Rollie Fingers First Pitcher to Record 300 Saves, April 21, 1982

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 1982Senior Road Tower…

USSR: Yuri Andropov becomes the General Secretary of the Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev. Date: November 12, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982South African Government Bombs ANC Headquarters in London,…

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) More events from 1982Air Florida Flight 90 Crashes into Potomac River,…

John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Date: June 21, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 21 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War Begins: Argentina Lands on…

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) More events from 1982Operation Black Buck: RAF Attacks Argentine Air Force, May 1, 1982Roberto…

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 1982Air Florida Flight 90…