Bijon Setu Massacre in Calcutta, India April 30, 1982

Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. Date: April 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Space Shuttle Columbia Final R&D Flight Launch June 27, 1982General James L. Dozier Rescued by Italian Anti-Terrorism…

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. Date: May 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Hama Massacre: Syria Attacks Hama, February 2, 1982New York City Nuclear…

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…

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 1982Yuri Andropov Becomes Soviet Communist…

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 1982Falklands War: Argentina Invades Falkland…

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 1982Helmut Kohl Replaces Helmut Schmidt as German Chancellor, October 1, 1982Tylenol Recall After Cyanide Poisoning in Chicago, October…