WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO JUNE 1982
Find out what all happened April to June 1982

Baseball: Rollie Fingers of the Milwaukee Brewers becomes the first pitcher to record 300 saves. (21. April 1982)

Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green. (29. May 1982)

In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University in Beirut, is kidnapped. (19. June 1982)

The Sentosa Musical Fountain was officially opened as part of the second phase of construction on the island of Sentosa, Singapore. (11. June 1982)

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

John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. (21. June 1982)

Twenty sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War. (4. May 1982)

Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military. (25. June 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)

"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. (24. June 1982)

The 1982 Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut. (6. June 1982)

Operation Black Buck: The Royal Air Force attacks the Argentine Air Force during Falklands War. (1. May 1982)

Liberation of Khorramshahr: Iranians recapture of the port city of Khorramshahr from the Iraqis during the Iran–Iraq War. (24. May 1982)

Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram. (8. June 1982)

Estonian Communist Party bureau declares "fight against bourgeois TV"—meaning Finnish TV—a top priority of the propagandists of Estonian SSR (6. April 1982)

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

Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4. (27. June 1982)

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

The 1982 World's Fair opens in Knoxville, Tennessee. (1. May 1982)

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