Widerøe Flight 933 Crashes in Barents Sea, 15 Killed, March 11, 1982

Space Shuttle program: Columbia lands at Edwards Air Force Base at the end of the program's final test flight, STS-4. President Ronald Reagan declares the Space Shuttle to be operational. Date: July 4, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 4 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This…

Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Date: March 30, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War: HMS Coventry Sunk by…

Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun. Date: March 10, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Jakarta Incident: British Airways…

Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus. Date: March 5, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Richard Skrenta Writes First PC Virus Code, Elk Cloner, January 30, 1982Ocean Ranger Sinks in Storm, Killing 84…

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…

Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks. Date: May 25, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Space Shuttle STS-3 Columbia Lands at White Sands, March 30, 1982Pan Am Flight…