Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   NASA launches Galaxy-B on this day in history.  

Sep 22   On this day in history zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"  

Sep 23   Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 on this day in history.  

Sep 24   Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1983 cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10  

Sep 26   In the year 1983 tino Rossi, French singer, dies  

Sep 27   Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 in the year 1983.  

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 in the year 1983.  

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   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49  

Oct 09   In the year 1983 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma  

Oct 09   In the year 1983 sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered  

Oct 10   Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1983 uS Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut  

Oct 15   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) on this day in history.  

Oct 15   Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 on this day in history.  

Oct 15   US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport in the year 1983.  

Oct 16   George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72 in the year 1983.  

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   On this day in history albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83  

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

Oct 20   On this day in history merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75  

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

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   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1983 birth of john Stocco, American football player  

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71