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)
Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun. Date: March 10, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
Japan Air Lines Flight 350 crashes near Haneda Airport in an attempted pilot mass murder-suicide, killing 24 of the 174 people on board. Date: February 9, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 9 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. Date: February 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 2 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Intel 80286 is released, which introduced protected mode memory. The IBM PC/AT and its clones used this CPU. Date: February 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". Date: January 30, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
US Army General James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades. Date: January 28, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 28 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
World Airways Flight 30 overshoots the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, and crashes into Boston Harbor. Two people are missing and presumed dead. Date: January 23, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 23 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)