* 1982 – Mexico announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World.

In its 1982 statement on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches stated that " the primary manifestation of apostolic succession is to be found in the apostolic tradition of the Church as a whole ….

* Horn, Maurice, The World Encyclopedia of Comics ( 1976 ) Chelsea House, ( 1982 ) Avon

The Brewers went to the 1982 World Series and won seven organization of the year awards during his tenure.

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.

* Countries of the World-29 years of CIA World Fact Books ( 1982 – 2012 )

* 1982 CIA World Factbook

In the 1982 World Series the St. Louis Cardinals of the NL had home field advantage.

* Horn, Maurice, The World Encyclopedia of Comics ( 1976 ) Chelsea House, ( 1982 ) Avon

Dino Zoff ( born February 28, 1942 in Mariano del Friuli ) is an Italian former football goalkeeper and is the oldest winner ever of the World Cup, which he earned as captain of the Italian team in the 1982 tournament in Spain, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days.

However, Zoff's greatest feat came in the 1982 FIFA World Cup, where he captained Italy to victory in the tournament at the age of 40, making him the oldest ever winner of the World Cup.

The Dublin Horse Show takes place at the RDS, which hosted the Show Jumping World Championships in 1982.

Under Ron Greenwood they managed to qualify for the 1982 World Cup in Spain ( the first time competitively since 1962 ), but were eliminated from a second qualifying round comprising further group matches without losing a game all tournament.

Baresi was selected for three World Cups for Italy, in 1982, 1990, and 1994.

He was part of the Euro 1980 and 1982 World Cup squad in Spain as understudy to Gaetano Scirea, but did not play.

Baresi is one of six players to have won all three types of World Cup Medals, having won Gold in 1982, Bronze in 1990, and Silver in 1994.

** FIFA World Cup: 1982

Kevlar was added to top level uniform pieces ( jacket, breeches, underarm protector, lamé, and the bib of the mask ) following the Smirnov incident at the 1982 World Championships in Rome.

It was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1982.

Although it was not legally recognized until 1982, the CGT was originally formed in 1970 by the Christian Democrats and received external support from the World Confederation of Labour ( WCL ) and the Latin American Workers Central ( Central Latinoamericana de Trabajadores — CLAT ), a regional organization supported by Christian Democratic parties.

Wabash College won the Men's Division III NCAA Championship in 1982 and their 1905 24-0 team was considered World Champions ; DePauw University and Manchester College were Div III National Finalists.

* International Co-ordination Committee of World Sports Organizations for the Disabled, 1982 – 1989

* 1982 – Brahim Takioullah, Moroccan Guinness World Records holder for the " World's largest feet "

* 1982 – Priyanka Chopra, Indian model, actress, and singer, Miss World 2000

He held the World Boxing Association lightweight championship from 1982 to 1984.

In February 1982, he won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation lightweight title and became the World Boxing Association's # 1 contender.

* May 4 to May 15 – 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships held in Munich

On October 2, 1982 Solis won the Fecarbox ( Central American Professional Boxing Federation ) Super featherweight title, knocking out Aquilino Asprilla in the 6th round.

* Light middleweight bronze medalist Tom Corr, in the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

In 1982, he telephoned John Condon ( president of Madison Square Garden Boxing ) and expressed interest in being a referee.

In 1977, 1979, and 1982 the boxing team won the National Collegiate Boxing Association national championship.

Harry was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1982.

His involvement in sport was wide-ranging and included terms as the vice president of the Jamaica Boxing Board of Control ( 1947 – 62 ), President of the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association ( 1958 – 77 ), Vice President of the Jamaica Rifle Association ( 1960 – 62 ), first vocal of the Pan American Sports Organization ( 1971 – 75 ), and the Vice Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation ( 1974 – 1982 ).

At the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Munich, he beat the legendary Teofilo Stevenson but lost to Tyrell Biggs in the final.

The Governments of the FSM and the U. S. signed the final version of the Compact of Free Association on October 1, 1982.

In 1982 the Society for Interactive Literature, a predecessor of the Live Action Roleplayers Association ( LARPA ), formed as the first recorded theatre-style LARP group in the US .< ref name =" OlmsteadDean1998 ">

Palau, the westernmost cluster of the Caroline Islands, instead opted for independent status in 1978, approved a new constitution and became the Republic of Palau in 1981, and signed a Compact of Free Association with the United States in 1982.

* Scholle, P. A., and D. Spearing, 1982, Sandstone depositional environments: clastic terrigenous sediments, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir no.

The International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names ( CNMMN ) adopted the name titanite and ' discredited ' the name sphene as of 1982, although commonly papers and books initially identify the mineral using both names.

In 1982 the New Zealand Art Gallery Directors Association issued a statement that in their opinion the Wizard was an authentic living work of art and the City Council appointed him Wizard of Christchurch.

A later edition in English, " Zosimus: New History " a translation with commentary by Ronald T. Ridley, was published in 1982 by the Australian Association of Byzantine Studies.

He served as president of the Linguistic Society of America in 1982, of the American Anthropological Association in 1983, and of the American Folklore Society-the last person to have held all three positions.

The International Cat Association ( TICA ), a registry of pedigreed and household pet cats worldwide and the organizing body for cat shows in over two dozen countries, has been based in Harlingen since 1982.

* P. Johnsgard, " Etho-Ecological Apects of Hybridization in the Tetraonidae ," World Pheasant Association Journal VII ( 1982 ), pp. 42 – 57.

* In 1982, it won the Best Experimental / Independent Film from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

* Association of Mid-Continent Universities ( AMCU ): An all-sports conference, also founded in 1982, that sponsored football at the I-AA level through the 1984 season.

Those sports were initially governed by the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, but were continued when the NCAA became the governing body in 1982.

He was President of the International Sociological Association ( ISA ), from 1982 to 1986.

After presiding the International Sociological Association from 1982 to 1986 Cardoso was selected as a Fulbright Program 40th anniversary distinguished fellow and in that capacity was a visiting scholar and lectured at Columbia University on democracy in Brazil.

He followed his presentation to the Home Office with a letter to The Times ( published October 6, 1982 ) outlining the proposal and his immediate formation of the Offender's Tag Association, composed of electronic scientists, penologists and prominent citizens.

In 1982, Charles Honorton presented a paper at the annual convention of the Parapsychological Association that summarized the results of the ganzfeld experiments up to that date, and concluded that they represented sufficient evidence to demonstrate the existence of psi.

Roberts Ballfield, named after Battle Caviness Roberts who coached for the South Granville Athletic Association well into his years before his death in 1982.

Birmingham, Alabama: 422nd Night Fighter Squadron Association, 1982.

* Roger Haynes ( 1982 )-In 2007, Haynes was named the Division III Men's National Coach of the Year for the indoor season by the U. S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

The 1982 Yale study by Day, DuBois, and Crelin that " persuaded the American Heart Association to stop recommending back blows for dealing with choking ... was partially funded by Heimlich's own foundation.

In 1982, he was one of the founders of the Association France and developing countries whose objectives were to bring attention to the problems of developing countries, in the wake of the changes affecting the latter.

The IAAF soon followed suit in 1982, abandoning amateurism, and later removing all references to it from its name by rebranding itself as the International Association of Athletics Federations.

In 2008, Speaker's name was brought up by Marvin Miller, who served as the executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966 to 1982, as a player who should be removed from the Hall of Fame because of alleged membership in the Ku Klux Klan.