WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1982
Find out what all happened January to December 1982

U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a War on Drugs. (14. October 1982)

Mexico announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spreads to all of Latin America and the Third World. (12. August 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)

In Suriname, several opponents of the military government are killed. (8. December 1982)

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

Helmut Kohl replaces Helmut Schmidt as Chancellor of Germany through a Constructive Vote of No Confidence. (1. October 1982)

The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982. (29. March 1982)

During the UEFA Cup match between FC Spartak Moscow and HFC Haarlem, 66 people are crushed to death in the Luzhniki disaster. (20. October 1982)

Soviet probe Venera 14 landed on Venus. (5. March 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)

The body of God's Banker, Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. (19. June 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 first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany. (17. August 1982)

In Texas, Charles Brooks, Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States. (7. December 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: Argentine forces in the capital Stanley conditionally surrender to British forces. (14. June 1982)

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

The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. (4. December 1982)

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans. (13. November 1982)