Falklands War: HMS Coventry Sunk by Argentine Skyhawks, May 25, 1982

Cold War: Spain joins NATO. Date: May 30, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Breakup of Bell System: AT&T Divests 22 Subdivisions, January 8, 1982Nine-Planet Syzygy Aligns on One Side of the Sun March…

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 1982Falklands War: British Defeat Argentine Army at…

Italy defeats West Germany 3–1 to win the FIFA World Cup. Date: July 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982South African Government Bombs ANC Headquarters in London, March 14, 1982Falklands War: HMS Conqueror…

Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram. Date: June 8, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations. Date: January 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Senior Road Tower Collapse Kills…

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 1982Pope John Paul…