Page 15: Historical Events In 1983

Nov 25   World's greatest robbery-œ25000000 of gold, Heathrow, England   

Nov 26   Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6800 gold bars worth $38.7 million.   

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

Nov 27   Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55.   

Nov 28   9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched   

Nov 28   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.   

Nov 30   Radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)   

Dec 01   Mirsky, mathematician, dies.   

Dec 01   Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury   

Dec 02   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.   

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

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

Dec 05   Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use   

Dec 05   Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65   

Dec 06   A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, results in the deaths of 6 Israelis   

Dec 07   2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93   

Dec 07   Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA.   

Dec 08   Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery.   

Dec 08   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".   

Dec 09   David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53   

Dec 10   Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

Dec 10   Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84.   

Dec 10   Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's inaugural civilian president.   

Dec 11   inaugural visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome).   

Dec 11   Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

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

Dec 13   Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's inaugural female governor.   

Dec 15   Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB.   

Dec 16   Kusan Sunim, are discovered Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74.   

Dec 16   Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital   

Dec 16   Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time   

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Apr 28   In the year 1983 birth of roger Johnson, English footballer   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger   

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born on this day in history.   

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1983 birth of louis Garrel, French actor   

Jan 02   In the year 1983 bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 13   In the year 1983 arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74   

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

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