So What Was Going On In 1982?
State of Pop Culture 30 Years Ago
Jan 4th - Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show"
Jan 7th - "Fame" premieres on NBC TV
Jan 9th - 5.9 earthquake in New England & Canada; 1st since 1855
Jan 13th - Hank Aaron & Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame
Jan 22nd - 75% of North America is covered by snow
Jan 24th - Superbowl XVI: SF 49ers beat Cin Bengals, 26-21 in Pontiac Mich, Superbowl MVP: Joe Montana, San Francisco, QB
Jan 30th - Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
Feb 1st - "Late Night With David Letterman" debuts on NBC-TV
Feb 6th - "Centerfold" by J Geils Band hit #1 on pop chart
Feb 13th - Dark Side of the Moon, is on charts for 402nd week
Mar 1st - NY Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents
Mar 20th - Joan Jett & Blackhearts' "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" goes #1 for 7 wks
Mar 21st - Movie "Annie" premieres
Mar 28th - 1st NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: LA Tech beats Cheney 76-62
Apr 21st - Dr Michael E Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant
May 7th - IBM releases PC-DOS version 1.1
May 7th - Oakland Raiders to move to LA
May 16th - Stanley Cup: NY Islanders sweep Vancouver Canucks in 4 games
Jun 8th - 36th NBA Championship: LA Lakers beat Phila 76ers, 4 games to 2
Jun 10th - "Taxi," last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall
Jun 11th - Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)
Jun 22nd - Prince Charles & Lady Diana take Prince William home from hospital
Aug 17th - The first Compact Discs (CDs) were released to the public in Germany
Sep 20th - NFL players begin a 57 day strike
Sep 24th - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
Sep 28th - 1st reports appear of death from cyanide-laced Tylenol capsules
Sep 29th - 1st broadcast of "Cheers" on NBC-TV
Oct 1st - The Sony CDP-101, the world's first commercially released Compact Disc player, is released in Japan for 168,000 yen ($730)
Oct 7th - "Cats" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 5000+ performances
Oct 14th - Pres Reagan proclaims war against drugs
Oct 20th - St Louis Cards beat Milwaukee Brewers, 4 games to 3 in 79th World Series
Oct 27th - China announces its population at 1 billion people plus
Nov 13th - Vietnam War Memorial dedicated in Washington DC
Nov 16th - Aggrement reached ending 57 day football strike
Nov 20th - Drew Barrymore at age 7 hosts Saturday Night Live
Nov 24th - Orioles Cal Ripken is named AL Rookie of Year
Dec 1st - Michael Jackson releases "Thriller"
Dec 29th - Bob Marley postage stamp issued in Jamaica
(Historyorb.com)
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