Tylenol products are recalled after bottles in Chicago laced with cyanide cause seven deaths. Date: October 5, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 5 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sony and Phillips launch the compact disc in Japan; on the same day, Sony releases the model CDP-101 compact disc player, the first player of its kind. Date: October 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida. Date: October 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence. Date: October 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
NFL season: American football players in the National Football League begin a 57-day strike. Date: September 20, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons 🙂 and 🙁 on the Carnegie Mellon University bulletin board system. Date: September 19, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Lebanon War: The Sabra and Shatila massacre in Lebanon takes place. Date: September 16, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated. Date: September 14, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 14 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps by Phalange forces. Date: September 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on…