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1982 yes September 2019 1982 border:none;b 3/3/3 HMS Broadsword and Hermes, 1982 (IWM).jpg כוחותינו במלחמת שלום הגליל, 1982.jpg Kempes 82.jpg E.T. figure at Madame Tussauds London.jpg After Hama Massacre 11.jpg Air Florida Flight 90 tail section recovery.jpg Roger Arnold leaves Chicago court Tylenol investigation 1982.jpg Twilight zone Helicopterwreck.jpg Compact-disc in de handel, Bestanddeelnr 932-5170.jpg 350 From top to bottom, left to right: the Falklands War breaks out between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands; the 1982 Lebanon War begins as Israel invades Lebanon; the 1982 FIFA World Cup is held in Spain and is won by Italy; E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial becomes the highest grossing movie at the time; Hama is besieged; Air Florida Flight 90 crashes into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., killing 80; the Chicago Tylenol murders lead to tamper-evident packaging; the Twilight Zone accident kills actor Vic Morrow and two child actors; and the CD is commercially introduced. 1982 1982 yes center 3 Events January January 1982 January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00).2021-04-09 The Forgotten History Of Malaysia's 6 Timezone Changes TRP https://www.therakyatpost.com/living/2021/04/09/the-forgotten-history-of-malaysias-6-timezone-changes/ 2025-09-07 www.therakyatpost.com/ en-US January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C., United States, then falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 people.Trivers, R. L. & Newton, H. P. "The crash of flight 90: doomed by self-deception?" Science Digest (November 1982): pp. 66–67, 111. January 14 – An Ethiopian Air Force Antonov An-26 with an unknown registration crashed near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 73 occupants on board.Ranter Harro Accident Antonov An-26, Thursday 14 January 1982 https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/327948 2025-03-06 asn.flightsafety.org January 18 – 1982 Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash: Four Northrop T-38 aircraft of the United States Air Force crash at Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field, Nevada, killing all 4 pilots. January 20 – Musician Ozzy Osbourne is treated for rabies after biting the head off a live bat during a concert in Des Moines, Iowa.Singer Ozzy Osbourne bites the head off a bat on stage https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-20/ozzy-osbourne-bites-bat-head 2026-01-22 HISTORY.com January 24 – The San Francisco 49ers defeat the Cincinnati Bengals to win Super Bowl XVI at the Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan. January 26 – Mauno Koivisto is elected President of Finland. January 27 – The government of Garret FitzGerald in Ireland is defeated 82–81 on its budget; the 22nd Dáil is dissolved. January 30 – The first computer virus, the Elk Cloner, written by 15-year old Rich Skrenta, is found.http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci989616,00.html Elk Cloner SearchSecurity 2012-01-28 June 2004 January 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110107111044/http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci989616,00.html dead It infects Apple II computers via floppy disk. February February 1982 February 1 – Senegal and The Gambia form a loose Senegambia Confederation. February 2 – The Hama massacre begins in Syria. February 3 – Syrian president Hafez al-Assad orders the army to purge the city of Harran of the Muslim Brotherhood. February 5 – London-based Laker Airways collapses, leaving 6,000 stranded passengers and debts of £270 million.1982-02-05 1982: Laker Airways goes bust http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/low/dates/stories/february/5/newsid_2535000/2535297.stm 2025-09-14 en-GB February 7 – Iraqi club Al-Shorta win the 1982 Arab Club Champions Cup with a 4–2 aggregate win over Al-Nejmeh in the final. February 9 – Japan Airlines Flight 350 crashes in Tokyo Bay due to thrust reversal on approach to Tokyo International Airport, killing 24 among the 174 people on board. February 15 – The oil platform Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing all 84 rig workers aboard.The Loss of the Ocean Ranger, 15 February 1982 https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/economy/ocean-ranger.php 2025-09-28 www.heritage.nf.ca February 18 – The Ireland general election gives a boost to Fianna Fáil. February 19 - The Boeing 757 is flown for the first time. February 24 – In South Africa, 22 National Party MPs, led by Andries Treurnicht, vote for no confidence in P. W. Botha. February 25 – The European Court of Human Rights rules that teachers who cane, belt or tawse children against the wishes of their parents are in breach of the Human Rights Convention.Human Rights Law Journal: HRLJ. https://books.google.com/books?id=AkYvAQAAIAAJ 1982 N.P. Engel 221 March March 1982 March 2 – Decentralisation in France: the Law of Decentralisation creates the administrative regions of France (régions).De Montricher Nicole July 1995 Decentralization in France Governance 8 3 405–418 10.1111/j.1468-0491.1995.tb00217.x March 9 – Charles Haughey becomes Taoiseach of Ireland. March 10 The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports, alleging Libyan state-sponsored terrorism. Syzygy: All 9 planets recognized at this time align on the same side of the Sun.The Jupiter Effect. March 16 – Claus von Bülow is found guilty of the attempted murder of his wife by a court in Newport, Rhode Island.Thomas T. Noguchi Coroner at Large https://books.google.com/books?id=KiNwUPuUvFAC 1985 Simon and Schuster 978-0-671-54462-1 23 March 18 – A legal case brought on behalf of Mary Whitehouse against the National Theatre of Britain concerning alleged obscenity in the play The Romans in Britain ends after the Attorney General intervenes.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/18/newsid_2524000/2524269.stm 1982: Judge halts 'obscenity' trial 2007-11-30 BBC News 1982-03-18https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jan/28/theatre.stage Look back in anger 2007-11-30 The Guardian London Howard Brenton Howard Brenton 2006-01-28 March 19 – Argentine scrap metal workers (infiltrated by marines) raise the flag of Argentina on South Georgia and the Falkland Islands, two British overseas territories. March 24 – Hussain Muhammad Ershad seizes power in Bangladesh.http://countrystudies.us/bangladesh/90.htm U.S. Library of Congress Library of Congress Bangladesh - The Ershad Period 10 September 2021 March 29 Royal Assent is given to the Canada Act 1982, setting the stage for the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution on April 17. The 54th Academy Awards, hosted by Johnny Carson, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Chariots of Fire wins Best Picture and 3 other Academy Awards. Freshman Michael Jordan hits a jumper with 17 seconds remaining to lift the North Carolina Tar Heels to a 63–62 win over the Georgetown Hoyas in the 1982 NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/march-madness-remembering-when-michael-jordan-hit-the-title-winning-shot-for-unc-in-1982/ March Madness: Remembering when Michael Jordan hit the title-winning shot for UNC in 1982 2026-01-22 CBS Sports Kyle Boone 2019-03-18 March 30 – Space Shuttle Columbia ends an eight-day mission, STS-3, by landing at White Sands Space Harbor near Alamogordo, New Mexico. It is the only time a Space Shuttle has landed at White Sands. The orbiter was forced to land here due to flooding at its originally planned landing site, Edwards Air Force Base in California. April April 1982 April 1 – The 1982 invasion of the Falkland Islands begins when Argentine forces land near Stanley, beginning the Falklands War.Moreno Isidoro J Ruiz 1987 Comandos en acción Emecé editores es 21 April 2 – Rex Hunt, the British governor of the Falkland Islands, surrenders the islands to Argentine forces, leading to their occupation. April 3 – Invasion of the Falkland Islands: Argentine forces begin the invasion of South Georgia.Lawrence Freedman Freedman Lawrence The Official History of the Falklands Campaign: The origins of the Falklands war Routledge 2005 0-7146-5206-7 13–14 April 17 – Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: By Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill, Canada patriates its constitution, gaining full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first entrenched bill of rights.Keith Sullivan Education and Change in the Pacific Rim: meeting the challenges https://books.google.com/books?id=0I6ZCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA60 1 January 1998 Symposium Books Ltd 978-1-873927-33-5 60– April 24 – German singer Nicole wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 (held in Britain) with the song Ein Bisschen Frieden.Kurt Pätzold Manfred Weissbecker Schlagwörter und Schlachtrufe: aus zwei Jahrhunderten deutscher Geschichte https://books.google.com/books?id=VQZoAAAAMAAJ 2002 Militzke 978-3-86189-270-0 136 de April 25 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula in accordance with the Egypt–Israel peace treaty of 1979. April 26 Falklands War: British troops retake South Georgia Island during Operation Paraquet.J. B. A. Bailey Field Artillery And Fire Power https://books.google.com/books?id=iDGPAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 2 September 2003 Routledge 1-135-47811-2 149 From 26 to 27 April, policeman Woo Bum-kon goes on a killing spree in Uiryeong County, South Korea. By the early morning of April 27, after killing at least 56 people with several firearms and grenades, he kills himself via grenade. It becomes the deadliest spree shooting in recorded history up until the 2011 Norway attacks.Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Qi0RAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7077,5239639 2025-05-19 news.google.com April 30 – The Bijon Setu massacre takes place in broad daylight at a railway crossing in India.The Illustrated Weekly of India https://books.google.com/books?id=FTHFwKU6IwoC 1985 Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press 14 May May 1982 May 1 – A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee, which is kicked off with an address by President Ronald Reagan. Over 11 million people attend during its six-month run.http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100206170055/http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/ 6 February 2010 East Tennessee Historical Society East Tennessee Historical Society 20th Anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair 2002 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. 9 September 2021http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/history.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091205015518/http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/history.html 5 December 2009 20th Anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair History 2002 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. 9 September 2021https://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entries/knoxville-worlds-fair-of-1982/ Wheeler W Bruce Knoxville World's Fair of 1982 Tennessee Encyclopedia 1 March 2018 Tennessee Historical Society 9 September 2021 May 2 Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine Conqueror S48 6 sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano, killing 323 sailors.http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/timeline.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100101212405/http://web.knoxnews.com/advertising/worldsfair/timeline.html 1 January 2010 20th Anniversary of the 1982 World's Fair Timeline 2002 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. 9 September 2021https://www.konflikty.pl/historia/czasy-najnowsze/pocisk-ktory-nie-wybuchl-zatopienie-hms-sheffield/ Golowanow Łukasz Pocisk, który nie wybuchł – czyli zatopienie HMS Sheffield The missile that did not explode – the sinking of HMS Sheffield 4 May 2012 Konflikty.pl pl 10 September 2021 Operation Algeciras, an attempt to destroy a Royal Navy warship in Gibraltar, fails. The Weather Channel airs on cable television in the United States as the first 24-hour all-weather network.https://weatherboy.com/weather-channel-celebrates-38th-birthday/ Weatherboy Team Meteorologist Weather Channel Celebrates 38th Birthday 2 May 2020 Weatherboy Isarithm LLC 10 September 2021 May 4 – Falklands War: Sheffield D80 6 is hit by an Argentine Exocet missile and burns out of control; 20 sailors are killed.BBC ON THIS DAY | 4 | 1982: Argentines destroy HMS Sheffield http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/4/newsid_2504000/2504155.stm 2008 BBC 10 September 2021 The ship sinks on May 10. May 8 – French-Canadian racing driver Gilles Villeneuve is killed during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix.https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/05/09/The-horrifying-crash-that-snapped-the-life-from-race/4136389764800/ The horrifying crash that snapped the life from race... 9 May 1982 United Press International, Inc. 10 September 2021 May 12 – Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the shrine at Fátima.Pope John Paul 'wounded' in 1982 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7673443.stm 16 October 2008 BBC News Europe 10 September 2021 May 16 – The New York Islanders sweep the Vancouver Canucks in four games to win the 1982 Stanley Cup Final in ice hockey.Total Stanley Cup: 2008 Playoff Media Guide Diamond Dan This Date in Stanley Cup History http://www.stanleycupplayoffs2008.com/assets/pdfs/totalstanleycup2008.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20090326001907/http://www.stanleycupplayoffs2008.com/assets/pdfs/totalstanleycup2008.pdf 26 March 2009 95 2008 Dan Diamond and Associates, Inc. 10 September 2021 May 18 – Falklands War: The British Special Air Service launches Operation Plum Duff, a reconnaissance mission preliminary to Operation Mikado, which is planned to destroy three Argentinean Exocet missiles and five Super Étendard fighter-bombers. Both Operation Plum Duff and Operation Mikado are called off after the Plum Duff insertion is revealed by a helicopter landing in Chile.https://www.eliteukforces.info/articles/sas-versus-exocets.php#prof The SAS vs The Exocets Elite UK Forces 10 September 2021Alastair Finlan Special Forces, Strategy and the War on Terror: Warfare By Other Means https://books.google.com/books?id=_uefXyZuZNwC&pg=PA41 16 October 2009 Routledge 978-1-134-18043-1 41 10 September 2021 May 21 Falklands War: Ardent F184 6 is sunk by Argentine aircraft, killing 22 sailors.http://www.rna-10-area.co.uk/files/boi_hms_ardent.pdf Report of the Board of Inquiry Into the Loss of HMS Ardent https://web.archive.org/web/20151010132324/http://www.rna-10-area.co.uk/files/boi_hms_ardent.pdf 10 October 2015 6 August 1982 3–4 10 September 2021http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/ https://web.archive.org/web/20050407213506/http://www.hmsardent.org.uk/ 7 April 2005 HMS Ardent Association 10 September 2021 The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is established. May 23 – Falklands War: Antelope F170 6 is lost.http://www.rna-10-area.net/files/boi_hms_antelope.pdf Loss of HMS Antelope - Board of Inquiry https://web.archive.org/web/20110724042320/http://www.rna-10-area.net/files/boi_hms_antelope.pdf 24 July 2011 11 August 1982 2–3 10 September 2021 May 24 Iran-Iraq War: Iranian troops retake Khorramshahr.http://en.alalam.ir/news/1596930 Iran celebrates anniversary of liberating Khorramshahr 24 May 2014 Alalam News Network 10 September 2021 KGB head Yuri Andropov is appointed to the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.https://www.csmonitor.com/1982/1230/123030.html Temko Ned Ned Temko From Brezhnev to Andropov: why the transition has been so smooth 30 December 1982 The Christian Science Monitor 10 September 2021 May 25 – British ships Coventry D118 6 and Atlantic Conveyor are sunk during the Falklands War; Coventry by two A-4C Skyhawks and Atlantic Conveyor by two Exocets.Burke Damien 25th May 1982 https://www.hmscoventry.co.uk/d118/25th-may-1982/ HMS Coventry D118 10 September 2021http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EC14467A-DFAF-4030-BDFB-9E1AAF00205E/0/boi_atlanticconveyorpt1.pdf Board of Inquiry (REPORT): Loss of SS Atlantic Conveyor https://web.archive.org/web/20121012134301/http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/EC14467A-DFAF-4030-BDFB-9E1AAF00205E/0/boi_atlanticconveyorpt1.pdf 12 October 2012 21 July 1982 1 - 5-2 - 5 10 September 2021 May 26 – English club Aston Villa F.C. wins the European Cup, beating Bayern Munich 1–0 after a 69th-minute goal by Peter Withe in Rotterdam. May 28–29 – Falklands War: Battle of Goose Green: British forces defeat a larger Argentine force.Roberts Maj. Brice Mission Command During the Falklands War: Opportunities and Limitations 2016 Defense Technical Information Center 27–31 https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1022241.pdf 21 September 2023 May 30 Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955. Indianapolis 500: 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds. Leading to the closest finish to this date, Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps, in what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history. June June 1982 June 6 – The 1982 Lebanon War begins: Israeli forces under Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.Howard Morley Sachar A History of Israel: Volume II: from the Aftermath of the Yom Kippur War https://books.google.com/books?id=eXKJ0qVZHskC 1988 Oxford University Press 978-0-19-504623-6 176 The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon. June 8 Falklands War: British supply ship RFA Sir Galahad is destroyed during the Bluff Cove Air Attacks VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into a forest hillside in Fortaleza in Brazil, killing 137. The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers in six games to win the 1982 NBA Finals. June 11 – E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial is released in the United States; directed by Steven Spielberg, this will become the biggest box-office hit for the next 11 years.http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmssummary.html Top Films of All-Time filmsite.org 2018-06-16 June 12 – The Nuclear Disarmament Rally, an event against nuclear weapon proliferation, draws 750,000 to New York City's Central Park. Performers include Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen and Linda Ronstadt.Montgomery Paul L. Throngs Fill Manhattan To Protest Nuclear Weapons The New York Times June 13, 1982 https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/13/world/throngs-fill-manhattan-to-protest-nuclear-weapons.html 2 November 2023 An international convocation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine features prominent peace activists from around the world and afterward participants march on Fifth Avenue to Central Park for the rally. June 13 The 1982 FIFA World Cup in Association football begins in Spain. Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid. June 14 – Argentine surrender in the Falklands War: Argentine forces in the island capital, Stanley, surrender to British forces. June 18 – Argentine military dictator Leopoldo Galtieri resigns in the wake of his country's defeat in the Falklands War. June 20 – Falklands War ends with British forces retaking the South Sandwich Islands. June 24 – British Airways Flight 9 suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane after flying through the otherwise undetected volcanic ash plume from Indonesia's Mount Galunggung. July July 1982 July 4 – Four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped upon Israel's invasion of Lebanon. July 6 – A lunar eclipse (umbral duration 236 min and total duration 106 min, the longest of the 20th century) occurs. July 9 – Pan Am Flight 759 (Boeing 727) crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, killing all 146 on board and 8 on the ground. July 11 – Italy beats West Germany 3–1 to win the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain. July 16 – In New York City, the Reverend Sun Myung Moon is sentenced to 18 months in prison and fined $25,000 for tax fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice. July 20 – Hyde Park and Regent's Park bombings: the Provisional IRA detonates 2 bombs in central London, killing 8 soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses. July 23 The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985–1986. Torrential rain and mudslides in Nagasaki, Japan, destroy bridges and kill 299. Twilight Zone accident: During filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie, actor Vic Morrow and 2 child actors die in a helicopter stunt accident in California.Kerri McCaffety Lynn Powers Obituary Cocktail: The Great Saloons of New Orleans https://books.google.com/books?id=uFxLAQAAIAAJ 1999 Winter Books 978-0-9653145-9-6 74 July 31 – Beaune coach crash: In Beaune, France, 53 persons, 46 of them children, die in a highway accident (France's worst). August August 1982 thumb|Helsinki Metro train in 1982 August 1 – Attempted coup against the government of Daniel Arap Moi in Kenya. August 2 – The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system in Finland, opens to the general public. Tapio Tolmunen Mutkatonta matkaa vuodesta 1982. Raka spår från år 1982 2002 43–44 Helsinki Helsingin kaupungin liikennelaitos 951-8926-84-0 fihttp://www.hel.fi/hki/HKL/en/About+HKL/History/History+of+metro+transport Helsinki City Transport - About HKL - History - A brief history of the metro Helsinki City Transport 19 March 2012 21 September 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20150512153035/http://www.hel.fi/hki/HKL/en/About%2BHKL/History/History%2Bof%2Bmetro%2Btransport 12 May 2015 dead August 4 – The United Nations Security Council votes to censure Israel because its troops are still in Lebanon. August 7 – Italian Prime Minister Giovanni Spadolini resigns. August 12 – Mexico announces it is unable to pay its large foreign debt, triggering a debt crisis that quickly spreads throughout Latin America. August 13 – In Hong Kong, health warnings on cigarette packets are made statutory.Clarence Tsui, South China Morning Post, 12/12/99, "From ads to ashes." (Archive) August 17 – The first compact discs (CDs) are produced in Germany. August 20 – Lebanese Civil War: A multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon. September September 1982 September 14 Lebanese President-elect Bachir Gemayel is assassinated in Beirut. Princess Grace of Monaco dies after having suffered a car crash a few days previously. September 18 Sabra and Shatila massacre: A Lebanese Christian militia (the Phalange) kill thousands of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in West Beirut; the massacre is a response to the assassination of the president-elect, Bachir Gemayel, four days earlier. The funeral of Princess Grace of Monaco takes place. September 19 – The first emoticons are posted by Scott Fahlman. September 21 The first International Day of Peace is proclaimed by the United Nations. In the United States, the National Football League Players Association calls a strike, the first in-season work stoppage in the National Football League's 63-year history. The strike lasts for 57 days, reduces the regular season from 16 games to 9, and forces an expanded 16-team playoff tournament. September 23 – Amine Gemayel, brother of Bachir, is elected president of Lebanon. September 24 – The Wimpy Operation, the first act of armed resistance against Israeli troops in Beirut, begins. September 25 – In Israel, 400,000 marchers demand the resignation of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. September 26 – Thermals take Australian parachutist Rich Collins up to 2800 m ft during a jump; he almost blacks out due to lack of oxygen. He releases his main parachute to fall to a lower altitude and lands by his reserve parachute.Journal of Meteorology https://books.google.com/books?id=yXMdAQAAIAAJ 2002 Artetech International 284 September 29 – Chicago Tylenol murders: an unknown killer laces Tylenol capsules with potassium cyanide that kills seven in Chicago, Illinois. October October 1 Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of West Germany through a constructive vote of no confidence.Michael Curtis Introduction to Comparative Government https://books.google.com/books?id=vB2DAAAAMAAJ 1993 HarperCollins College Publishers 978-0-06-500552-3 209 Sony launches the first consumer compact disc (CD) player (model CDP-101). October 8 Poland bans the Solidarity trade union after having suspended it on December 13, 1981. After six years in opposition, Social Democrat Olof Palme becomes Prime Minister of Sweden once again. October 11 – The Mary Rose, flagship of Henry VIII of England that sank in 1545, is raised from the Solent.Margaret Rule Mary Rose Trust The Mary Rose: A Guide to the Exhibition and Ship https://books.google.com/books?id=PbQ87eG9J3EC 1993 Mary Rose Trust 978-0-9511747-2-2 6 October 12 – The Saudi Arabian cargo ship Elhawi Star, transporting 3,631 tonnes of ceramic tiles and 781 tonnes of lumber to Chioggia, sank while being towed away from the Port of Rijeka by the tugboats Beli Kamik and Aries because of the unevenly distributed cargo.https://radio.hrt.hr/radio-rijeka/vijesti/elhawi-star-kako-su-keramicke-plocice-potopile-brod-ispred-rijeke-3708395 Alen Čemeljić "Elhawi Star": Kako su keramičke pločice potopile brod ispred Rijeke? "Elhawi Star": How did Ceramic Tiles Sink a Ship in front of Rijeka? HRT February 24, 2021 July 29, 2026 https://www.burzanautike.com/hr/elhawi_star/4280/74 Danijel Frka Elhawi Star Burza Nautike November 2, 2016 July 29, 2026 October 20 – Luzhniki disaster: During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death. October 27 – In Canada, the July 1 holiday, Dominion Day, is officially renamed Canada Day. October 28 – The Socialist Party wins the election in Spain; Felipe González is elected Prime Minister. November November 3 A gasoline (petrol) tanker explodes in the Salang Tunnel in Afghanistan, killing at least 176 people. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than 9 years.Marotta David John Volker's Bear: The Bear Market Of 1982 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmarotta/2017/10/11/volkers-bear-the-bear-market-of-1982/?sh=6335dc0e5a29 Forbes 11 October 2017Brown Merrill Dow Industrials Soar to a Record of 1,065.49 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1982/11/04/dow-industrials-soar-to-a-record-of-106549/7e04d522-a607-4104-ad06-0851c3bcea4b/ The Washington Post 4 November 1982 November 6 – Paul Biya becomes the second president of Cameroon following the resignation of Ahmadou Ahidjo. November 8 – Kenan Evren becomes the seventh president of Turkey as a result of the constitution referendum. His former title was "head of state". November 11 – In Lebanon, the first Tyre headquarters bombing kills between 89 and 102 people. November 12 – In the Soviet Union, former KGB head Yuri Andropov is selected to become the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid Brezhnev, who had died two days earlier. November 14 – The leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, Lech Wałęsa, is released from 11 months of internment near the Soviet border. November 20 The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers (UGTE) is founded. University of California, Berkeley executes "The Play" in a college football game against Stanford. Completing a wacky 57-yard kickoff return that includes five laterals, Kevin Moen runs through Stanford band members who have prematurely come onto the field. His touchdown stands and California wins 25–20. November 24 – Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.Radio Free Europe Research https://books.google.com/books?id=pkkpAQAAMAAJ 1983 Radio Free Europe 3 November 27 – Yasuhiro Nakasone becomes Prime Minister of Japan. November 28 The Edmonton Eskimos win an unprecedented 5th consecutive Grey Cup – a feat yet unaccomplished by any professional football franchise – to win the 70th Grey Cup, defeating the Toronto Argonauts 32–16.https://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1982 1982 – Edmonton Eskimos 32, Toronto Argonauts 16 August 23, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131231143927/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_greycup_recap1982 December 31, 2013 dead Al Ahly SC win the African Cup of Champions club (later known as the CAF Champions League) for the first time after defeating Ghanaian Asante Kotoko November 29 – Michael Jackson releases his sixth studio album, Thriller, in the United States, which will go on to be the best-selling album of all time. December December 1 – Miguel de la Madrid takes office as President of Mexico. December 2 – At the University of Utah, 61-year-old retired dentist Barney Clark becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart (he lives for 112 days with the device). December 4 – The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. December 7 – The first U.S. execution by lethal injection is carried out in Texas. December 8 – The December murders occur in Suriname. December 10 – United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea signed at Montego Bay; it becomes fully effective on November 16, 1994, on receiving 60 signatures.https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_historical_perspective.htm The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (A historical perspective) United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea 2009-04-30 2022-09-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20220915020937/https://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_historical_perspective.htm live December 11 – Swedish pop group ABBA make their final public performance on the British TV programme The Late, Late Breakfast Show. December 13 – The 6.2 w North Yemen earthquake shakes southwestern Yemen with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 2,800. December 16 – The United Freedom Front bombs an office of South African Airways in Elmont, NY and an IBM office in Harrison, NY.https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/17/nyregion/bombs-rock-ibm-building-and-airline-office.html Bombs Rock I.B.M. Building And Airline Office December 17, 1982 The New York Times Two police officers suffer hearing damage. In March 1984, the UFF claims responsibility for the IBM building bombing, stating that the company was targeted because of its business in South Africa under Apartheid.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iREhAAAAIBAJ&pg=3707%2C1069528 Terrorist Claim Bombing of IBM Building Schenectady Gazette March 21, 1984 December 22 – The Indian Ocean Commission (Commission de l'Océan Indien, COI) is created by the Port Louis Agreement. December 26 – Time magazine's Man of the Year is given, for the first time to a non-human, the computer. Date unknown The population of the People's Republic of China alone exceeds 1 billion, making China the first nation to have a population of more than a billion.China Trade News https://books.google.com/books?id=CVsqAQAAMAAJ 1983 National Council for US-China Trade 10 A global surplus of crude oil causes gasoline prices to collapse. Ciabatta bread is invented by a baker in Verona, Italy. Births and deaths Births in 1982 Deaths in 1982 Nobel Prizes right|100px Physics – Kenneth G. Wilson Chemistry – Aaron Klug Medicine – Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson, John R. Vane Literature – Gabriel García Márquez Peace – Alva Myrdal, Alfonso García Robles Economics – George Stigler Fields Medal Alain Connes, William Thurston, Shing-Tung Yau References External links Chronology of major events — 1982 - UPI Archives - UPI.com 1980s