WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1982
Find out what all happened January to September 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)

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

Bijon Setu massacre (30. April 1982)

57 people are killed by former police officer Woo Bum-kon in a shooting spree in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. (26. April 1982)

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

Hyde Park and Regents Park bombings: The Provisional IRA detonates two bombs in Hyde Park and Regents Park in central London, killing eight soldiers, wounding forty-seven people, and leading to the deaths of seven horses. (20. July 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)

Falklands War: The British nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror sinks the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano. (2. May 1982)

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

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

Guatemala's government, headed by Fernando Romeo Lucas García is overthrown in a military coup by right-wing General Efraín Ríos Montt. (23. March 1982)

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

NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. (22. March 1982)

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is held in Washington, D.C.. (26. March 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)

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

Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all. (30. September 1982)

Falklands War: A British amphibious assault during Operation Sutton leads to the Battle of San Carlos. (21. May 1982)

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

Scott Fahlman posts the first documented emoticons :-) and :-( on the Carnegie Mellon University Bulletin Board System. (19. September 1982)