Page 13: Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   On this day in history nASA launches Galaxy-B   

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 in the year 1983.   

Sep 25   Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies in the year 1983.   

Sep 26   Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner) on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history tino Rossi, French singer, dies   

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

Sep 28   In the year 1983 sTS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad   

Sep 30   On this day in history freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76   

Oct 02   On this day in history 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   Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car in the year 1983.   

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   Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma   

Oct 09   Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered on this day in history.   

Oct 10   Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM in the year 1983.   

Oct 10   On this day in history 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 in the year 1983.   

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   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) 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   In the year 1983 uS Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport   

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 in the year 1983.   

Oct 18   Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies in the year 1983.   

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   On this day in history birth of roger Johnson, English footballer   

Apr 30   Tatjana Hüfner, German luger was born in the year 1983.   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of troy Williamson, American football player   

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of yamini, Tamil Singer   

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born in the year 1983.   

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   In the year 1983 bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1983 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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