Editing 1982

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==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 [[BNP|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 - [[Robert Thompson and Jon Venables|Jon Venables]]
*August 23 - [[Robert Thompson and Jon Venables|Robert Thompson]]
*August 30 - [[Kip Kinkel]]
*August - [[Joanna Dennehy]]
*September 27 - [[Seth Ator]]
*September 28 - [[Tomohiro Kato]]
*October 29 - [[Ahmed al-Sharaa]]
*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 - [[Lam Kor-wan|Chan Fung-lan]]
*April 3 - Stephanie Roper
*May 29 - [[Lam Kor-wan|Chan Wan-kit]]
*June 17 - [[Lam Kor-wan|Leung Sau-wan]]
*June 23 - Vincent Chen
*July 2 - [[Lam Kor-wan|Leung Wai-sum]]
*July 17 - Krista Harrison