Historical Events In 1983

Aug 28   Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation in the year 1983.  

Aug 28   In the year 1983 jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66  

Aug 28   Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 in the year 1983.  

Aug 30   On this day in history 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)  

Aug 30   Guion S. Bluford Jr, the first African-American astronaut, blasts off as a crewmember aboard the space shuttle Challenger in the year 1983.  

Aug 30   In the year 1983 guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space  

Sep 01   On this day in history a Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard.  

Sep 01   Henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71 in the year 1983.  

Sep 01   In the year 1983 korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet  

Sep 02   Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM in the year 1983.  

Sep 04   In the year 1983 greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship  

Sep 04   Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph) in the year 1983.  

Sep 05   8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB in the year 1983.  

Sep 06   USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2 in the year 1983.  

Sep 07   On this day in history drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)  

Sep 07   In the year 1983 hans Munch, composer, dies at 90  

Sep 08   On this day in history antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies  

Sep 08   In the year 1983 nASA launches RCA-6  

Sep 09   On this day in history challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas  

Sep 09   Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2) in the year 1983.  

Sep 09   On this day in history vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player  

Sep 10   Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Sep 10   John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67 on this day in history.  

Sep 12   Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million on this day in history.  

Sep 12   USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane on this day in history.  

Sep 13   On this day in history uS mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)  

Sep 14   US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner in the year 1983.  

Sep 15   On this day in history leRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88  

Sep 16   Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen in the year 1983.  

Sep 17   In the year 1983 humberto Madeiros, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 67  

Sep 17   Vanessa Williams of NY became first black Miss America on this day in history.  

Sep 18   On this day in history george Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere  

Sep 19   In the year 1983 st Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)  

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Apr 28   On this day in history birth of roger Johnson, English footballer  

Apr 30   Tatjana Hüfner, German luger was born on this day in history.  

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born on this day in history.  

Apr 30   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 14   John Stocco, American football player was born in the year 1983.  

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   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 in the year 1983.  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1983 nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79  

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

Jan 13   Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 in the year 1983.  

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 in the year 1983.  

Jan 17   In the year 1983 death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71