America - 1982AD
In 1982AD:
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) failed to win ratification in the U.S.
The Voyager 2 spacecraft transmitted pictures to the U.S. of the planet Saturn.
Two satellites were deployed during the first operational Space Shuttle mission.
USA Today
, the first daily newspaper aimed at readers throughout the U.S., was launched.
Pop-soul composer Quincy Jones won 5 Grammy Awards.
Pop singer Michael Jackson recorded the all-time best-selling album
Thriller
.
Sylvester Stallone starred in the first Rambo film
First Blood
.
Filmmaker Steven Spielberg directed
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
.
Dustin Hoffman starred in Sydney Pollack's film
Tootsie
.
American writer Paul Theroux published
The Mosquito Coast
.
Black American writer Alice Walker published
The Color Purple
.
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