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SEVEN-DAY MISSION OF SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA ENDS
*July 4, 1982: After seven days aboard the space shuttle Columbia, astronauts Thomas Mattingly and Henry Hartsfield, Jr., ended their mission which was the fourth and final test flight of the reusable spacefraft. They performed medicak and scientific experiments. In addition, the shuttle was accompanied by a secret military payload which was carried.

SINGH ELECTED PRESIDENT OF INDIA
*July 12, 1982: Zail Singh was elected as the next President of India succeeding outgoing Indian President Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who held the office since 1977.

IRANIAN TROOPS INVADE IRAQ
*July 14, 1982: In retaliation for the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980, Iranian troops invaded Iraq. The two neighboring Middle Eastern nations have been at war ever since; By May 1982, Iranian troops recaptured almost all of their territory.

VILDOSO BECOMES PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA
*July 21, 1982: Guido Vildoso Calderon becomes the President of the Republic of Bolivia, succeeding Celso Torrelio Villa, who had resigned after ten months in office.

COMMERCIAL WHALING BANNED
*July 23, 1982: The International Whaling Commission voted to ban commercial whaling. They also reduced the number of whales until 1986; The IWC did allow Eskimos and native hunters continue hunting whales for food and other necessities.

THE GALLERY OF THE LOUVRE SOLD FOR $3,250.000
*July 29, 1982: The famed painting The Gallery of the Louvre painted in 1832 by the late Samuel Morse, was sold for $3,250.000 making it the highest ever paid for an American works of art.

MIDSUMMER MADNESS
*Deely Bobbers were the Summer's fun fashion. Millions of people of all ages wore the glittery stars, hearts, balls, and pinwheels which had bobbed on springs attached to headbands.

 

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Civil War in El Salvador
Summer 1982
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Things were getting uglier down in Central America and not for the better. And what didn't help matters was instigating anti-American sentiment in some of the Central American countries such as Honduras and El Salvador for example.

In El Salvador, the Civil War that began in 1979 between the military government and leftist rebels, it had been entering its third year and what justified the violent methods of the Salvadoran military government was these leftists received financial backing from socialist and communist countries like Cuba, where Cuban President Fidel Castro was looking to expand his dominance in the region.

The Salvadoran military government was staunchly supported by extremely wealthy landowners and the Salvadoran Armed Forces. They also received support from the United States, who was determined to stopping communism from infecting the entire Western Hemisphere.

With little to nonexistent dissent in El Salvador and growing unrest on political and economic challenges, it was only a matter of time before the Central American country would descend into full-blown chaos. At the same time, the extreme leftists gained more and more support and their top priority was overthrowing the Salvadoran military government.

When a moderate military junta took power in 1979, one of the first things they initiated was land reform programs: consisted of breaking up large estates and allowing peasants buying land. Despite opposition from both the rightists and leftists, the United States continued supporting the government by sending both economic and military aid which also included 55 military advisers.

In March 1982, the Junta's rule ended following democratic elections for the National Assembly. For the Junta's perspective, they hoped opening up free elections would show more popular support for the land reform programs.

However, things didn't turn out that way!

Groups of right-wing political parties gained full control of the Salvadoran National Assembly by choosing former Army officer Roberto d'Aubuisson leading as Assembly Speaker; The National Assembly then tapped Alvaro Magana as President. And to topping things off, the right-wing Salvadoran National Assembly voted to suspending the land reform programs on a temporary basis.

The Civil War continued to escalate as leftist rebels used sabotage: blowing up bridges and railway lines, burning agricultural crops and also stealing cattle (these dumbass leftists must've been hungry).

Once again, the Salvadoran government aggressively retaliated with sweeps through areas where guerillas were at their strongest. In the Fall of 1982, the increasing attacks by the leftist rebels continued when they took control of several villages in the north and east of El Salvador.

Despite demands of proposing peace talks in any hope of ending the Civil War, the Salvadoran government refused by rejecting the leftist rebels' proposals. Both sides were both complicit in kidnappings, torture and extrajudicial civilian killings although many pointed the finger at the right-wing Salvadoran government for committing more heinous actions.

 

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Escalating Conflicts Spreading throughout Central America
Summer 1982
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El Salvador wasn't the only Central American country having an ugly civil war with massive death and mayhem that caused thousands to flee their homes and livelihoods......

Fears were growing that Honduras and Guatemala both would get caught up in the Salvadoran Civil War.

*HONDURAS: Caught right in the middle between El Salvador and Nicaragua, where the Sandinistas took power in 1979 by overthrowing the Somoza family. Allegations surfaced that Nicaragua had secretly smuggled weapons through the Honduran border under the noses of the Honduran government, to the leftist rebels in El Salvador.

The southern border of Honduras became a defacto military base for Nicaraguan fighters, who staunchly oppose the Sandinista government. And in the meantime, there was also a growing guerilla movement inside the Republic of Honduras; the United States provided both economic and military assistance to the Honduran government.

*GUATEMALA: Taking power as Guatemalan President in March 1982, Army General Efrain Rios Montt launched an aggressive offensive against majority of Guatemalan left-wing guerillas, who refused to surrender. According to Human Rights Watch, an estimated of more than 2,500 civilians were killed by Rios Montt's forces and the sadistic killings forced thousands to flee to nearby Mexico.

Guatemalan military troops were stationed along the eastern border with Belize, where the Belizeans feared Rios Montt would launch a violent invasion against their newly-independent nation.

*NICARAGUA: Scared about the possibility of a potential counter-coup, the extreme left-wing Sandinista government of Nicaragua deployed military troops to crush rebel forces, who consisted of rightists, Indians, disaffected leftists. Nicaragua was undergoing a full State of Emergency for most of 1982 by controlling the government, quelling opposition and dealing with massive economic problems.

*COSTA RICA: Despite noy having a true military and being long considered as one of the wealthiest countries in Central America, the Republic of Costa Rica plunged into an economic recession in 1982 which caused several outbreaks of guerilla activities. In response, the Costa Rican government deployed thousands of personnel troops from the Costa Rican National Guard by increasing patrolling their country's border with Nicaragua and Costa Rica received military assistance and aid from the United States.

COMING UP: Escalation spreads to Panama and Mexico

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Civil War Spreading Like Wildfire?
Fall 1982
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......"The Salvadoran Civil War suddenly engulfed nearly the entire region of Central America. Unless things were solved diplomatically, it had the possibility of potentially engulfing all of Latin America in the long-term."
-Oscar Robles
Former President of Mexico (1973-1986)
Exclusive Interview with Espana TV
Spring 1988

Panama had been going pretty much downhill following the mysterious plane crash that killed popular left-wing authoritarian military leader General Omar Torrijos in the Summer of 1981, infighting inside the Panamanian National Guard and the government had escalated very fast.

Many peoole were concerned that the ugly brewing violent and deadly conflicts in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala would soon spread over to Panama, where the operation of the Panama Canal would've been affected.

This basically forced the Reagan administration to get involved in Central America even more, both in terms of promoting US influence and economic and military assistance.

Unfortunately, many inside Central America viewed the United as "meddling into their internal affairs", the American involvement wasn't always welcome. Back home in the States, many Americans had some good reason to be questioning why in the Hell was the most wealthiest powerful nation in the world aiding and supporting most of the governments of these Central American countries (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala) which had been accused of heinous human rights violations.

To answering these questions was quite difficult and there wasn't a scheduled timetable on when these conflicts would come to an end. One thing was definitely certain: whatever course pursued by many of the hot-spots in Central America, was bound to be very difficult.

In Mexico, there was signs of growing unrest against the right-wing fascist authoritarian military government of three-term Mexican President General Oscar Robles, where groups of left-wing guerillas began fighting in southern Mexico against government military troops in a battle that led to the deaths of more than 6,773 people. Robles received support from the United States both militarily and economically in terms of assistance as Robles deployed over 29,000+ military personnel troops to southern Mexico along with additional reinforcements in violently crushing the left-wing guerillas and rebels, most of whom were tortured and disappeared never to be seen ever again.

 

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SOMARE TAPPED AS PAPUA NEW GUINEAN PRIME MINISTER
*August 2, 1982: Michael Somare was chosen to serve as the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea by the Papua New Guinean Parliament. He previously held the position from 1975 to 1980.

EVAUCATION PLAN BY LEBANESE GOVERNMENT AND PLO APPROVED
*August 18, 1982: The Lebanese government and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) approved a plan which included the evaucation of Palestinian and Syrian fighters, who were trapped since June in West Beirut by Israeli forces. The next day, August 19th: the Israeli government approved the plan as well and the evaucation plans begun on August 21st eventually being completed on September 1st.

PLO guerillas traveled to various Arab nations that agreed to accept them. The largest number of PLO guerillas went to Syria, along with the evaucated Syrian troops. The evaucation plan was supervised by troops from the French Republic, Italy and the United States.

KING SOBHUZA II OF SWAZILAND DIES AT THE AGE OF 83
*August 21, 1982: King Sobhuza II, the world's longest-serving Monarch, dies at the age of 83.

GEMAYEL NAMED LEBANESE PRESIDENT
*August 23, 1982: Bashir Gemayel of the Christian Phalangist Party was chosen by the Lebanese Parliament to become the next President of Lebanon. However, most Muslim members of Parliament boycotted the vote in protest.

ENTERTAINMENT: SWEDISH ACTRESS INGRID BERGMAN DIES AT THE AGE OF 67
*August 29, 1982: Swedish-born actress Ingrid Bergman passed away at the age of 67. Bergman won Academy Awards for performances in "Gaslight" (1944); "Anastasia" (1956); and "Murder on the Orient Express" (1974). She also was in the famous movie "Casablanca" co-staring with the late Humphrey Bogart.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Banacek is an American detective television series that aired from 20 March 1972 to 25 May 1977. The series was part of the NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. Among the cast members of the famed television series: George Peppard, Ralph Manza, Murray Matheson, Christine Belford and George Murdock for five Seasons running with 91 episodes.

Banacek

Genre Crime Drama
Created by Anthony Wilson
Starring George Peppard
Ralph Manza
Murray Matheson
Christine Belford
George Murdock
Theme music composer Billy Goldberg
Country of origin United States
Number of Seasons  5
Number of Episodes  91
***Production***
Executive Producer George Eckstein
Producer Howie Horwitz
Running time 90 Minutes
Production company Universal Television
***Release****
Original Network NBC
Audio format  Monaural
Original release March 20, 1972-
May 25, 1977
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COMING UP IN THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC: Part III of Pop Culture:
*"TJ Hooker"
*"Hart to Hart"

 

[Sergeant Foley]

@The Immortal Watch Dog This installment is for you as More of the Crazy continues

The Unhinged Dictator's Sinister Fantasies of Chaos
8:37 PM, Monday, August 30, 1982
Somewhere in the Asian Pacific
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The sinister, ruthless and infamous 601st Intelligence Battalion Death Squad got their orders after reporting to Argentine Republic President Lieutenant General Leopoldo Galtieri: Operation Sociopath has reached to Phase 6.

With everyone distracted by the dragged-out Falklands War of 1982, Galtieri's mission of exterminating anyone, who got in his way had no limits: he succeeded in having Queen Elizabeth II kidnapped on March 13th; then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher assassinated in the Grand Hotel bombing on April 5th, which topped off with the explosive invasion of the Falkland Islands. The war had divided Latin America into different camps: Venezuela for example, supported the Argentinean military government's claims of taking control of the Falklands which resulted in an aggressive response by the British government, who deployed British military personnel troops to fighting the Argentineans.

And the Falklands War of 1982 continued to drag on non-stop.

When Pope John Paul II during a bilateral meeting at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires with Galtieri resulted in the Pontiff lecturing the triggered Psychopath about moving the Argentine Republic to democracy, most of Galtieri's advisers in that meeting were nervous and one of whom muttered "Why do I fear His Holiness won't be long for this world?"

Publicly for the Argentinians, who were still supporting the military government's efforts in the invasion, and Galtieri kept calm as cameras showed the unhinged triggered dictator and the Pontiff on the balcony of the Casa Rosada as the crowds cheered.

However, Galtieri behind closed doors, was pissed off! "That FUCKING Polish Piece of Shit Must Die At Once! Get Mendoza over here at once!" Mendoza in his full dress Army uniform saluted his Commander-in-Chief: "Mr. President, Major Rudolph Mendoza at your service." Galtieri spewed his rantings trashing the Pope to Mendoza, telling him "That fucking Polish bastard won't live to 1983. And that's NOT a threat. It's a promise." Mendoza laughed, but knew what had to be done.

Mendoza joined the infamous and ruthless 601st Intelligence Battalion Death Squad, who sabotaged the Papal aircraft during the tail end of August 1982. It was time to "Cleansing the Vatican of that Polish Bastard!"

Masquerading as a pilot, Mendoza and his cohorts of the 601st Intelligence Battalion Death Squad spiked refreshments and food with something poisonous, which knocked out the Pontiff and everyone else unconscious aboard. Mendoza and his colleagues grabbed parachutes as the Papal Aircraft was flying mid-air somewhere over the Asian Pacific.

Mendoza and his cohorts calling themselves "The Rolex Club" managed to escape out of the flying Papal Aircraft.

Sometime around 9:00 PM, the Papal Aircraft slammed into a large mountain exploding with large balls of fire alarming the townspeople, who screamed.

Mendoza was smiling at the explosion, picked up his walky-talky informing President Galtieri: "Your Excellency, it's done. That Polish bastard won't be nagging at the Vatican anymore!"

Over in Buenos Aires, Galtieri hung up the phone with a huge giant smile on his face. He was already thinking more schemes about invading Chile and killing Pinochet. "Nobody's going to stop me ever! I am doing God's work!"

Like a spicy, juicy Argentinian Telenovela, the big jackass villain like Galtieri was still winning.

COMING UP IN CHAPTER 12: Someone in Brazil finds a battered woman and rescues her.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

TJ Hooker is an American police drama television series starring William Shatner in the titular role of 15-year veteran LCPD Police Sergeant Thomas Jefferson. Supporting cast included Adrian Zmed as rookie Officer Vincent Romano; April Clough as Officer Vicky Taylor (Season 1 only); Heather Locklear as Officer Stacy Sheridan (Season 2 onwards); Richard Herd as Captain Dennis Sheridan; James Darren as Officer Jim Corrigan; Jimmy Smits as Officer Hector Alvarez (Season 6): JimBrown as Detective Jim Cody (Season 3 guest starring role; Season 6) and Hugh Farrington as Detective Lieutenant Peter O'Brien (Seasons 4-6). The television series aired on ABC for six Seasons with 111 episodes from March 13, 1982 to May 30, 1987.

TJ Hooker

Genre Action; police crime drama
Created by Ricky Husky
Starring William Shatner
April Clough (Season 1)
Heather Locklear
Adrian Zmed
Richard Herd
James Darren
Country of origin United States
Original language English
Number of Seasons 6
Number of episodes 111
*****Production******
Running time 60 Minutes
Production companies Spelling/Goldberg Productions
Columbia Pictures Television
******Release******
Original network ABC
Original release March 13, 1982-
May 30, 1987 ​

 

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@Ibanez @Buba @bintananth @Val the Moofia Boss @The Immortal Watch Dog
AUTHOR'S NOTE: If y'all need me to do any other Pop Culture Tips such as movies, let me know which movies for 1982 that you want to have posted in this timeline.

Give me a specific detailed list of movies from 1982 and I'll do the best I can to getting those mentioned in future installments.

 

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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: POPE JOHN PAUL II KILLED IN EXPLOSIVE PLANE CRASH
*Eyewitnesses heard loud thundering explosions in the middle of the night.
*Death Toll: Authorities estimating over 37+ were killed in the plane crash.
*Investigation underway.

*Tuesday August 31, 1982: The entire world woke up to one of the most horrible news developments ever: Pope John Paul II, the first Polish person to serve as the Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church was killed in a plane crash while aboard Shepherd One along with 37+ others aboard the Papal Aircraft, while it was flying towards Singapore.

According to several eyewitnesses in the countryside, they heard a loud thundering explosion followed by additional explosions and some of whom ran out of their homes to see large balls of fire on the right side of the mountain.

The Associated Press reported that paramedics, firefighters and law enforcement officers including Singaporean federal law enforcement authorities arrived on the scene. It was a horrific and gruesome sight: one of the sixteen paramedics, who were assisting with finding for survivors, found at least only five people, who were flying on Shepherd One to have survived the violent crash.

 

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......"Woke up to the horrific shocking news that Pope John Paul II was killed in a plane crash. Nancy and I were saddened by this terrible loss throughout the entire world. We has just had an audience with the Pope on June 7th at the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City during my week-long trip to France, Italy, the United Kingdom and West Germany.

I just couldn't comprehend why this awful tragedy happened?"
-Diary of Ronald Wilson Reagan
41st President of the United States
August 31, 1982
White House
Washington, DC

 

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BREAKING NEWS ALERT: OVER 57+ FOREIGN DIGNITARIES EXPECTED TO ATTEND PAPAL FUNERAL FOR POPE JOHN PAUL II
*Press Secretary of the Vatican confirms the late Pontiff's Papal Funeral will be held on September 7th.
*White House confirms President Reagan will be in attendance.
*Presidential Office in Mexico City announcing Mexican President General Oscar Robles will be attending as well.
*Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, Brazilian President Joao Figueiredo, Chilean President Captain General Augusto Pinochet, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, Philippine Vice President and First Lady Imelda Marcos, Republic of Korea President Chun Doo-hwan among long list of foreign dignitaries likely attending.
*ABC News reporting members of the Polish government will likely be in attendance.

*Thursday, September 2, 1982: During the late evening hours of September 2nd, an Italian government aircraft arrived at the Leonardo da Vinci Fiumicino International Airport in Fiumicino, Lazio, Italy. Members of the Corps of Gendarmerie of Vatican City including several members of the Swiss Guards lifted the coffin containing the body of the late Pope John Paul II out of the plane via special motor truck, where they placed the coffin into a hearse and drove to Vatican City for private embalming, etc.,

 

[Sergeant Foley]

7 Years
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September 5, 1982: I would like to thank everyone, who's been enjoying The American Republic. Started this timeline with the shocking assassination of then-President Gerald Rudolph Ford on 5 September 1975 in Sacramento, California.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Sports Headlines
Summer1982
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NBA: The Los Angeles Lakers won the 1982 NBA Championship for the second time in three years. During the 1981-82 Regular Season, Paul Westhead, who had won the 1980 NBA Championship as Head Coach, was controversially fired (likely due to the controversial devious tactics of Magic Johnson lobbying Lakers CEO and Owner Jerry Buss). Westhead was replaced by Pat Riley.

Despite some early season struggles, the Lakers finished with the third-best record in the NBA with overall record of (57-25). They swept both the Phoenix Suns (4-0) and the San Antonio Spurs (4-0), advancing to the 1982 NBA Finals.

Over in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, the 1981 NBA champion Boston Celtics had the best regular-season record with (63-19) which included an 18-game winning streak and led the Atlantic Division by just five games over Philadelphia 76ers (58-24). Many assumed the defending NBA champions would be favorites to winning back-to-back NBA championships.

However, the 76ers had other plans....................

During the pressure-packed Semifinal Playoff matchup, the Celtics blew out the 76ers by 40 points in Game 1; 76ers then retaliated by winning three consecutive games, leading the series 3-1. However, not wanting to count out the defending NBA champions, Boston bounced back and won Games 5 and 6 tying up the series 3-3 with a deciding Game 7 to decide who'll advance to the 1982 NBA Finals.

76ers dethroned the defending NBA champions in Game 7 (4-3) by a final score 120-106 in front of a packed crowd inside the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

In the NBA Finals: Lakers won Game 1 by a final score of 124-117. 76ers tied up the series 1-1 with 110-94 victory in Game 2; When the series moved to Philadelphia, the Lakers won Game 3 (129-108) and Game 4 (111-101) respectively, increasing their edge in the series to 3-1 with one more win to clinch it all. 76ers rebounded in Game 5 with massive blowout victory before their home crowd, 135-102: sending the series back to Los Angeles, where the Lakers clinched the 1982 NBA Finals with 114-104 victory, winning the series (4-2).

Ironically, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the famed center on both the 1971 Milwaukee Bucks and 1982 Los Angeles Lakers, became one of the most highly esteemed athletes to ever play the game. Lakers guard Earvin "Magic" Johnson was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player; Johnson also won this same award back in 1980, when the Lakers won the NBA championship that year.

In addition to the excellent playing of both Abdul-Jabbar and Johnson, the Los Angeles Lakers received strong vital contributions from Jamal Wilkes, who scored 27 points in Game 6 of the 1982 NBA Finals; Norm Nixon; Karl Rambis and reserve performers, Bob McAdoo and Michael Cooper.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Sports Headlines
Spring 1982
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NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL: Led by the legendary Dean Smith, Head Coach of the University of North Carolina, the Tar Heels defeated Georgetown 63-62 in the 1982 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship Game in what many said was "one of the most thrilling games in the NCAA Tournament".

James Worthy led North Carolina with 28 points and freshman (future six-time NBA champion of the Chicago Bulls) Michael Jordan hit the game-winning jump shot.

NATIONAL INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT: Bradley University defeated Purdue 67-58 winning the NIT National Championship.

NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Louisiana Tech won the NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship defeating Cheyney State by double digits 76-62.

ASSOCIATION FOR INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FOR WOMEN: Rutgers won the AIAW National Championship defeating the Texas Longhorns 83-77.

 

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Sports Headlines
Fall 1982
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MLB: Saint Louis Cardinals of the National League defeated the American League champions Milwaukee Brewers in seven games, winning their ninth World Series Championship in franchise history. Cardinals catcher Darrell Porter was named World Series Most Valuable Player.

The 1982 World Series was quite the intriguing fitting climax to an exciting MLB Season. One year following seven weeks of a strike had left baseball in some chaos, at least the game enjoyed the most competitive campaign since the four division alignment was instituted back in 1969.

A historic note of the 1982 MLB Season: Three out of the four MLB division titles were not decided until the final weekend of the Regular Season and the NL East wasn't even clinched by the eventual World Series champion Cardinals until six days before the playoffs.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Sports Headlines
Summer/Fall 1982
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CFL: While the National Football League underwent a dragged-out strike, many football fans in the United States were obviously hungry for watching professional football.

And they didn't need to look very far, instead, they looked across the Northern Border: Commonwealth of Canada, where the Canadian Football League finished the 1982 CFL Season without any hiccups.

The Edmonton Eskimos, led by quarterback Warren Moon (who played college football with the University of Washington), completed 21 out of 33 passing attempts for 319 passing yards, connected with Brian Kelly of WSU for touchdowns while running for 91 yards, defeated the Toronto Argonauts in the 1982 Grey Cup 32-16.

Edmonton finished the 1982 CFL Season with an overall record of (14-5) and winning their fifth consecutive Grey Cup Championship, which was a record at the time.

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Sports Headlines
Summer 1982
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NHL: The New York Islanders won their third consecutive NHL Stanley Cup Championship in a row (1980, 1981, 1982) .

Following 10 Seasons in existence, the Islanders established themselves as one of the NHL's most powerful teams in the 65-year history of the National Hockey League: Compiling one of their best records (54-16-10).

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Sports Headlines
Summer 1982
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TOURNAMENT WINNERS:
*(Australia Open)
Men's Singles: Johan Kriek
Women's Singles: Martina Navratilova
Men's Doubles: Mark Edmondson /Kim Warwick
Women's Doubles: Kathy Jordan /Anne Smith
Davis Cup Winner: United States

*(French Open)
Men's Singles: Mats Wilander
Women's Singles: Martina Navratilova
Men's Doubles: Sherwood Stewart / Ferdi Taygan
Women's Doubles: Martina Navratilova /Anne Smith

*(Wimbeldon)
Men's Singles: Jimmy Connors
Women's Singles: Martina Navratilova
Men's Doubles: Peter McNamara /Paul McNamee
Women's Doubles: Martina Navratilova /Pam Shriver

*(US Open)
Men's Singles: Jimmy Connors
Women's Singles: Chris Evert
Men's Doubles: Kevin Curren /Steve Denton
Women's Doubles: Rosie Casals /Wendy Turnbull

 

[Sergeant Foley]

Sports Headlines
Summer 1982
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*PROFESSIONAL:
Masters: Craig Stadler
US Open: Tom Watson
Canadian Open: Bruce Lietzke
British Open: Tom Watson
PGA: Ray Floyd
World Series of Golf: Craig Stadler
US Women's Golf: Janet Anderson Alex
Ladies PGA: Jan Stephenson
World Cup:

*AMATEUR:
US Amateur: Jay Sigel
US Women's Amateur: Juli Inkster
British Amateur: Martin Thompson
British Ladies Amateur: Kitrina Douglas
Canadian Amateur: Douglas Roxburgh
Canadian Ladies Amateur: Cindy Pleger
Curtis Cup: