1982 in the United States

1982
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
See also:

Events from the year 1982 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

State governments

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

  • September 1 – The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
  • September 3 – Speaker O'Neill and President Reagan settle one of the most unforgettable deals in US history (Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act), which would cut the ratio of spending of three to one and add more taxes.
  • September 5 – Iowa paperboy Johnny Gosch is kidnapped.
  • September 15 – The first edition of USA Today is published.[7]
  • September 28 – 13 year old Lisa Ann Millican is murdered in Georgia after being abducted from a mall three days earlier by Alvin and Judith Neelley. She is tortured and raped, with Judith Neelley injecting her with Drano and Liquid Plumber in her neck and later shooting her to death.[8]
  • September 29–October 1 – The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders occur when seven people in the Chicago area die after ingesting capsules laced with potassium cyanide.

October

October 1: EPCOT Center opens

November

November 13: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

Births
January · February · March · April · May · June · July · August · September · October · November · December · Date unknown

January

Lauren Cohan
Dwyane Wade
Pete Buttigieg
Adam Lambert

February

Bridget Regan
Lupe Fiasco
Anthony D'Esposito
Hillary Scholten
Bert McCracken
  • February 2
    • Katie Britt, U.S. Senator from Alabama
    • Kelly Mazzante, basketball player
  • February 3
  • February 4
  • February 5
  • February 6 – John Murante, politician
  • February 8
  • February 10 – Sean Anthony, DJ, music producer, rapper, songwriter, and screenwriter
  • February 19 – Justin Gatlin, athlete
  • February 13 – Lanisha Cole, model
  • February 14
    • Sean Danielsen, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and frontman for Smile Empty Soul and World Fire Brigade
    • Tati Westbrook, makeup artist
  • February 16
  • February 17 – Vanessa Atler, gymnast
  • February 18 – Jessie Ward, actress
  • February 22
    • Cory Allen, author, podcast host, musician, composer, and mastering engineer
    • Kim Allen, actress
    • Kimball Allen, writer, journalist, playwright, and actor
    • Anthony D'Esposito, politician
    • Kelly Johnson, baseball player
    • Hillary Scholten, politician
  • February 23 – Adam Hann-Byrd, actor and screenwriter
  • February 25
  • February 26
    • Mario Austin, basketball player
    • DeRay Davis, actor and comedian
  • February 28 – Randi Zuckerberg, businesswoman, author, and television creator

March

Ben Roethlisberger
Jessica Biel
Landon Donovan
Thora Birch
Danica Patrick

April

Hayley Atwell
Gina Carano
Cassandra Lee Morris
Kelly Clarkson
Kirsten Dunst

May

Rebecca Hall
Matt Gaetz
Alexandra Breckenridge
Tay Zonday
Ariana Rockefeller

June

Tara Lipinski
Jussie Smollett
Benjamin Walker
Matthew Mercer
Lily Rabe
Lizzy Caplan

July

Jared Padalecki
Paul Wesley
Elisabeth Moss
Jared Golden
Cain Velasquez
Yvonne Strahovski

August

Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Sebastian Stan
LeAnn Rimes
Juan Ciscomani
Andy Roddick

September

Chumlee
Misty Copeland
Anna Camp
Lil Wayne
Lacey Chabert
Kieran Culkin

October

Erik von Detten
Ilhan Omar
Colin Donnell
Gillian Jacobs
Michael Stahl-David
  • October 2 – Tyson Chandler, basketball player
  • October 3
  • October 4
  • October 6
  • October 7
    • Jessica Allister, softball player and coach
    • Robby Ginepri, tennis player
    • Alok Kanojia, psychiatrist
  • October 9
  • October 11
  • October 12
    • Bashir Ahmad, Pakistani-born mixed martial artist
    • Julie Kagawa, author
  • October 15 – Brandon Jay McLaren, Canadian-born actor
  • October 16 – Alan Anderson, basketball player
  • October 17 – Abe Alvarez, baseball player and coach
  • October 18
    • Simon Gotch, wrestler
    • Shauntay Henderson, criminal and convicted killer
  • October 19
  • October 20 – Katie Featherston, actress
  • October 21 – Matt Dallas, actor
  • October 22
    • Heath Miller, football player
    • Caleb Rowden, politician
    • James Walkinshaw, politician
  • October 24 – Guillermo Alvarez, gymnast
  • October 27 – Dennis Moran, criminal and computer hacker (d. 2013)
  • October 28
    • Michael Stahl-David, actor
    • Anthony Lerew, baseball player
  • October 30 – Craig Albernaz, baseball coach
  • October 31 – Matt Anderson, ice hockey player

November

Travis Van Winkle
Ted DiBiase
Anne Hathaway
Damon Wayans Jr.
Alan Ritchson

December

Lance Gooden
David Cook
Alison Brie

Full date unknown

Evan Sharp
  • Zarouhie Abdalian, artist
  • Nina Chanel Abney, artist
  • Curtis Adams, magician
  • Daniel Alaei, poker player
  • Maytha Alhassen, journalist
  • Alsarah, Sudanese-born singer/songwriter and ethnomusicologist
  • Roy Altman, judge
  • Lisa Alvarado, visual artist and harmonium player
  • Sana Amanat, American-born Pakistani comic book editor
  • Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, Nigeria-born British-American artist
  • Triston Jay Amero, terrorist (d. 2008)
  • Polina Anikeeva, Russian-born materials scientist
  • Daniel Arango, Colombian-born artist
  • Maria Aspan, journalist
  • Roy Assaf, Israeli-born jazz pianist and composer
  • Colin C, musician, remixer, audio engineer, and record producer
  • Lior Geller, filmmaker
  • Themo H. Peel, author and illustrator
  • Evan Sharp, entrepreneur and co-founder of Pinterest

Deaths

See also

  • 1982 in American television
  • List of American films of 1982
  • Timeline of United States history (1970–1989)

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