Date: June 24, 1982
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…
Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War. Date: May 4, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War Begins:…
Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Sadegh Ghotbzadeh is arrested. Date: April 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War: HMS Conqueror Sinks ARA General Belgrano, May 2, 1982Irish National Liberation Army Ballykelly Pub Bombing…
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 1982Soviet Venera 14 Lands on Venus March…
Falklands War: HMS Coventry is sunk by Argentine Air Force A-4 Skyhawks. Date: May 25, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Operation Black Buck: RAF Attacks Argentine Air Force, May 1, 1982VASP Flight 168…
Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid. Date: June 13, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War: Argentine Forces Surrender in Stanley, June 14, 1982Japan Air Lines…