Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. Argentine amphibious forces rapidly overcame the small garrison of British marines at the town of Stanley on East Falkland…
Tag: 1982
8 January 1982
AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. The breakup of the Bell System was mandated on January 8, 1982, by an agreed consent decree…
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. On 20 October…
14 October 1982
USA President Ronald Reagan announces a War on Drugs. On this day in 1982, President Ronald Reagan declared illicit drugs to be a threat to…
8 October 1982
The musical ‘Cats’ opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before it closes on September 10 2000. Randy Rum Tum Tugger will have…
21 June 1982
John Hinckley is found not guilty for the attempted assassination of the USA President Ronald Reagan. John W. Hinckley, Jr., who on March 30, 1981,…
2 April 1982
Argentina invades the Falkland Islands leading to the Falklands War. On April 2nd, 1982, a large Argentine military force landed on the Falkland Islands and…
29 May 1982
Great Britian forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green during the Falklands War.