FIFA gives to
Colombia the right to host the
1986 FIFA World Cup, but Colombian officials decided in late 1982 that they could not afford to host the tournament on the scale FIFA required.
16 January – Former
Yankees teammates
Mickey Mantle and
Whitey Ford are inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536
home runs with the Yankees ranked second only to
Babe Ruth and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including
Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees
pitcher of all time, retiring with more
wins (236), more
innings (3,171), more
strikeouts (1,956), and more
shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.
14 October –
Shigeo Nagashima, a well known sports player from Japan, retires from the
Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, after a 17-year baseball player career.
In the semifinals of this tournament, North Carolina State defeated
UCLA 80–77 in overtime, ending UCLA's record streak of seven national titles. The last previous tournament not won by the Bruins was the
1966 tournament.
Ken Westerfield and Jim Kenner introduce the first
disc freestyle competition and other disc sports to Canada at the Canadian Open
Frisbee Championships, in Toronto
FIFA gives to
Colombia the right to host the
1986 FIFA World Cup, but Colombian officials decided in late 1982 that they could not afford to host the tournament on the scale FIFA required.
16 January – Former
Yankees teammates
Mickey Mantle and
Whitey Ford are inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame. Mantle becomes only the seventh player to make it in his first try. His 536
home runs with the Yankees ranked second only to
Babe Ruth and he played in more games (2,401) than any other pinstriper, including
Lou Gehrig. Ford was arguably the greatest Yankees
pitcher of all time, retiring with more
wins (236), more
innings (3,171), more
strikeouts (1,956), and more
shutouts (45) than anyone in club history.
14 October –
Shigeo Nagashima, a well known sports player from Japan, retires from the
Yomiuri Giants of Tokyo, after a 17-year baseball player career.
In the semifinals of this tournament, North Carolina State defeated
UCLA 80–77 in overtime, ending UCLA's record streak of seven national titles. The last previous tournament not won by the Bruins was the
1966 tournament.
Ken Westerfield and Jim Kenner introduce the first
disc freestyle competition and other disc sports to Canada at the Canadian Open
Frisbee Championships, in Toronto