1982

Events

• February 28 - End of the Muslim Brotherhood's insurgency in Syria.
• March 23 - Efraín Ríos Montt becomes President of Guatemala after seizing power in a military coup.
• April 2 to June 14 - The Falklands War is fought.
• April 7 - The British National Party is founded by John Tyndall.
• April 26 to 27 - Woo Bum Kon perpetrates the Uiryeong Massacre when he kills 56 people and wounds 35 others in several villages before committing suicide in Uiryeong County, South Gyeongsang Province, South Korea.
• May 2 - The Revolutionary Government Junta of El Salvador is dissolved.
• June 18 - Leopoldo Galtieri is removed as President of Argentina.
• July 8 - Iraqi President Saddam Hussein survives an assassination attempt by the Islamic Dawa Party in the village of Dujail.
• August 20 - Carl Robert Brown goes on a shooting rampage in a welding shop located in Miami, Florida, killing 8 people. He was later shot and killed by police officers while attempting to flee the scene of the attack.
• September 16 to 18 - The Sabra and Shatila Massacre occurs in West Beirut, Lebanon, carried out by pro-Israel militias. Between 460 and 3,500 civilians are killed. Defense Minister Ariel Sharon takes personal responsibility for the massacre.
• November 7 - Kenan Evren is elected President of Turkey, restoring democratic elections after 2 years of military rule.
• November 12 - Yuri Andropov, former chairman of the KGB, is named the new General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union after the death of Leonid Brezhnev.
• December 6 - Droppin' Well disco bombing committed by the Irish National Liberation Army kills 17 (including 6 civilians) and injures 30.As a result, Ireland outlaws the INLA shortly afterwards.

Births

Villain births

• February 13 - Eric Justin Toth
• February 16 - Ralph Shortey
• February 24 - Christine Weston Chandler
• May 6 - David Attias
• June 21 - Jussie Smollett
• July 7 - Shinichiro Azuma
• July 24 - Luka Magnotta
• July 29 - Allison Mack
• August 13 - Jon Venables
• August 23 - Robert Thompson
• August 30 - Kip Kinkel
• August - Joanna Dennehy
• September 27 - Seth Ator
• September 28 - Tomohiro Kato
• November 8 - Lynndie England
• December 17 - DaddyOFive

Victim births

• January 11 - Nicole Strau
• January 15 - Nicholaus Contreatz
• February 22 - Sokhim An
• March 3 - Corey DePooter
• April 8 - Wenjian Liu
• May 5 - Kyle Velasquez
• June 2 - April Lacy
• July 2 - Amber Creek
• August 23 - Ram Chun
• September 1 - John Tomlin
• October 22 - Scott Beigel
• October 26 - Teresa Tran
• November 22 - Winter Hodges
• Unknown - Celine Saison

Deaths

Villain deaths

• April 15 - Muhammad abd-al-Salam Faraj and Khalid Islambouli
• April 27 - Woo Bum Kon
• August 20 - Carl Robert Brown
• August 22 - Jonas Deksnys
• September 1 - Władysław Gomułka
• October 4 - Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
• November 2 - Lester Roloff
• November 10 - Leonid Brezhnev
• December 16 - Orville Hubbard

Victim deaths

• February 3 - Chan Fung-lan
• April 3 - Stephanie Roper
• May 29 - Chan Wan-kit
• June 17 - Leung Sau-wan
• June 23 - Vincent Chen
• July 2 - Leung Wai-sum
• July 17 - Krista Harrison