![]() Rama Rao.įalklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. The Telegu Desam Party (India's regional political party) was established by N. Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions.ĭroppin Well bombing: The Irish National Liberation Army detonate a bomb in Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, killing eleven British soldiers and six civilians.Ī bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers. The Senegalese Trotskyist political party LCT is legally recognized. ![]() Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Camp David Accords. "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.įahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid. The United Kingdom sends a naval task force to the south Atlantic to reclaim the disputed Falkland Islands from Argentina. John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4. NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. The 1982 Chicago Tylenol murders begin when the first of seven individuals dies in metropolitan Chicago. ![]() Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. "Cold Sunday" in the United States would see temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years in numerous cities. Heavy rain causes a mudslide that destroys a bridge at Nagasaki, Japan, killing 299.įalklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands.ĭuk Koo Kim dies unexpectedly from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, Nevada, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing.Ģ68 campesinos ("peasants" or "country people") are slain in the Plan de Sánchez massacre in Ríos Montt's Guatemala. Women's peace protest at Greenham Common – 30,000 women hold hands and form a human chain around the 14.5 kilometres (9.0 mi) perimeter fence. ![]()
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