1st » Honda becomes the first Asian automobile company to produce cars in the United States with the opening of its factory in Marysville, Ohio. The Honda Accord is the first car produced there.
2nd » Channel 4 is launched in the United Kingdom.
3rd » The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people.
13th » The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
17th » Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada or Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.
20th » The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers (UGTE) is founded.
30th » Jason Pominville, Canadian ice hockey player
Famous Deaths for November 1982
1st » James Broderick, American actor and director (b. 1927)
1st » King Vidor, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
2nd » Lester Roloff, American preacher and radio host (b. 1914)
10th » Leonid Brezhnev, Ukrainian-Russian general and politician, 4th List of heads of state of the Soviet Union called Head of State of the Soviet Union (b. 1906)
13th » Hugues Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 15th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1911)
15th » Vinoba Bhave, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1895)
15th » Martín de Álzaga (racing driver) e.g Martín de Álzaga, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1901)
16th » Pavel Alexandrov, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1896)
16th » Arthur Askey, English comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1900)