Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   NASA launches Galaxy-B in the year 1983.   

Sep 22   Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" in the year 1983.   

Sep 23   Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 in the year 1983.   

Sep 24   On this day in history isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies   

Sep 25   Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)   

Sep 26   Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 in the year 1983.   

Sep 26   Tino Rossi, French singer, dies in the year 1983.   

Sep 27   Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   In the year 1983 sTS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad   

Sep 30   On this day in history freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76   

Oct 02   Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 03   John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

Oct 04   Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car in the year 1983.   

Oct 05   Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1983.   

Oct 06   Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 in the year 1983.   

Oct 08   Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered in the year 1983.   

Oct 10   In the year 1983 israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM   

Oct 10   Sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Oct 11   On this day in history last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial   

Oct 12   In the year 1983 jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61   

Oct 14   Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure in the year 1983.   

Oct 14   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) in the year 1983.   

Oct 15   Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport on this day in history.   

Oct 16   George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 19   Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83 in the year 1983.   

Oct 20   On this day in history iBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released   

Oct 20   On this day in history merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75   

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Apr 28   In the year 1983 birth of roger Johnson, English footballer   

Apr 30   Tatjana Hüfner, German luger was born in the year 1983.   

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born in the year 1983.   

Apr 30   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born in the year 1983.   

May 22   In the year 1983 birth of john Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer   

Jun 07   On this day in history birth of mark Lowe, American baseball player   

Jun 14   In the year 1983 birth of john Stocco, American football player   

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1983.   

Jan 07   In the year 1983 august Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79   

Jan 08   In the year 1983 gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72   

Jan 11   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 in the year 1983.   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)   

Jan 13   In the year 1983 arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74   

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 on this day in history.   

Jan 17   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died on this day in history.