Ronald Reagan Proclaims War on Drugs, October 14, 1982

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 1982Italy Defeats West Germany to Win FIFA World…

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 1982China Adopts Current…

Falklands War: the British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green. 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 1982VASP Flight 168 Crashes in Pacatuba, Brazil, Killing 128 (June…

The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public. Date: August 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Bachir Gemayel Assassinated in Lebanon September 14, 1982Hyde Park…

Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Date: March 30, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Irish National Liberation Army Ballykelly Pub…

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 1982New York City Nuclear Disarmament Rally and Concert June 12, 1982Nine Planets Align on Same Side of Sun, March 10,…