* 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

Costas has teamed with Isiah Thomas and Doug Collins for NBA telecasts ( from 1997 – 2000 ) and Sal Bando ( 1982 ), Tony Kubek ( from 1983 – 1989 ), Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker ( from 1994 – 2000 ) for baseball telecasts.

* 1982 – Tony Jackson, American football player

* 1982 – Tony Gwynn Jr., American baseball player

Katherine Coker adapted the book for Jackie Cooper who produced and directed the television movie, Rosie: the Rosemary Clooney Story ( 1982 ) starring Sondra Locke ( who lip syncs Clooney's songs ), Penelope Milford as Betty and Tony Orlando who plays Jose Ferrer.

Tony Attwood's Blake's 7: The Programme Guide, published by Target in 1982, is a factual overview of the series with a detailed episode guide, an encyclopedia, and interviews with the cast and writers.

Notable players that joined the Canucks ' core following the 1982 playoffs included offensively-skilled forwards Patrik Sundstrom and Tony Tanti.

In 1982 Tony Castronovo, a hobbyist in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, marketed the first production gasoline string trimmer engine powered ( 22 cc gasoline ignition engine ) radio-controlled model boat in a 44-inch vee-bottom boat.

Jim Chee was the officer in charge of the Tuba City Navajo Police office, in Tony Hillerman's 1982 novel The Dark Wind.

The play was nominated for the 1982 Tony Award for Best Play, Best Actor in a Play ( Tom Courtenay ) and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play ( Paul Rogers ).

* Walton " Tony " Shepherd-member of West Virginia House of Delegates ( 1975 – 1982, 1985 – 1986, 1990 ).

During July 1982, just weeks after Honeyman-Scott's death, a caretaker team of Hynde, Chambers, Rockpile guitarist Billy Bremner and Big Country bassist Tony Butler was assembled to record the single " Back on the Chain Gang ".

Original Descendents members Tony Lombardo and Frank Navetta made appearances on the album: Navetta wrote the song " Doghouse " and both he and Lombardo played on it, marking the first recording by the original Descendents lineup of Aukerman, Lombardo, Navetta, and Stevenson since Milo Goes to College in 1982.

From 1982 to 1985 he played four demanding roles simultaneously: Benedick in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, for which he won a Tony for its Broadway run ( 1984 – 1985 ); Prospero in The Tempest ; Peer Gynt ; and Cyrano de Bergerac which he brought to the US and played in repertory with Much Ado About Nothing on Broadway and in Washington DC ( 1984 – 1985 ).

The first was " I Won't Let You Down " ( 1982 ), as the lead singer in the trio Ph. D., with Tony Hymas and Simon Phillips.

1982 would be Diamond's big break in to the public eye when he formed Ph. D ( Phillips, Hymas and Diamond ), with pianist / keyboard player Tony Hymas and drummer Simon Phillips.

was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1982 by Lawless, Piper, Rik Fox, and Tony Richards.

* " NBC News " by Joseph Paul Sicurella, Tony Smythe, and Bob Christianson ( 1979 – 1982 as a bumper ; April 5, 1982 – September 6, 1985 as main theme )

* Tony Hoang ( Born 1982 ), Reformed gangster turned preacher featured in Once Upon a Time in Cabramatta ( 2012 ) and Gangs of Oz ( 2009 )

The 1982 Broadway production won him two Tony Awards, for Best Play and Best Actor in a Play, two Drama Desk Awards, for Outstanding New Play and Outstanding Actor in a Play, and the Theatre World Award, and the film adaptation earned him an Independent Spirit Award nomination as Best Male Lead.

* 1982 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play – The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

* 1982 Tony Award for Best Play

* 1982 Tony Award, Best Featured Actress in a Play

* 1982 Tony Award, Best Direction of a Play ( Melvin Bernhardt )