WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1982
Find out what all happened April to November 1982

Four Iranian diplomats are abducted by Lebanese militia in Lebanon. (4. July 1982)

The international forces that were guaranteeing the safety of Palestinian refugees following Israel's 1982 Invasion of Lebanon leave Beirut. Five days later, several thousand refugees are massacred in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps. (11. September 1982)

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral. (29. May 1982)

Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula per the Camp David Accords. (25. April 1982)

Cats opens on Broadway and runs for nearly 18 years before closing on September 10, 2000. (8. October 1982)

In the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov becomes the general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, succeeding Leonid I. Brezhnev. (12. November 1982)

Patriation of the Canadian constitution in Ottawa by Proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada. (17. April 1982)

The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed. (3. June 1982)

Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border. (14. November 1982)

HMS Coventry is sunk during the Falklands War. (25. May 1982)

Riccardo Paletti, was killed when he crashed on the start grid for the Canadian Grand Prix (13. June 1982)

The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people. (3. November 1982)

Falklands War: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces. (14. June 1982)

Christian militia begin killing six-hundred Palestinians in Lebanon. (18. September 1982)

The National Football League players begin a 57-day strike. (20. September 1982)

Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid. (13. June 1982)

The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. (29. August 1982)

Falklands War: Argentina invades the Falkland Islands. (2. April 1982)

The International Whaling Commission decides to end commercial whaling by 1985-86. (23. July 1982)

Anti-government demonstrations are held in 66 Polish cities to commemorate the second anniversary of the Gdańsk Agreement. (31. August 1982)