Falklands War: HMS Conqueror Sinks ARA General Belgrano, May 2, 1982
Date: May 2, 1982
Date: May 2, 1982
Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway. Date: March 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Space Shuttle Columbia Final R&D Flight Launch June 27,…
Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García, is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt. Date: March 23, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Lech Wałęsa Released from Internment,…
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 1982Sony and Phillips Launch Compact Disc in Japan, Sony Releases First Player, October 1, 1982Canada Act 1982 Receives Royal Assent,…
Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon. Date: August 21, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Colonel Saye Zerbo…
Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus. Date: March 5, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War: HMS Coventry Sunk by Argentine A-4 Skyhawks, May 25, 1982Japan Air Lines Flight 350 Crash Near…
World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, and crashes into Boston Harbor. Two people are missing and presumed dead. Date: January 23, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…