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

Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks. Date: May 25, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 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…

Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting. Date: November 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 2 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982HMS Sheffield Sunk by Exocet in Falklands War, May…

Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board. Date: September 13, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Spain Joins NATO During Cold War,…

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 → 📅 Other events on November 11 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War: HMS Coventry Sunk…

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 1982Spantax Flight 995 Crashes at Málaga Airport, 50 Killed, September 13, 1982Israel Completes Sinai Withdrawal Under Camp David…

1982 Lebanon War: The war begins as forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. Date: June 6, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅…