Historical Events In 1983

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

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

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

Sep 24   Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies in the year 1983.  

Sep 25   On this day in history leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies  

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

Sep 27   Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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   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   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   In the year 1983 terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62  

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80  

Oct 11   In the year 1983 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   Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

Oct 14   On this day in history paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure  

Oct 14   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut on this day in history.  

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

Oct 15   In the year 1983 pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83  

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   In the year 1983 raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78  

Oct 18   On this day in history vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies  

Oct 19   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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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 in the year 1983.  

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

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

Jun 07   Mark Lowe, American baseball player was born in the year 1983.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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   On this day in history meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80  

Jan 17   On this day in history death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71