Events from 1982 in England

Incumbent Further information: Politics of England

Monarch - Elizabeth II Prime Minister - Margaret Thatcher

Events

March 3 – Elizabeth II opens the Barbican Centre in London. July 20 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings December 12 – Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp: 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 km (9 mi) perimeter fence of RAF Greenham Common in England in a protest against nuclear weapons.

Births

6 January – Eddie Redmayne, actor 9 January – Catherine, Princess of Wales 5 February – Sean Heather, cricketer 11 February – Natalie Dormer, actress 21 June – William, Prince of Wales 28 October – Matt Smith, actor

Deaths

6 February – Ben Nicholson, painter (born 1894) 6 July – Alma Reville, film editor and screenwriter (born 1899) 12 July – Kenneth More, actor (born 1909) 12 November – Dorothy Round Little, tennis champion (born 1908)

See also

1982 in Northern Ireland 1982 in Scotland 1982 in Wales

References