WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 1982
Find out what all happened January to February 1982

The Río Negro massacre takes place in Guatemala. (13. February 1982)

US Army general James L. Dozier is rescued by Italian anti-terrorism forces from captivity by the Red Brigades. (28. January 1982)

ITV franchise ATV gets replaced by Central (1. January 1982)

February 1982 Hama massacre: the government of Syria attacks the town of Hama. (2. February 1982)

Peruvian Javier Pérez de Cuéllar becomes the first Latin American to hold the title of Secretary-General of the United Nations. (1. January 1982)

The break up of AT&T: AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions. (8. January 1982)

"Cold Sunday": in numerous cities in the United States temperatures fall to their lowest levels in over 100 years. (17. January 1982)

Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.'s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists. (13. January 1982)

Senegal and the Gambia form a loose confederation known as Senegambia. (1. February 1982)

Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner". (30. January 1982)

The drilling rig Ocean Ranger sinks during a storm off the coast of Newfoundland, killing 84 workers. (15. February 1982)