Date: March 24, 1982
While attempting to return to Sheremetyevo International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes near Mendeleyevo, Moscow Oblast, killing all 90 people on board. Date: July 6, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 6 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMSΒ Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War. Date: May 4, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 4 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Spantax Flight 995…
Pan Am Flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 145 people on board and eight others on the ground. Date: July 9, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 9 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19821982 Lebanon War Begins: Israeli…
The Troubles: The Irish National Liberation Army bombs a pub frequented by British soldiers in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven soldiers and six civilians. Date: December 6, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 6 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1982China…
NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. Date: March 22, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 22 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Guatemala Military Coup Overthrows Lucas GarcΓa, RΓos Montt Takes…
Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program. Date: November 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 11 π Events on this day in 1982 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Lech WaΕΔsa Released from Internment,…