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1982
The 20th Century Almanac · The Eighties

1982

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Britain and Argentina fought the Falklands War over the South Atlantic islands, Israel invaded Lebanon and besieged Beirut, culminating in the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died, and Gandhi swept the Academy Awards.

A Year in Review
Best Picture
Gandhi
Nobel · Literature
Garcia Marquez
World Series
St. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewer
No. 1 Song
I Can't Go for That
Top TV
Academy · Actor
Ben Kingsley

Major Events of 1982

4 events
Leonid Brezhnev diesIsrael invades LebanonFalkland Islands WarLebanese Phalange Massacre Palestinians at Sabre and Shatila

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1982

Champions

NBALos Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ers Series: 4-2
NCAA FootballPenn State Record: 11-1-0
Heisman TrophyHerschel Walker, georgia, RB Points: 1,926
Stanley CupNew York Islanders vs. Vancouver Canucks Series: 4-0 Super Bowl XVI: San Francisco 49ers vs. Cincinnati Bengals Score: 26-21 US Open Golf: Tom Watson Score: 282 Course: Pebble Beach GL Location: Pebble Beach, CA World Cup Soccer: Italy vs. West Germany Score: 3-1
World SeriesSt. Louis Cardinals vs. Milwaukee Brewers series: 4-3

Top Music of 1982

The year on the charts

Top Songs

  1. I Can't Go for That Daryl Hall and John Oates
  2. Centerfold J. Geils Band
  3. I Love Rock n' Roll Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
  4. Chariots of Fire Vangelis
  5. Ebony and Ivory Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
  6. Don't You Want Me The Human League
  7. Eye of the Tiger Survivor
  8. Abracadabra Steve Miller Band
  9. Hard to Say I'm Sorry Chicago
  10. Jack and Diane John Cougar

Grammy Awards

Record of the Year
"Rosanna" ... Toto
Song of the Year
"Always on My Mind" ... Johnny Christopher, Mark James & Wayne Thompson Best Album: "Toto IV" ... Toto Male Vocalist: Lionel Richie ... "Truly" Female Vocalist: Melissa Manchester... "You Should Hear How She Talks About You"

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

  1. Absence of Malice
  2. Annie
  3. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
  4. Chariots of Fire
  5. Conan the Barbarian
  6. E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial
  7. Firefox
  8. First Blood
  9. Friday The 13th, Part III
  10. Modern Problems

Academy Awards

Honoring 1982
Best Picture
Gandhi
Best Director
Richard Attenborough
Gandhi
Best Actor
Ben Kingsley
Gandhi
Best Actress
Meryl Streep
Sophie's Choice

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry
KLUG, Sir AARON, Great Britain, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, b. 1926 (in Lithuania): "for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nuclei acid-protei
Literature
GARCIA MARQUEZ, GABRIEL, Colombia, b. 1928: "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts"
Peace
The prize was awarded jointly to: MYRDAL, ALVA, Sweden, b. 1902, d. 1986: former Cabinet Minister, diplomat, delegate to United Nations General Assembly on Disarmament, writer. GARCêA ROBLES, ALFONSO, Mexico, b. 1911: diplomat, delegate to
Physiology or Medicine
The prize was awarded jointly to: BERGSTRÉM, SUNE K., Sweden, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, b. 1916; SAMUELSSON, BENGT I., Sweden, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, b. 1934; and VANE, Sir JOHN R., Great Britain, The Wellcome Resea
Physics
WILSON, KENNETH G., U.S.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, b. 1936: "for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions"

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama
Charles Fuller ... "A Soldier's Play"
Fiction
John Updike ... "Rabbit is Rich"
History
C. Vann Woodward, ed. ... "Mary Chestnut's Civil War" International Reporting: John Darnton ... "New York Times" National Reporting: Rick Atkinson ... "Kansas City Times"
Public Service
"Detroit News"