1982

Events

 * May 6:
 * Clarence Thomas becomes Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
 * August 17:
 * Antonin Scalia becomes a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Births

 * February 1:
 * Adam Charles Kokesh - Presidential Candidate in 2020 (Living)

Deaths

 * April 5:
 * Abraham Fortas - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1910)