Date: July 23, 1982
The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982. Date: March 29, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García, is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt. Date: March 23, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War: British Amphibious Assault…
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 1982Iranian Foreign…
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 1982Fahd Becomes King of…
Falklands War: Argentinian forces land on South Georgia Island, precipitating war with the United Kingdom. Date: March 19, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 19 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Aeroflot Flight 411 Crashes Near Moscow, 90 Killed July 6,…
The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street; he survives but is left paralysed. Date: June 3, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 3 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Pope John Paul II…