Page 13: 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 in the year 1983.   

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   On this day in history cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10   

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

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

Sep 28   STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad in the year 1983.   

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   John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 in the year 1983.   

Oct 04   In the year 1983 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 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

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

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   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   In the year 1983 jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61   

Oct 14   In the year 1983 paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure   

Oct 14   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut in the year 1983.   

Oct 15   In the year 1983 black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)   

Oct 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 george Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1983 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 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   John Stocco, American football player was born in the year 1983.   

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

Jan 12   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died in the year 1983.   

Jan 13   In the year 1983 arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74   

Jan 15   On this day in history 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.