1982

What was happening?

• Uruguay Political parties held internal elections, signaling democratic reopening.
• Other countries Canada patriated its Constitution.
• Uruguay Uruguay remained under the civic-military dictatorship.
• Geopolitics Argentina and the UK fought the Falklands/Malvinas War.
• Uruguay Peñarol won the Copa Libertadores.
• Politics The Nobel Peace Prize honored nuclear disarmament work.
• Music Michael Jackson released Thriller.
• Cinema Blade Runner redefined sci-fi aesthetics.
• Soccer Italy won the FIFA World Cup in Spain.
• Cinema E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial became a cultural phenomenon.