Spantax Flight 995 Crashes at Málaga Airport, 50 Killed, September 13, 1982

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 1982Turkish Diplomat Atilla Altıkat Killed in Ottawa, Armenian Revenge Claim, August 27, 1982Israel Completes Sinai Withdrawal Under…

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 1982Space Shuttle…

NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. Date: March 22, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982VASP Flight 168 Crashes in Pacatuba, Brazil, Killing 128…

Soviet probe Venera 14 lands on Venus. Date: March 5, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Ocean Ranger Sinks in Newfoundland Storm, 84 Killed – February 15, 1982Yuri Andropov Becomes Soviet Communist Party Leader,…

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 1982Aeroflot Flight 411 Crashes Near Moscow, 90 Killed…