1982

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Years: 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 - 1982 - 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

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Events

January 6 - William Bonin convicted of being the "freeway killer".
January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions
January 13 - Shortly after takeoff, an Air Florida Boeing 737 crashes into Washington, DC's 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78.
January 28 - James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces after 42 days of captivity under the Red Brigades.
February 1 - Senegal and Gambia form a loose confederation
February 15 - The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 rig workers.
March 10 - The United States places an embargo on Libyan oil imports because of their support of terrorist groups.
March 10 - Syzygy: all 9 planets align on the same side of the Sun.
March 19 - Falklands War: Argentines lands on South Georgia Island, precipitating war.
March 26 - A ground breaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, DC.
March 29 - Royal Assent in London to the Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) setting the stage for the repatriation of the Canadian Constitution (see April 17 below).
April 2 - Falklands War: Argentina invades the British-owned Falkland Islands starting the war.
April 17 - By Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill, Canada repatriates its constitution granting full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first entrenched bill of rights called the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
April 25 - Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty.
May 1- A Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber takes off from Ascention Island and bombs Port Stanley Airport, the opening shots of the Falklands War
May 2- HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano
May 21- Royal Marines and Paratroppers from the British Task Force land at San Carlos Bay on the Falkland Islands and raise the Union Jack.
May 29- Battle of Goose Green, British Paratroopers defeat a larger force of Argentine troops in the first land battle of the Falklands War.
May 30 - Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.
June 14- British Forces reach the outskirts of Port Stanley after "yomping" across East Falkland from San Carlos Bay. They arrive to find the Argentine forces flying white flags of surrender. A formal surrender is agreed that day.
July 2 - Larry Walters uses 45 helium balloons and a lawnchair to propel himself to 16,000 feet.
July 9 - A Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am flight 759 crashes in Kenner, Louisiana killing all 146 on board and eight on the ground.
July 20 - The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding 47 people, and leading to the deaths of 7 horses.
July 21- HMS Hermes, the Royal Navy flagship during the Falklands War returns home to Portsmouth to a hero's welcome.
July 23 - The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86.
August 18 - Wang Laboratories files for bankruptcy.
August 20 - Lebanese Civil War: A multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the PLO withdrawal from Lebanon.
October 1 - Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence.
October 8 - Poland bans Solidarity.
October 19 - John De Lorean is arrested for selling cocaine to undercover police. He was later found "not guilty", due to entrapment.
November 12 - In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov is selected to become the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding the late Leonid I. Brezhnev.
November 13 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
November 14 - The leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, Lech Walesa, is released from 11 months of internment near the Soviet border.
November 28 - Representatives from 88 countries gather in Geneva to discuss world trade and ways to work toward aspects of free trade.
November 29 - Soviet invasion of Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes United Nations Resolution 37/37, stating that the Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
December 2 - At the University of Utah, 61-year-old retired dentist Barney Clark, becomes the first person to receive a permanent artificial heart (he lived for 112 days with the device).
December 3 - A final soil sample is taken from the site of Times Beach, Missouri. It was found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
December 4 - The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
December 23 - The Environmental Protection Agency recommends the evacuation of Times Beach, Missouri due to dangerous levels of dioxin contamination.