Page 15: Historical Events In 1983

Nov 22   Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58 on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1983 pLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians &Lebanese   

Nov 25   Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off on this day in history.   

Nov 25   In the year 1983 syria &Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli   

Nov 25   World's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England in the year 1983.   

Nov 26   In the year 1983 heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million   

Nov 27   On this day in history colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185   

Nov 27   Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   In the year 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched   

Nov 28   On this day in history christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54   

Nov 30   George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies on this day in history.   

Nov 30   In the year 1983 radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)   

Dec 01   Mirsky, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

Dec 01   Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury on this day in history.   

Dec 02   In the year 1983 atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

Dec 04   Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down in the year 1983.   

Dec 04   Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 in the year 1983.   

Dec 05   12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut in the year 1983.   

Dec 05   In the year 1983 los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use   

Dec 05   On this day in history robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65   

Dec 06   A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis in the year 1983.   

Dec 07   2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93 on this day in history.   

Dec 07   Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA in the year 1983.   

Dec 08   In the year 1983 slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery   

Dec 08   On this day in history slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64   

Dec 09   Attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it" in the year 1983.   

Dec 09   On this day in history david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53   

Dec 10   Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1983.   

Dec 10   On this day in history dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84   

Dec 10   Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president on this day in history.   

Dec 11   First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) on this day in history.   

Dec 11   Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Dec 12   A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor on this day in history.   

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Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger   

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

Jun 14   John Stocco, American football player was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jan 07   On this day in history august Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79   

Jan 08   Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 in the year 1983.   

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

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 in the year 1983.   

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