Historical Events In 1983

Nov 22   In the year 1983 michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58  

Nov 24   PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians &Lebanese on this day in history.  

Nov 25   In the year 1983 soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off  

Nov 25   Syria &Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli on this day in history.  

Nov 25   World's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England in the year 1983.  

Nov 26   Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million on this day in history.  

Nov 27   Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185 in the year 1983.  

Nov 27   On this day in history manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55  

Nov 28   9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched on this day in history.  

Nov 28   On this day in history christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54  

Nov 30   George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies in the year 1983.  

Nov 30   In the year 1983 radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)  

Dec 01   Mirsky, mathematician, dies on this day in history.  

Dec 01   Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury on this day in history.  

Dec 02   On this day in history atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies  

Dec 04   Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down in the year 1983.  

Dec 04   Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Dec 05   In the year 1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut  

Dec 05   Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use on this day in history.  

Dec 05   Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Dec 06   A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis on this day in history.  

Dec 07   2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93 in the year 1983.  

Dec 07   Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA in the year 1983.  

Dec 08   On this day in history slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery  

Dec 08   In the year 1983 slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64  

Dec 09   In the year 1983 attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"  

Dec 09   On this day in history david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53  

Dec 10   Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 1983 dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84  

Dec 10   Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president in the year 1983.  

Dec 11   First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) in the year 1983.  

Dec 11   Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Dec 12   A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait in the year 1983.  

Dec 13   Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor on this day in history.  

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Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born in the year 1983.  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger  

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

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of yamini, Tamil Singer  

May 22   On this day in history birth of john Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer  

Jun 07   Mark Lowe, American baseball player was born in the year 1983.  

Jun 14   On this day in history birth of john Stocco, American football player  

Jun 14   In the year 1983 birth of louis Garrel, French actor  

Jan 02   On this day in history bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66  

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

Jan 08   Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 in the year 1983.  

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

Jan 12   In the year 1983 death of rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71