Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   On this day in history nASA launches Galaxy-B  

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

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

Sep 24   Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies on this day in history.  

Sep 25   Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies in the year 1983.  

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

Sep 26   On this day in history cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10  

Sep 26   In the year 1983 tino Rossi, French singer, dies  

Sep 27   In the year 1983 tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49  

Oct 09   On this day in history 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma  

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 in the year 1983.  

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

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   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut in the year 1983.  

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

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 18   On this day in history vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies  

Oct 19   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of troy Williamson, American football player  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born in the year 1983.  

Jan 02   On this day in history bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66  

Jan 07   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1983 gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72  

Jan 11   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 in the year 1983.  

Jan 12   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died in the year 1983.  

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71