Date: June 24, 1982
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 1982Space Shuttle Columbia Final R&D Flight Launch June 27, 1982Guatemala Military Coup Overthrows…
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) More events from 1982Javier Pérez…
In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. Date: December 7, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Vietnam Veterans Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony in…
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) More events from 1982Helsinki Metro…
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) More events from 1982Rollie Fingers First Pitcher to Record 300 Saves, April 21, 1982Spain…
Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: Fifty-six British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram. Date: June 8, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More…