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1982 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1982 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1982

• January 1, 1982 – Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations.
• January 25, 1982 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
• March 22, 1982 – NASA’s Space Shuttle ''Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
• May 25, 1982 – HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War.
• May 29, 1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
• June 8, 1982 – Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram.
• July 9, 1982 – Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground.
• July 20, 1982 – Hyde Park and Regent’s Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent’s Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses.
• August 29, 1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
• November 13, 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.

Who Were Born On 1982?

• January 3, 1982 – Peter Clarke, English footballer
• January 8, 1982 – Wesley Marquette, Mauritian footballer
• June 14, 1982 – Nicole Irving, Australian swimmer
• August 6, 1982 – Kevin van der Perren, Belgian figure skater
• September 15, 1982 – Du Juan, Chinese model and actress
• October 12, 1982 – Julie Kagawa, American author
• October 15, 1982 – Yōko Maki, Japanese actress
• November 12, 1982 – Anne Hathaway, American actress and singer
• November 24, 1982 – Ryan Fitzpatrick, American football player
• December 20, 1982 – Mohammad Asif, Pakistani cricketer