1982
Top Songs
- Chicago - “Hard to Say I’m Sorry”
- Hall & Oates - “Maneater”
- Hall & Oats - “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”
- J Geils Band - “Centerfold”
- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - “I Love Rock n’ Roll”
- John Cougar - “Jack & Diane”
- Lionel Richie - “Truly”
- Men at Work - “Who Can It Be Now?”
- Olivia Newton-John – “Physical”
- Paul McCartney with Stevie Wonder - “Ebony & Ivory”
- Survivor - “Eye of the Tiger”
- The Human League - “Don’t You Want Me”
- The Steve Miller Band - “Abracadabra”
- Toni Basil - “Mickey”
- Toto - “Rosanna”
- Vangelis - “Chariots of Fire”
Top Movies
- ET
- Tootsie
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Rocky 3
- Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
- 48 Hrs
- Poltergeist
- Annie
TV Shows
TV shows that started
- Joanie Loves Chachi
- Cagney & Lacey
- Family Ties
- The Little Rascals
- Silver Spoons
- Knight Rider
- Cheers
- Remington Steele
TV shows that ended
- Spider-Man
- The Incredible Hulk
- Mork & Mindy
- Lou Grant
- The Lawrence Welk Show
Top TV Shows
- Dallas
- M*A*S*H
- Magnum, PI
- Three's Company
- Simon & Simon
- The Love Boat
- The A-Team
- The Jeffersons
- 9 to 5
- One Day at a Time
- Hart to Hart
- Laverne & Shirley
- Happy Days
Births
- Nicki Minaj - rapper, "Super bass" and "Starships"
- Paul Wesley - TV actor, in "Vampire Diaries"
- Jared Padalecki - TV actor, in "Supernatural"
- Cory Monteith - TV actor, in "Glee"
- Prince William - heir to the throne of England; son of Prince Charles and Princess Diana
- Kate Middleton - married to Prince William
- Kelly Clarkson - pop singer, "Since You've Been Gone"
- Anne Hathaway - movie actor, in "Princess Diaries" and "Devil Wears Prada"
- Sebastian Stan - movie actor, plays Bucky Barnes in "Captain America"
- Priyanka Chopra - TV actress, in "Quantico"
- Eddie Redmayne - movie actor, in "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
- Adam Lambert - pop singer, on American Idol, "Whataya Want From Me"
- Seth Rogen - movie actor, in "Superbad" and "Knocked Up"
Firsts
- Disney's EPCOT park opened
- First artificial heart implant
- Smileys - university student from Carnegie Mellon first suggest the use of smiley or emoticon as a way of expressing emotion in an email
- Weather Channel
- First CD player sold in Japan
- Trvial Pursuit board game introduced
new words
- AIDS
- break dancing
- cyberspace
- domain name
- escape key
- face-plant
- flip off
- in-your-face
- party animal
- pixelated
- poutine
- product placement
- skanky
- snail mail
- speed dial
- spoiler alert
- text messaging
- zone out
Events
Clifford Olson convicted
Clifford Robert Olson Jr. was a convicted Canadian serial killer who confessed to murdering 11 children and young adults between the ages of nine and 18 years in the early 1980s in BC.
First Canadian to climb Mt Everest
On October 5 at 9:30am local time, Skreslet became the first Canadian to reach the summit of Mount Everest, via the southeast col route. The 1982 Canadian Mount Everest Expedition (sponsored by Air Canada) had taken five years to plan, $3 million to finance and required 27 tons of equipment to outfit the party. The expedition also experienced tragedy when four climbers perished in the Khumbu Icefall during setup of Camp I.
Thriller Album released
Thriller is the sixth studio album by American singer Michael Jackson, released on November 30, 1982. It became the world's best-selling album, won 8 Grammy Awards in 1984, including Album of the Year. It produced 6 singles in 1983 — "The Girl Is Mine", "Billie Jean", "Beat It", "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'", "Human Nature", "P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)"; and "Thriller" was released in January 1984.
Graceland opens
Less than 5 years after Elvis' death, his home Graceland was opened to the public on June 7th. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. It serves as a museum. Graceland is the second most-visited house in America with over 650,000 visitors a year, second only to the White House.