14 June 1982

Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces.

20 October 1982

During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster.

24 June 1982

“The Jakarta Incident”: British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the…

2 May 1982

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War’]

2 February 1982

Hama massacre: The government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982_Hama_massacre’]

3 November 1982

The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salang_Tunnel_fire’]

14 October 1982

U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_on_drugs’]

8 October 1982

Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)’]

14 September 1982

President-elect of Lebanon Bachir Gemayel is assassinated. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachir_Gemayel’]

2 April 1982

Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands were first settled by the French – in 1764 Louis Antoine de Bougainville established a settlement there….