WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1982
Find out what all happened August to November 1982

Bachir Gemayel is elected Lebanese President amidst the raging civil war. (23. August 1982)

Ray Mancini defeats Duk Koo Kim in a boxing match held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Kim's subsequent death (on November 17) leads to significant changes in the sport. (13. November 1982)

Poland bans Solidarity and all trade unions. (8. October 1982)

Lebanese Civil War: The first troops of a multinational force lands in Beirut to oversee the Palestine Liberation Organization's withdrawal from Lebanon. (21. August 1982)

EPCOT Center opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States. (1. October 1982)

The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany. (17. August 1982)

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

Duk Koo Kim dies from injuries sustained during a 14-round match against Ray Mancini in Las Vegas, prompting reforms in the sport of boxing. (17. November 1982)

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

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

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

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

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

Channel 4 is launched in the United Kingdom. (2. November 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)

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)

The General Union of Ecuadorian Workers (UGTE) is founded. (20. November 1982)

Michael Jackson's second solo album, Thriller is released worldwide. It will become the best-selling record album in history. (30. November 1982)