In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. Date: December 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. Date: December 4, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin. Date: December 3, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
At the University of Utah, Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart. Date: December 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time. Date: November 29, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. Date: November 14, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans. Date: November 13, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas. Kim's subsequent death (on November 18) leads to significant changes in the sport. Date: November 13, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 13 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev. Date: November 12, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)