Todays History

New Zealand establishes a national nuclear-free zone under the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.

The Lateran Treaty is ratified creating the Vatican City

The 1982 Lebanon War begins.

The Profumo affair: The British Secretary of State for War, John Profumo, resigns in a sex scandal.

Forces under Tokugawa Ieyasu take Osaka Castle in Japan during the Siege of Osaka

Aboriginal Land Rights are granted in Australia after a case is brought by Eddie Mabo.

The Portland Rum Riots take place in Portland, Maine.

Sargent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by the Beatles is released.