Page 13: Historical Events In 1983
Monday, 23 February 2026
Sep 25 Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies 


Sep 26 Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10. 


Sep 26 In this year, Australia II claims America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner). 


Sep 26 Tino Rossi, French singer, dies 


Sep 27 Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 


Sep 28 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad. 


Sep 30 Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 


Oct 02 Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75. 


Oct 03 John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 


Oct 04 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car 


Oct 05 In this year, Lech Walesa claims the Nobel Peace Prize 


Oct 06 Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 


Oct 08 Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49. 


Oct 09 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma 


Oct 09 Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered. 


Oct 10 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM 


Oct 10 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 


Oct 12 Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 


Oct 14 Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure 


Oct 14 US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut 


Oct 15 Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for quickest 5 goals (84 seconds). 


Oct 15 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. 


Oct 16 George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72. 


Oct 17 Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 


Oct 18 Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies. 


Oct 19 Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83 


Oct 20 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released. 


Oct 20 Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75. 


Oct 21 Theodorus H J Zwartkruis, Bishop (Haarlem), dies 


Oct 23 Jessica Savage, Margate NJ, newscaster (NBC Weekend), dies at 36. 


Oct 23 Suicide terrorist truck bomb results in the deaths of 243 US personnel in Beirut. 


Oct 23 Truck bomb in Beirut results in the deaths of 241 US soldiers. 


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