Date: January 13, 1982
The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers. Date: February 15, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iran Recaptures Port City May…
The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India. Date: April 30, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 30 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Japan Air Lines Flight 350 Crash Near Haneda Airport – February 9, 1982Richard Skrenta Writes First PC…
Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie. Date: July 23, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Italian banker Roberto Calvi's body is discovered hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London, England. Date: June 18, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982International Conference on Holocaust and Armenian Genocide Opens in Tel Aviv,…
Meitnerium, a synthetic chemical element with the atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. Date: August 29, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 29 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Fátima Procession Attack on…
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 1982Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argov Shot in…