Editing 1982 (section)

=== March ===
* [[March 2]] – [[Decentralisation in France]]: the Law of Decentralisation creates the administrative [[regions of France]] (''régions'').<ref>{{Cite journal|last=De Montricher|first=Nicole|date=July 1995|title=Decentralization in France|journal=Governance |volume=8|issue=3|pages=405–418|doi=10.1111/j.1468-0491.1995.tb00217.x}}</ref>
* [[March 9]] – [[Charles Haughey]] becomes [[Taoiseach]] of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].
* [[March 10]]
** The United States places an [[embargo]] on [[Libya]]n [[petroleum|oil]] imports, alleging Libyan [[state-sponsored terrorism]].
** [[Syzygy (astronomy)|Syzygy]]: All 9 planets recognized at this time align on the same side of the Sun.<ref>''[[The Jupiter Effect]]''.</ref>
* [[March 16]] – [[Claus von Bülow]] is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife by a court in [[Newport, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Thomas T.|last=Noguchi|title=Coroner at Large|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KiNwUPuUvFAC|year=1985|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-671-54462-1|page=23}}</ref>
* [[March 18]] – A legal case brought by [[Mary Whitehouse]] against the [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] of Britain concerning alleged obscenity in the play ''[[The Romans in Britain]]'' ends after the [[Attorney General for England and Wales|Attorney General]] intervenes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/18/newsid_2524000/2524269.stm|title=1982: Judge halts 'obscenity' trial|access-date=2007-11-30|work=BBC News|date=1982-03-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1696539,00.html|title=Look back in anger|access-date=2007-11-30|work=[[The Guardian]]|location=London|first=Howard|last=Brenton|author-link=Howard Brenton|date=2006-01-28}}</ref>
* [[March 19]] – [[Argentina|Argentine]] scrap metal workers (infiltrated by marines) raise the [[flag of Argentina]] on [[South Georgia Island|South Georgia]] and the [[Falkland Islands]], two British overseas territories.
* [[March 24]] – [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]] seizes power in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/90.htm |author=U.S. Library of Congress |author-link=Library of Congress |title=Bangladesh - THE ERSHAD PERIOD |access-date=10 September 2021}}</ref>
* [[March 29]]
** [[Royal Assent]] is given to the [[Canada Act 1982]], setting the stage for the repatriation of the [[Canadian Constitution]] on [[April 17]].
** The [[54th Academy Awards]], hosted by [[Johnny Carson]], are held at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]]. ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' wins [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and 3 other [[Academy Awards]].
* [[March 30]] – [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] ends an eight-day mission, [[STS-3]], by landing at [[White Sands Space Harbor]] near [[Alamogordo, New Mexico]]. It was the only time a Space Shuttle has landed at White Sands. The orbiter was forced to land at White Sands due to flooding at its originally planned landing site, [[Edwards Air Force Base]] in California.