1982 New technology continues to change our buying
habits with smaller and cheaper electronic gadgets appearing including
the first CD player and a new industry is just beginning with the use
of Genetic Engineering human insulin produced by bacteria is sold for
the first time. On the world stage Argentina invades the Falkland Islands
and Argentina and the UK go to war over a small island thousands of miles
away. After many reports of Whales becoming and endangered species the
International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling, and
a major recession hits the United States.
Cost of Living 1982
How Much things cost in 1982
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 6.16 %
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1046
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 11.50%
Average Cost of new house $82,200.00
Average Income per year $21,050.00
Average Monthly Rent $320.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 91 cents
New Car Average price $7,983.00
US Postage Stamp 20 cents
Vic 20 $299.95
Satellite Receiver $245.95
What Events Happened in 1982
Wave of Terrorist
attacks in France by Carlos the Jackal
All time record lows in dozens of cities
throughout the Midwestern United States.
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands
/ Maldives, and the UK sends the Royal Navy, RAF and the Army and
retakes possession of the Falkland Islands during the conflict the Nuclear
submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano.
HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser
General Belgrano.
Argentine Exocet missile sinks HMS Sheffield
Israeli forces invade Lebanon
Israeli returns Sinai to Egypt
The largest cash robbery in History
occurs in New York when $9,800,000 is stolen from an armored car
The First Issue of USA Today is published
Disney Futuristic Park EPCOT (Experimental
Community Of Tomorrow) is opened
The Provisional IRA continues it's
bombing campaign in London and Mainland Britain
Around 700,000 demonstrators gathered in New
York City's Central Park protesting the proliferation of nuclear
weapons.
Michael Fagan Brakes Into The Queens
Bedroom in Buckingham Palace
The International Whaling Commission decides
to end commercial whaling
Tylenol capsules laced with potassium
cyanide kill 7 in Chicago
The Mary Rose, flagship of Henry VIII of England
is raised in the Solent and taken to Portsmouth Dockyard where it is
preserved and on show to the public
Yassar Arafat elected the President
of the Palestinian National Council
Doctors performed the first implant of a permanent
artificial heart designed by Robert Jarvik
Severe recession begins in the United
States.
The world's largest oil rig (The Ocean Ranger)
sinks in the north Atlantic
Italy Wins 1982 World Cup in Spain
Work begins on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
in Washington DC
Earthquake and a volcanic eruption
at El Chichon in southern Mexico kills thousands
Popular Culture 1982
Smileys 1982
was the year a computer scientist (Scott Fahlman) from Carnegie Mellon
University first suggested the use of Smiley or emoticon as a way of
expressing emotion in an email :-
Freeware first used by Andrew Flueleman and
Jim Knopf to distribute their application which allowed programs to
be copied, in 1984 the distribution of this type of software changed
from freeware to Shareware ( name thought up by Bob Wallace
Michael Jackson releases his second adult
solo album, Thriller.
Graceland the home of Elvis Presley
opens to the public
Popular Films
E.T. the Extraterrestrial
Rocky III,
On Golden Pond
Porky's
An Officer and a Gentleman
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Poltergeist
Annie
Chariots of Fire
Gandhi
Popular Musicians
Human League
with "Don't You Want Me"
Bucks Fizz
The Jam
Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder with "Ebony
and Ivory"
Olivia Newton-John
Vangelis
Steve Miller band With " Abracadabra
"
Survivor with " Eye of The Tiger "
Chicago with " Hard to Say I'm Sorry
"
Lionel Richie
Popular TV Programs
Magnum, P.I.
Dynasty
Falcon Crest
Hill Street Blues
Knight Rider
Technology 1982
First CD player
sold in Japan
The Weather
Channel airs on cable television for the first time.
The Soviet Spaceship
Vanera 13 lands on Venus and sends back color Photographs
20 million Elm
Trees die in the UK through Dutch Elm Disease
The First Commercial
use of Genetic Engineering is Launched when human insulin produced by
bacteria is marketed
