The following events occurred inMay 1982:

• Italian generalCarlo Alberto dalla Chiesa was appointed asprefect forPalermo to combat the violence of theSecond Mafia War. Dalla Chiesa, his wifeEmanuela Setti Carraro and their escort agent Domenico Russowould be assassinated in Palermo on September 3.^[1][2]
• Falklands War: TheRoyal Air Force completedBlack Buck One, the first mission ofOperation Black Buck, bombing the main runway atPort Stanley Airport, which was occupied by theArgentine Air Force. Black Buck One was the longest bombing mission ever attempted up to that time. RAFFlight LieutenantMartin Withers would later be awarded theDistinguished Flying Cross for his part in the mission.^[3]
• Gato Del Sol came up from last place to win the1982 Kentucky Derby atChurchill Downs.Edwin J. Gregson, Gato Del Sol's trainer, announced that the horse would probably not take part in the1982 Preakness Stakes on May 15, becoming the first Kentucky Derby winner to skip the Preakness since 1959.^[4]
• The opening ceremonies of the1982 World's Fair inKnoxville, Tennessee included an address byU.S. PresidentRonald Reagan. About 11 million people would attend the Fair during its 6-month run.^[5][6][7]
• American television actressCindy Williams married singerBill Hudson.^[8]
• Born:
  • Ambrose Akinmusire, Americanavant-garde jazz composer andtrumpeter; inOakland, California^[9]
  • Yalçın Ayhan, Turkishfootballer; inIstanbul,Turkey^[10]
  • Beto (born António Alberto Bastos Pimparel), Portuguese footballer; inLoures,Portugal^[11]
  • Andy Dorman, Welsh footballer; inChester,England^[12]
  • Jamie Dornan, Northern Irish actor and model; inHolywood, County Down,Northern Ireland^[13]
  • Carson Fagan, Caymanian international footballer^[14]
  • Mark Farren, Irish footballer; inDonegal,Ireland (d.2016)^[15][16]
  • Tommy Robredo, Spanish professionaltennis player; inHostalric,Spain^[17]
  • Darijo Srna, Croatian footballer; inMetković,Socialist Republic of Croatia,Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia^[18]
  • Katya Zamolodchikova (born Brian Joseph McCook), Americandrag queen; inBoston,Massachusetts^[19]
• Died:
  • Gyula Kertész, 94, Hungarian international footballer^[20]
  • Jake Pelkington, 66, American professionalbasketball player^[21]
  • William PrimroseCBE, 77, Scottishviolist^[22]
  • Gene Sheldon, 74, American actor,mime artist and musician^[23]
  • Margaret Sheridan, 55, American actress^[24]
  • Wolfgang Stammberger, 61, Germanjurist and politician^[25]
  • Vladimir Stenberg, 83, Soviet artist and designer^[26]
  • Walther Wenck, 81, GermanWorld War II general, traffic collision^[27]

• Falklands War:
  • AdmiralJorge Anaya, Commander-in-Chief of theArgentine Navy, putOperation Algeciras, an Argentine plan to destroy aRoyal Navy warship inGibraltar, on hold in the hope of a political settlement to the war.^[28]
  • Later the same day, the Britishnuclear submarineHMSConqueror sank the Argentine cruiserGeneral Belgrano, killing 323 sailors.^{[28][29][30][31]}
• The Weather Channel aired oncable television in theUnited States as the first 24-hour all weather network.^[32]
• Darrell Waltrip won the1982 Winston 500 atAlabama International Motor Speedway inTalladega, Alabama.^[33] The race was notable for the participation of the driver known asL. W. Wright, acon artist who abandoned his car at Talladega and disappeared after the race.^[34]
• 56-year-oldÁlvaro Magaña was sworn into office asPresident of El Salvador, restoring civilian rule in the country for the first time since the1931 Salvadoran coup d'état.^{[35][36][37][38]} U.S. AmbassadorDeane R. Hinton attended the inauguration ceremony. Radio Vinceremos, a leftistguerrillashortwave station, called the new government the "legalization of fascism".^[36]
• After the discovery of human remains in aseptic tank at the former home of David and Brenda Venables inKempsey, Worcestershire, England, on July 12, 2019, David Venables would be charged in 2021 with murdering his wife Brenda sometime between May 2 and May 5, 1982.^[39]
• Born:
  • Tim Benjamin, Welsh professional andOlympicsprinter^[40]
  • Valeria Bilello, Italian actress and model; inSciacca,Sicily,Italy^[41]
  • Johan Botha, South Africancricketer; inJohannesburg,Transvaal,South Africa^[42]
  • Lázaro Bruzón, Cubanchessgrandmaster; inHolguín,Cuba^[43]
  • Luigi Castaldo, Italian footballer; inGiugliano in Campania, Italy^[44]
  • Iván Cervantes, Spanishmotorcycleenduro racer^[45]
  • Jamie Dantzscher, American Olympicartistic gymnast; inCanoga Park, Los Angeles,California^[46]
  • Fábio Felício, Portuguese footballer; inFaro, Portugal^[47]
  • Chiara Gensini, Italian actress; inRome, Italy^[48]
  • Blythe Hartley, Canadian Olympic diver; inEdmonton,Alberta,Canada^[49]
  • Csaba Horváth, Slovak footballer; inBratislava,Czechoslovakia^[50]
  • Lorie (born Laure Pester), French singer; inLe Plessis-Bouchard,Val-d'Oise,France^[51]
  • Tomáš Mojžíš, Czech professionalice hockeydefenceman; inKolín, Czechoslovakia^[52]
• Died:
  • Salomon Bochner, 82, Americanmathematician^[53]
  • Helmut Dantine, 63, Austrian-American actor^[54]
  • Hugh Marlowe (born Hugh Herbert Hipple), 71, American actor^[55][56]
  • Bill Sefton, 67, American Olympicpole vaulter^[57]
  • Wini Shaw, 75, American actress, dancer and singer^[58]
  • Virginia Vestoff, 42, American actress (cancer)^[59]

• Falklands War: At midnight on May 2/3, while searching for the crew of a downed ArgentineCanberra bomber, the patrol vesselARAAlférez Sobral fired on aSea King helicopter that had detected her. When the helicopter crew requested assistance,Westland Lynx helicopters fromHMS Coventry andHMS Glasgow fired onAlférez Sobral withSea Skua missiles, killing eight of her crew.Alférez Sobral would be escorted intoPuerto Deseado on May 5. The Canberra's crew were never located.^[60]
• The New York Times reported that 25% of theNASA budget would be transferred to theUnited States military.^[29]
• William A. O'Neill, theGovernor of Connecticut, andHarry Hughes, theGovernor of Maryland, signed bills raising thelegal drinking age in their respective states. The new legal drinking age in Connecticut was 19, while that in Maryland was 21.^[61]
• TheAmerican Broadcasting Company launched its All Talk network on two radio stations on theWest Coast of the United States.^[29]
• InAnchorage, Alaska, seven people were shot to death within an hour in two separate incidents. A woman and two men were killed in a double murder-suicide shooting at a bar, and four teenagers were shot and killed inRussian Jack Springs Park.^[62]Charles L. Meach, the killer of the teenagers, had been foundnot guilty by reason of insanity in a 1973 murder trial and was living at theAlaska Psychiatric Institute at the time of the park killings.^[63]
• In aFrank and Ernestcomic strip byBob Thaves, a line about Hollywood actressGinger Rogers' dance talent was published: "Ginger Rogers did everythinghe [Fred Astaire] did, ..backwards and in high heels." The quote would eventually become one of the most often repeated descriptions of Rogers in non-fiction publications.^[64]
• Born:
  • Juliana Alves, Brazilian actress and model; inRio de Janeiro,Rio de Janeiro,Brazil^[65]
  • Juan Carlos Cacho, Mexican footballer; inMexico City,Mexico^[66]
  • Andrew Durante, New Zealand international footballer; inSydney,New South Wales,Australia^[67]
  • Sebastian Furchner, German professional and Olympic ice hockey player; inKaufbeuren,Bavaria,West Germany^[68]
  • Rebecca Hall, English actress; inLondon, England^[69]
  • Joo Hyun-jung, South Korean Olympic championarcher^[70]
  • Casey Laulala, New Zealandrugby union player; inMotoʻotua,Samoa^[71]
  • Igor Olshansky, Ukrainian-AmericanNational Football Leaguedefensive end; inDnipropetrovsk,Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,Soviet Union^[72]
  • Krzysztof Ostrowski, Polish footballer; inWrocław,Poland^[73]
  • Mário da Silva Pedreira Júnior, Brazilianvolleyball player; in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil^[74]
  • Tobias Rathgeb, German footballer; inOstfildern, West Germany^[75]
  • Nick Stavinoha,Major League Baseballoutfielder; inHouston,Texas^[76]
  • Irakli Tsirekidze, Georgian Olympic championjudoka^[77]
  • R. J. Umberger,National Hockey Leaguecenter; inPittsburgh,Pennsylvania^[78]
• Died:
  • Mohammed Seddik Benyahia, 50, Algerian politician; killed when his aircraft was shot down on theIran-Turkey border during a peace mission concerning theIran–Iraq War.^[79][80]
  • Werner Schwier, 60, German actor and voice actor^[81]
  • Henri Tajfel (born Hersz Mordche), 62, Polishsocial psychologist^[82]

• In the1982 Indonesian legislative election, theGolkar party retained control of thePeople's Consultative Assembly.^[83]
• The1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships opened inMunich, West Germany. They would continue through May 15.^[84]
• TheVatican announced thatPope John Paul II had named two new bishops in South America.Gerardo Sueldo was namedBishop of Orán,Argentina, andAlberto Jara Franzoy was namedBishop of Chillán,Chile.^[85]
• Falklands War:
  • During a journalists' strike, editorKelvin MacKenzie of the British tabloidThe Sun reported the sinking of theGeneral Belgrano with a controversial headline inspired by a chance remark by features editorWendy Henry: "GOTCHA Our lads sink gunboat and hole cruiser."^[86][87] Over the objections ofRupert Murdoch, owner ofThe Sun, MacKenzie chose to change the headline to "Did 1,200 Argies drown?" for later editions, but due to the strike hundreds of thousands of copies were printed with the original headline. The following day'sSun headline would read, "ALIVE! Hundreds of Argies saved from Atlantic", downplaying the loss of life in the sinking.^[86]
  • The BritishType 42 destroyerHMSSheffield was hit by an ArgentineExocet missile and burned out of control; 20 sailors were killed.^{[30][31][60][88][89][90]}
• The Troubles in Derry: 21-year-oldProtestant Samuel Caskey, a member of theRoyal Ulster Constabulary, was shot and killed during anIrish Republican Army sniper attack on an RUC foot patrol inDerry,Northern Ireland.^[91]
• Born:
  • Shaun Bodiford, National Football Leaguewide receiver; inSeattle,Washington^[92]
  • Kleopas Giannou, Greek Olympic and professional footballer; inAthens,Attica,Greece^[93]
  • Norihito Kobayashi, Japanese OlympicNordic combined skier; inKitaakita,Akita Prefecture,Japan^[94]
  • Michele di Rocco, Italian Olympic and professional boxer; inFoligno,Province of Perugia,Umbria, Italy^[95]
  • Markus Rogan, Austrian Olympic swimmer; inVienna,Austria^[96]
  • Dewarick Spencer, American professional basketball player; inMobile County, Alabama^[97]
  • Georgios Tsiaras, Greek professional basketball player; inLarissa, Greece^[98]
  • Nathan Tyson, English footballer; inReading, Berkshire, England^[99]
• Died:
  • Paul Dörflinger, 27, German footballer (colorectal cancer)^[100]
  • Orhan Gündüz, Turkish Honorary Consul, assassinated inSomerville, Massachusetts^[101]
  • Harry Hays,PC, 72, Canadian politician, member of theSenate of Canada from Alberta^[102]
  • Barnett Janner, Baron Janner, 89, British politician,Member of Parliament^[103]
  • Guido von Mengden, 85, German Sports officer,Nazi Party official^[104]
  • Leo W. O'Brien, 81, American journalist and politician, member of theUnited States House of Representatives fromNew York^[105]

• QueenElizabeth II andPrince Philip officially opened the new outdoor set of the Britishsoap operaCoronation Street.^[106]
• The Troubles: 64-year-old Protestant civilian Maureen McCann was stabbed and shot to death during an armed robbery by theUlster Volunteer Force at herpost office inKillinchy,County Down, Northern Ireland.^[91]
• AUnabomber bomb exploded in thecomputer science department atVanderbilt University; secretary Janet Smith was injured.^[107][108]
• Born:
  • Pawel Abbott, Polish-English footballer; inYork, England^[109]
  • Ferrie Bodde, Dutch footballer and coach; inDelft,Netherlands^[110]
  • Wouter D'Haene, Belgian Olympicsprint canoer; inKortrijk,West Flanders,Belgium^[111]
  • Velibor Đurić, Bosnian footballer; inVlasenica,Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia^[112]
  • Randall Gay, National Football Leaguecornerback; inBaton Rouge, Louisiana^[113]
  • Andreas Haddad, Swedish-Assyrian footballer; inStockholm,Sweden^[114]
  • Gunnar Jeannette, Americanracing driver; inWest Palm Beach, Florida^[115]
  • Jia Dandan, Chinese Olympic ice hockeygoaltender; inHarbin,Heilongjiang,China^[116]
  • Przemysław Kaźmierczak, Polish footballer; inŁęczyca, Poland^[117]
  • Corey Parker, Australianrugby league footballer; inBrisbane,Queensland, Australia^[118]
  • Daniel Paulista, Brazilian footballer and manager; inRibeirão Preto, Brazil^[119]
  • Teresa Portela, Spanish Olympicsprint canoer; inCangas, Pontevedra, Spain^[120]
  • Jan Rezek, Czech footballer; inTeplice, Czechoslovakia^[121]
  • Enrico Rossi, Italian professional roadracing cyclist; inCesena,Emilia-Romagna, Italy^[122]
  • Sándor Torghelle, Hungarian footballer; inBudapest,Hungary^[123]
  • Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Spanish politician; inMadrid, Spain^[124]
  • Burak Yeter, Turkish-Dutchdisc jockey,record producer andremixer; inTrabzon, Turkey^[125]
• Died:
  • Irmgard Keun, 77, German novelist^[126]
  • Cal Tjader, 56, AmericanLatin jazz musician^[127][128]

• Falklands War: TwoSea Harrier FRS1 aircraft disappeared on acombat air patrol mission over theSouth Atlantic. They were presumed to have experienced amid-air collision in bad weather, killing both pilots.^[60][129]
• TheCBS television network announced its plans for the 1982-83 TV season, which included the cancellations of five series:House Calls,Lou Grant,Mr. Merlin,Nurse andWKRP in Cincinnati. A CBS spokesman saidLou Grant was being canceled "reluctantly" due to low ratings.^[130]
• At 20:00:00.08GMT, at theNevada Test Site, the United States conducted theKryddostnuclear test as part of theOperation Praetorian test series.^[131]
• Born:
  • Miguel Almazán, Mexican footballer; in Mexico City, Mexico^[132]
  • Celeste Barber, Australian comedian and media personality; in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^[133]
  • Semir Ben-Amor, Finnish professional ice hockeyforward; inHelsinki,Finland^[134]
  • Annagrazia Calabria, Italian politician; inNew York City, New York^[135]
  • Duri Camichel, Swiss professional ice hockey forward; inSamedan,Switzerland (d.2015)^[136]
  • Dustin Colquitt, National Football Leaguepunter; in Knoxville, Tennessee^[137]
  • Achmat Hassiem, South AfricanParalympic swimmer; inCape Town,Western Cape, South Africa^[138]
  • Kirsi Helen (born Kirsi Perälä), Finnish Olympiccross-country skier; inForssa, Finland^[139]
  • Miljan Mrdaković, Serbian Olympic and professional footballer; inNiš,Socialist Republic of Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia (d.2020)^[140]
  • Eric Murray, New Zealand Olympic champion rower; inHastings,Hawke's Bay Region,New Zealand^[141]
  • Dilshod Nazarov, Tajik Olympic championhammer thrower; inDushanbe,Tajik Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union^[142]
  • Marcel Ndjeng, Cameroonian footballer; inBonn, West Germany^[143]
  • Paulão (born Paulo Afonso Santos Júnior), Brazilian footballer^[144]
  • Lindsay Pulsipher, American actress; inSalt Lake City,Utah^[145]
  • Ishkhan Saghatelyan, Armenian politician; inGeghamavan,Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union^[146]
  • Kyle Shewfelt, Canadian Olympic champion gymnast; inCalgary, Alberta, Canada^[147]
  • Francisco Ventoso, Spanish professional and Olympic road racing cyclist; inReinosa, Spain^[148]
  • Jason Witten, National Football Leaguetight end^[149]
• Died:
  • Salvatore Ruggiero, 36, American mobster, in plane crash off the coast ofGeorgia.^[150]
  • Herman T. Schneebeli, 74, member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania^[151]

• 27-year-old Filipino boxerAndy Balaba was fatally injured during a fight withHi-Sup Shin atChangchung Gymnasium inSeoul,South Korea.^{[152][153][154]} He would die on May 11.^[152][154]
• A U.S. federal court ruled that theNational Football League had violatedantitrust laws by preventing theOakland Raiders from moving toLos Angeles.^[29]
• IBM released version 1.1 ofPC DOS.^[29]
• At 18:17:00.11 GMT, at the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducted theBouschet nuclear test as part of the Operation Praetorian test series.^[29][131]
• Born:
  • Jay Bothroyd, English footballer; inIslington, London, England^[155]
  • Ákos Buzsáky, Hungarian footballer; in Budapest, Hungary^[156]
  • Kristjan Fajt, Slovenian racing cyclist; inKoper,Socialist Republic of Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia^[157]
  • Matt Gaetz, member of the United States House of Representatives fromFlorida; inHollywood, Florida^[158]
  • Gustavinho (born Gustavo Nacarato Veronesi), Brazilian footballer; inAlagoinhas, Brazil^[159]
  • Conor Jackson, Major League Baseballfirst baseman andleft fielder; inAustin, Texas^[160]
  • Ewelina Kobryn, Polish professional basketball player; inTarnobrzeg, Poland^[161]
  • Renaldo Major, American professional basketball player and coach; inChicago,Illinois^[162]
  • Nam Song-chol, North Korean international footballer; inPyongyang,North Korea^[163]
  • Filip Novák, Czech professional ice hockey defenceman; inČeské Budějovice, Czechoslovakia^[164]
  • Juan Pablo Raponi, Argentine footballer; inÁlvarez, Santa Fe, Argentina^[165]
  • José Saez, French footballer; inMenen, Belgium^[166]
  • Dušan Vasiljević, Serbian footballer; inBelgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia^[167]
• Died:Claudio Barrientos, 46, Chilean Olympic boxer^[168]

• Cor Vriend andAnnie van Stiphout won the men's and women's races of the 1982Amsterdam Marathon.^[169]
• Born:
  • Jessica Aguilar, Mexican-Americanmixed martial artist; inPoza Rica,Veracruz, Mexico^[170]
  • Habib Bamogo, Burkinabé footballer; inParis, France^[171]
  • Buakaw Banchamek (born Sombat Banchamek), ThaiMuay Thaikickboxer; in Ban Song Nong County,Samrong Thap District,Surin Province,Thailand^[172]
  • Christina Cole, English actress; in London, England^[173]
  • Aarón Galindo, Mexican footballer; in Mexico City, Mexico^[174]
  • Adrián González, Major League Baseball first baseman; inSan Diego, California^[175]
  • Federico Mancinelli, Argentine footballer; inBahía Blanca, Argentina^[176]
  • Kevin Stefanski, National Football League coach; inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania^[177]
  • Uğur Yıldırım, Dutch footballer and coach; inApeldoorn, Netherlands^[178]
  • David van Zanten, Irish footballer; inDublin, Ireland^[179]
• Died:
  • Salomea Andronikova, 93, Georgian-Russiansocialite^[180]
  • Neil Bogart, 39, American record executive^[181]
  • Bernie Glow, 56, American trumpet player^[182]
  • Gilles Villeneuve, 32, French-Canadian racing driver; killed during qualifying for the1982 Belgian Grand Prix.^[152][183]

• TheBelgian Grand Prix was run atCircuit Zolder, overshadowed by the death of Gilles Villeneuve the previous day.^[183] British driverJohn Watson of theMcLaren-Ford team won the race.^[184]
• Hugh Jones andJoyce Smith won the men's and women's races of the1982 London Marathon.^[185]BBC One aired live coverage of the race.^[186]
• Falklands War: British Sea Harrier aircraft strafed and bombed the Argentine spy trawlerARANarwal, killing one crewman and disabling the trawler. Members of theSpecial Boat Service boarded and capturedNarwal.^[60][187] The British Type 42 destroyer HMSCoventry shot down an ArgentinePuma AE-505 helicopter on its way to rescue theNarwal's crew, killing all three crewmen; their bodies and the helicopter were lost at sea nearSea Lion Island and never recovered.^[187]
• Born:
  • Martin Andersson, Swedish footballer^[188]
  • Rachel Boston, American actress; inSignal Mountain, Tennessee^[189]
  • Louis Brain, English-Australian footballer; inBirmingham, England^[190]
  • Barbara Cabrita, French-Portuguese model and actress; inTrappes,Yvelines, France^[191]
  • Javier Casas, Spanish footballer; inBilbao, Spain^[192]
  • Travis Jayner, Canadian-American Olympicshort track speed skater; inMoncton,New Brunswick, Canada^[193]
  • Kim Jung-woo, South Korean footballer; in Seoul, South Korea^[194]
  • Hernán Losada, Argentine footballer and manager; inBuenos Aires, Argentina^[195]
  • Édson Uribe, Peruvian footballer; inLima,Peru^[196]
  • Lindsay Whalen, American professional and Olympic champion basketball player and coach; inHutchinson, Minnesota^[197]

• Falklands War:
  • HMSSheffield and ARANarwal both foundered and sank while under tow.^{[30][60][187]}
  • At 10:30 p.m., theType 21 frigateHMS Alacrity fired on the Argentine Navy supply shipARAIsla de los Estados, which was carrying a cargo of ammunition and aviation fuel. TheIsla de los Estados exploded and sank, killing 22 of the ship's 24 crewmembers. The two survivors would be rescued from theSwan Islands by the shipForrest, which the Argentines had seized from theFalkland Islands Company.^[198][199]
• Radio stationWABC in New York City joined ABC's All Talk network after playingJohn Lennon's "Imagine" as its last record.^[29]
• At a farmhouse inDeerfield, Michigan, 17-year-olds David Ray Cole and Timothy Paul Fowler were locked inside the bathroom and burned to death when gasoline was set ablaze outside the door. As of 2019^[update] the case would remain unsolved.^[200]
• Belize became a member ofUNESCO.^[201]
• Born:
  • Adebayo Akinfenwa, English footballer; inIslington, London, England^[202]
  • Juan Pablo Avendaño, Argentine footballer; inLaguna Larga,Córdoba Province, Argentina^[203]
  • Evans Cheruiyot, Kenyanmarathon runner; in Kapkoi village,Keiyo District,Kenya^[204]
  • Petr Čoupek, Czech footballer; inBrno, Czechoslovakia^[205]
  • Stefanos Dedas, Greek professional basketballhead coach; inKilkis, Greece^[206]
  • Željko Đokić, Serbian-born Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer; inNovi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia^[207]
  • Eva-Maria Fitze, German Olympic figure skater; inDachau, Bavaria, West Germany^[208]
  • Stephanie Gandy, British-American professional basketball player; inDetroit,Michigan^[209]
  • Marc Hennerici, German racing driver; inMayen, West Germany^[210]
  • Vittorio Iannuzzo, Italianmotorcycle racer; inAvellino, Italy^[211]
  • Bekir Karayel, Turkish Olympic marathon runner; inSungurlu,Çorum Province, Turkey^[212]
  • Alan Keely, Irish footballer; inDublin,Ireland (d.2021)^[213][214]
  • Farid Mansurov, Azerbaijani Olympic championGreco-Roman wrestler; inDmanisi,Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union^[215]
  • Sabrina Richter (born Sabrina Neukamp), German Olympichandball player; inHagen,North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany^[216]
  • Daniel Sereinig, Swiss footballer; inWil, Switzerland^[217]
  • Giuseppe Soleri (born Giuseppe Saccà), Italian television actor; in Rome, Italy^[218]
• Died:
  • Ma Yinchu, 99, Chineseeconomist anddemographer^[219]
  • Don L. Short, 78, member of the United States House of Representatives fromNorth Dakota^[220]
  • Friedrich Schröder Sonnenstern (born Friedrich Schröder), 89, Germanoutsider artist and painter^[221]
  • Peter Weiss, 65, German writer and artist^[222]

• TheUnited States Football League, founded by American businessmanDavid Dixon, announced its formation at the21 Club in New York City.^[29][223]

• Tornadoes in the area ofAltus,Friendship andBlair, Oklahoma killed a child and a woman and caused extensive damage and injuries.^[224]
• Born:
  • Manuel Coppola, Italian footballer; in Rome, Italy^[225]
  • Mauro Facci, Italian professional road bicycle racer; inVicenza,Veneto, Italy^[226]
  • Viktor Gjyla, Albanian footballer^[227]
  • Jonathan Jackson, American actor, musician and author; inOrlando, Florida^[228]
  • Davide Matteini, Italian footballer; inLivorno, Italy^[229]
  • Cory Monteith, Canadian actor; in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (d.2013)^[230]
  • Yevhen Neplyakh, Ukrainian footballer; in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union^[231]
  • Janne Pesonen, Finnish professional ice hockeywinger; inSuomussalmi, Finland^[232]
  • Andrew Walter, American businessman, National Football Leaguequarterback^[233]
• Died:
  • Åke Andersson, 63, Swedish footballer and manager,bandy player and Olympic ice hockey player^[234]
  • Mario Marino, 68, Italian World War II sailor andunderwater diver^[235]
  • Arend Schoemaker, 70, Dutch footballer^[236]

• Spanish priestJuan María Fernández y Krohn tried to stabPope John Paul II with abayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine atFátima, Portugal, but was overpowered by security guards.^[29][237]

• Machine operator Andy Shaw and foreman Chris Wade discovered theCoppergate Helmet during excavations for the construction of theJorvik Viking Centre in York,North Yorkshire, England.^[238]
• Falklands War: Theocean linerQueen Elizabeth 2 set sail fromSouthampton, carrying the5th Infantry Brigade to the South Atlantic.^[31]
• The Troubles: 26-year-oldCatholic civilian Francis Toner was shot and killed during aLoyalist attack on a shop in theAntrim Road,New Lodge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. On the same day, 23-year-old Protestant Thomas Cunningham, a former member of theUlster Defence Regiment, was shot to death by the Irish Republican Army while repairing a house inStrabane,County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.^[91]
• ThePulitzer Prize for Fiction was awarded to American authorJohn Updike for his novel,Rabbit Is Rich.^[29][239]
• Braniff International Airways was declared bankrupt and ceased all flights.^[240][241]
• Born:
  • Maman Abdurrahman, Indonesian footballer; inJakarta,Indonesia^[242]
  • Mobolaji Akiode, American-born Nigerian Olympic basketball player; inMaplewood, New Jersey^[243]
  • Marvin Anderson, Jamaican Olympic sprinter; inTrelawny Parish,Jamaica^[244]
  • Harry Ellis, English rugby union player; inWigston,Leicestershire, England^[245]
  • Sebastian Hoeneß, German footballer and coach; in Munich, West Germany^[246]
  • Akihiro Hyodo, Japanese footballer; inShiroi,Chiba Prefecture, Japan^[247]
  • Tom Reichelt, German Olympic cross-country skier; inMarienberg,Saxony,East Germany^[248]
  • Anastasia Rodionova, Russian-born Australian professional and Olympic tennis player; inTambov, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union^[249]
  • Dan Taylor, Americanshot putter^[250]
  • Cosmin Vâtcă, Romanian footballer; inTurda,Romania^[251]
  • Rhian Wilkinson, Canadian professional and Olympicsoccer player; inPointe-Claire,Quebec, Canada^[252]
• Died:
  • Walter BoasFAA, 78, German-Australianmetallurgist^[253]
  • James Dempsey, 65, ScottishLabour Party politician and Member of Parliament^[254]
  • Hardy Cross Dillard, 79, American jurist, judge of theInternational Court of Justice^[255]
  • Carmine Rocco, 70, Italian Catholicarchbishop^[256]
  • Humphrey Searle, 66, English composer^[257]

• The1982 Trampoline World Championships began inBozeman, Montana. They would run through May 15.^[258]
• Terri Utley won theMiss USA 1982 pageant inBiloxi, Mississippi.^{[citation needed]}
• In separate incidents, thefishing vesselsHumdinger andSentinel both sank inAlaskan waters. All crew members were rescued.^[259][260]
• Born:
  • Kevin Begois, Belgian footballer and coach; inAntwerp, Belgium^[261]
  • Choi Young-rae, South Korean Olympicsport shooter; inDanyang County,North Chungcheong Province, South Korea^[262]
  • Albert Crusat, Spanish footballer; inBarcelona, Spain^[263]
  • Larry Fonacier, Filipino professional basketball player; inQuezon City,Philippines^[264]
  • Mohd Ivan Yusoff, Malaysian international footballer; inCheras, Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia^[265]
  • Paul James, Welsh international rugby union player; in Neath, Wales^[266]
  • Laurie Koehn, American professional basketball player and coach^[267]
  • Amine Laâlou, Moroccan Olympicmiddle-distance runner; inSalé,Morocco^[268]
  • Donnie Nietes, Filipino professional boxer; inMurcia, Negros Occidental, Philippines^[269]
  • Onyekachi Okonkwo, Nigerian footballer; inAba, Abia,Nigeria^[270]
  • Oguchi Onyewu, American soccer player; inWashington, D.C.^[271]
  • Casey Stoney, English Olympic and professional footballer and manager; inBasildon,Essex, England^[272]
  • Igor Turchin, Russian Olympic fencer; inSaratov,Saratov Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union^[273]
  • Mika Vukona, New Zealand professional basketball player; inSuva,Fiji^[274]
  • Maarten Wynants, Belgian professional road bicycle racer; inHasselt,Limburg, Belgium^[275]
• Died:
  • Akhsarbek Abaev, 58,OssetianRed Army sergeant,Hero of the Soviet Union^[276]
  • Gara Garayev, 64, Soviet Azerbaijani composer^[277]
  • Renzo Rossellini, 74, Italian composer^[278]
  • Billy Steel, 59, Scottish footballer^[279]
  • Věra Suková (born Věra Pužejová), 50, Czechoslovakian tennis player^[280]

• Falklands War: 45 BritishSpecial Air Service (SAS) troops, supported by naval artillery,raided the airfield onPebble Island, destroying 11 Argentine aircraft.^[31][281]
• Born:
  • Alana Beard, American professional basketball player; inShreveport, Louisiana^[282]
  • Beardyman (born Darren Alexander Foreman), Britishbeatboxer, musician and comedian; inStanmore,North London, England^[283]
  • Micol Cattaneo, Italianbobsledder and Olympic track and field athlete; inComo,Province of Como, Italy^[284]
  • Anders Eggert, Danish professional and Olympic handball player; inAarhus,Denmark^[285]
  • Anvar Gafurov, Uzbekistani footballer; inSamarkand,Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union^[286]
  • Nacho González, Uruguayan footballer; inMontevideo,Uruguay^[287]
  • Anjelah Johnson, American actress and comedian; inSan Jose, California^[288]
  • Albert Miralles, Spanish professional basketball player; inBadalona, Spain^[289]
  • Sílvia Cristina Rocha, Brazilian Olympic basketball player; inSão Paulo,São Paulo, Brazil^[290]
  • Ai Shibata, Japanese Olympic champion swimmer; inMima, Tokushima, Japan^[291]
• Died:
  • Hugh Beaumont, 73, American actor, television director and writer^[292]
  • Theodor Thomsen, 78, German Olympicsailor^[293]

• The1982 Tasmanian state election was held.^[294]
• Aloma's Ruler won the 1982 Preakness Stakes atPimlico Race Course inBaltimore,Maryland.Jack Kaenel became the youngestjockey ever to win aTriple Crown race at the age of 16.^{[295][296][297]}
• In the city's deadliest fire since at least 1947, ten people, including seven children, were killed in arowhouse fire at 2781 Tivoly Avenue, nearClifton Park, Baltimore. The fire was started by a candle that fell over and ignited a sofa. The house's electricity had been cut off the previous day due to nonpayment of an $808 bill fromBaltimore Gas and Electric.^[298]
• The 1982 Trampoline World Championships concluded in Bozeman, Montana.Carl Furrer of theUnited Kingdom andRuth Keller of Switzerland were the men's and ladies' champions, respectively.^[258]
• Born:
  • Michele Anaclerio, Italian footballer; inBari, Italy^[299]
  • Alexandra Breckenridge, American actress and photographer; inDarien, Connecticut^[300]
  • Veronica Campbell Brown, Jamaican Olympic championtrack and field athlete; inClark's Town,Trelawny Parish,Jamaica^[301]
  • Segundo Castillo, Ecuadorian footballer; inSan Lorenzo,Esmeraldas Province,Ecuador^[302]
  • Bradford Cox, American singer-songwriter and musician (Deerhunter); inMarietta, Georgia^[303]
  • Anna Floris, Italian tennis player^[304]
  • Tatsuya Fujiwara, Japanese actor; inChichibu, Saitama, Japan^[305]
  • Stefan Ishizaki, Swedish footballer; in Stockholm, Sweden^[306]
  • Alessandro Panza, Italian politician,Member of the European Parliament; inDomodossola, Italy^[307]
  • Alessandro Silva Pereira, Brazilian footballer; inBragança Paulista, Brazil^[308]
  • Rafael Pérez, Dominican Major League Baseball player; inSanto Domingo,Dominican Republic^[309]
  • Douglas Simpson, Scottishfield hockey player; inGlasgow,Scotland^[310]
  • Jessica Sutta, American dancer and singer (The Pussycat Dolls); inMiami,Florida^[311]
• Died:
  • Stuart Thomas Butler, 55, Australiannuclear physicist^[312]
  • Marty Hoey, 30–31, Americanmountaineer; climbing fall onMount Everest.^[313]
  • Joëlle Mogensen, 29, French singer (Il était une fois),pulmonary edema.^[314]
  • Birch Monroe, 80, Americancountry musician^[315]
  • John Newbold, 29, EnglishGrand Prix motorcycle racer; race collision inColeraine, Northern Ireland, duringNorth West 200.^[316]
  • Gordon Smiley, 36, Americanrace car driver; crash atIndianapolis Motor Speedway.^[152][317]

• TheNew York Islanders swept theVancouver Canucks in four games to win the1982 Stanley Cup Finals in ice hockey, their third straight championship.^[29][318]
• Born:
  • Masaki Chugo, Japanese footballer; inChiba, Chiba Prefecture, Japan^[319]
  • Billy Crawford, Filipino-American entertainer; inManila, Philippines^[320]
  • Mounir Diane, Moroccan footballer; inOuled Abbou, Morocco^[321]
  • Jonathan Duncan, New Zealand Olympic swimmer; inLae,Morobe Province,Papua New Guinea^[322]
  • Ju Ji-hoon, South Korean actor and model; in Seoul, South Korea^[323]
  • Cyrus Kataron, Kenyan long-distance runner^[324]
  • Łukasz Kubot, Polish professional and Olympic tennis player; inBolesławiec, Poland^[325]
  • Hanna Mariën, Belgian Olympic champion track-and-field athlete and Olympic bobsledder; inHerentals,Antwerp Province, Belgium^[326]
  • Dan Murray, English footballer; inCambridge, England^[327]
  • Tiya Sircar, American actress^[328]
  • Clément Turpin, French footballreferee; in Paris, France^[329]
• Died:
  • Sidney Hickox,A.S.C., 86, American film and televisioncinematographer^[330]
  • Feliciano Peña, 67, Mexican painter and engraver^[331]
  • Emili Salut Payà, 63, Catalan trumpeter and composer^[332]
  • Leigh Snowden, 52, American actress^[333]

• AtRAF Linton-on-Ouse, the pilot of an RAFJet Provost T5A aircraft crashed and was killed during abarrel roll while practicing for anaerobatics competition.^[129][334]
• ActorEd Asner, the president of theScreen Actors Guild and star of theLou Grant television series, accused the CBS network of cancelling his show for political reasons related to his stances on such issues as theSalvadoran Civil War.^[335]
• Born:
  • Kaye Abad, Filipino-American actress; inEaston, Pennsylvania^[336]
  • Matt Cassel, National Football League quarterback; inNorthridge, Los Angeles, California^[337]
  • Abdessamad Chahiri, Moroccan international footballer; inCasablanca, Morocco^[338]
  • Clarence Goodson, American soccer player; inAlexandria, Virginia^[339]
  • Dan Hardy, Englishmixed martial artist; inNottingham,East Midlands, England^[340]
  • Adil Karrouchy, Moroccan footballer; inMohammedia, Morocco^[341]
  • Dylan Macallister, Australian footballer and coach^[342]
  • Reiko Nakamura, Japanese Olympic swimmer; inYokohama,Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan^[343]
  • Vjosa Osmani, Kosovar jurist and politician,President of Kosovo; inMitrovica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia^[344]
  • Borja Oubiña, Spanish footballer; inVigo, Spain^[345]
  • Tony Parker, French-AmericanNational Basketball Association player; inBruges, Belgium^[346]
  • Agustín Pelletieri, Argentine footballer; in Buenos Aires, Argentina^[347]
  • Chloe Smith, BritishConservative Party politician; inAshford, Kent, England^[348]
  • Michal Vondrka, Czech professional and Olympic ice hockey forward; in České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia^[349]
• Died:
  • Peter Boardman, 31, English mountaineer; died on Mount Everest with Joe Tasker^[350]
  • Joe Tasker, 34, English mountaineer; died on Mount Everest with Peter Boardman^[350]
  • Dixie Walker, 71, Major League Baseballright fielder^[152]

• Falklands War: The SAS launchedOperation Plum Duff, a reconnaissance mission preliminary toOperation Mikado, which was planned to destroy ArgentineanExocetmissiles andSuper Étendardfighter-bombers atRío Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Operation Plum Duff was called off after aSea King Mark IV helicopter carrying an SAS team landed in Chile, a few kilometers from the Argentinean border, and the aircraft's crew set it on fire after failing to sink it in a lake. Operation Mikado was also subsequently canceled.^[351][352]
• InCambridge, Massachusetts,Perini Corporationconstruction foreman John H. "Muggsie" Kelly was killed instantly when a 15-ton crane fell on him during construction of thenew Harvard station of theMBTA.^{[353][354][355]} A memorial plaque to Kelly would be dedicated in 1985 nearJohnston Gate.^[355]
• Born:
  • Yannick Bonheur, French Olympicpair skater; inIvry-sur-Seine,Val-de-Marne, France^[356]
  • Jason Brown, Welsh-English footballer; inBermondsey, London, England^[357]
  • Leandro Donizete, Brazilian footballer^[358]
  • David Hallberg, Americanclassical ballet dancer; inRapid City, South Dakota^{[359][360][361]}
  • Alexis Kyritsis, Greek professional basketball player; in Athens, Greece^[362]
  • Katlego Mashego, South African footballer; inBushbuckridge, Transvaal, South Africa^[363]
  • Marie-Ève Pelletier, Canadian professional tennis player; inQuebec City, Quebec, Canada^[364]
  • Asia Vieira, Canadian television actress; inToronto,Ontario, Canada^[365]
  • Roderick Weusthof, Dutch Olympic field hockey player; inNijmegen, Netherlands^[366]
• Died:Frankie Klick, 75, American boxer^[367]

• Italian actressSophia Loren began serving a 30-day prison sentence inCaserta, Italy, fortax evasion.^{[29][368][369]} TheSupreme Court of Cassation would clear Loren of the charges in 2013.^[369]
• Blue Peter presenterSarah Greene made a dive on the wreck of theMary Rose, recovering adeadeye from the ship's rigging.^[370]
• Falklands War: AWestland Sea King helicopter carrying SAS troops fromHMS Hermes toHMS Intrepid crashed into the sea, killing 22 men; nine men survived. This was the deadliest day for the SAS sinceWorld War II. The accident may have been caused by analbatross striking the main rotor.^{[371][372][373]}
• Born:
  • Kevin Amankwaah, English semi-professional footballer; in London, England^[374]
  • Pål Steffen Andresen, Norwegian footballer; inLillestrøm,Norway^[375]
  • Alessandra Cappa, Italian Olympic swimmer; inVerona,Province of Verona, Italy^[376]
  • J. P. Foschi, National Football League tight end; inQueens, New York City, New York^[377]
  • Alan Mannus, Northern Irish footballer; in Toronto, Ontario, Canada^[378]
  • Roberto Merino, Peruvian footballer; inChiclayo, Peru^[379]
  • Mihiro, a.k.a. Mihiro Taniguchi (born Hiromi Yamase), Japanese actress, singer and writer; inNiigata Prefecture, Japan^[380]
  • Klaas Vantornout, Belgianracing cyclist^[381]
  • Hiroki Yamada, Japanese Olympicski jumper; inIiyama, Nagano, Japan^[382]
• Died:
  • Reinhard Karl, 35, German mountaineer, photographer and writer, first German to summit Mount Everest; in avalanche onCho Oyu.^[383]
  • Zoltán Opata, 81, Hungarian Olympic and professional footballer and manager^[384]

• Born:
  • Sierra Boggess, American theater actress and singer; inDenver,Colorado^[385]
  • Petr Čech, Czech footballer; inPlzeň, Czechoslovakia^[386]
  • Lionel Djebi-Zadi, French footballer; inLyon, France^[387]
  • Imran Farhat, Pakistani cricketer; inLahore,Punjab, Pakistan^[388]
  • Ngiendula Filipe, Angolan Olympic basketball player; inLuanda,Angola^[389]
  • Morten Giæver, Norwegian footballer; inAlta,Norway^[390]
  • David Harvey, Brazilian rugby union player; in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia^[391]
  • Wes Hoolahan, Irish footballer; in Dublin, Ireland^[392]
  • Lee Ryol-li, Japanese-North Korean professional boxer; inKadoma, Osaka, Japan^[393][394]
  • Radek Mezlík, Czech footballer; inTřebíč, Czechoslovakia^[395]
  • Allan Arenfeldt Olesen, Danish footballer; inCopenhagen, Denmark^[396]
  • Ángel Pérez, Puerto Rican volleyball player; inRío Piedras, Puerto Rico^[397]
  • Clément Poitrenaud, French rugby union player; inCastres,Tarn, France^[398]
  • Jessica Raine (born Jessica Helen Lloyd), English actress; inEardisley,Herefordshire, England^[399]
  • Donald Reignoux, French voice actor^[400]
  • Daniel Ribeiro, Brazilian film director, producer andscreenwriter; in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil^[401]
  • Michalis Stamatogiannis, Greek Olympic shot putter; in Athens, Attica, Greece^[402]
  • Nicolás Suárez, Chilean footballer; inSantiago, Chile^[403]
  • Zhang Chengye, Chinese Olympicbiathlete and cross-country skier; inJilin, China^[404]
• Died:
  • Shmuel Mikunis, 78, Israeli politician, member of theKnesset^[405]
  • Monk Montgomery (born William Howard Montgomery), 60, Americanjazz bassist^[406]
  • Merle Tuve, 80, Americangeophysicist andinventor^[407]

• Falklands War:
  • Operation Sutton: British troops landed atSan Carlos Water in theFalkland Islands, beginning theBattle of San Carlos.^{[29][31][281]}
  • HMSArdent was sunk by Argentine aircraft, killing 22 sailors.^[408][409]
• In downtownScranton, Pennsylvania,electrician Gerald White of Empire Contracting Co. was working near a crane being used on a project to fill in a shaft at the Pinebrook coal mine when the roof of the mine shaft collapsed, swallowing the crane and White.^{[410][411][412]} After weeks of unsuccessful rescue efforts, White's body would be discovered on July 2.^[412][413]
• The fishing vesselB J capsized southwest ofCordova, Alaska. The sole crewmember was rescued.^[414]
• The musical filmAnnie, based on theBroadway musical of the same name, was released in theaters.^[415]
• Born:
  • Kota Ibushi, Japaneseprofessional wrestler andmartial artist; inAira, Kagoshima (Aira District), Japan^[416]
  • Ricardo Lamas, American mixed martial artist; in Chicago, Illinois^[417]
  • Helen Langehanenberg, German Olympicdressage rider; inMünster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany^[418]
  • Jaime Linares, Angolan footballer; inVila Real, Portugal^[419]
  • Ma'a Nonu, New Zealand rugby union player; inWellington, New Zealand^[420]
  • Joel Queirós, Portuguesefutsal player; inPorto, Portugal^[421]
  • Mike Temwanjera, Zimbabwean footballer; inHarare,Zimbabwe^[422]
• Died:
  • Marco Cimatti, 70, Italian Olympic champion cyclist^[423]
  • Holger Crafoord, 73, Swedishindustrialist^[424]
  • Giovanni Muzio, 89, Italian architect^[425]
  • Max Stern, 83, American businessman, investor and philanthropist^[426]

• In Boston, Massachusetts,CBS affiliateWNAC-TV ceased operations due to its parent company,RKO General, having lost the license. New England Television began operations of WNEV-TV (nowindependent stationWHDH) on channel 7.^[427]
• The fishing vesselsCamelot andNasty Habit both sank in a storm southwest of Cordova, Alaska.Camelot crewmember Richard T. Hinde and one crewmember fromNasty Habit were lost.^[428][429]
• Born:
  • Thiago Alves, Brazilian professional tennis player; inSão José do Rio Preto, Brazil^[430]
  • Atika Bouagaa, German Olympic volleyball player; inOffenburg,Baden-Württemberg, West Germany^[431]
  • Hong Yong-jo, North Korean footballer; in Pyongyang, North Korea^[432]
  • Marek Kaščák, Slovak footballer; inBardejov, Czechoslovakia^[433]
  • Taras Khtey, Russian Olympic champion men's volleyball player; in Zabuzhzhia,Lviv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union^[434]
  • Kim Mu-yeol, South Korean actor^[435]
  • Erin McNaught, Australian model and actress,Miss Universe Australia 2006; inCanberra,Australian Capital Territory, Australia^[436]
  • Waleed Mohyaden, Qatari footballer^[437]
  • Giorgos Nicolaou, Cypriot footballer; inParalimni,Cyprus^[438]
  • Apolo Ohno, American Olympic championshort track speed skater; inSeattle,Washington^[439]
  • Nikolay Pavlov, Ukrainian-Russian volleyball player; inPoltava, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union^[440]
  • Artur Skowronek, Polish football manager; inBytom, Poland^[441]
  • Candide Thovex, French professional skier, filmmaker andentrepreneur; inAnnecy,Haute-Savoie, France^[442]
  • Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nigerian Olympic champion sprinter^[443]
  • Viktoriya Valyukevich (born Viktoriya Gurova), Russian Olympictriple jumper; inSochi,Krasnodar Krai,Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union^[444]
• Died:
  • T. J. Fowler, 71, American jazz andjump blues musician^[445]
  • Hans Mock, 75, Austrian footballer^[446]
  • Cevdet Sunay, 83, Turkish army officer and politician, 5thPresident of Turkey^[447]

• Clock-face scheduling was introduced in Switzerland.^[448]
• Italian driverRiccardo Patrese of theBrabham-Ford team won the1982 Monaco Grand Prix.^[449]

• Falklands War:
  • TheBBC gave warning that the United Kingdom would bombArgentina.^[29]
  • In theBattle of Seal Cove, theArgentine Navycoaster ARAMonsunen avoided capture by British frigatesHMSBrilliant andHMSYarmouth.^[450]
  • HMSAntelope exploded after bombardment by Argentine aircraft that killed one sailor and a failed attempt to defuse anunexploded bomb that killed oneBritish Armyexplosive ordnance disposal technician and injured another. The ship sank the following day.^[450][451]
• ComedianBob Hope flew in aTA-4J Skyhawk with theUnited States NavyBlue Angels flight demonstration squadron for the first time atAndrews Air Force Base.^[452]
• The newly reconstructedSeven Mile Bridge in theFlorida Keys officially opened to traffic.^[453]
• Born:
  • Emanuele D'Anna, Italian footballer; inBaiano, Campania, Italy^[454]
  • Ali Diab, Syrian footballer; inHafeir al-Fouqa,Rif Dimashq Governorate,Syria^[455]
  • Tristan Prettyman, American singer-songwriter; inDel Mar, California^[456]
  • Stevica Ristić, Serbian-Macedonian footballer; inVršac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia^[457]
  • Adil Shamasdin, Canadian professional tennis player; in Toronto, Ontario, Canada^[458]
  • Nikolai Tikhonov, Russiancosmonaut; inNovomoskovsk,Novomoskovsky District,Tula Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union^[459]
  • Remon van de Hare, Dutch professional basketball player; inAmsterdam, Netherlands^[460]
  • Endrit Vrapi, Albanian footballer; inTirana,Albania^[461]
• Died:
  • Robert Flacelière, 77, Frenchphilologist^[462]
  • Karl Fochler, 84, Austrian actor^[463]
  • Enzo Galbiati, 85,Italian Fascist politician and soldier^[464]
  • Felice Gasperi, 78, Italian Olympic and professional footballer^[465]
  • Louis Gérardin, 69, Frenchtrack cyclist^[466]
  • Ove Karlsson, 66, Swedish international footballer^[467]

• Iran–Iraq War: TheBattle of Khorramshahr (1982) concluded withIranian troops retaking theinland port city ofKhorramshahr fromIraqi forces.^[468]
• A car bombing killed 12 people at the French Embassy inBeirut,Lebanon. 10 of the victims were Lebanese; two were French. A previously unknown group, theLiberal Nasserite Organization, claimed responsibility.^[469]
• KGB ChairmanYuri Andropov was re-appointed to theSecretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which he had left 15 years earlier to become head of the KGB.^[470]
• The Troubles in Derry: 22-year-old British Army soldier Anthony Anderson was run over and killed by an Armyarmoured personnel carrier during apetrol bomb attack on the vehicle in Derry.^[91]
• ThePeanuts specialA Charlie Brown Celebration premiered onCBS. Which it includes several stories with one or two-word titles, was later adapted for the Saturday morning series,The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, which premiered in 1983.
• Born:
  • Issah Gabriel Ahmed, Ghanaian footballer; inDawu,Ghana^[471]
  • Lusapho April, South African Olympic marathon runner; inUitenhage, South Africa^[472]
  • DaMarcus Beasley, American soccer player; inFort Wayne, Indiana^[473]
  • Víctor Bernárdez, Honduran footballer; inLa Ceiba,Honduras^[474]
  • Tiago Camilo, Brazilian Olympic judoka; inTupã, São Paulo, Brazil^[475]
  • Damien Chrysostome, Beninese footballer; inCotonou,Benin^[476]
  • Roberto Colautti, Argentine-Israeli footballer; inCórdoba, Argentina^[477]
  • Ibrahim Diaky, Ivorian-Emirati footballer; inAbidjan,Ivory Coast^[478]
  • Xavier Gil, Andorran footballer; inAndorra la Vella,Andorra^[479]
  • Laurent Pionnier, French footballer; inBagnols-sur-Cèze, France^[480]
  • Mohammed Rafi, Indian footballer; inThrikaripur,Kasaragod district,Kerala, India^[481]
  • Rian Wallace, National Football Leaguelinebacker; inPottstown, Pennsylvania^[482][483]
  • Paul Joseph Watson, British right-wingYouTuber andconspiracy theorist; inSheffield, England^[484]
• Died:
  • Raffaele Calabria, 75, Italian Catholic archbishop^[485]
  • Stanisława Perzanowska, 83, Polish theater actress and director^[486]
  • Muhammad Zakariyya al-Kandhlawi, 84,SunniHanafiHadith scholar^[487]

• Falklands War:
  • OnArgentina's national day, British ships HMSCoventry andSS Atlantic Conveyor were sunk,Coventry by two Argentine Air ForceA-4C Skyhawks andAtlantic Conveyor by twoExocets. 19 sailors died in the loss ofCoventry; a 20th sailor died as a result of his injuries the following year. 12 sailors died in the loss ofAtlantic Conveyor,^{[488][489][490]} including the ship's master, CaptainIan Harry North, who was posthumously awarded theDistinguished Service Cross (DSC).^[491]
  • A few weeks after her sinking of theGeneral Belgrano, a jury-rigged floating wireaerial wrapped around HMSConqueror's propeller, creatingcavitation noise which risked detection by Argentine forces. Once the weather permitted,Conqueror surfaced for repairs. Acting Petty Officer (Sonar)Graham Libby made a hazardous 20-minute dive to cut the wire free of the propeller, aware that the submarine would have to dive if spotted by Argentine aircraft and that the heavy seas might cause his lifeline to be parted by the propeller. Either event would almost certainly have resulted in his death. Libby completed the dive successfully and was later awarded theDistinguished Service Medal (DSM).^[492][493]
• Thefactory shipWestpro caught fire at the dock inSeward, Alaska, causing 1,000 residents to be evacuated due to toxic fumes. The ship was towed away and later sank in theGulf of Alaska.^[494]
• Born:
  • Muriel Noah Ahanda, Cameroonian Olympic sprinter^[495]
  • Ayoze Díaz, Spanish footballer; inSan Cristóbal de La Laguna,Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain^[496]
  • Jesper Bech, Danish footballer^[497]
  • Joe Berger, National Football Leagueguard; inFremont, Michigan^[498]
  • Esmé Bianco, British actress, DJ and model; inSt Albans,Hertfordshire, England^[499]
  • Miroslav Blaťák, Czech professional and Olympic ice hockey defenceman; inGottwaldov, Czechoslovakia^[500]
  • Mike Block, Americancellist, singer and composer; in Boston, Massachusetts^[501]
  • Adam Boyd, English footballer; inHartlepool, England^[502]
  • Daniel Braaten, Norwegian footballer; inOslo, Norway^[503]
  • Joseph Luke Cecchini, Canadian-Italianskeleton racer and police officer; inTrail, British Columbia, Canada^[504]
  • Victor Crivoi, Romanian tennis player; inBucharest, Romania^[505]
  • Justin Hodges, Australian rugby league player; inCairns, Queensland, Australia^[506]
  • Aleksandr Ivanov, Russian Olympicjavelin thrower; inLeningrad,Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Union^[507]
  • Sancak Kaplan, Turkish footballer; inOltu,Erzurum Province, Turkey^[508]
  • Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenyan Olympic champion middle-distance runner; inMatira,Elgeyo-Marakwet District,Rift Valley Province,Kenya^[509]
  • Christian Kinkela, Congolese footballer; inKinshasa,Zaire^[510]
  • Jason Kubel, Major League Baseball player; inBelle Fourche, South Dakota^[511]
  • Irina Meleshina, Russian Olympiclong jumper; inRyazan,Ryazan Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union^[512]
  • Giandomenico Mesto, Italian professional and Olympic footballer; inMonopoli, Italy^[513]
  • Natallia Mikhnevich (born Natallia Kharaneka), Belarusian Olympic shot putter; inNevinnomyssk,Stavropol Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union^[514]
  • Stacey Pensgen, Americanfigure skater andmeteorologist; inFairport, New York^[515]
  • Ellen Petri,Miss Belgium 2004; inMerksem, Antwerp, Belgium^[516]
  • Rasheeda (born Rasheeda Buckner), American rapper, fashion designer and businesswoman; inAtlanta, Georgia^[517]
  • Roger Guerreiro, Brazilian-Polish footballer; in São Paulo, Brazil^[518]
  • Ramón Sánchez, Salvadoran footballer; inOpico,El Salvador^[519]
  • Vitali Tajbert, Kazakhstani-German professional and Olympic boxer; inMikhaylovka,Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union^[520]
  • Luke Webster,Australian rules footballer and coach^[521]
  • Yoshi-Hashi (born Nobuo Yoshihashi), Japanese professional wrestler; inTōgō, Aichi, Japan^[522]
• Died:
  • Larry J. Blake, 68, American actor^[523]
  • Gerhard Conrad, 87, German World War IILuftwaffe general, recipient of theKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross^[524]
  • Nikolai Mikhailov, 75, Russian Soviet politician, journalist and diplomat^[525]
  • Hermine Sterler (born Minna Stern), 88, German-American actress^[526]

• Aston Villa F.C. won the1982 European Cup Final atDe Kuip inRotterdam, beatingBayern Munich 1–0 after a 69-minute goal byPeter Withe.^[527][528]
• Kielder Water, an artificial lake inNorthumberland, was opened.^[529]
• The filmE.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, directed bySteven Spielberg, debuted on the closing night of the1982 Cannes Film Festival.^[530]
• Students at theUniversity of California, Santa Cruz began a two-daysit-in at thechancellor's office to protest the denial oftenure to Nancy Shaw, anassistant professor ofcommunity studies.^[531]

• Yuri Andropov resigned asKGB Chairman due to his appointment as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.^[532] His shift to a higher political role marked a significant transition in Soviet leadership.^[533]
• Born:
  • Monique Alexander, Americanpornographic actress; inVallejo, California^[534]
  • Kithson Bain, Grenadian footballer; inSt. George's, Grenada^[535]
  • Joe Cunningham, member of the United States House of Representatives fromSouth Carolina; inCaldwell County, Kentucky^[536]
  • Nenad Erić, Serbian-born Kazakh footballer; inUžička Požega, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia^[537]
  • Nelson Ferreira, Swiss and Portuguese footballer; inInterlaken, Switzerland^[538]
  • Hasan Kabze, Turkish footballer; inAnkara, Turkey^[539]
  • Yōsuke Kataoka, Japanese footballer; inIruma District, Saitama, Japan^[540]
  • Sten Lassmann, Estonian pianist^[541]
  • Mathieu Martinez, French Nordic combined skier^[542]
  • Matko Perdijić, Croatian footballer; inSplit, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia^[543]
  • Maya Petrova, Russian Olympic champion handball player; inVolgograd,Volgograd Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union^[544]
  • Vahid Talebloo, Iranian footballer; inTehran,Iran^[545]
• Died:
  • Semra Ertan, 25, Turkishmigrant worker and writer, suicide byself-immolation.^[546]
  • Guillermo Flores Avendaño, 87, Guatemalan general,President of Guatemala^[547][548]
  • Pamela Hinkson, 81, Irish author^[549]
  • Emma Horion (born Emma Abeck), 92, German representative of Catholic Women's Welfare in theChristian Women's Movement^[550]
  • Beirne Lay Jr., 72, American author, screenwriter and World War II aviator^[551]

• InVictoria Falls, Zimbabwe, anAfrican buffalo which had been attacking vehicles for several days was killed instantly when it charged head-on at a moving train.^[552]
• Polish authorities announced thatLech Wałęsa, the leader of theSolidaritytrade union, who had been insolitary confinement for five months, had been moved to a new place of detention.^[553]
• A Moroccan manhijacked aRoyal Air MarocBoeing 727 carrying 91 passengers and nine crewmembers after the plane leftAthens during a flight fromDamascus,Syria, to Casablanca, Morocco. Taking over the cockpit with what appeared to be a revolver and hand grenade, he ordered the plane to fly toTunis Carthage Airport, where he released the passengers and then surrendered three hours later. Moroccan authorities stated that the man was mentally disturbed.^[554]
• Three fires within eight hours in theEkofisk oil field, in the Norwegian sector of theNorth Sea, caused an oil spill about 1,500 yards (1,400 m) by 50 yards (46 m) in size. There were no reported casualties.^[555]
• Scottish singer Elaine Simmons, a former winner of theBritish televisiontalent showNew Faces, was seriously injured in an automobile accident on theM9 motorway near Bonnytoun Farm,Linlithgow, Scotland. Simmons and her four backup musicians were transported to theRoyal Infirmary of Edinburgh.^[556]
• Tottenham Hotspur F.C. won the1982 FA Cup Final, beatingQueens Park Rangers 1–0 in areplay.^[557] With the Falklands War underway, Argentinian playerRicardo Villa of Tottenham decided not to play in the final.^[558]
• Conservative candidateTim Smith held the seat ofBeaconsfield in aby-election. TheLabour Party candidate was futurePrime MinisterTony Blair.^[559]
• Falklands War:Royal Marines andParatroops launched a major offensive, moving out of thePort San Carlos bridgehead into the interior ofEast Falkland.^[560]
• In a speech inDallas,Texas,J. Peter Grace, the head of President Reagan'sPrivate Sector Survey on Cost Control, described the federalfood stamp program as a "subsidy forPuerto Ricans". Following demands for his resignation, Grace apologized for his comments the following day, calling them "oratorical mistakes".^[561]
• John McMullen purchased theColorado Rockies of theNational Hockey League and received permission to move the team toNew Jersey.^[29]
• Born:
  • Louis Bell, American record producer and songwriter; inQuincy, Massachusetts^[562]
  • Francesca Boscarelli, Italianépée fencer; inBenevento, Italy^[563]
  • Kevin De Weert, Belgian professional road bicycle racer; inDuffel,Antwerp Province, Belgium^[564]
  • Cathleen Martini, German Olympic bobsledder; inZwickau, Saxony, East Germany^[565]
  • Natalya Neidhart, Canadian-American professional wrestler; in Calgary, Alberta, Canada^[566]
  • Mariano Pavone, Argentine footballer; inTres Sargentos, Argentina^[567]
  • Arthur Smith, Americancollege football guard and National Football League head coach; inMemphis, Tennessee^[568]
• Died:
  • Enrico Colli, 85, Italian Olympic cross-country skier^[569]
  • Thomas B. McCabe, 88, president and chief executive officer ofScott Paper Company^[570]

• Years of Lead (Italy): In Rome, bombs exploded at the offices ofPan American World Airways and the Italian subsidiary of the Intercontinental insurance company. There were no injuries.^[571]
• The1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom, the first by a reigning pope, began.^{[29][572][573]} The Pope met with Queen Elizabeth II, but canceled a planned meeting withPrime MinisterMargaret Thatcher to emphasize that his visit was pastoral and not political. He repeatedly prayed for peace in the Falkland Islands during the day's events.^[573] In response to the Pope's remarks, a senior aide to Thatcher commented, "We too want peace, but not peace at any price."^[574]
• Falklands War:
  • TheBattle of Goose Green began.^[31][281] British forces captured the settlement ofDarwin and theGoose Green airstrip.^[574][575]
  • TheReagan Administration announced that the United States was supplying the United Kingdom with missiles and other weapons for use in the Falklands.^[576]
• By a 3-to-1 margin, shareholders ofEquimark Corp. approved a controversial deal for the company to issue stock toChase Manhattan Corp. Chase would also receive 15-year options to buy Equimark subsidiariesEquibank andNottingham Corp.^[577]
• Edward Thomas Mann, a formerIBM salesman, committed amass shooting at an IBM office building inBethesda, Maryland after crashing his car through the building's glass doors. Mann, carrying two rifles, a shotgun and a pistol, killed two people and wounded eight before surrendering to police.^[578][579]
• John Hinckley Jr.'s defense team screened the filmTaxi Driver in the courtroom as part of Hinckley's insanity defense in the March 1981attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan. This was Hinckley's 16th viewing of the film. He looked away from the screen only once, during the scene in whichJodie Foster's character dances with herpimp.^[580]
• ABeechcraft aircraft owned by the city ofPortsmouth, Virginia, crashed into an empty house inOwen Brown, Columbia, Maryland, while attempting to land atBaltimore/Washington International Airport, killing four Portsmouth city officials andPortsmouth Police Department Patrolman Joseph M. Weth, Jr., the pilot of the aircraft.^{[581][582][583]}
• Ford Motor Company andChrysler Corporation both announced large automobileproduct recalls. Ford recalled over 141,800 cars due to fire hazards, while Chrysler recalled 4,000 cars and trucks with defectiveball joint bolts.^[584]
• Four 17th-century paintings, including works attributed toRembrandt andFrans Hals, were discovered to have been stolen from a basement storage room at theDetroit Institute of Arts. The paintings were collectively valued at more than $300,000.^[585]
• Speaking to the 22nd U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Conference inSanta Barbara, California, U.S. President Ronald Reagan reassured attendees that the United States was sensitive toLatin America's sympathy for Argentina, despite its own support for the United Kingdom in the Falklands War.^[586]
• Two years after its founder pleadedno contest toconspiracy to murder,Synanon, analcohol rehabilitation program that had evolved into a self-described "church", lost itstax-exempt status.^[587]
• InEverett, Washington,Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Robert Bibb found 61-year-old Ruth Coe guilty of attempting to hire ahitman to kill the judge and prosecutor who convicted her son of rape.Frederick Coe, known as the "South Hill Rapist", had been sentenced to life in prison plus 75 years in 1981.^[588]

• AdmiralSylvester R. Foley Jr. assumed command of theUnited States Pacific Fleet from AdmiralJames D. Watkins.^[589]
• At about 5:00 p.m., Joseph Billie Gwin, wanting "to preventWorld War III", forced his way into the studios ofCBS affiliateKOOL-TV inPhoenix, Arizona, fired a gunshot, took four people hostage (holding one of them, cameraman Louis Villa, at close gunpoint), and demanded national broadcasting time. Three hours later, Gwin released two hostages, Jack Webb and Bob Cimino. At 9:30 p.m., with Gwin sitting next to him with a gun, KOOL anchor Bill Close read a 20-minute statement from Gwin. Among other oddities, Gwin's statement included an appeal to country singerJohnny Cash to ask Queen Elizabeth II to evacuate London before Argentina could drop anatomic bomb on it. When finished with the statement, Close took Gwin's gun and set it on the table.^{[590][591][592]} Gwin surrendered to police following the broadcast of the statement; he was charged with kidnapping, assault, and burglary,^[593] and was later declared insane.^[594]
• Americanfilm criticLeonard Maltin made his first appearance on the televisionnews magazineEntertainment Tonight.^[29][595]
• Born:
  • Marisa Brunner, Swiss footballer; inAarau, Switzerland^[596]
  • Alexa Davalos, French-American actress; in Paris, France^[597]
  • Desiree del Valle (born Desirée Lois del Valle Dunham), Filipino actress; in Manila, Philippines^[598]
  • Jhonny Peralta, Dominican-American Major League Baseballshortstop andthird baseman; inSantiago Province (Dominican Republic)^[599]
• Died:
  • Boris Chirkov, 80, Russian and Soviet actor andpedagogue^[600]
  • Roberto Estévez, 25,Argentine Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Goose Green^[601]
  • Alexander Hurd, 71, Canadian Olympicspeed skater^[602]
  • H. Jones,VC, OBE, 42, British Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Goose Green^{[281][603][604]}
  • Wiesław Maniak, 44, Polish Olympic track and field athlete^[605]
  • Carlo Miranda, 69, Italian mathematician^[606]
  • Herbert A. Wagner, 82, Austrianaerodynamicist^[607]

• OutsideSalerno, Italy, gunmen ambushed the car of prosecutor Alfonso Lamberti, an opponent oforganized crime, wounding him andkilling Simonetta Lamberti, his 11-year-old daughter.^[608]
• 1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom: The Pope met withCharles, Prince of Wales, prior to taking part in a service atCanterbury Cathedral.Robert Runcie, theArchbishop of Canterbury, presented the Pope with a copy ofT. S. Eliot's playMurder in the Cathedral.^[609]
• Paul McCartney served asbest man at the wedding of his brother,Michael McCartney, to dress designer Rowena Horne at St. Barnabas Church inPenny Lane, Liverpool, England.^[610]
• Falklands War: The Battle of Goose Green ended, with British forces defeating a larger Argentine force^[31][281] onArgentine Army Day.^[611]
• Cold War: In a five-year defense plan,the Pentagon outlined its strategy to fight a potentialnuclear war against the Soviet Union.^[29][612]
• AtKennedy Space Center in Florida, a simulated countdown for theSTS-4 space shuttle mission concluded with a simulated launch at 3:20 p.m., delayed from 11:00 a.m. due to computer problems. The actual launch ofSpace ShuttleColumbia would carry NASAastronautsKen Mattingly andHenry Hartsfield into orbit on June 27.^[613]
• A tornado outbreak caused 10 deaths and almost 200 injuries inMarion, Illinois andWilliamson County, Illinois.^[614][615]
• Four members of a Colorado family were killed in a single-engine plane crash nearBoerne, Texas.^[616]
• TheWaterfront Streetcar made its first run betweenPioneer Square andPier 70 in Seattle, Washington.^[617]
• Born:
  • Ailyn (born Pilar María Del Carmen Mónica Giménez García), Spanish singer and songwriter; inEsplugues de Llobregat,Barcelonès, Spain^[618]
  • Hisham Mohd Ashour, Egyptian professionalsquash player; inCairo,Egypt^[619]
  • Anita Briem, Icelandic actress; inReykjavík,Iceland^[620]
  • Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model; inItabira,Minas Gerais, Brazil^[621]
  • Romel Beck, Mexican professional basketball player^[622]
  • Mario René Berríos, Honduran footballer; inTela, Honduras^[623]
  • David França Oliveira e Silva, Brazilian footballer; inAraxá, Brazil^[624]
  • Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian Olympic championheptathlete; inBrovary,Kyiv Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union^[625]
  • André Ghem, Brazilian professional tennis player; inPorto Alegre, Brazil^[626]
  • William Gradit, French professional basketball player; inStrasbourg, France^[627]
  • Mark Hapka, American actor; inBuffalo, New York^[628]
  • Anastasiya Karlovich, Ukrainian chessWoman Grandmaster and journalist; in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union^[629]
  • Kim Tae-kyun, South Koreanbaseball first baseman^[630]
  • Matt Macri, Major League Baseball third baseman; inDes Moines, Iowa^[631]
  • Dennis Masina, Swazi footballer; inMbabane,Swaziland^[632]
  • Elyas M'Barek, Austrian actor; in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany^[633]
  • Geoffroy Messina, French rugby union player; inLa Tronche,Isère, France^[634]
  • Saleh Al Sheikh, Kuwaiti footballer; inKuwait City,Kuwait^[635]
  • Sandra-Helena Tavares, Portuguese Olympicpole vaulter; in Spain^[636]
• Died:
  • Rudy Debnar, 66, American professional basketball player^[637]
  • Walter Harzer, 69, GermanSS commander^[638]
  • Romy Schneider, 43, German-French actress^{[639][640][641]}

• Cold War: Spain became the 16th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.^[29][642]
• 1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom: The Pope visitedLiverpool, where he told crowds atSpeke Airport that unemployment, a major problem in the city, "tends to sow seeds of bitterness, division and even violence... This tragedy affects every aspect of life." The Pope then attended a prayer service at theAnglicanLiverpool Cathedral and celebratedMass at the Roman CatholicLiverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.^[643]
• At about 3:45 a.m., authorities were called toLos Angeles International Airport due to the discovery of a bomb at anAir Canada freight terminal.FBI agents defused the bomb before 7 a.m. SeveralArmenians were arrested.^[644]
• Belisario Betancur of theColombian Conservative Party won the1982 Colombian presidential election, defeating former PresidentAlfonso López Michelsen, theColombian Liberal Party candidate.^[645]
• 1980 Olympic champion ice hockey goaltenderJim Craig was charged with driving to endanger after a two-car crash which killed 29-year-old Margaret Curry ofNew Bedford, Massachusetts.^[646][647] Craig would be acquitted ofvehicular homicide by a judge on September 14.^[648]

• At the1982 Indianapolis 500, 1973 winnerGordon Johncock won his second race over 1979 winnerRick Mears by 0.16 seconds. Leading to the closest finish to this date, Mears drew alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of 11 seconds in the final 10 laps, in whatIndianapolis Motor Speedway historianDonald Davidson later called the greatest finish in the track's history up to that time.^{[29][649][650][651][652]}
• Neil Bonnett won the1982 World 600 atCharlotte Motor Speedway inCharlotte, North Carolina.^[653][654]
• Cal Ripken Jr. played the first of what would eventually become hisrecord-breaking streak of 2,632 consecutiveMajor League Baseball games in the United States.^[655]
• 91-year-oldRose Kennedy, matriarch of theKennedy family, was admitted toSt. Mary's Hospital in West Palm Beach, Florida formedical observation due to feeling unwell.^[656]
• Born:
  • Miłosz Bernatajtys, Polish Olympicrower; inSłupsk,Słupsk Voivodeship, Poland^[657]
  • Ricardo Canales, Honduran footballer; in La Ceiba, Honduras^[658]
  • Eddie Griffin, National Basketball Association player; in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d.2007)^[659]
  • Stamatis Katsimis, Greek racing driver^[660]
  • Kabamba Musasa, Congolese footballer; in Kinshasa, Zaire^[661]
  • James Simpson-Daniel, English rugby union player; inStockton-on-Tees, England^[662]
• Died:Albert Norden, 77, German communist politician^[663]

• 1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom: The Pope traveled from Liverpool toManchester, where he met with SirImmanuel Jakobovits,Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth. He then traveled to York, where he addressed 200,000 people atYork Racecourse, praying for the families of victims of the Falklands War. The Pope then flew to Scotland, where he spoke to 50,000 young people atMurrayfield Stadium inEdinburgh. 100 protesters, led byIan Paisley, clashed with police outside theGeneral Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland; 10 people were arrested.^[664]
• Falklands War:
  • Operation Algeciras failed when the Spanish police discovered the plot. The commandos were deported back to Argentina.^[28][665]
  • In theskirmish at Top Malo House, 19Royal Marines from theMountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre defeatedArgentine Special Forces who had taken up a position in an isolated farmhouse onEast Falkland.^[31]
• Born:
  • Ashley Battle, American professional basketball player; in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[666]
  • Edinho (born Éder Luciano), Brazilian footballer; inCariacica,Espírito Santo, Brazil^[667]
  • Ananda Everingham, Australian-Thai actor and model; inBangkok, Thailand^[668]
  • Trésor Luntala, Congolese international footballer; in Kinshasa, Zaire^[669]
  • Fränzi Mägert-Kohli, Swiss Olympicsnowboarder; inThun,Canton of Bern, Switzerland^[670]
  • Steph McGovern, British journalist and television presenter; inMiddlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England^[671]
  • Maja Sokač (born Maja Zebić), Croatian professional and Olympic handball player; in Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia^[672]
  • Emily Stellato, Italian professional tennis andpadel player; inSezze,Province of Latina, Italy^[673]
  • Jonathan Tucker, American actor; in Boston, Massachusetts^[674]
  • Erion Xhafa, Albanian footballer; in Tirana, Albania^[675]
  • Francesco Zizzari, Italian footballer; inLa Spezia, Italy^[676]
• Died:Carlo Mauri, 52, Italianmountaineer andexplorer^[677]