1982

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s? 2020s? 2030s?

Years: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 - 1982 - 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

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Events

• First computer virus, written by [Rich Skrenta]?, escapes into the wild.
• Hafele? and Keating? prove Atomic clock changes depend on Earth's rotation (See Einstein's [Special Relativity]? and General Relativity).
• Falklands War takes place from April 2nd to June 20th.
• Italy wins Football World Cup in Spain

Births

Deaths

• February 11 -- [Eleanor Powell]?, tap dancer/wife of [Glenn Ford]?
• February 11 -- [Takashi Shimura]?, Japanese actor
• June 8 -- Satchel Paige, baseball player
• March 5 -- John Belushi, actor
• March 6 -- Ayn Rand, author

Sport

• January 24 - Super Bowl XVI San Francisco 49ers (26) def. Cincinnati Bengals (21)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - [Kenneth G. Wilson]?
• Chemistry - [Aaron Klug]?
• Medicine - [[Sune K Bergström]], [Bengt I Samuelsson]?, [John R Vane]?
• Literature - Gabriel García Márquez
• Peace- [Alva Myrdal]? and [Alfonso García Robles]?
• Economics - [George Stigler]?