Nostalgia
1982

Oscar Winners
Best Picture
GANDHI
Actor
Ben Kingsley
GANDHI
Actress
Meryl Streep
SOPHIE'S CHOICE

Top 25 Songs
1	EYE OF THE TIGER
		Survivor  Scotti Bros
2	CENTERFOLD
		J. Geils Bond  EMI America
3	HURTS SO GOOD
		John Cougar  Riva
4	ABRACADABRA
		Steve Miller Band  Capitol
5	DON'T YOU WANT ME
		Human League  A&M
6	EBONY AND IVORY
		Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder  Columbia
7	GLORIA
		Laura Branigan  Atlantic
6	I LOVE ROCK'N ROLL
		Joan Jett & the Blackhearts  Boardwalk
9	MANEATER
		Daryl Hall and John Oates  RCA
10	JACK AND DIANE
	John Cougar  Riva
11	HARD TO SAY I'M SORRY
		Chicago  Full Moon
12	WHO CAN IT BE NOW?
		Men at Work  Columbia
13	I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO)
		Daryl Hall & John Oates  RCA
14	ROSANNA
		Toto  Columbia
15	HARDEN MY HEART
		Quarterflash  Geffen
16	EYE IN THE SKY
		Alan Parsons Project  Arista
17	UP WHERE WE BELONG
		Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes  Island
18	MICKEY
		Toni Basil  Chrysalis
19	DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS
		Rick Springfield  RCA
20	SHAKE IT UP
		The Cars  Elektra
21	CHARIOTS OF FIRE
		Vangelis  Polydor
22	THE SWEETEST THING (I'VE EVER KNOWN)
		Juice Newton  Capitol
23	ALWAYS ON MY MIND
		Willie Nelson  Columbia
24	LET IT WHIP
		Dozz Band  Motown
25	OPEN ARMS
		Journey  Columbia

World Series Champion
St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 3

National Football League Champion
San Francisco defeated Cincinnati 26-21 in Super Bowl XVI at the Pontiac Silverdome, January 24.

National Basketball League Champion
1981-82    Los Angeles Lakers over the Philadelphia 76ers    4-2

National Hockey League Champion
New York Islanders

Heavyweight Champion
11 Jun 82   Larry Holmes w.rsf. 13 Gerry Cooney at Las Vegas
26 Nov 82   Larry Holmes w.pts. 15 Randy 'Tex' Cobb at Houston
10 Dec 82   Mike Dokes w.rsf. 1 Mike Weaver at Las Vegas

President/Vice President
Republican, 1981-1989, Ronald Reagan/George H. W. Bush

News Events
Lech Walesa, former leader of Solidarity, the Polish labor union, is freed after 11 months of internment under martial law. 
The space shuttle Columbia completes its first operational flight. 
Actor John Belushi is found dead of a drug overdose in a West Hollywood hotel. 
Automobile manufacturer John DeLorean is arrested and charged with possession of 59 pounds of cocaine. 
The first artificial heart is implanted in American Barney Clark.