Historical Events In 1983

Nov 22   On this day in history michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58  

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   Syria &Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli in the year 1983.  

Nov 25   World's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England on this day in history.  

Nov 26   On this day in history heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million  

Nov 27   Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185 in the year 1983.  

Nov 27   On this day in history manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55  

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

Nov 28   Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54 on this day in history.  

Nov 30   In the year 1983 george Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies  

Nov 30   On this day in history radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)  

Dec 01   On this day in history mirsky, mathematician, dies  

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

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

Dec 04   On this day in history 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.  

Dec 04   In the year 1983 estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55  

Dec 05   On this day in history 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut  

Dec 05   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Dec 07   On this day in history edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA  

Dec 08   Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery in the year 1983.  

Dec 08   In the year 1983 slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64  

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

Dec 09   In the year 1983 david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53  

Dec 10   Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.  

Dec 10   Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 1983 raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president  

Dec 11   In the year 1983 first visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)  

Dec 11   On this day in history szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82  

Dec 12   A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait in the year 1983.  

Dec 13   On this day in history martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor  

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

Jan 07   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 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   In the year 1983 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