Date: August 27, 1982
Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. Date: July 24, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Khorramshahr Liberation: Iran Recaptures Port City, May 24, 1982Operation Black Buck:…
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 1982Canada Constitution Patriation by Proclamation in Ottawa, April…
Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun. Date: March 10, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Guatemala Military Coup Overthrows…
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…
The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. Date: December 6, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982People’s…
Aeroflot Flight 8641 crashes in Mazyr, Belarus, killing 132 people. Date: June 28, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Canada Act 1982 Receives Royal Assent, March 29, 1982US Air Force Space Command Founded September…