Date: July 20, 1982
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 1982Plan de Sánchez Massacre: 268 Guatemalan Campesinos Slain, July 18, 1982Bijon Setu Massacre in Calcutta, India April 30,…
Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. Date: August 29, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War: British Amphibious…
Battles of Tumbledown and Wireless Ridge, during the Falklands War. Date: June 13, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Guatemala Military Coup Overthrows Lucas García, Ríos Montt Takes Power March 23, 1982Multinational Force Lands…
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 1982Widerøe Flight 933…
The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people. Date: November 3, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19821982 Lebanon War Begins: Israeli Invasion of Southern Lebanon June 6, 1982Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Becomes…
During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Date: May 12, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅…