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A look back at the year. Enjoy reading while you listen to the music. (clicking on any link will open a new page, and will not interrupt your song.)
 

The top grossing movies of 1982 were: 

1. An Officer and a Gentleman  ***Best Supporting Actor-Louis Gossett, Jr.

2. Tootsie   ***Best Supporting Actress-Jessica Lange

3. Porky's  #Surprisingly-no major awards
4. Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan

5. Poltergeist

6. The Best Little Whorehouse inTexas 

7. Annie
8. The Verdict 

9. Gandhi ***Best Picture Winner-1982 Academy Awards, Best Actor-Ben Kingsley

10. The Toy

 
OnTV: The Weather Channel makes its debut on cable systems. Cagney and Lacey premiered on CBS. As did Family Ties, and Silver Spoons on NBC. Other TV premiers: Cheers, Remington Steele and St. Elsewhere.
 
 
In sports, the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4 games to 3 in the World Series. San Francisco beats Cincinatti 26-21 in Super Bowl XVI.
 
Other happenings:
  • AT&T (a.k.a. Ma Bell) agrees to be broken up in an antitrust setlement. 
  • USA Today begins publication in September. With its brief stories and wide use of colorful charts, the paper is often referred to as "McPaper.
  • Coca-Cola introduces Diet Coke. 
  • President Ronald Reagan announces the war on drugs. The "Just Say No" program will be introduced a year later.
  • The compact disc (CD) is introduced by CBS/Sony and Philips.  The first commercial CD is "52nd Street" by Billy Joel.
  • The Toyota Camry is introduced.

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