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See also People that died at the age of 82
- 16-October-1998 : British police place General Augusto Pinochet under house arrest during his medical treatment in the UK.
- 30-October-1975 : Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting Head of State after dictator Francisco Franco concedes that he is too ill to govern.
- 28-October-1958 : Pope John XXIII succeeds Pope Pius XII as the 261st pope.
- 17-February-1958 : Pope Pius XII declares Saint Clare the patron saint of television.
- 01-June-1952 : The Roman Catholic Church bans the books of Andre Gide.
- 26-March-1949 : The first half of Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Aida'', conducted by legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini, and performed in concert (i.e. no scenery or costumes), is telecast by NBC, live from Studio 8H at Rockefeller Center. The second half is telecast a week later. This is only complete opera that Toscanini ever conducts on television.
- 18-August-1892 : William Ewart Gladstone assumes British premiership at head of Liberal government, with Irish Nationalist Party support.
- 13-July-1807 : With the death of Henry Benedict Stuart, the last Stuart claimant to the throne of the United Kingdom, the movement of Jacobitism comes to an effective end.
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