"First ever" smiley in 1982? Not quite. The source you may be referencing was a computer science general message board post by Scott Fahlman to a message board at Carnegie Mellon University, September 19th, 1982. He suggested the use of ":-)" and ":-(" for jokes and not jokes. This illustration omits the hyphen.
The first use of emoticons is debated, but the first two in history are the use of "73" to express "love and kisses" as published in the The National Telegraphic Review and Operators Guide in April 1857.
The other were the notes of Abraham Lincoln for a 1862 speech which contained: "(applause and laughter ;)"
There are six more citations that predate 1982:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon#Antecedents
Chocolate wrapped around a plastic egg with a toy inside. They're incredible, but too many dumb parents blamed Kinder for their child attempting to swallow it whole and choking, so it was deemed a health hazard and banned from import. Because KINDER was the one not supervising the children.
The first use of emoticons is debated, but the first two in history are the use of "73" to express "love and kisses" as published in the The National Telegraphic Review and Operators Guide in April 1857.
The other were the notes of Abraham Lincoln for a 1862 speech which contained: "(applause and laughter ;)"
There are six more citations that predate 1982:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emoticon#Antecedents
Columbus thought the earth was smaller than it really is.