Historical Events In 1983

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

Nov 24   On this day in history pLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians &Lebanese  

Nov 25   Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off in the year 1983.  

Nov 25   On this day in history syria &Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli  

Nov 25   In the year 1983 world's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England  

Nov 26   Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million in the year 1983.  

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 in the year 1983.  

Nov 30   In the year 1983 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   In the year 1983 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 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   On this day in history los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use  

Dec 05   In the year 1983 robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65  

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

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

Dec 07   In the year 1983 edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA  

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

Dec 08   Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 on this day in history.  

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" on this day in history.  

Dec 09   David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Dec 10   In the year 1983 danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize  

Dec 10   Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84 in the year 1983.  

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

Dec 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Dec 13   Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor in the year 1983.  

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Apr 28   On this day in history birth of roger Johnson, English footballer  

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   In the year 1983 birth of yamini, Tamil Singer  

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born in the year 1983.  

Jun 07   In the year 1983 birth of mark Lowe, American baseball player  

Jun 14   John Stocco, American football player was born in the year 1983.  

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born in the year 1983.  

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 in the year 1983.  

Jan 11   On this day in history nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79  

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   On this day in history 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