In 1982, the Vietnam Memorial was dedicated in Washington. Disney opened Epcot Center in Florida. Late Night with David Letterman debuted on television. Atari issued the games "Defender" and "Centipede". E.T. was a huge success on the big screen and E.T.'s favorite candy, Reese's Pieces, saw a boost in sales. (Mars, Incorporated was asked for permission to use M&M's in the movie, but they turned the offer down!) Our knowledge was tested with the new game Trivial Pursuit. USA Today was the newest paper at the news stand, and the Pulitzer Prize went to Alice Walker for "The Color Purple". The Smurfs were popular in the Saturday morning cartoon lineup. On the radio we first heard songs from Bryan Adams, Duran Duran and Huey Lewis & The News. Michael Jackson released the album "Thriller".
| Pop | Country |
| *Ebony & Ivory-Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder | *Wild & Blue-John Anderson |
| *I Love Rock & Roll-Joan Jett & The Blackhearts | *She Got The Goldmine (I Got The Shaft)-Jerry Reed |
| *Eye Of The Tiger-Survivor | *Nobody-Sylvia |
| *Centerfold-J. Geils Band | *Fool Hearted Memory-George Strait |
| *Jack & Diane-John Cougar | *Love Will Turn You Around-Kenny Rogers |
| *Maneater-Hall & Oates | *What's Forever For-Michael Martin Murphy |
| *Don't You Want Me-Human League | *Put Your Dreams Away-Mickey Gilley |
| *Up Where We Belong-Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes | *I Will Always Love You-Dolly Parton |
| *Truly-Lionel Richie | *He Got You-Ronnie Milsap |
| *Hard To Say I'm Sorry-Chicago | *Close Enough To Perfect-Alabama |
| *Abracadabra-Steve Miller Band | *You're So Good When You're Bad-Charley Pride |
| *I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)-Hall & Oates | *Heartbroke-Ricky Skaggs |
| *Chariots Of Fire-Vangelis | *It Ain't Easy Bein' Easy-Janie Frickie |
| *Who Can It Be Now-Men At Work | *You & I-Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle |
| *Mickey-Toni Basil | *Redneck Girl-Bellamy Brothers |
| *Dallas | *Magnum, P.I. |
| *The "A" Team | *Three's Company |
| *Falcon Crest | *The Love Boat |
| *Dynasty | *M*A*S*H |
| *60 Minutes | *Simon & Simon |
*Ghandi, Best Actor--Ben Kingsley, Best
Picture
*Poltergeist
*E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
*Rocky III
*Tootsie
*An Officer & A Gentleman, Best Original Song--"Up Where We Belong" Joe
Cocker & Jennifer Warnes
*Annie
*Conan The Barbarian
*Star Trek II-The Wrath Of Kahn
*Sophie's Choice, Best Actress--Maryl Streep
*An Air Florida jet taking off in a
snowstorm hit the Potomac Bridge in Washington which killed 78 people.
*"Cats" opened on Broadway.
*During the shooting of the movie "The Twighlight Zone", a helicopter crash
killed actor Vic Morrow and two Vietnamese children.
*Eight people who had taken Tylenol capsules died. Before the cause was discovered to be
deliberate contamination, the pain reliever was pulled off shelves. It was later
reintroduced and regained popularity.
*Barney B. Clark, a retired dentist from Seattle , became the first recipient of an
artificial heart called Jarvick-7. He lived for over a year, but was bed ridden due to
strokes.
*The Who broke up after nearly 20 years together.
*The World Series ended with the St. Louis
Cardinals on top of the Milwaukee Brewers 4 games to 3.
*The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia '76ers 4 games to 2.
*The New York Islanders beat the Vancouver Canucks 4 games to 0.
*The 1982-83 football season ended at Superbowl XVII with The Washington Redskins over the
Miami Dolphins 27-17.
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