Bijon Setu Massacre in Calcutta, India – April 30, 1982

The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people. Date: November 3, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 3 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Spain Joins NATO During Cold War, May 30, 1982World Airways Flight 30 Crashes into Boston Harbor…

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 1982Canada Act 1982 Receives Royal Assent, March 29, 1982Guatemala…

Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet, crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. Date: January 13, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day…

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 1982Nine Planets Align on Same Side of Sun, March 10,…

During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan María Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Date: May 12, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 12 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅…

Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Date: March 30, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 30 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Lech Wałęsa Released from Internment, Solidarity…