- April 7
- Iran minister of Foreign affairs Ghotbzadeh arrested. [1]
- April 12
- A 200-mile 'total exclusion zone' around the Falklands proclaimed by the United Kingdom comes into effect. [116]
- April 13
- In South Africa, a magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurs. [53]
- April 15
- Five Muslim extremist murderers of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat are executed. [1]
- April 17
- By Proclamation of the Queen of Canada on Parliament Hill, Canada patriates its constitution, granting full political independence from the United Kingdom; included is the country's first entrenched bill of rights. [1] [116]
- April 18
- Zimbabwe capital Salisbury renamed Harare. [1]
- April 19
- USSR Salyut 7 space station put into orbit. [1]
- April 20
- Timex Computer announces the Timex/Sinclair 1000, the first personal computer to retail for under $100. The unit is an improved Sinclair ZX81 with 2 kB RAM. [4]
- April 21
- Dutch Queen Beatrice addresses US Congress. [1]
- April 23
- Dennis Wardlow, Mayor of Key West, Florida, declares the independent Conch Republic for a day. [116]
- April 24
- 150 Khomeini followers assault student dormitory in West Germany. [1]
- The German singer Nicole wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1982 for Germany, with the song "Ein Bisschen Frieden". [116]
- April 25
- Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. [1]
- USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk. [1]
- Israel completes its withdrawal from the Sinai peninsula per the Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. [1] [116]
- April 26
- Argentina surrenders to Britain on South Georgia near Falkland Island. [1]
- April 30
- Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador. [1]
- Iranian offensive in Khusistan. [1]
- May 1
- A Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber takes off from Ascension Island and bombs Stanley Airport, Falkland Islands. [116]
- 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 six month run.) [1] [116]
- May 2
- Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men. [1] [116]
- May 4
- Falklands War: British torpedo boat HMS Sheffield is hit by an Exocet missile, and burns out of control; 20 sailors are killed. The ship sinks on May 10. [1] [116]
- May 12
- Pulitzer prize awarded to John Updike (Rabbit is Rich). [1]
- Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 sails from Southampton, England, as a troop transport for the British navy in its war to regain the Falkland Islands. [254.14]
- Spanish priest Juan María Fernández y Krohn tries to stab Pope John Paul II with a bayonet during the latter's pilgrimage to the Fatima, Portugal shrine. [1] [116]
- Braniff International Airways is declared bankrupt and ceases all flights. [116] (May 13 [1])
- May 13
- Soyuz T-5 is launched; Berezovoi and Lebedev begin 211 days in space. [1]
- May 14
- Guinea adopts constitution. [1]
- May 16
- Salvador Jorge Blanco wins presidential election in Dominican Republic. [1]
- May 21
- Royal Marines and paratroopers from the British Task Force land at San Carlos Bay on the Falkland Islands and raise the Union Flag. [1] [116]
- May 22
- Falklands War: HMS Ardent is sunk by Argentine aircraft, killing 22 sailors. [116]
- May 23
- Pope John Paul II declares "Peerke" Donders divine. [1]
- Falklands War - HMS Antelope of the Royal Navy explodes, two killed. [116]
- BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina. [1]
- May 24
- Iranian troops retake Khorramshahr. [116]
- KGB head Yuri Andropov is appointed to the Secretariat of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [116]
- May 25
- Iranian troops reconquer Khorramshar. [1]
- Falklands War: the merchant navy ship Atlantic Conveyor is sunk by an Argentine Exocet missile, killing 12 and depriving British forces of the helicopters intended to be used in the later stages of the conflict. [116]
- May 26
- Kielder Water, an artificial lake in Northumberland, is opened. [116]
- May 27
- Tottenham Hotspur win the FA Cup beating QPR 1-0 in a replay. [116]
- May 28
- Pope John Paul II is first pope to visit Great Britain since 1531. [1]
- British troops reach Darwin, Falkland Islands. [116]
- May 29
- US Pentagon plans first strategy to fight a nuclear war. [1]
- Falklands War: In the Battle of Goose Green, British paratroopers defeat a larger force of Argentine troops in the first land battle of the war. [116]
- May 30
- Spain becomes the 16th member of NATO and the first nation to enter the alliance since West Germany's admission in 1955. [1] [116]
- June 5
- The first Rubik's Cube World Championships is held in Budapest, Hungary. [116]
- June 6
- 30,000 Israeli troops invade Lebanon to drive out Palestinian Liberation Organization. [1] [116]
- The United Nations Security Council votes to demand that Israel withdraw its troops from Lebanon. [116]
- June 7
- US President Ronald Reagan meets Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II. [1]
- Near the coast of Guerrero, Mexico, a magnitude 7.2 earthquakes occurs, followed in four hours by another 7.0 earthquake. Felt strongly throughout southern Mexico. [53]
- June 8
- VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727 passenger jet, crashes into forest Fortaleza, killing 137. [116]
- President Ronald Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament. [1] [116]
- Falklands War: British landing ship logistic RFA Sir Galahad is destroyed, killing 48. [116]
- June 9
- Israeli forces wipe out Syrian SAM missiles in Bekaa Valley. [1]
- June 10
- Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon. [1]
- June 11
- Universal releases the film E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial to theaters. (Total world gross ticket sales: $793 million (1st for 1982).) [1] [953]
- Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 returns to England from use as a troop transport for the British navy in its war to regain the Falkland Islands. [254.14]
- Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon. [1]
- June 12
- A rally against nuclear weapons draws 750,000 to New York City's Central Park. Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, and Linda Ronstadt attend. [1] [116]
- June 13
- King Khalid of Saudi Arabia dies at age 69. [1]
- Crown Prince Fahd becomes King of Saudi Arabia on death of King Khalid. [116] [893.38]
- In Alberta, Canada, 15 members of the Black Leopards Karate Club demolish a house with bare hands and feet with the owner's consent. [116]
- June 14
- Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Islands, ends 74-day conflict. [1] [116] [162.83]
- June 15
- In Sichuan Province, China, a magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurs. Ten people killed, 5 injured and damage in the Garze area. [53]
- Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat. [1]
- June 16
- Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners. [1]
- June 17
- Argentine president Leopoldi Galtieri is told he is no longer president. [162.83]
- June 18
- Argentine military dictator Leopoldo Galtieri resigns, in the wake of his country's defeat in the Falklands War. [116] (June 17 [1])
- June 19
- Offshore El Salvador, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurs. At least 40 people killed, many injured and thousands of people left homeless in El Salvador. Felt in Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. [53]
- The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi, chairman of Banco Ambrosiano, is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London. [116]
- June 21
- Washington DC jury finds John Hinckley Junior innocent by insanity of attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan. [1]
- June 23
- -117 degrees F, all time low at the South Pole. [1]
- June 24
- Jean-Loup Chretien, first spacionaut, two others, lift off (Soyuz T-16). [1]
- British Airways Flight 9 suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane, after flying through the otherwise undetected ash plume from Indonesia's Galunggung. [116]
- June 25
- US Secretary of State Alexander Haig Junior resigns, replaced by George Schultz. [1]
- The Institute for Puerto Rican Policy is founded in New York City to research and advocate for Puerto Rican and Latino community issues. [116]
- June 26
- US vetos United Nations Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Lebanon. [1]
- June 28
- Prince Charles and Lady Diana name their baby "William". [1]
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