Fahd Becomes King of Saudi Arabia After Khalid’s Death, June 13, 1982

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) More events from 1982Breakup of Bell System: AT&T Divests 22 Subdivisions, January…

Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War. Date: May 24, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 24 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Bangladesh Coup Deposes President Abdus Sattar, Martial…

Bangladeshi President Abdus Sattar is deposed in a bloodless coup led by Army Chief Lieutenant general Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who suspends the Constitution and imposes martial law. Date: March 24, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

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) More events from 1982Constitution Act, 1982: Canadian…

The People's Armed Police is de facto founded; It is officially established 10 months later on April 5, 1983 Date: June 19, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Jakarta Incident: British Airways Flight 009…