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1982 (MCMLXXXII)

was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.

Events

January

January 1 – New ITV franchises, Central, TVS and TSW, are launched.

January 7 – The Commodore 64 8- bit home computer is launched by Commodore International in Las Vegas (released in August ); it becomes the all- time best - selling single personal computer model.

January 8 – AT&T Corporation agrees to break up and divest itself of 22 subdivisions.

January 11 – Mark Thatcher, son of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, disappears in the Sahara during the Dakar Rally; he is rescued January 14.

January 11–17 – A brutal cold snap sends temperatures to all- time record lows in dozens of cities throughout the Midwestern United States.

January 13 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78. On the same day, a Washington Metro train derails to the north, killing three people in the system 's first fatal accident.

January 17 – Cold Sunday sweeps over the northern United States.

January 18 – 1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash: Four Northrop T-38 aircraft of the United States Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Squadron crash at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, killing all 4 pilots.