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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 November 2024. This article is about the year 1982. For other uses, see 1982 (disambiguation). 1982 January February March April May June July August September October November December Clockwise from top-left: the Syrian Arab Army and the Defense Companies besiege the city of Hama, killing 350–400 ...
May 1 – A crowd of over 100,000 attends the first day of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. The fair is kicked off with an address by President Ronald Reagan. Over 11 million people attend the fair during its 6-month run. May 2 – The Weather Channel is begun in the U.S.
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From top left, clockwise: U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot and injured by John Hinckley Jr.; the first recognized case of HIV/AIDS begins in United States; the Salvadoran Army kill 800–1,000 civilians in El Mozote village; NASA launches Space Shuttle Columbia; Pope John Paul II is shot and injured by Mehmet Ali Ağca; IBM launches its first microcomputer; seven prisoners from the ...
In the 1982 Indonesian legislative election, the Golkar party retained control of the People's Consultative Assembly. [83] The 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships opened in Munich, West Germany. They would continue through May 15. [84] The Vatican announced that Pope John Paul II had named two new bishops in South America.
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
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