In 1982 – 83 Australia had Greg Chappell back from WSC as captain, while the England team was weakened by the enforced omission of their South African tour rebels, particularly Graham Gooch and John Emburey.

* 1982 – John Alvbåge, Swedish footballer

The software is developed and sold by Autodesk, Inc., first released in December 1982 by Autodesk in the year following the purchase of the first form of the software by Autodesk founder, John Walker.

* 1982 – John Halls, English footballer

John Bruton said he had received £ 1, 000 from Dunne in 1982 towards his election campaign.

A version of " Two Tribes " was originally recorded for a BBC John Peel session in October 1982.

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

On similar note, John Carpenter's The Thing ( 1982 ) was also a mix of horror and sci fi, however unlike Alien it was neither a box-office nor critical hit.

The Colts finished 0 – 8 – 1 in the strike-shortened 1982 season and earned the team the right to select Stanford quarterback John Elway with the first overall pick, but Elway refused to play for Baltimore, and using leverage as a draftee of the New York Yankees baseball club, forced a trade to Denver.

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

* John Joseph Ford ( 1907 – 1982 ), American jurist who served on Los Angeles County Courts ( 1943 – 59 ) and California Second District Court of Appeal ( 1959 – 77 ); elevated to Presiding Justice in 1966

Journalist John Corry, wrote a 6, 000-word feature article in The New York Times in November 1982, responding and defending Kosiński, which appeared on the front page of the Arts and Leisure section.

Kosiński appeared 12 times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson during 1971 – 73, and The Dick Cavett Show in 1974, was a guest on the talk radio show of Long John Nebel, posed half-naked for a cover photograph by Annie Leibovitz for The New York Times Magazine in 1982, and presented the Oscar for screenwriting in 1982.

* 1982 – John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U. S. President Ronald Reagan.

* 1917 – John Robarts, Canadian politician ( d. 1982 )

* 1949 – John Belushi, American actor ( d. 1982 )

* 1982 – John Utaka, Nigerian footballer

* 1933 – John Gardner, American author ( d. 1982 )

* John Witte, Jr: A Brief Biography of Dooyeweerd, based on Hendrik van Eikema Hommes, Inleiding tot de Wijsbegeerte van Herman Dooyeweerd ( The Hague, 1982 ; pp 1 – 4, 132 ).

* 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

* 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.

* Elwyn R. Berlekamp, John H. Conway, and Richard K. Guy: Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays, Academic Press, Inc., 1982.

Reviewer Anders Swenson reviewed the D1 – 2 Descent into the Depths of the Earth compilation in 1982 for Different Worlds # 21.

He wrote dozens of polemical articles and essays during this period, which are collected in the books Zero Option ( 1982 ) and The Heavy Dancers ( 1985 ).

In 1980 and 1982 feminist physicians Nawal El Saadawi and Asma El Dareer wrote about FGM as a dangerous practice intended to control women's sexuality.

Josef Tal wrote Concerto for harpsichord & electronic music ( 1964 ) and Chamber Music ( 1982 ) for s-recorder, marimba & harpsichord.

Kosiński wrote his novel Pin Ball ( 1982 ) for his friend George Harrison, having conceived of the idea for the book at least ten years before writing it.

Grand Pianola Music ( 1982 ): Adams commented, " Dueling pianos, cooing sirens, Valhalla brass, thwacking bass drums, gospel triads, and a Niagara of cascading flat keys all learned to cohabit as I wrote the piece.

In 1982, Palin wrote and starred in The Missionary, co-starring Maggie Smith.

She later expanded her work with the organization after arriving in Washington, and wrote about her experiences in her 1982 book To Love a Child.

However in 1982 Thatcher wrote to President Reagan to request the United Kingdom be allowed to procure the Trident II ( Trident D5 ) system, the procurement of which had been accelerated by the US Navy.

John Milton ( 1608 – 1674 ) wrote a textbook in logic or dialectic in Latin based on Ramus ' work, which has now been translated into English by Walter J. Ong and Charles J. Ermatinger in The Complete Prose Works of John Milton ( Yale University Press, 1982 ; 8: 206-407 ), with a lengthy introduction by Ong ( 144-205 ).

In a 1982 essay for Natural History Gould wrote:

However in 1982 Thatcher wrote to President Reagan to request the United Kingdom be allowed to procure the Trident II system, the procurement of which had been accelerated by the US Navy.

Joan Howard Maurer, daughter of Moe, wrote the following in 1982:

In his 1982 autobiography Mon Dernier soupir ( My Last Sigh, 1983 ), Buñuel wrote that, over the years, he had rejected Dalí's attempts at reconciliation.

In 1982, he wrote a West End farce Pass the Butler, starring Willie Rushton.

Reviewing Genesis 1976 – 1982 in Q, Andy Fyfe wrote: "... in spite of 150 million album sales the bottom line is that little of the band ’ s output has aged well ...

In The New York Times Book Review, novelist Paul Auster wrote, " Georges Perec died in 1982 at the age of 46, leaving behind a dozen books and a brilliant reputation.

Thousands of Falun Gong followers wrote to Guangming Daily and to the CQRS to complain against the measures, claiming that they violated Hu Yaobang's 1982 ' Triple No ' directive.

In 1982, Asimov gave in after a thirty-year hiatus, and wrote what was at the time a fourth volume: Foundation's Edge.

The 1973 – 1982 versions were produced by veteran Goodson-Todman producer Ira Skutch, who also wrote some questions and acted as on-stage judge.

Towne also wrote and directed Personal Best ( 1982 ), a fictional drama of female track-and-field athletes, and Without Limits ( 1998 ), a biopic based on the life of distance runner Steve Prefontaine.

The proposed amendment was ratified by Wyoming in 1978 as a protest to a Congressional pay raise, but the proposed amendment was largely forgotten before University of Texas at Austin undergraduate student Gregory Watson wrote a paper on the subject in 1982.

In July 1982, during the film's first theatrical run, Spielberg and Mathison wrote a treatment for a sequel to be titled E. T.

" Animation historian Charles Solomon wrote that development took place between 1982 and 1983, which combined " ethnic tales from around the world with the music of the various countries ".