Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   In the year 1983 nASA launches Galaxy-B  

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

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

Sep 24   On this day in history isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies  

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

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 in the year 1983.  

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   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   Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 in the year 1983.  

Oct 03   John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 in the year 1983.  

Oct 04   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62  

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   Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered on this day in history.  

Oct 10   On this day in history israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM  

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   In the year 1983 jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61  

Oct 14   In the year 1983 paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure  

Oct 14   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) in the year 1983.  

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

Oct 15   US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport on this day in history.  

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   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   Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born in the year 1983.  

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger  

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

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

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

Jun 07   Mark Lowe, American baseball player was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 14   On this day in history birth of louis Garrel, French actor  

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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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