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Events on Thursday 17 June 1982 1
1982Galtieri resigns as Argentine presidentFalklands defeat topples the junta leaderGeneral Leopoldo Galtieri resigned as president of Argentina days after the country's defeat in the Falklands War. His departure marked the beginning of the military junta's collapse and Argentina's transition back to democracy.