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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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The 1982–1983 El Niño event was one of the strongest El Niño events since records were kept. It led to droughts in Indonesia and Australia , widespread flooding across the southern United States , lack of snow in the northern United States, and an anomalously warm winter across much of the mid-latitude regions of North America and Eurasia ...
January. 7 – A bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Soweto.; 8 – Umkhonto we Sizwe guerrillas attack Koeberg nuclear power plant in Cape Town. 11 – The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid launches the International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa.