Canada Act 1982 Receives Royal Assent, March 29, 1982

The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers. Date: February 15, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Twilight Zone: The Movie Helicopter Crash Kills Vic…

Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War. Date: May 4, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Poland Bans Solidarity…

The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Date: October 28, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Pan Am Flight 759 Crash in Kenner, Louisiana July 9,…

Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords. Date: April 25, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Multinational Force Lands in Beirut to Oversee PLO Withdrawal, August 21, 1982Aeroflot…

Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. Date: April 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 2 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982International Conference on Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Opens in Tel Aviv, June 20, 1982Times Beach Soil Sample Reveals…

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 1982Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Becomes First Latin…