3rd » The Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom, Shlomo Argov, is shot on a London street. He survives but is permanently paralysed.
6th » The 1982 Lebanon War begins. Forces under Israeli Defense Minister Ariel Sharon invade southern Lebanon during Operation Peace for the Galilee, eventually reaching as far north as the capital Beirut.
6th » A Army Air Corps (United Kingdom) British Army Air Corps Aérospatiale Gazelle Gazelle helicopter is destroyed in 1982 British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident a friendly fire incident, resulting in the loss of four lives.
7th » Priscilla Presley opens Graceland to the public; the bathroom where Elvis Presley died five years earlier was kept off-limits.
8th » Bluff Cove Air Attacks during the Falklands War: 56 British servicemen are killed by an Argentine air attack on two landing ships, RFA Sir Galahad named RFA 'Sir Galahad' and RFA Sir Tristram e.g RFA 'Sir Tristram'.
11th » The Sentosa Musical Fountain was officially opened as part of the second phase of construction on the island of Sentosa, Singapore.
13th » Fahd of Saudi Arabia Fahd becomes Kings of Saudi Arabia King of Saudi Arabia upon the death of his brother, Khalid of Saudi Arabia Khalid.
13th » Riccardo Paletti, was killed when he crashed on the start grid for the Canadian Grand Prix
14th » Falklands War: Argentina Argentine forces in the capital Stanley, Falkland Islands Stanley Conditional surrender conditionally surrender to British forces.
19th » In one of the first militant attacks by Hezbollah, David S. Dodge, president of the American University of Beirut, is kidnapped.
20th » The Argentine base Corbeta Uruguay on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
21st » John Hinckley is found Insanity defence known as not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of President of the United States named U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
23rd » Chinese American Vincent Chin dies in a coma after being beaten in Highland Park, Michigan on June 19, by two auto workers who had mistaken him for Japanese people known as Japanese and who were angry about the success of Japanese auto companies.
24th » "The Jakarta Incident": British Airways Flight 9 flies into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung, resulting in the failure of all four engines.
25th » Greece abolishes the head shaving of recruits in the military.
27th » 'Space Shuttle Columbia' launched from the Kennedy Space Center on the final research and development flight mission, STS-4.