Spantax Flight 995 Crashes at Málaga Airport, 50 Killed, September 13, 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 1982Luzhniki Disaster: 66 Crushed at UEFA Cup Match, October 20, 1982International Conference on Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Opens in Tel…

Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind. Date: October 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 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 1982International Forces Leave Beirut After…

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 📅…

Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. Date: November 14, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Space Shuttle STS-3 Columbia Lands…

The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. Date: September 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Iranian Diplomats Kidnapped in Lebanon by Phalange Forces, July 4, 1982Breakup of Bell System: AT&T Divests…