Editing 1982 (section)

===January===
* [[January 1]] – In [[Malaysia]] and [[Singapore]], clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, [[UTC+8]] (GMT+8.00).
* [[January 13]] – [[Air Florida Flight 90]] crashes shortly after takeoff into the [[14th Street bridges|14th Street Bridge]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], United States, then falls into the [[Potomac River]], killing 78 people.<ref>[[Robert Trivers|Trivers, R. L.]] & [[Huey P. Newton|Newton, H. P.]] "The crash of flight 90: doomed by self-deception?" ''[[Science Digest]]'' (November 1982): pp.&nbsp;66–67, 111.</ref>
* [[January 14–17, 2022 North American winter storm|January 14]] – An [[Ethiopian Air Force]] [[Antonov An-26]] with an unknown registration crashed near [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia, killing all 73 occupants on board.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Antonov An-26 , Thursday 14 January 1982 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/327948 |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash]]: Four [[Northrop T-38]] aircraft of the [[United States Air Force]] crash at [[Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field]], Nevada, killing all 4 pilots.
* [[January 26]] – [[Mauno Koivisto]] is elected [[President of Finland]].
* [[January 27]] – The government of [[Garret FitzGerald]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the [[22nd Dáil]] is dissolved.
* [[January 30]] – The first [[computer virus]], the [[Elk Cloner]], written by 15-year old [[Rich Skrenta]], is found.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci989616,00.html|title=Elk Cloner|work=SearchSecurity |access-date=2012-01-28 |date=June 2004}}</ref> It infects [[Apple II]] computers via [[floppy disk]].