Pan Am Flight 759 Crash in Kenner, Louisiana July 9, 1982

A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin. Date: December 3, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Pan Am Flight…

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral. 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 1982Falklands War: HMS Conqueror Sinks ARA General Belgrano, May 2, 1982International Conference on…

VASP Flight 168 crashes in Pacatuba, Ceará, Brazil, killing 128 people. Date: June 8, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Pan Am Flight 830 Bombing Kills One, Injures 15 – August 11, 1982Bangladesh Coup…

Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. Date: April 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Japan Air Lines Flight 350 Crash Near Haneda Airport – February 9, 1982Yuri Andropov Becomes Soviet Communist…

John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Date: June 21, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Iranian Foreign Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh Arrested…

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 1982Failed Assassination Attempt on Saddam Hussein Sparks Dujail Massacre, July 8, 1982Poland Bans Solidarity and Trade Unions, October 8, 1982Italy…