Historical Events In 1983

Aug 28   On this day in history israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation  

Aug 28   Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Aug 28   Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour on this day in history.  

Aug 29   Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Aug 30   In the year 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)  

Aug 30   Guion S. Bluford Jr, the first African-American astronaut, blasts off as a crewmember aboard the space shuttle Challenger in the year 1983.  

Aug 30   On this day in history guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space  

Sep 01   On this day in history a Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard.  

Sep 01   On this day in history henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71  

Sep 01   Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet in the year 1983.  

Sep 02   Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph) in the year 1983.  

Sep 05   8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB on this day in history.  

Sep 06   On this day in history uSSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2  

Sep 07   Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s) on this day in history.  

Sep 07   Hans Munch, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 08   NASA launches RCA-6 on this day in history.  

Sep 09   On this day in history challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas  

Sep 09   In the year 1983 radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2)  

Sep 09   On this day in history vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player  

Sep 10   Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Sep 10   In the year 1983 john Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67.  

Sep 12   Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history uSSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane  

Sep 13   On this day in history uS mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)  

Sep 14   On this day in history uS House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner  

Sep 15   On this day in history leRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88  

Sep 16   Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen on this day in history.  

Sep 17   In the year 1983 humberto Madeiros, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 67  

Sep 17   In the year 1983 vanessa Williams of NY became first black Miss America  

Sep 18   George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere on this day in history.  

Sep 19   St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) in the year 1983.  

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

Jun 07   In the year 1983 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   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jan 07   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 in the year 1983.  

Jan 08   Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 in the year 1983.  

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

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