Bijon Setu Massacre in Calcutta, India April 30, 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…

Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War. Date: May 24, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982General James L. Dozier Rescued by Italian…

Falklands War: the British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green. Date: May 29, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Becomes First Latin American UN Secretary-General,…

World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, and crashes into Boston Harbor. Two people are missing and presumed dead. Date: January 23, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. Date: January 8, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Japan Air Lines Flight 350 Crash Near Haneda…

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…