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)
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…
Breakup of the Bell System: In the United States, AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. Date: January 8, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations. Date: January 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)