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| 1982 |
| | | Senegal and the Gambia partially merge as Senegambia, in a confederation which lasts seven years | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Israeli Minister of Defence Ariel Sharon heads Israel's invasion of Lebanon to expel the PLO | |
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| 1982 |
| | | British troops recapture Port Stanley, after which the Argentinian forces in the Falklands surrender | |
|  | Instrument of Surrender at the end of the Falklands War
National Archives, Kew
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| 1982 |
| | | The leader of the Argentinian junta, Leopoldo Galtieri, resigns three days after the Falklands defeat | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Australian novelist Thomas Keneally publishes Schindler's Ark and wins the Booker Prize | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Yasser Arafat and the PLO move to Tunisia, after being driven out of Lebanon by Israel | |
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| 1982 |
| | | Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona is sold to Barcelona for a new record fee of about £3 million, almost double the highest previous figure | |
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| 1982 |
| | | 8,000-year-old human remains are found in a waterlogged burial site at Windover, in Florida | |
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| 1982 |
| | | British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, promoter of the punk style, shows a collection called Punkature | |
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| 1982 |
| | | British director Richard Attenborough creates an epic film, Gandhi, from the life of the pacifist Indian leader | |
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