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1982
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POLITICS and HISTORY
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Argentine forces invade the Falkland Islands
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Italy's 43rd Government since 1945 takes power
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Neoli Farrell, of New Zealand, becomes the first paraplegic to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, in archery.
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Israel returns the Sinai to Egypt in accordance with the Camp David agreement
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Israel invades Lebanon and advances on Beirut to drive PLO fighters from the country
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The Indian Government institutes a pollution free zone around the Taj Mahal
MUSIC
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Back on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders
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Puttin on the Ritz by Taco
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Come on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
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Cruel Summer by Bananarama
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Rock the Casbah by The Clash
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Do you Really Want to Hurt Me by Culture Club
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Is There Something I Should Know? by Duran Duran
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I Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow
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Our House by Madness
TV and at the MOVIES
- Silver Spoons (Ricky Schroeder......what a babe)
- Remington Steele (The debonair Pierce Brosnan)
- Cheers where everyone knows your name
- ET The Extra Terrestrial had us cycling to the moon
- First Blood Introduced us to Rambo
- Chariots of Fire won the Best Movie at the Oscars
- Henry Fonda (On Golden Pond) was Best Actor
- Katherine Hepburn (On Golden Pond) was Best Actress
- Tootsie Dustin Hoffman was a real drag!!!
- Ghandi had us noticing the life of an amazing man
People who died in 1982
- John Belishi (b.1949, American actor)
- Grace Kelly (b.1929, American actress and Princess of Monaco)
- Ingrid Bergman (b.1915, Swedish film actress)
- Henry Fonda (b.1905, film actor)
- Leonid Brezhnev (b.1906, Soviet Leader)
- Marty Robbins (b.1925, American country and western singer)
- Carl Orff (b.1895, West German composer)
- Marty Feldman (b.1934, British comedian)
- Kenneth More (b.1914, English actor)
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