244 notable events from 1982. Page 2 of 3.
- Murder of Karen Stitt
Sep 3, 1982 · United States
- Murders of Lee Rotatori and Thomas Freeman
Jun 25, 1982 · United States
- Great Synagogue of Rome attack
Oct 9, 1982 · Holy See (Vatican City State)
- Tacoa disaster
Dec 19, 1982 · Venezuela
- Japan Air Lines Flight 792
Sep 17, 1982 · China
- Murder of Linda Cook
Dec 9, 1982 · United Kingdom
- 1982 Kenyan coup attempt
Aug 1, 1982 · Kenya
- 1982 Upper Voltan coup d'état
Nov 7, 1982 · Burkina Faso
- Caldecott Tunnel fire
Apr 7, 1982 · United States
- Diane O'Dell
Jan 1, 1982 · United States
- Murder of Christelle Bancourt
Jun 1, 1982–Mar 1, 1985 · France
- Murders of Annette Cooper and Todd Schultz
Oct 4, 1982 · United States
- 1982 Salang Tunnel fire
Nov 3, 1982 · Afghanistan
- 1982 Mannheim helicopter crash
Sep 11, 1982 · Germany
- Death of Don Kemp
Nov 16, 1982 · United States
- Imprisonment of Subramanyam Vedam
Mar 1, 1982–Oct 3, 2025 · United States
- CAAC Flight 3303
Apr 26, 1982 · China
- 1982 demonstrations in Poland
Aug 31, 1982 · Poland
- 1982–1983 Tyre headquarters bombings
Nov 11, 1982 · Lebanon
- Murder of Alessandro Caravillani
Mar 5, 1982 · Italy
- 1982 seizure of the Polish embassy in Bern
Sep 9, 1982 · Switzerland
- Murder of Mari Carmen Castell i Vidal
Feb 14, 1982 · Spain
- Disappearance of Sister Gabrielle
Mar 4, 1982 · Belgium
- Assassination attempt on John Paul II (1982)
May 12, 1982 · Portugal
- Murder of Amber Creek
Jul 2, 1982 · United States
- Anne Anne Kindergarten stabbing
Jun 3, 1982 · Hong Kong
- Aeroflot Flight 343
Sep 29, 1982 · Luxembourg
- Cantaura massacre
Oct 4, 1982 · Venezuela
- Capitole train bombing
Mar 29, 1982 · France
- 1982 Harmak incident
Apr 5, 1982 · Iran
- Carl Robert Brown
Aug 20, 1982 · United States
- 1982 Overtown riot
Dec 1982 · United States
- Edward Lee Harper Jr.
Feb 19, 1982 · —
- 1982 Sukhumi Dranda Airport runway collision
Aug 14, 1982 · Georgia
- CAAC Flight 2311
Dec 24, 1982 · China
- Death of Eduardo Frei Montalva
Jan 22, 1982 · Chile
- Aeronor Flight 304
Dec 9, 1982 · Chile
- Safia Bibi rape case
Jan 1, 1982 · Pakistan
- 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
Jun 6, 1982 · Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Tendo high school girl stabbing murder case
May 8, 1982 · Japan
- 1982 Urakawa earthquake
Mar 21, 1982 · Japan
- 1982 Harpoon missile misfire incident
Sep 6, 1982 · Denmark
- El Calabozo massacre
Aug 21, 1982–Aug 22, 1982 · El Salvador
- Osaka Prefectural Police gambling machine corruption case
1982 · Japan
- Ankara Esenboğa Airport attack
Aug 7, 1982 · Türkiye
- Killing of Yacov Barsimantov
Mar 31, 1982 · —
- Cortley Ridge raid
Jun 14, 1982 · Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- 1982 Guatemalan coup d'état
Mar 23, 1982 · Guatemala
- Murder of Zdzisław Karos
Feb 18, 1982 · Poland
- 1982 Amol uprising
Jan 25, 1982 · Iran
- Ahmad Motevaselian
Jul 5, 1982 · Lebanon
- Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 69 emergency landing accident
Feb 16, 1982 · United States
- VASP Flight 234
May 25, 1982 · Brazil
- 1982 kidnapping of Iranian diplomats
Jul 4, 1982 · Lebanon
- Santa Rita massacre
Mar 17, 1982 · El Salvador
- Michael Fagan incident
Jul 9, 1982 · United Kingdom
- Christine Devauchelle case
Jul 13, 1982 · France
- April 1982 Paris car bombing
Apr 22, 1982 · France
- Air France Flight 125
Mar 17, 1982 · Yemen
- Pfäffikon ZH rail accident
Sep 12, 1982 · Switzerland
- 1982 Divis Flats bombing
Sep 16, 1982 · United Kingdom
- Assault of Ayacucho prison
Mar 2, 1982 · Peru
- Padkhwab-e Shana massacre
Sep 13, 1982 · Afghanistan
- Pusan American Cultural Service building arson
Mar 1, 1982 · South Korea
- Minneapolis Thanksgiving Day fire
Nov 25, 1982 · United States
- Plan de Sánchez massacre
Jul 18, 1982 · Guatemala
- Litton Industries bombing
Oct 14, 1982 · Canada
- Via dell'Iris massacre
Apr 26, 1982 · Italy
- Wanganui Computer Centre bombing
Nov 18, 1982 · New Zealand
- Fire of the Palazzo del Vignola
Apr 25, 1982 · Italy
- First textbook controversy
1982 · Japan
- Operation Tyre
Nov 11, 1982 · Lebanon
- Stampede at Lenin Stadium (Khabarovsk)
Nov 20, 1982 · Russian Federation
- Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą air disaster
Jul 13, 1982 · Poland
- Assassination of Orhan Gündüz
May 4, 1982 · United States
- 1982 Bangladeshi coup d'état
Mar 24, 1982 · Bangladesh
- Dorothy Mae Apartment-Hotel fire
Sep 4, 1982 · United States
- 1982 bombing of the African National Congress headquarters in London
Mar 14, 1982 · United Kingdom
- 1982 Garuda Fokker F28 crash
Mar 20, 1982 · Indonesia
- September 1982 Rentería attack
Sep 14, 1982 · Spain
- 1982 Royal Air Force Jaguar shootdown incident
May 25, 1982 · Netherlands
- 1982 Grand Prairie warehouse shootings
Aug 9, 1982 · United States
- 1982 North Yemen earthquake
Dec 13, 1982 · Yemen
- 1982 Nuremberg shooting
Jun 24, 1982 · Germany
- 1982 TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident
Jun 12, 1982 · Brazil
- 1982 French embassy bombing in Beirut
May 24, 1982 · Lebanon
- Oslo Central Station bombing
Jul 2, 1982 · Norway
- Shootings of Alfred and Rosemary Podgis
Jul 5, 1982 · United States
- Don Taxay
Jan 1, 1982 · —
- Tupolev Tu-134 crash near Severomorsk
Jun 17, 1982 · Russian Federation
- September 1982 Paris car bombing
Sep 17, 1982 · France
- Red Brigades robbery at Banco di Napoli in Turin
Oct 21, 1982 · Italy
- Let L-410 crash near Gelendzhik
Jan 7, 1982 · Russian Federation
- Othmarsingen rail accident
Jul 18, 1982 · Switzerland
- Salerno massacre
Aug 26, 1982 · Italy
- Ri-18 counterfeit banknote case
1982 · Japan
- Hijacking of An-24 to Turkey (1982)
Nov 7, 1982 · Türkiye
- Murder of Kamel Amzal
Nov 2, 1982 · Algeria
- 1982 Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 crash
Sep 14, 1982 · Norway
- 1982 Korean Air Force C-123 crash
Feb 5, 1982 · South Korea