After the discovery of human remains in a septic tank at the former home of David and Brenda Venables in Kempsey, Worcestershire, England, on July 12, 2019, David Venables would be charged in 2021 with murdering his wife Brenda sometime between May 2 and May 5, 1982.[39]
Falklands War: At midnight on May 2/3, while searching for the crew of a downed Argentine Canberra bomber, the patrol vessel ARA Alférez Sobral fired on a Sea King helicopter that had detected her. When the helicopter crew requested assistance, Westland Lynx helicopters from HMS Coventry and HMS Glasgow fired on Alférez Sobral with Sea Skua missiles, killing eight of her crew. Alférez Sobral would be escorted into Puerto Deseado on May 5. The Canberra's crew were never located.[60]
In a Frank and Ernestcomic strip by Bob Thaves, a line about Hollywood actress Ginger Rogers' dance talent was published: "Ginger Rogers did everything he [Fred Astaire] did, ..backwards and in high heels." The quote would eventually become one of the most often repeated descriptions of Rogers in non-fiction publications.[64]
During a journalists' strike, editor Kelvin MacKenzie of the British tabloid The Sun reported the sinking of the General Belgrano with a controversial headline inspired by a chance remark by features editor Wendy Henry: "GOTCHA Our lads sink gunboat and hole cruiser."[86][87] Over the objections of Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Sun, MacKenzie chose to change the headline to "Did 1,200 Argies drown?" for later editions, but due to the strike hundreds of thousands of copies were printed with the original headline. The following day's Sun headline would read, "ALIVE! Hundreds of Argies saved from Atlantic", downplaying the loss of life in the sinking.[86]
The CBS television network announced its plans for the 1982-83 TV season, which included the cancellations of five series: House Calls, Lou Grant, Mr. Merlin, Nurse and WKRP in Cincinnati. A CBS spokesman said Lou Grant was being canceled "reluctantly" due to low ratings.[130]
At 18:17:00.11 GMT, at the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducted the Bouschet nuclear test as part of the Operation Praetorian test series.[29][131]
Falklands War: British Sea Harrier aircraft strafed and bombed the Argentine spy trawler ARA Narwal, killing one crewman and disabling the trawler. Members of the Special Boat Service boarded and captured Narwal.[60][187] The British Type 42 destroyer HMS Coventry shot down an Argentine Puma AE-505 helicopter on its way to rescue the Narwal's crew, killing all three crewmen; their bodies and the helicopter were lost at sea near Sea Lion Island and never recovered.[187]
HMS Sheffield and ARA Narwal both foundered and sank while under tow.[30][60][187]
At 10:30 p.m., the Type 21 frigateHMS Alacrity fired on the Argentine Navy supply ship ARA Isla de los Estados, which was carrying a cargo of ammunition and aviation fuel. The Isla de los Estados exploded and sank, killing 22 of the ship's 24 crewmembers. The two survivors would be rescued from the Swan Islands by the ship Forrest, which the Argentines had seized from the Falkland Islands Company.[198][199]
Radio station WABC in New York City joined ABC's All Talk network after playing John Lennon's "Imagine" as its last record.[29]
At a farmhouse in Deerfield, Michigan, 17-year-olds David Ray Cole and Timothy Paul Fowler were locked inside the bathroom and burned to death when gasoline was set ablaze outside the door. As of 2019[update] the case would remain unsolved.[200]
The Troubles: 26-year-old Catholic civilian Francis Toner was shot and killed during a Loyalist attack on a shop in the Antrim Road, New Lodge, Belfast, Northern Ireland. On the same day, 23-year-old Protestant Thomas Cunningham, a former member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot to death by the Irish Republican Army while repairing a house in Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.[91]
In the city's deadliest fire since at least 1947, ten people, including seven children, were killed in a rowhouse fire at 2781 Tivoly Avenue, near Clifton Park, Baltimore. The fire was started by a candle that fell over and ignited a sofa. The house's electricity had been cut off the previous day due to nonpayment of an $808 bill from Baltimore Gas and Electric.[298]
The 1982 Trampoline World Championships concluded in Bozeman, Montana. Carl Furrer of the United Kingdom and Ruth Keller of Switzerland were the men's and ladies' champions, respectively.[258]
Actor Ed Asner, the president of the Screen Actors Guild and star of the Lou Grant television series, accused the CBS network of cancelling his show for political reasons related to his stances on such issues as the Salvadoran Civil War.[335]
Falklands War: The SAS launched Operation Plum Duff, a reconnaissance mission preliminary to Operation Mikado, which was planned to destroy Argentinean Exocetmissiles and Super Étendardfighter-bombers at Río Grande, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. Operation Plum Duff was called off after a Sea King Mark IV helicopter carrying an SAS team landed in Chile, a few kilometers from the Argentinean border, and the aircraft's crew set it on fire after failing to sink it in a lake. Operation Mikado was also subsequently canceled.[351][352]
Falklands War: A Westland Sea King helicopter carrying SAS troops from HMS Hermes to HMS Intrepid crashed into the sea, killing 22 men; nine men survived. This was the deadliest day for the SAS since World War II. The accident may have been caused by an albatross striking the main rotor.[371][372][373]
In downtown Scranton, Pennsylvania, electrician Gerald White of Empire Contracting Co. was working near a crane being used on a project to fill in a shaft at the Pinebrook coal mine when the roof of the mine shaft collapsed, swallowing the crane and White.[410][411][412] After weeks of unsuccessful rescue efforts, White's body would be discovered on July 2.[412][413]
The fishing vessel B J capsized southwest of Cordova, Alaska. The sole crewmember was rescued.[414]
In Boston, Massachusetts, CBS affiliate WNAC-TV ceased operations due to its parent company, RKO General, having lost the license. New England Television began operations of WNEV-TV (now independent stationWHDH) on channel 7.[427]
The fishing vessels Camelot and Nasty Habit both sank in a storm southwest of Cordova, Alaska. Camelot crewmember Richard T. Hinde and one crewmember from Nasty Habit were lost.[428][429]
A car bombing killed 12 people at the French Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. 10 of the victims were Lebanese; two were French. A previously unknown group, the Liberal Nasserite Organization, claimed responsibility.[469]
The Troubles in Derry: 22-year-old British Army soldier Anthony Anderson was run over and killed by an Army armoured personnel carrier during a petrol bomb attack on the vehicle in Derry.[91]
On Argentina's national day, British ships HMS Coventry and SS Atlantic Conveyor were sunk, Coventry by two Argentine Air Force A-4C Skyhawks and Atlantic Conveyor by two Exocets. 19 sailors died in the loss of Coventry; a 20th sailor died as a result of his injuries the following year. 12 sailors died in the loss of Atlantic Conveyor,[488][489][490] including the ship's master, Captain Ian Harry North, who was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC).[491]
A few weeks after her sinking of the General Belgrano, a jury-rigged floating wire aerial wrapped around HMS Conqueror's propeller, creating cavitation noise which risked detection by Argentine forces. Once the weather permitted, Conqueror surfaced for repairs. Acting Petty Officer (Sonar) Graham Libby made a hazardous 20-minute dive to cut the wire free of the propeller, aware that the submarine would have to dive if spotted by Argentine aircraft and that the heavy seas might cause his lifeline to be parted by the propeller. Either event would almost certainly have resulted in his death. Libby completed the dive successfully and was later awarded the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM).[492][493]
The factory shipWestpro caught fire at the dock in Seward, Alaska, causing 1,000 residents to be evacuated due to toxic fumes. The ship was towed away and later sank in the Gulf of Alaska.[494]
Yuri Andropov resigned as KGB Chairman due to his appointment as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.[532] His shift to a higher political role marked a significant transition in Soviet leadership.
A Moroccan man hijacked a Royal Air MarocBoeing 727 carrying 91 passengers and nine crewmembers after the plane left Athens during a flight from Damascus, Syria, to Casablanca, Morocco. Taking over the cockpit with what appeared to be a revolver and hand grenade, he ordered the plane to fly to Tunis Carthage Airport, where he released the passengers and then surrendered three hours later. Moroccan authorities stated that the man was mentally disturbed.[553]
Three fires within eight hours in the Ekofisk oil field, in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea, caused an oil spill about 1,500 yards (1,400 m) by 50 yards (46 m) in size. There were no reported casualties.[554]
The 1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom, the first by a reigning pope, began.[29][571][572] The Pope met with Queen Elizabeth II, but canceled a planned meeting with Prime MinisterMargaret Thatcher to emphasize that his visit was pastoral and not political. He repeatedly prayed for peace in the Falkland Islands during the day's events.[572] In response to the Pope's remarks, a senior aide to Thatcher commented, "We too want peace, but not peace at any price."[573]
The Reagan Administration announced that the United States was supplying the United Kingdom with missiles and other weapons for use in the Falklands.[575]
By a 3-to-1 margin, shareholders of Equimark Corp. approved a controversial deal for the company to issue stock to Chase Manhattan Corp. Chase would also receive 15-year options to buy Equimark subsidiaries Equibank and Nottingham Corp.[576]
Edward Thomas Mann, a former IBM salesman, committed a mass shooting at an IBM office building in Bethesda, Maryland after crashing his car through the building's glass doors. Mann, carrying two rifles, a shotgun and a pistol, killed two people and wounded eight before surrendering to police.[577][578]
Four 17th-century paintings, including works attributed to Rembrandt and Frans Hals, were discovered to have been stolen from a basement storage room at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The paintings were collectively valued at more than $300,000.[584]
Speaking to the 22nd U.S.-Mexico Interparliamentary Conference in Santa Barbara, California, U.S. President Ronald Reagan reassured attendees that the United States was sensitive to Latin America's sympathy for Argentina, despite its own support for the United Kingdom in the Falklands War.[585]
In Everett, Washington, Snohomish County Superior Court Judge Robert Bibb found 61-year-old Ruth Coe guilty of attempting to hire a hitman to kill the judge and prosecutor who convicted her son of rape. Frederick Coe, known as the "South Hill Rapist", had been sentenced to life in prison plus 75 years in 1981.[587]
Admiral Sylvester R. Foley Jr. at the end of the ceremony marking his assumption of command of the U.S. Pacific Fleet
At about 5:00 p.m., Joseph Billie Gwin, wanting "to prevent World War III", forced his way into the studios of CBS affiliate KOOL-TV in Phoenix, Arizona, fired a gunshot, took four people hostage (holding one of them, cameraman Louis Villa, at close gunpoint), and demanded national broadcasting time. Three hours later, Gwin released two hostages, Jack Webb and Bob Cimino. At 9:30 p.m., with Gwin sitting next to him with a gun, KOOL anchor Bill Close read a 20-minute statement from Gwin. Among other oddities, Gwin's statement included an appeal to country singer Johnny Cash to ask Queen Elizabeth II to evacuate London before Argentina could drop an atomic bomb on it. When finished with the statement, Close took Gwin's gun and set it on the table.[589][590][591] Gwin surrendered to police following the broadcast of the statement; he was charged with kidnapping, assault, and burglary,[592] and was later declared insane.[593]
Cold War: Spain became the 16th member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955.[29][641]
1982 visit by Pope John Paul II to the United Kingdom: The Pope visited Liverpool, where he told crowds at Speke Airport that unemployment, a major problem in the city, "tends to sow seeds of bitterness, division and even violence... This tragedy affects every aspect of life." The Pope then attended a prayer service at the AnglicanLiverpool Cathedral and celebrated Mass at the Roman Catholic Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.[642]
1980 Olympic champion ice hockey goaltender Jim Craig was charged with driving to endanger after a two-car crash which killed 29-year-old Margaret Curry of New Bedford, Massachusetts.[645][646] Craig would be acquitted of vehicular homicide by a judge on September 14.[647]
Johncock leading Mears near the end of the 1982 Indianapolis 500
At the 1982 Indianapolis 500, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock won his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds. Leading to the closest finish to this date, Mears drew alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of 11 seconds in the final 10 laps, in what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson later called the greatest finish in the track's history up to that time.[29][648][649][650][651]
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