Wednesday, November 3rd, 1982: With the IL gubernatorial election too close to call, there's talk about a full-scale statewide recount. Neither incumbent IL Governor Big Jim Thompson (R) nor his Democratic challenger, former United States Senator Adlai Stevenson, III (D-IL) are willing to concede.
Outgoing NY St Governor Mario Cuomo (D) hosts incoming NY St Governor Happy Rockefeller (R) inside the NY St Executive Mansion in Albany, NY St. Cuomo & Rockefeller discussed the smooth transition between the outgoing administration & incoming administration. Mrs. Rockefeller will be taking office on January 1st, 1983.
Thursday, November 4th, 1982: US President Ronald Reagan announces that he plans on nominating US Deputy Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger as US Secretary of Defense. There's growing bipartisan support for Weinberger's nomination, which will be likely unanimous in the United States Senate.
South African Army 773rd Death Squad Battalion reportedly successfully launches drone strikes at the South African ANC's temporary headquarters in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya during Operation Cleansing.
Anonymous sources believe there's a possibility of Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi could be ousted from the Presidency if the apartheid government of South Africa is successful in toppling the entire Kenyan government.
Friday, November 5th, 1982: Within days following the 1982 Midterm elections, the Washington Post reported United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA) reportedly files paperwork forming an exploratory committee in what many view as the preparation of launching his campaign for the 1984 Democratic Party presidential nomination.
Saturday, November 6th, 1982: Operation Cowboy continues as American military personnel troops are facing resistance from some pockets of towns in Libya, who are loyalists of flamboyant Libyian dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, whose status is unknown as speculation swirled that Gaddafi might've fled the Presidential Palace in Tripoli.
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad reportedly ordered the deployment of 57,000+ Army personnel troops including over 100,000+ reservists of the Syrian Armed Forces in assisting the Libyan Armed Forces & Gaddafi loyalists in their battle against the Americans & NATO nations. Intelligence analysts are sounding the alarms that the conflict could spiral out of control throughout the Middle East.
Cameroonian President Ahmadou Ahijjo resigns from the Presidency after 22 years in office. He is replaced by Cameroonian Prime Minister Paul Biya, who as of this day, is still President of Cameroon.
Sunday, November 7th, 1982: Defying the international backlash against him including bombshell allegations of financing the terrorist attacks which also included the assassination of then-US Defense Secretary Barry Goldwater in the 10.22.82 Incident, flamboyant & controversial Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi attends a large rally in Tripoli, refuting previous reports of fleeing the capital city.
Acting US Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger is interviewed on NBC's 'Meet the Press' & warns the Syrians & Iranians of getting involved in the explosive conflict, stating escalating this conflict will have devastating consequences for the Syrian & Iranian governments.
US Secretary of State George P. Shultz interviewed on ABC News 'This Week' discussing foreign policy hotspots & the ongoing explosive situation in Libya.
Monday, November 8th, 1982: Kenan Evren becomes the 7th President of Turkey following the country's constitutional referendum.
Tuesday, November 9th, 1982: Romanian President Nicolae Ceseascu orders the Romanian Army's Death Squad Battalion to violently crack down against student demonstrators, who caused days of protests throughout Romania.
Wednesday, November 10th, 1982: Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev dies at the age of 75 following health problems.
Thursday, November 11th, 1982: The Tyre headquarters in Lebanon is bombed, which results in the deaths of somewhere between 89 to 102 people.
Friday, November 12th, 1982: Former KGB chief Yuri Andropov has been tapped to serve as the General Secretary of the Soviet Union's CPCC succeeding the late Leonid Brezhnev, who died two days earlier.
Saturday, November 13th, 1982: Aerial bombing & airstrikes continue hammering Kenya as the controversial Operation Cleansing continues. An estimated 17,000+ Kenyans have been killed in the most recent deadly airstrikes. South African President Marais Viljoen doubled-down on escalating Operation Cleansing full-stop, saying the South African government will never stop exterminating outside agitators.
Growing protests against the apartheid government of South Africa continues in parts of the world: Great Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Guyana & countless others. Congressman Mickey Leland (D-TX 18th) plans on filing legislation calling for economic divestment & sanctions against South Africa.
Zimbabwean President Canaan Banana orders the deployment of additional reinforcements in assisting the Kenyan Armed Forces in their battle against the South African Army 773rd Death Squad Battalion. Allegations surfacing that Banana might be targeted for removal as well.
Sunday, November 14th, 1982: The leader of Poland's outlawed Solidarity Movement, Lech Walesa is released from 11 months of prison internment.
Monday, November 15th, 1982: Congressman Buddy Roemer (D-LA 04th) is interviewed by the Washington Post on the aftermath of the 1982 Midterm elections & what the future holds for conservative Democrats like himself going forward.
Tuesday, November 16th, 1982: Anonymous sources reporting that an estimated deployment of 61,000+ paramilitary forces have been stationed near the border of Zimbabwe. An additional 300,000 are likely heading towards the border as well; sources reportedly stating that Operation Cleansing could be expanding with additional proxies assisting the apartheid government of South Africa.
Wednesday, November 17th, 1982: Argentinian President General Wellington Rodriguez signs the Economic Jobs Investment Act into law during a scaled-down televised national address from the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, November 18th, 1982: Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi is assassinated via machine gun fire. The victim of a violent deadly ambush as his motorcade was going into the heart of Nairobi, Kenya just HRS after he addressed a Joint Session of the Kenyan Parliament. Eyewitnesses said they saw three groups of masked people (Anglo South Africans) wearing all black attire opening fire at the presidential motorcade from three different directions of Kenyatta Square.
Within HRS of Arap Moi's shocking assassination, Kenyan Vice President Mwai Kibaki was inaugurated as the 3rd President of Kenya during a special ceremony inside the Kenyan Parliament Building. Kibaki issues a full-scale state of emergency across Kenya & openly blasts South African President Marais Viljoen by name, pointing the finger at him saying: "My message to the South African State President Marais Viljoen: The blood on the thousands of innocent Kenyans are on your hands and you will reap what you sow!"
The US State Department issues travel alert warnings banning Americans from traveling to Kenya because of the deadly Operation Cleansing War. The UN General Assembly called for a major emergency meeting of all of the Ambassadors to discuss the shocking assassination of Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi & figuring out how to go forward on the next steps.
Friday, November 19th, 1982: The GOP-controlled United States Senate votes overwhelmingly to confirm Caspar Weinberger as the US Secretary of Defense by a vote of 102-0. Weinberger was sworn into office by US Vice President George H.W. Bush at the Pentagon.
Coming Up: Fallout from the shocking assassination of Kenyan President Daniel Arap Moi in the 11.18.82 Incident & ramifications as Operation Cleansing continues.
Plus plenty more segments