Page 13: Historical Events In 1983

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

Sep 22   Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" in the year 1983.   

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

Sep 24   In the year 1983 isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies   

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   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   In the year 1983 freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76   

Oct 02   Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1983 lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize   

Oct 06   On this day in history 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   4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1983 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   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 in the year 1983.   

Oct 14   Paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure in the year 1983.   

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

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

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

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

Oct 16   On this day in history george Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72   

Oct 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83   

Oct 20   On this day in history iBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released   

Oct 20   Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75 in the year 1983.   

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Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born in the year 1983.   

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   In the year 1983 birth of louis Garrel, French actor   

Jan 02   In the year 1983 bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66   

Jan 07   On this day in history august Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79   

Jan 08   Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

Jan 11   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 in the year 1983.   

Jan 12   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died on this day in history.   

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