Editing 1982 (section)

===June===
* [[June 6]] – The [[1982 Lebanon War]] begins: [[Israel]]i forces under Defense Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] invade southern [[Lebanon]] in their "Operation Peace for the Galilee," eventually reaching as far north as the capital [[Beirut]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Morley Sachar|title=A History of Israel: Volume II: from the Aftermath of the Yom Kippur War|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eXKJ0qVZHskC|year=1988|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-504623-6|page=176}}</ref> The [[United Nations Security Council]] votes to demand that [[Israel]] withdraw its troops from [[Lebanon]].
* [[June 8]]
** [[Falklands War]]: British supply ship [[RFA Sir Galahad (1966)|RFA ''Sir Galahad'']] is destroyed during the [[Bluff Cove Air Attacks]]
** [[VASP Flight 168]], a [[Boeing 727]] passenger jet, crashes into a forest hillside in [[Fortaleza]] in Brazil, killing 137.
**The [[Los Angeles Lakers]] defeat the [[Philadelphia 76ers]] in six games to win the [[1982 NBA Finals]].
* [[June 11]] – ''[[E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial]]'' is released in the United States; this will become the biggest box-office hit for the next 11 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmsite.org/greatfilmssummary.html|title=Top Films of All-Time|work=filmsite.org|access-date=2018-06-16}}</ref> 
* [[June 12]] – The Nuclear Disarmament Rally, an event against [[nuclear weapon]] proliferation, draws 750,000 to New York City's [[Central Park]]. Performers included [[Jackson Browne]], [[James Taylor]], [[Bruce Springsteen]] and [[Linda Ronstadt]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Montgomery |first1=Paul L. |title=THRONGS FILL MANHATTAN TO PROTEST NUCLEAR WEAPONS |work=The New York Times |date=June 13, 1982 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/06/13/world/throngs-fill-manhattan-to-protest-nuclear-weapons.html |access-date=2 November 2023}}</ref> An international convocation at the [[Cathedral of St. John the Divine]] features prominent peace activists from around the world and afterward participants march on Fifth Avenue to Central Park for the rally.
* [[June 13]]
** The [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] begins in Spain.
** [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|Fahd]] becomes [[King of Saudi Arabia]] upon the death of his brother, [[King Khalid|Khalid]].
* [[June 14]] – [[Argentine surrender in the Falklands War]]: [[Argentina|Argentine]] forces in the capital, [[Stanley, Falkland Islands|Stanley]], surrender to British forces.
* [[June 18]] – Argentine military dictator [[Leopoldo Galtieri]] resigns in the wake of his country's defeat in the [[Falklands War]].
* [[June 20]] – [[Falklands War]] ends with British forces retaking the [[South Sandwich Islands]].
* [[June 24]] – [[British Airways Flight 9]] suffers a temporary four-engine flameout and damage to the exterior of the plane after flying through the otherwise undetected [[volcanic ash]] plume from Indonesia's [[Mount Galunggung]].