Historical Events In 1983

Nov 22   In the year 1983 michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58  

Nov 24   PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians &Lebanese in the year 1983.  

Nov 25   In the year 1983 soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off  

Nov 25   Syria &Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli in the year 1983.  

Nov 25   On this day in history world's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England  

Nov 26   In the year 1983 heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million  

Nov 27   On this day in history colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185  

Nov 27   Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55 in the year 1983.  

Nov 28   9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched in the year 1983.  

Nov 28   In the year 1983 christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54  

Nov 30   George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 30   Radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) in the year 1983.  

Dec 01   In the year 1983 mirsky, mathematician, dies  

Dec 01   On this day in history rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury  

Dec 02   In the year 1983 atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies  

Dec 04   Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down in the year 1983.  

Dec 04   Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Dec 05   In the year 1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut  

Dec 05   Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use on this day in history.  

Dec 05   Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Dec 06   In the year 1983 a bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis  

Dec 07   On this day in history 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93  

Dec 07   Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA in the year 1983.  

Dec 08   Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery in the year 1983.  

Dec 08   In the year 1983 slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64  

Dec 09   Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it" on this day in history.  

Dec 09   On this day in history david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53  

Dec 10   On this day in history danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize  

Dec 10   In the year 1983 dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84  

Dec 10   On this day in history raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president  

Dec 11   On this day in history first visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)  

Dec 11   In the year 1983 szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82  

Dec 12   A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait in the year 1983.  

Dec 13   In the year 1983 martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor  

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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 in the year 1983.  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of troy Williamson, American football player  

Apr 30   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born in the year 1983.  

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

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

Jan 02   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1983.  

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

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 in the year 1983.  

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

Jan 13   Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died on this day in history.