Argentine forces landed on the Falkland Islands, seizing the British colony and triggering a 74-day war with the United Kingdom.

Argentine forces surrendered to British troops at Port Stanley, ending the 74-day Falklands War over the South Atlantic islands.

Lebanese Christian militiamen ended a three-day massacre of Palestinian and Lebanese Shia civilians in Beirut refugee camps under Israeli military oversight.

The black granite Vietnam Veterans Memorial, inscribed with over 58,000 names, is dedicated in Washington, D.C., after a fierce design controversy.