* 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

In 1982 Pope John Paul II conferred beatification, in recognition of the holiness of his life, thereby making the title of " Blessed " official.

* 1982 – During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet.

In 1982, the Alhaji Shehu Shagari government urged the visiting Pontiff Pope John Paul II to grant audience to the leaders of Southern Africa guerrilla organisations Oliver Tambo of the ANC and Sam Nujoma of SWAPO.

Pope Joan is a character in the opening scene of Caryl Churchill's feminist play Top Girls ( 1982 ).

Renamed by Pope John Paul II in 1982, its mission continues unbroken.

* Red Rabbit ( 1982, summer, the KGB operation reference is 15 8 1982-666 and it is mentioned that this is the date the first message was sent about killing the Pope, also there is an inconsistency since Suslov is alive in the book, but he died in January 1982 )

On 5 June 1982, two weeks before the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano, Calvi had written a letter of warning to Pope John Paul I, stating that such a forthcoming event would “ provoke a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions in which the Church will suffer the gravest damage.

He was canonized on 10 October 1982 by Pope John Paul II, and declared a martyr of charity.

Father Kolbe was beatified as a confessor by Pope Paul VI in 1971 and canonized as a martyr by Pope John Paul II on 10 October 1982, with Franciszek Gajowniczek in attendance.

In 1982, by decision of Pope John Paul II, the Catholic Church made it into a personal prelature — that is, the jurisdiction of its own bishop covers the persons in Opus Dei wherever they are, rather than geographical dioceses.

* 28 May 1982: For the first time, Pope John Paul II set foot on British soil at Gatwick after disembarking from an Alitalia Boeing 727-200 Advanced that had just arrived from Rome.

* 2 June 1982: At the end of his first visit to the British Isles, Pope John Paul II departed Gatwick on board a BCal Boeing 707 bound for Rome.

" Sarducci has appeared in four cold openings in the 1979 – 1980 season ( on episodes hosted by Steve Martin, Teri Garr, Elliott Gould, and Rodney Dangerfield ), two commercial parodies (" MX-5 Tampons " on the 1981 – 1982 Christmas episode hosted by Bill Murray and " Bocce Ball My Way " on the last episode of the 1985 – 1986 season hosted by Anjelica Huston and Billy Martin ), and two monologues on the 1985 – 1986 season ( the first hosted by Madonna in a pretaped sketch showing Madonna's wedding to Sean Penn ( played by Robert Downey, Jr .) and the second on the Christmas episode of the 1985 – 1986 season hosted by Garr as Sarducci's alter ego, Pope Maurice ).

The movie also weaves into its plot a fictionalized account of real-life events — the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981 – 1982 — and links them with each other and with the affairs of Michael Corleone.

The Vatican has displayed a scene in St. Peter's Square near its Christmas tree since 1982 and the Pope has for many years blessed the mangers of children assembled in St. Peter's Square for a special ceremony.

In 1982, Pope John Paul II inaugurated the annual tradition of placing a nativity scene on display in the Vatican City in the Piazza San Pietro before the Christmas Tree.

The first ( and, only ) personal prelature is Opus Dei, which was elevated to a personal prelature by Pope John Paul II in 1982 through the Apostolic constitution Ut sit.

Pope John Paul II celebrated mass for a congregation of over 121, 000 at Camp Nou on 17 November 1982, on the occasion being made an honorary citizen of Barcelona.

The cause for her canonisation has persisted and, in relation to it, on 1 June 1982 Pope John Paul II stated: " I fully appreciate the aspirations of the Catholics of Scotland for that singular event to be realised and I know that you are praying that it may come about ".

The first, and thus far the only, personal prelature is Opus Dei, which was established as a personal prelature by Pope John Paul II in 1982 through the Apostolic constitution Ut sit.

On 22 May 1982, the statue of Our Lady of Walsingham was taken to Pope John Paul II at the Wembley Mass and given a place of honour during his British visit.

On May 28, 1982, the first day of his six-day pastoral visit to the United Kingdom, His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, celebrated Mass in the cathedral.