Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Becomes First Latin American UN Secretary-General, January 1, 1982

NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike. Date: September 20, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Guatemala Military Coup Overthrows Lucas García, Ríos Montt Takes Power March…

USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev. Date: November 12, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Lech Wałęsa Released from Internment, Solidarity Leader Freed…

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 1982Argentine Corbeta Uruguay Surrenders in Falklands…

Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions. Date: October 8, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 8 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Irish National Liberation Army Ballykelly Pub Bombing Kills 17 December 6, 1982Hezbollah Kidnaps AUB President David S….

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 1982HMS Sheffield Sunk by Exocet in Falklands War, May 4, 1982Vietnam Veterans Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony in…

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 1982Soviet Venera 14 Lands on Venus March 5, 1982Sony and…