Nine Planets Align on Same Side of Sun, March 10, 1982

Bangladeshi President Abdus Sattar is deposed in a bloodless coup led by Army Chief Lieutenant general Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who suspends the Constitution and imposes martial law. Date: March 24, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. Date: February 9, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War…

Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons 🙂 and 🙁 on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. Date: September 19, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Khorramshahr Liberation: Iran Recaptures Port City, May 24, 1982Falklands…

Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. Date: July 20, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day…

Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4. Date: June 27, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 27 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Sony and Phillips Launch Compact Disc in…

While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board. Date: July 6, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…