Page 13: Historical Events In 1983

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

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

Sep 25   Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Oct 02   Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 in the year 1983.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 15   In the year 1983 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   US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport on this day in history.   

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 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 in the year 1983.   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger   

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

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

May 22   In the year 1983 birth of john Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer   

Jun 07   On this day in history birth of mark Lowe, American baseball player   

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

Jun 14   On this day in history birth of louis Garrel, French actor   

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

Jan 07   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80   

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