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Events in July 1982 10
19821982 FIFA World CupThe 24-Team ExpansionPaolo Rossi led Italy to glory in a tournament that expanded to 24 teams. Winner: Italy.
1982Jackson Browne releases Somebody's BabyFast Times at Ridgemont HighHis last top-ten single.
1982The Wall film -- Alan Parker directsThe Wall film, directed by Alan Parker with animations by Gerald Scarfe, is released in July 1982. Bob Geldof plays Pink. The film is a hallucinatory experience -- minimal dialogue, extended animation sequences depicting war, fascism and psychological breakdown. 'Comfortably Numb,' 'Run Like Hell' and 'In the Flesh' are performed in context. The film is a critical and commercial success. Roger Ebert gives it four stars. It remains one of the most uncompromising mainstream films ever made and the definitive visual expression of Waters's conceptual vision.
1982Wimbledon 1982Men: Jimmy Connors · Women: Martina NavratilovaConnors won aged 30 in an emotional comeback. Navratilova began her six-title run.
1982Sharon Arden becomes Sharon OsbourneOsbourne married his manager Sharon Arden on 4 July 1982 in Hawaii. Sharon transformed his career, providing the organisational discipline and business acumen that Osbourne lacked entirely. Their tempestuous but enduring marriage -- surviving his addictions, infidelities and near-fatal overdoses -- would become one of rock's most famous partnerships. They had three children together: Aimee, Kelly and Jack.
1982 – presentPhilippe GilbertPhilOne of the few to win four of the five Monuments; 2012 World Champion.
19821982 World Cup winner -- SpainBaresi is called into the Italian squad for the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. Italy win the tournament, defeating West Germany 3-1 in the final in Madrid. Baresi does not play -- Gaetano Scirea is preferred in his position -- but the experience of training alongside Scirea, the defender whose game most closely resembles his own, shapes his continued development. He is a World Cup winner at 22.
1982Italy wins the 1982 FIFA World CupAzzurri beat West Germany 3-1 in the finalItaly defeated West Germany 3-1 in Madrid to win its third World Cup title. Paolo Rossi, the tournament's top scorer, capped a remarkable comeback from a match-fixing ban to lead the Italian squad.
1982Peter Gabriel founds WOMADWorld music festivalThe first World of Music, Arts and Dance festival.
1982Stevie Ray Vaughan plays the Montreux Jazz FestivalBooed and discoveredBooed by part of the crowd — but David Bowie and Jackson Browne are listening.