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1982
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POLITICS
and HISTORY
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Argentine
forces invade the Falkland Islands
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Italy's
43rd Government since 1945 takes power
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Neoli
Farrell, of New Zealand, becomes the first
paraplegic to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, in archery.
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Israel
returns the Sinai
to Egypt in accordance with the Camp David agreement
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Israel
invades Lebanon and advances on Beirut to
drive PLO fighters from the country
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The
Indian Government institutes
a pollution free zone around the Taj Mahal
MUSIC
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Back
on the Chain Gang by The Pretenders
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Puttin
on the Ritz by Taco
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Come
on Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners
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Cruel
Summer by Bananarama
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Rock
the Casbah by The Clash
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Do
you Really Want to Hurt Me by Culture Club
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Is
There Something I Should Know? by Duran Duran
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I
Want Candy by Bow Wow Wow
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Our
House by Madness
TV
and at the MOVIES
- Silver
Spoons (Ricky Schroeder......what a babe)
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Remington
Steele (The debonair Pierce Brosnan)
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Cheers
where everyone knows your name
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ET
The Extra Terrestrial had us cycling to the
moon
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First
Blood Introduced us to Rambo
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Chariots
of Fire won the Best Movie at the Oscars
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Henry
Fonda (On Golden Pond) was Best Actor
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Katherine
Hepburn (On Golden Pond) was Best Actress
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Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman was a real drag!!!
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Ghandi
had us noticing the life of an amazing man
People
who died in 1982
- John
Belishi (b.1949, American actor)
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Grace
Kelly (b.1929, American actress and Princess
of Monaco)
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Ingrid
Bergman (b.1915, Swedish film actress)
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Henry
Fonda (b.1905, film actor)
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Leonid
Brezhnev (b.1906, Soviet Leader)
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Marty
Robbins (b.1925, American country and western
singer)
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Carl
Orff (b.1895, West German composer)
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Marty
Feldman (b.1934, British comedian)
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Kenneth
More (b.1914, English actor)
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