Vietnam Veterans Memorial Groundbreaking Ceremony in Washington, D.C. March 26, 1982
Date: March 26, 1982
Date: March 26, 1982
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 โ ๐ Other events on November 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1982 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Argentine Corbeta Uruguay Surrenders in Falklands War, June…
Falklands War: the British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green. Date: May 29, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1982 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Falklands War Begins: Argentinian Forces Land on South Georgia Island,…
Bangladeshi President Abdus Sattar is deposed in a bloodless coup led by Army Chief Lieutenant general Hussain Muhammad Ershad, who suspends the Constitution and imposes martial law. Date: March 24, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1982 ๐ On This Day (Today) More…
During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fรกtima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Marรญa Fernรกndez y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Date: May 12, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 12 ๐ Events on this day in 1982 ๐ …
American-Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman carries out a mass shooting at the Dome of the Rock, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least seven others. Date: April 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 11 ๐ Events on this day in 1982 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
The Spanish general election begins fourteen years of rule by the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Date: October 28, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on October 28 ๐ Events on this day in 1982 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1982Widerรธe Flight 933 Crashes in Norway, 15 Killed – March…