Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   NASA launches Galaxy-B on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 24   Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies in the year 1983.  

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

Sep 26   In the year 1983 australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)  

Sep 26   Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 on this day in history.  

Sep 26   Tino Rossi, French singer, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 in the year 1983.  

Sep 28   STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.  

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

Oct 02   In the year 1983 gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75  

Oct 03   In the year 1983 john K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69  

Oct 04   Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car on this day in history.  

Oct 05   On this day in history lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize  

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 in the year 1983.  

Oct 09   In the year 1983 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma  

Oct 09   On this day in history sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered  

Oct 10   Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM in the year 1983.  

Oct 10   In the year 1983 sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80  

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

Oct 12   On this day in history jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61  

Oct 14   On this day in history paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure  

Oct 14   On this day in history uS Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut  

Oct 15   On this day in history black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)  

Oct 15   In the year 1983 pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83  

Oct 15   On this day in history uS Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport  

Oct 16   George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72 in the year 1983.  

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 in the year 1983.  

Oct 19   In the year 1983 albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83  

Oct 20   IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released in the year 1983.  

Oct 20   In the year 1983 merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75  

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

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

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

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   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   Louis Garrel, French actor was born in the year 1983.  

Jan 02   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80  

Jan 17   On this day in history death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71