What Happened in 1982

Super Bowl XVI - 49ers 26, Bengals 21

Super Bowl XVI was an American football game played on January 24th, 1982, at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit) to... Read more

Larry Bird is Named MVP of the All-Star Game

Jan. 31, 1982 Named MVP of the All-Star Game for the only time in 12 appearances. Scored 19 points, with 12 rebounds and five assists in the... Read more

"Missing" Is Released

Missing is a 1982 film directed by Costa Gavras, starring Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea and Charles Cioffi. It is based on... Read more

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco is born

Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 17, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco (pronounced [ˈluːpeɪ], LOO-pay), is an American recording... Read more

Pac-Man is Released as an Arcade Port for the Atari 2600

Pac-Man is a port of the Namco developed arcade game of the same name. The port was developed and published by Atari Inc. (Atari) for the Atari... Read more

Frank Zappa appears on the cover of Guitar World

The late, great Frank Zappa poses with his trusty sunburst Custom for a classic Guitar World cover in March of 1982. Read more

"Diner" Is Released

Diner is a 1982 comedy-drama film written and directed by Barry Levinson which along with Avalon, Tin Men, and Liberty Heights constitutes his... Read more

John Belushi dies

On March 5, 1982, Belushi was found dead in his room at Bungalow number 3 of the Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.... Read more

"Fitzcarraldo" Is Released

Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 film written and directed by Werner Herzog and starring Klaus Kinski as the title character. It portrays would-be rubber... Read more

Metallica plays their first show

Metallica played its first live show on March 14, 1982, at Radio City in Anaheim, California with newly recruited bassist Ron McGovney. Read more

Scorpions release Blackout

Blackout is the eighth studio album by the German heavy metal band Scorpions, released in 1982. After losing his voice during the writing of the... Read more

North Carolina Beats Georgetown in Final Four

The 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more

54th Academy Awards

The 54th Academy Awards were presented March 29, 1982 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Johnny... Read more

"The Number of the Beast" by Iron Maiden Is Released

The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The album was released on March 29, 1982 through EMI.... Read more

Blue Öyster Cult releases Extraterrestrial Live

Extraterrestrial Live is a Blue Öyster Cult live album released in 1982. It documents their 1981 tour in support of Fire of Unknown Origin. Midway... Read more

"The Long Good Friday" Is Released

The Long Good Friday is a British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren. It was completed in 1979[1] but, because of release delays,... Read more

Craig Stadler wins the 46th Masters Tournament

Craig Stadler defeated Dan Pohl in the Tournament's first one-hole playoff. Stadler led by six strokes beginning the final nine holes, and finished... Read more

Van Halen Releases "Diver Down"

Diver Down is the fifth album by American hard rock band Van Halen, released in 1982. According to Van Halen's official website, it spent 65 weeks... Read more

Canadian Juno Awards Are Presented

The Juno Awards of 1982, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 14 April 1982 in Toronto at a... Read more

Motörhead release Iron Fist

Iron Fist is the fifth album by the British band Motörhead. Released on 17 April 1982, it peaked at #6 on the UK album charts. It was preceded by... Read more

"Chan Is Missing" Is Released

Chan Is Missing is a 1982 film which tells the story of two taxi drivers searching the streets of San Francisco's Chinatown for the man who ran off... Read more

Madonna Releases "Everybody"

Madonna signed a singles deal with Sire Records, a label belonging to Warner Bros. Records. Her first release was "Everybody" on April 24, 1982.... Read more

"Smash Palace" Is Released

Smash Palace is a New Zealand feature film, released in 1981. It was directed by Roger Donaldson and starred Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Greer... Read more

Stephen King publishes The Running Man

The Running Man is a science fiction novel by Stephen King, first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982 as a paperback original. It... Read more

"Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch" by Frank Zappa Is Released

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is an album by Frank Zappa, released in May 1982 and digitally remastered in 1991. It features five... Read more