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1982 Calendar
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1982 Historical Event(s)
- January 25, 1982 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dog in Chinese astrology.
- April 2, 1982 – Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.
- April 25, 1982 – Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Camp David Accords.
- June 13, 1982 – Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid.
- June 24, 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 failure of all four engines.
- July 4, 1982 – Iranian diplomats kidnapping (1982): four Iranian diplomats are kidnapped by Lebanese militia in Lebanon.
- August 11, 1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
- August 17, 1982 – The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany.
- October 1, 1982 – EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- December 6, 1982 – Droppin Well bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonate a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.
Who Were Born On 1982?
- February 28, 1982 – Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
- March 13, 1982 – Adam Thomson, New Zealand rugby player
- March 15, 1982 – Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player
- June 20, 1982 – George Forsyth, Peruvian footballer
- June 25, 1982 – Mikhail Youzhny, Russian tennis player
- July 28, 1982 – Tom Pelphrey, American actor
- August 19, 1982 – Kevin Rans, Belgian pole vaulter
- November 15, 1982 – D. J. Fitzpatrick, American Football League kicker
- November 29, 1982 – Lucas Black, American actor
- December 24, 1982 – Robert Carmine, American singer