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November 2 – United States elections, 1982. The Republican Party loses 27 seats to the majority Democratic Party in the House . November 3 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than 9 years.
September 9 – George Brownlee and colleagues at the University of Oxford publish their results of cloning human clotting factor IX. [ 15 ] November – Helen House , the world’s first children’s hospice , is set up by Sister Frances Dominica in Oxford , England.
The rise of the Sun Belt was the culmination of changes that began in American society starting in the 1950s, as cheap air travel, automobiles, the interstate system, and the growth of air conditioning all spurred a mass migration south and west. Young, working-age Americans and affluent retirees all flocked to the Sun Belt. [2]
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The 1980s (pronounced "nineteen-eighties", shortened to "the '80s" or "the Eighties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1980, and ended on December 31, 1989.. The decade saw a dominance of conservatism and free market economics, and a socioeconomic change due to advances in technology and a worldwide move away from planned economies and towards laissez-faire capitalism compared to the 1970s.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 25 January 2025. 1982 January February March April May June July August September October November December This article is about the year 1982. For other uses, see 1982 (disambiguation). Clockwise from top-left: the Syrian Arab Army and the Defense Companies besiege the city of Hama, killing 350–400 ...
Other shifts in the UK during the late 20th and early 21st century include the rise of the internet with computerised technology taking an ever greater role in most aspects of life, rising enrolment in further and higher education among older adolescents and young adults, as well as a diminishing interest in politics with 21st century elections ...