1982 events

The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. Date: September 1, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

Turkish military diplomat Colonel Atilla Altıkat is shot and killed in Ottawa. Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide claim to be avenging the massacre of 1+1⁄2 million Armenians in the 1915 Armenian genocide. Date: August 27, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 27 📅 Events on this day in 1982…

Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon. Date: August 21, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 21 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others. Date: August 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public. Date: August 2, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299. Date: July 24, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

Outside Santa Clarita, California, actor Vic Morrow and two children are killed when a helicopter crashes onto them while shooting a scene from Twilight Zone: The Movie. Date: July 23, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regent's Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. Date: July 20, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day…

In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped. Date: July 19, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 19 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)