1982

1982 (1982nd) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.

Candidates

• Dr. Timothy Correll was the first partisan Libertarian elected in Wisconsin, as Iowa County Coroner.
• Tom Westgaard for Wisconsin State Secretary

Deaths

• Ayn Rand, Author and Philosopher, on the 6th of March

Previous: 1981

The Year of 1982

Following: 1983