1982
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EventsEdit
JanuaryEdit
January 7 – The Commodore 64 8-bit home computer is launched by Commodore International in Las Vegas (released in August)
January 17 – Cold Sunday sweeps over the northern United States
January 26 - Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland
January 27 – The Garret FitzGerald government of the Republic of Ireland is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil Éireann is dissolved
January 30 – The first computer virus, the Elk Cloner, written by 15-year old Rich Skrenta, is found. It infects Apple II computers via floppy disk
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JanuaryEdit
January 1Edit
David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player
January 3Edit
Chisu, Finnish singer-songwriter
January 4Edit
Kang Hye-jeong, South Korean actress
Bernhard Kohl, Austrian former professional road bicycle racer
January 5Edit
Janica Kostelić, Croatian skier
Vadims Vasilevskis, Latvian javelin thrower
Anastasiya Pidpalova, Ukrainian handballer
January 6Edit
Eddie Redmayne, English actor
Gilbert Arenas, American basketball player
January 7Edit
Francisco Rodríguez, Venezuelan baseball player
Camilo Villegas, Colombian golfer
Jade North, Indigenous Australian football player
January 9Edit
Corry Berger, German basketball player
Benjamin Lebert, German writer
January 11Edit
Ashley Taylor Dawson, English singer and actor
Denis Kolodin, Russian football player
Jörg Hahnel, German football goalkeeper
January 12Edit
Dontrelle Willis, American baseball player
January 13Edit
Guillermo Coria, Argentine tennis player
David Möller, German luger
January 14Edit
Víctor Valdés, Spanish football player
Markus Wagesreiter, Austrian handball player
January 15Edit
Benjamin Agosto, American skater
January 16Edit
Tuncay Şanlı, Turkish footballer
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Danish actress
January 17Edit
Dwyane Wade, American basketball player
January 18Edit
Quinn Allman, American guitarist (The Used)
Joanna Newsom, American singer, harpist, pianist and songwriter
January 19Edit
Jodie Sweetin, American actress
January 20Edit
Erin Wasson, American model, actress and occasional stylist and designer
Serghei Covalciuc, Ukrainian-Moldovan-Russian football player
January 21Edit
January 25Edit
Noemi, Italian singer
January 29Edit
Adam Lambert, American singer
Kim Dong-jin, South Korean football player
January 31Edit
Elena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer, Eurovision Song Contest 2005 winner
FebruaryEdit
February 1Edit
February 1 – Gavin Henson, Welsh rugby union player
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September 27Edit
September 27 – Lil Wayne, American rapper, producer, and actor