Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   In the year 1983 nASA launches Galaxy-B  

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

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

Sep 24   In the year 1983 isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies  

Sep 25   In the year 1983 leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies  

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 on this day in history.  

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   Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 04   In the year 1983 richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car  

Oct 05   In the year 1983 lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize  

Oct 06   Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 in the year 1983.  

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 in the year 1983.  

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 in the year 1983.  

Oct 16   On this day in history george Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72  

Oct 17   Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 in the year 1983.  

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   In the year 1983 iBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released  

Oct 20   Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75 in the year 1983.  

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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   On this day in history birth of troy Williamson, American football player  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of yamini, Tamil Singer  

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born in the year 1983.  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died on this day in history.  

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