Editing 1982 (section)

===July===
* [[July 4]] – Four [[Iran]]ian diplomats are kidnapped upon [[Israel]]'s invasion of [[Lebanon]].
* [[July 6]] – A lunar eclipse (umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century) occurs.
* [[July 9]] – [[Pan Am Flight 759]] ([[Boeing 727]]) crashes in [[Kenner, Louisiana]], killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground.
* [[July 11]] – [[Italy national football team|Italy]] beats [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] 3–1 to win the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] in Spain.
* [[July 16]] – In New York City, the Reverend [[Sun Myung Moon]] is sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000 for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice.
* [[July 20]] – [[Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings]]: the [[Provisional IRA]] detonates 2 bombs in central London, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.
* [[July 23]]
** The [[International Whaling Commission]] decides to end commercial [[whaling]] by 1985–[[1986]].
** Torrential rain and mudslides in [[Nagasaki]], Japan, destroy bridges and kill 299.
** [[Twilight Zone accident|''Twilight Zone'' accident]]: During filming of ''[[Twilight Zone: The Movie]]'', actor [[Vic Morrow]] and 2 child actors die in a helicopter stunt accident in California.<ref name="McCaffetyPowers1999">{{cite book|author1=Kerri McCaffety|author2=Lynn Powers|title=Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uFxLAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Winter Books|isbn=978-0-9653145-9-6|page=74}}</ref>
* [[July 31]] – [[Beaune coach crash]]: In [[Beaune]], France, 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a highway accident (France's worst).