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It last hit a record on January 11, 1973, when the average closed at 1,051.70. The points gain is the biggest ever up to this point. November 13 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., after a march to its site by thousands of Vietnam War veterans.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. 1982 January February March April May June July August September October November December This article is about the year 1982. For other uses, see 1982 (disambiguation). Clockwise from top-left: the Syrian Arab Army and the Defense Companies besiege the city of Hama, killing 350–400 ...
The Rock Road massacre, also known as the Farwell murders [2] or Clare County murders, [3] [4] was a 1982 mass murder in which seven members of the George W. Post family, four adults and three children, were killed with a shotgun, a rifle, and a handgun at a farmhouse on Rock Road in Garfield Township just west of Farwell, Michigan, United States.
1981–1982 — The killing of 6-year-old Adam Walsh (1981), and the disappearance of Johnny Gosch, a 12-year-old newspaper carrier from Des Moines, Iowa (1982), raise awareness of missing children cases in the United States. 1983 – 241 U.S. Marines are killed by a suicide bomb in Lebanon. 1983 – The United States invades Grenada.
Israeli aircraft bomb Beirut, destroying multi-story apartment blocks containing the offices of PLO associated groups, killing approximately 300 civilians and resulting in worldwide condemnation and a U.S. embargo on the export of aircraft to Israel. [1] July 27 – Adam Walsh, 6, is kidnapped from a Sears store in Hollywood, Florida.
ATS.io compiled a ranking of the biggest men's March Madness upsets since 1982—when the term was coined—using Sports Reference data.
The Sun has reportedly enjoyed the biggest rise in sales, now selling more than 4,000,000 copies a day on a regular basis. 5 February – Laker Airways collapses, leaving 6,000 passengers stranded, with debts of £270,000,000. [9] 6 February – The Queen commemorates her Pearl Jubilee.
1982 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1982 disestablishments in the United States (39 C, 16 P) 1982 establishments in the United States (58 C, 153 P)