Michael Jackson’s sixth solo studio album, Thriller, is released worldwide, ultimately to become the best-selling record album in history.
Tag: 1982
8 October 1982
After its London premiere, Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000.
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)’]