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December 20 – Arthur Rubinstein, Polish-American pianist (b. 1887) December 21 – Ants Oras, Estonian-American author and academic (b. 1900) December 23 – Jack Webb, actor, television producer, screenwriter (b. 1920) December 27 – Jack Swigert, NASA astronaut (b. 1931) December 30 – Alberto Vargas, Peruvian-American painter (b. 1896)
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 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 ...
The Reagan Era: A History of the 1980s (Columbia University Press, 2015) Schmertz, Eric J. et al. eds. Ronald Reagan's America 2 Volumes (1997) articles by scholars and officeholders; Wilentz, Sean. The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974–2008 (2008) detailed narrative by liberal historian
Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974 (WW Norton, 2019), scholarly history. excerpt; Olson, James S. ed. Historical Dictionary of the 1970s (1999) excerpt; Richards, Marlee. America in the 1970s (Twenty-First Century Books, 2010) online. Sandbrook, Dominic. Mad as Hell: The Crisis of the 1970s and the Rise of the Populist Right ...
The downturn ended 16 months later, in November 1982. [1] The economy entered a strong recovery and experienced a lengthy expansion through 1990. [3] Principal causes of the 1980 recession included contractionary monetary policy undertaken by the Federal Reserve to combat double digit inflation and residual effects of the energy crisis. [4]
The history of the United States from 1964 to 1980 includes the climax and end of the Civil Rights Movement; the escalation and ending of the Vietnam War; the drama of a generational revolt with its sexual freedoms and use of drugs; and the continuation of the Cold War, with its Space Race to put a man on the Moon.
1999: America Online has over 18 million subscribers and is now the biggest internet provider in the country, with higher-than-expected earnings. It acquires MapQuest for $1.1 billion in December.
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)