Date: December 6, 1982
The 6.0 Ms North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800, and injuring 1,500. Date: December 13, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Pan Am Flight…
The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Date: October 28, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Twilight Zone: The Movie Helicopter Crash Kills Vic Morrow, Children…
The People's Armed Police is de facto founded; It is officially established 10 months later on April 5, 1983 Date: June 19, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982China Adopts Current Constitution December 4,…
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 1982HMS Sheffield Hit…
Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier is kept off-limits. Date: June 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Yuri Andropov Becomes Soviet Communist Party…
The Senior Road Tower collapses in less than 17 seconds. Five workers on the tower are killed and three workers on a building nearby are injured. Date: December 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…