| January 1, 1982 |
Pitt defeats Georgia, 24-20 at the Sugar Bowl
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University of Georgia's post-season appearances
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| January 4, 1982 |
Jury selection completed in the trial of Wayne Williams |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 6, 1982 |
District Attorney Lewis Slayton begins opening arguments in the trial of Wayne Williams |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 8, 1982 |
First witnesses are called in the Wayne Williams trial |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 11, 1982 |
Snow Jam! This large, unpredicted snowfall paralyzed Atlanta and surrounding areas. The storm track took the heaviest amount of snow over Atlanta and hit in the afternoon, stranding thousands of commuters. |
| January 12, 1982 |
| January 19, 1982 |
Controversial fiber evidence introduced by Lewis Slayton in the Wayne Williams Atlanta Child Murders Trial is ruled admissible by Judge Clarence Cooper. Today this type of evidence is normally admitted. |
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Clarence Cooper |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| January 25, 1982 |
Judge Clarence Cooper allows testimony linking Wayne Williams to murders other than the two he is charged with. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Clarence Cooper |
| February 1, 1982 |
Testimony indicates that Williams and Hansford had a homosexual affair
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| February 2, 1982 |
Jury returns a guilty verdict in the Jim Williams case
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
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| February 4, 1982 |
Fulton County District Attorney Lewis Slayton rests in the case against Wayne Williams. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
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Fulton County, Georgia |
| February 13, 1982 |
The jury visits the bridge over the Chattahoochee River where Wayne Williams dumped a body. |
| February 24, 1982 |
Following almost two months of trial, the defense rests in the Wayne Williams case. |
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| February 27, 1982 |
Wayne Williams found guilty in Atlanta Child murders
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Atlanta Child Murders |
| March 4, 1982 |
Alonzo Mann, a teenage helper in the National Pencil Factory, admits that he saw Jim Conley carrying the body of Mary Phagan by himself, implicating Conley's testimony
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Leo Frank and the murder of Mary Phagan |
| April 21, 1982 |
Jimmy Carter is appointed a professor at Emory University
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Jimmy Carter |
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Emory University |
| May 1, 1982 |
Kennesaw, Georgia passes a city law that required a head of household to maintain a firearm and ammunition, in response to a law passed by Morton Grove, IL., banning the possession of firearms
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| May 2, 1982 |
The Weather Channel begins broadcasting from a building in Cobb County
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| June 21, 1982 |
Coca-Cola buys Columbia Pictures from CBS
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Coca-Cola |
| July 9, 1982 |
Diet Coke is introduced
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Coca-Cola |
| August 1, 1982 |
The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York inducts Henry "Hank" Aaron
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Hank Aaron
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| September 11, 1982 |
After many delays, MARTA's Peachtree Center station is opened
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Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) |
| September 11, 1982 |
The home of Ken Dooley, who worked at Rome's Youth Development Center, is raked with gunfire. The following day Linda Adair's home, also an employee at the YDC, is firebombed
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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Rome, Georgia |
| September 17, 1982 |
William Putnam is sentanced to die for the murders of David and Katie Hardin
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A killer pays the price |
| September 17, 1982 |
In the wee hours of the morning the Georgia House and Senate resolved the differences between the versions of the first new state constitution in 37 years |
| September 25, 1982 |
Lisa Ann Millican, part of a girls group from the Ethel Harpst Home in Cedartown, Georgia, disappeared while on a trip to the Riverbend Mall in Rome. Her body would be recovered a few days later near Fort Payne, Alabama
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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Rome, Georgia |
| October 4, 1982 |
Janice Kay Chatman and John Hancock are abducted. Hancock is shot and plays dead while Judy and Alvin Neelley flee the scene with Chatman.
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| October 9, 1982 |
Judy Neelley is arrested at a motel in Murfreesboro, TN. Alvin is arrested a few days later. Mrs. Neelley admitted brutally murdering both Chatman and Millican and shooting an firebombing the homes of the YDC employees.
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Judy Neelley - A woman on death row
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| October 10, 1982 |
Atlanta Braves lose the National League Championship Series to the St. Louis Cardinals, 3 games to 0
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Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves |
| October 10, 1982 |
Creation of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
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Martin Luther King
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| December 5, 1982 |
Hershal Walker wins the Heisman Trophy
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| December 9, 1982 |
Junior Herschel Walker of the University of Georgia Athens receives the Heisman Trophy at the Downtown Athletic Club in New York City
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| December 19, 1982 |
The Atlanta Falcons clinch a play-off spot with a 17-7 win over the San Francisco 49ers. |
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Atlanta Falcons |
