Page 13: 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   In the year 1983 leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies   

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   On this day in history tino Rossi, French singer, dies   

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

Sep 28   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69   

Oct 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma   

Oct 09   On this day in history sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered   

Oct 10   In the year 1983 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 in the year 1983.   

Oct 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1983.   

Oct 14   Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Oct 16   George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Oct 17   In the year 1983 raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78   

Oct 18   In the year 1983 vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies   

Oct 19   Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1983 iBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born in the year 1983.   

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   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72   

Jan 11   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1983.   

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

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