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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. It last hit a record on January 11, 1973, when the average closed at ...
1982 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.
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1982 in the United States by state or territory (55 C) 1982 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1982 disestablishments in the United States (39 C, 16 P)
Ace trivia night with these cool and random fun facts for adults and kids. This list of interesting facts is the perfect way to learn something new about life. 105 Fun Facts About Science, History ...
An elegy for an uninteresting and unexciting car that changed the world and really deserved a much better owner than me.
January 7 – The Commodore 64 8-bit home computer is launched by Commodore International (released in August); it becomes the all-time best-selling single personal computer model. [8] January 30 – First computer virus, the Elk Cloner, written by 15-year-old Rich Skrenta, is found in the wild. [9] It infects Apple II computers via floppy disk.
The 1982 World's Fair, officially known as the Knoxville International Energy Exposition (KIEE) and simply as Energy Expo '82 and Expo '82, was an international exposition held in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.