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| 1982 |
| | | The Saudi fundamentalist Osama bin Laden joins the mujaheddin in their fight against the Soviet occupiers of Afghanistan | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Steven Spielberg directs E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, in which an alien is stranded on earth and is befriended by a young boy | |
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| 1982 |
| | | 5000 Argentinian troops land in the Falkland Islands, provoking war with Britain | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Dustin Hoffman, in Tootsie, plays a man who becomes a star in the persona of an actress | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Chilean author Isabel Allende publishes her first novel, The House of the Spirits | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Congress in Washington passes the Boland Amendment, banning US military aid to the Contras | |
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| 1982 |
| | | The Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano is sunk by a British torpedo, with the loss of 368 lives | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Little Shop of Horrors, by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, opens in New York | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Michael Frayn's farce Noises Off opens in London's West end | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church (or 'Moonies'), is convicted in the USA of tax fraud and imprisoned | |
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