The Year ~ 1982 on 1029i.com


	March of 1982 brings us new television company called Home Box Office (HBO).

	E.T. tops the box office with $310 million in ticket sales.

	Late Night with David Letterman premieres in February.

	The language of Valley Girls sweeps the nation.

	Yale University announces it will offer a 14-week course on mastering the Rubik's cube.

	Atari introduces home version of Pac Man.

	First issue of USA Today hits the newsstands.

	Rocky III hits the theaters and gives rock band Survivor their only hit with "Eye Of The Tiger"

	Tylenol scare kills 7 people, spawning childproof bottles.

	Ozzy bites the head off a bat in January.

	The New York Times calls Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "The Message" "the most powerful pop record of the year."

	John Belushi found dead from drug overdose.

	St. Elsewhere debuts, giving Denzel Washington his acting start.

	Fast Times At Ridgemont High gives us such future celebs as Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, Forest Whitaker, Nicholas Cage and Phoebe Cates.

	Gandhi wins Oscar for best picture.

	Hello: Legwarmers & Clam Diggers - Goodbye: Sergio Valente jeans and Disco.

	22 million Trivial Pursuit games were sold in 1982.

	The show Joanie Loves Chachi makes a quick lived run on air. In Japan, "Chachi" means penis, needless to say it was a big hit there.

	President Reagan declares his "War On Drugs".

	"They're Heeeeeere!"... Notable films of 1982: Pink Floyd The Wall, An Officer And A Gentleman, Tootsie, 48 Hrs., Diner, and Poltergeist.
1981 :: 1983