| In the News: Headlines * The Justice Department breaks up the AT&T monopoly. * "Cats" opens on Broadway. * The Pulitzer Prize goes to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple". * John Belushi dies of a drug overdose. * The Who break up (for the first time) after nearly 20 years together. * USA Today debuts on the newsstand. * 78 people die when an airliner crashes into the 14th Street bridge in Washington DC. * Dr. Barney Clark receives the first permanent artificial heart transplant. * Princess Grace of Monaco dies in auto accident. * The Vietnam Memorial is dedicated in Washington. * Late Night with David Letterman debuts on television. * The space shuttle Columbia makes its first mission, deploying two communications satellites. * Washington University in St. Louis develops the Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically-engineered plant approved for sale. * Princess Diana gave birth to her first child, William. * A mysterious disease is reported -- AIDS. It is said to "kill 40 percent of its victims." * After a bitter war between Argentina and Britain over control of the Falkland Islands, in which over 1,200 die, Argentina admits defeat and surrenders. * 7 people die from cyanide-laced Tylenol in Chicago. *John Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of President Reagan. * The Weather Channel debuts amid much fanfare, and skepticism. Quoteable Quotes of 1982: "Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought it was Tip O'Neill." -- Ronald Reagan, on Pac Man "Waiting for supply-side economics to work is like leaving landing lights on for Amelia Earhart." -- Walter Heller, economist "Our children should not grow up frightened. They should not fear the future." -- Ronald Reagan, on defense spending Things that first appeared in 1982: * Epcot Center * Commercial product of genetic engineering (insulin) * Juice in paper bottles (Ocean Spray) * Compact disc * The "Love" stamp * Jane Fonda aerobics video * NCAA college basketball championships for women Ads of 1982: "Keep your nose to the grindstone and all you'll get is a short nose." (Fortune Magazine) "Carry a bigger stick" (Wilson, introducing the Jack Kramer Midsize racquet) |