Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   NASA launches Galaxy-B in the year 1983.  

Sep 22   On this day in history zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"  

Sep 23   On this day in history columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9  

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

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

Sep 26   Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner) on this day in history.  

Sep 26   In the year 1983 cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10  

Sep 26   Tino Rossi, French singer, dies in the year 1983.  

Sep 27   Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Sep 28   STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad in the year 1983.  

Sep 30   In the year 1983 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   John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Oct 04   On this day in history richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car  

Oct 05   Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 09   In the year 1983 sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered  

Oct 10   Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 12   Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Oct 14   Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure in the year 1983.  

Oct 14   In the year 1983 uS Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut  

Oct 15   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 on this day in history.  

Oct 15   In the year 1983 uS Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport  

Oct 16   In the year 1983 george Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72  

Oct 17   In the year 1983 raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78  

Oct 18   In the year 1983 vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies  

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

Oct 20   On this day in history iBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released  

Oct 20   On this day in history merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75  

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Apr 28   In the year 1983 birth of roger Johnson, English footballer  

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

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of troy Williamson, American football player  

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

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 07   On this day in history august Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79  

Jan 08   On this day in history gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72  

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

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

Jan 13   In the year 1983 arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74  

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