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1982
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World Events
U.S. Events
Economics
US GDP (1998 dollars): $3,242.10 billion
Federal spending: $745.76 billion
Federal debt: $1137.3 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $20,171
Consumer Price Index: 96.5
Unemployment: 9.7%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20
Sports
Super BowlSan Francisco d. Cincinnati (26-21)World SeriesSt. Louis Cardinals d. Milwaukee Brewers (4-3)NBA ChampionshipLA Lakers d. Philadelphia 76ers (4-2)Stanley CupNY Islanders d. Vancouver (4-0)WimbledonWomen: Martina Navratilova d. C. Evert Lloyd (6-1 3-6 6-2)
Men: Jimmy Connors d. J. McEnroe (3-6 6-3 6-7 7-6 6-4)Kentucky Derby ChampionGato Del SolNCAA Basketball ChampionshipNorth Carolina d. Georgetown (63-62)NCAA Football ChampionsPenn St. (11-1-0)World CupItaly d. W. Germany (3-1)
Entertainment
Entertainment Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Rabbit Is Rich, John Updike
Music: Concerto for Orchestra, Roger Sessions
Drama: A Soldier's Play, Charles Fuller Oscars awarded in 1982
Academy Award, Best Picture: Chariots of Fire, David Puttnam, producer (The Ladd Co.; Warner Bros.) Nobel Prize for Literature: Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia) 1982 Emmy Awards 1982 Tony Awards Grammys awarded in 1982
Record of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes," Kim Carnes
Album of the Year: Double Fantasy, John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Warner Bros/Geffen)
Song of the Year: "Bette Davis Eyes," Donna Weiss and Jackie DeShannon, songwriters Miss America: Elizabeth Ward (AR) More Entertainment Awards...
EventsMovies- E.T. – the Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, Gandhi, The Verdict
Music- Michael Jackson, Thriller
Books
Science
Nobel Prizes in Science
Chemistry: Aaron Klug (UK), for research in the detailed structures of viruses and components of life Physics: Kenneth G. Wilson (US), for analysis of changes in matter under pressure and temperature Physiology or Medicine: Sune Bergstrom, Bengt Samuelsson (both Sweden), and John R. Vane (UK), for research in prostaglandins, hormonelike substances involved in a wide range of illnesses
- A permanent artificial heart is implanted in a human for first time in Dr. Barney B. Clark, 61, at University of Utah Medical Center in Salt Lake City (Dec. 2). Background: Health & Nutrition
- The space shuttle Columbia makes its first mission, deploying two communications satellites (Nov. 16). Background: US Staffed Space Flights
- MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) diagnostic machines are introduced in Britain.
- Washington University in St. Louis develops the Flavr Savr tomato, the first genetically-engineered plant approved for sale.
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