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Events from the year 1982 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by the Falklands War.

Contents

Incumbents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

The ARA General Belgrano sinks following attack by Royal Navy submarine HMS Conqueror.

June

July

  • 2 July - Roy Jenkins is elected leader of the SDP.
  • 5 July - England draw 0-0 with hosts Spain and are eliminated from the World Cup in the second group stage. Ron Greenwood retires as England manager after five years and is succeeded by Ipswich Town manager Bobby Robson.
  • 9 July - Michael Fagan breaks into Buckingham Palace and spends 10 minutes talking to the Queen until he is apprehended.[21]
  • 20 July - Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in central London, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.
  • 21 July - HMS Hermes, the Royal Navy flagship during the Falklands War, returns home to Portsmouth to a hero's welcome.
  • 22 July
    • Production of the Ford Cortina ends after 20 years and five incarnations (the final two of which were virtually identical). The Cortina's successor, the Sierra, will be built at Dagenham and in Belgium, though in slightly lower volumes as the smaller Escort is now Ford's strongest-selling car.
    • Exclusion zone around the Falklands is lifted.
    • Margaret Thatcher rejects calls in parliament for a return of the death penalty for terrorist murder.

August

September

  • 7 September - Margaret Thatcher expresses her concern at the growing number of children living in single parent families, but says that she is not opposed to divorce.
  • 22 September - An estimated 14% of the workforce is now reported to be unemployed.[23]
  • 23 September - Nigel Lawson announces that no industry should remain in state ownership unless there is an "overwhelming" case.
  • 28 September - General Motors launches the Spanish built Opel Corsa, which will be sold in Britain from April next year as the Vauxhall Nova. The new front-wheel drive range of small hatchbacks and saloons will effectively replace the Chevette. However, the transport workers union has thrown the future of the new car, which is expected to sell around 50,000 units a year, into jeopardy by blocking imports to Britain.[24]
  • 30 September - Lord Denning delivers his last judgement as Master of the Rolls.

October

  • October - Government statistics for unemployment are now based on those claiming benefit rather than those registered unemployed.[citation needed]
  • 8 October - With the economy now climbing out of recession after more than two years, Margaret Thatcher vows to stick to her economic policies, and blames previous governments for the decline that she inherited when taking power more than three years ago.
  • 11 October - The Mary Rose, flagship of Henry VIII of England that sank in 1545, is raised.[25]
  • 12 October - A victory parade is held in London to mark the end of the Falklands war.
  • 15 October - The Ford Sierra is launched as replacement for the long-running Cortina, and its ultra-modern aerodynamic styling causes controversy among potential buyers who for years had been drawn to the conventional Cortina.[26]
  • 21 October - Sinn Féin win first seats on Northern Ireland Assembly, with Gerry Adams winning the Belfast West seat.[27]
  • 27 October - Three RUC officers killed by an IRA bomb near Lurgan in Northern Ireland.[28]

November

  • November
  • The government announces that more than 400,000 council houses have been sold off under the right-to-buy scheme in the last three years.[29]

December

Undated

  • Unemployment exceeds 3 million for the first time since the 1930s.[34]
  • Inflation has fallen to a 10-year low of 8.6%, although some 1,500,000 jobs have reportedly been lost largely due to Government policy in attaining this end.[35]
  • British National Oil Corporation privatised as Britoil.[36]

Publications

Births

Deaths

References

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