Historical Events In 1983

May 18 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program

May 24 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria

May 16 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel

May 12 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA

May 11 In West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas.

May 11 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II

May 04 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China

May 07 August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups

May 11 "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC

May 26 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Jan 15 Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard

Jan 15 Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours

Jan 21 In Regina Saskatchewan Joanne Wilson found murdered in her garage; ex-wife of politician Colin Thatcher, son of ex-Premier Ross Thatcher, who will be found guilty of first-degree murder

Jan 02 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati OH completes record 20 consecutive passes

Jan 01 World Communications Year begins

Jan 24 Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title

Jan 11 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time

Jan 27 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid

Jan 01 World Communications Year begins

Jan 25 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit

Jan 02 "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne New York City NY after 767 performances

Jan 27 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid

Jan 24 Oaxaca, Mexico a 7.0 earthquake occured. Damage in the Juchitan area and slight damage in the Mexico City area. Felt strongly in southeastern Mexico.

Jan 17 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians

Jan 04 Criminal Code changes replace rape with 3 categories of sexual assault; equal protection to men and women; women allowed to charge their husbands with sexual assault.

Jan 23 Björn Borg announces his retirement from tennis

Jan 02 The musical Annie, based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie, ends its Broadway run after 2,377 performances.

Jan 04 Criminal Code changes replace rape with 3 categories of sexual assault; equal protection to men and women; women allowed to charge their husbands with sexual assault.

Jan 17 10th American Music Award Kenny Rogers

Jan 15 Dutch political party DS'70 disbands

Jan 26 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California

Jan 21 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht

Jan 17 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians

Jan 17 10th American Music Award Kenny Rogers

Jan 21 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid

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