brooks Curry ( September 12, 1900 – September 1, 1982 ) was an American mathematician and logician.

Haskell Curry died on September 1, 1982 in State College, Pennsylvania.

On May 5, 1982, with a record of 11-0, Curry knocked out Bruce Finch in three rounds to win the NABF welterweight title.

* The Food War: US-EU Food Politics by David Curry, 1982, EDG

* " Breakdown " / " Tarantula " ( November 1982 ) – featuring Debian Curry

Perhaps one of Cooper's lesser known achievements was his 1982 publication, Trouper Cooper's Curry Cookbook ( William Collins Publishers, Auckland 1982 ).

A menu from 1982 was cited as the first written reference, with The Curry Club's Curry Magazine Edition 29, winter 1984 answering a reader query about the definition of Balti.

Written evidence seems to be scant prior to 1982, and the Oxford English Dictionary and The Curry Club welcome any contributions which will verify the first mention of Balti in Britain.

* Altaspiratella Korobkov, 1966-synonym: Plotophysops Curry, 1982

** † Altaspiratella bearnensis ( Curry, 1982 )

** † Altaspiratella multispira ( Curry, 1982 )

** † Heliconoides auriformis ( Curry, 1982 )

** † Heliconoides paula ( Curry, 1982 )

* † Limacina gormani ( Curry, 1982 )

** Subfamily Creseinae Curry, 1982: this subfamily has been raised to the rank of family Creseidae, belonging to the superfamily Limacinoidea.

Adrianne Marie Curry ( born August 6, 1982 ) is an American model, best known as the first winner of the reality television series America's Next Top Model.