This is a list of important events the occured during 1982. Exact dates are listed when known.

• Michael Jackson's "Thriller" sells 20 million albums to become the largest selling record ever.
• Ozzy bites the head off a live bat thrown at him at a January 20 performance.
• Argentina invades the Falklands (UK); Argentina has to withdraw its troops after two months.
• Italy wins the Soccer World Cup in Spain
• Helmut Kohl becomes chancellor in Germany (and STILL is chancellor)
• Leonid Breznjev dies, Yuri Andropov takes over
• The Reverend Sun Myung Moon marries 4,150 of his "Moonie" followers at Madison Square Garden.
• Tylenol Scare, October 5th
• Nancy Reagan appears at a Washington benefit dressed as a bag lady to protest criticism of her expensive outfits.
• Princess Grace of Monaco dies when her car hurtles over a cliff.
• John Belushi dies March 5 of cocaine and herion.
• Prine William is born to Charles and Di.
• Mexico's economy collapses.
• Liposuction is introduced.
• Telephone company breaks up into 22 distinct regional phone companies.
• The Equal Rights Amendment dies, three states short of ratification.
• The Vietnam Memorial is erected in Washington D.C.
• The first artificial heart transplant takes place, the receipent lives 112 days.
• Delorean Motor Company goes bankrupt
• Larry Walters on July 2nd ties 42 weather balloons to a lawn chair and flies as high as 16 thousand feet before shooting the balloons with a pellet gun and landing about 90 minutes later. The FAA fined him $1,500.