Date in year · 1982 · The 1980s

June 21, 1982

On June 21, 1982, john Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. The year's #1 song was "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John. Taran Killam, Andreas Thorkildsen, Andre Ethier would arrive in the same year.

Events

1

Births

3

Deaths

0

Year

1982

1980s

Around 1982

The year in brief

1982 (MCMLXXXII) 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.

Read the full year of 1982 →

What happened

On June 21, 1982

  1. 1982 John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan.

    Attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan (born 1955)

    John Warnock Hinckley Jr. S. , on March 30, 1981, two months after Reagan's first inauguration.

Arrivals

Born on June 21, 1982

Lee Dae-ho 1982– South Korean baseball player (born 1982)
William 1982– Heir apparent to the British throne (born 1982)
Jussie Smollett 1982– American actor (born 1982)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1982

The class of 1982

Others born in 1982

Taran Killam 1982– American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
Andreas Thorkildsen 1982– Norwegian javelin thrower
Andre Ethier 1982– American baseball player
Ian Bell 1982– English cricketer[citation needed]
Peeter Kümmel 1982– Estonian skier
Nellie McKay 1982– British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore