Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   NASA launches Galaxy-B in the year 1983.   

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

Sep 23   In the year 1983 columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9   

Sep 24   On this day in history isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies   

Sep 25   In the year 1983 leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies   

Sep 26   Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner) in the year 1983.   

Sep 26   In the year 1983 cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10   

Sep 26   Tino Rossi, French singer, dies in the year 1983.   

Sep 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1983.   

Oct 02   In the year 1983 gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75   

Oct 03   In the year 1983 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   Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1983.   

Oct 06   Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 in the year 1983.   

Oct 08   In the year 1983 joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49   

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

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 in the year 1983.   

Oct 10   Sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80 in the year 1983.   

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 14   On this day in history uS Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut   

Oct 15   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) in the year 1983.   

Oct 15   In the year 1983 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 in the year 1983.   

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

Oct 17   Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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   IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released in the year 1983.   

Oct 20   Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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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   In the year 1983 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   In the year 1983 birth of mark Lowe, American baseball player   

Jun 14   On this day in history birth of john Stocco, American football player   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66   

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   In the year 1983 nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79   

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 in the year 1983.   

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 in the year 1983.   

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