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" on this day in history.   

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

Sep 26   On this day in history 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   Tino Rossi, French singer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 in the year 1983.   

Oct 08   Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 in the year 1983.   

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

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   In the year 1983 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   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   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) on this day in history.   

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

Oct 15   US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport in the year 1983.   

Oct 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83   

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   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born in the year 1983.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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.