Historical Events In 1983

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

Sep 22   In the year 1983 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   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) in the year 1983.  

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   On this day in history tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76  

Sep 28   STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad on this day in history.  

Sep 30   Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 in the year 1983.  

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

Oct 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Oct 08   In the year 1983 joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49  

Oct 09   In the year 1983 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma  

Oct 09   Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered in the year 1983.  

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

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 in the year 1983.  

Oct 15   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 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   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   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   In the year 1983 birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger  

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

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

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history 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   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   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died on this day in history.