Remember When: 1982
Epcot Center opened at Walt Disney World in Florida.
Apple Computer became the first PC firm to reach one billion dollars in sales
John Hinckley Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity, evidently Jodie Foster made him do it!
Secretary of State Alexander Haig resigns
Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS comes to Broadway
Late Night W/ David Letterman hits the broadcast tv airwaves.
The Equal Rights Amendment fails to acheive ratification
Tylenol recalls 264,000 bottles of its pain-relief capsules after seven deaths in the Chicago area from Cyanide Poisoning.
John Belushi dies of a drug overdose
Actor Vic Morrow was killed while filming The Twilight Zone: the movie.
Automaker John De Lorean was arrested by federal agents on drug charges
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Notable Deaths of 1982
John Belushi, Vic Morrow, Satchel Paige, Ingrid Bergman, Grace Kelly, Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev