Page 15: Historical Events In 1983

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.   

Dec 17   Erik Christensen, NHL player   

Dec 19   After a grueling and sometimes bloody six weeks on the picket line, striking Greyhound workers agreed to sign off on a new contract and head back to work.   

Dec 20   PLO chairman Yasser Arafat and 4000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon   

Dec 21   Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan   

Dec 21   Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73   

Dec 23   In this year, Journal Science publishes inaugural report on nuclear winter   

Dec 25   Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90.   

Dec 25   Live telecast of Christmas Parade.   

Dec 27   Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo.   

Dec 27   Walter Scott, rocker, dies   

Dec 28   Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39.   

Dec 29   Arnold Schwarzenegger was cited for driving without a license after he drove his Jeep into a ditch with Maria Shriver aboard. No one was hurt.   

Dec 29   US announced withdrawal from UNESCO   

Dec 31   Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 and 0-14), dies.   

Dec 31   Brunei gains complete independence from Britain.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Next Page »

Apr 28   Roger johnson: English footballer   

Apr 30   Tatjana hüfner: German luger   

Apr 30   Troy williamson: American football player   

Apr 30   Yamini: Tamil singer   

May 22   John hopkins: Anglo-american motorcycling racer   

Jun 07   Mark lowe: American baseball player   

Jun 14   John stocco: American football player   

Jun 14   Louis garrel: French actor   

Jan 02   Bernard george stevens: Composer,    

Jan 07   August cool: Belgian trade union leader,    

Jan 08   Gale page: Actress (4 daughters, knute rockney),   

Jan 11   Nikolaj v podgorny: President ussr,    

Jan 12   Rebop kwaku baah: Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)   

Jan 13   Arthur space: Actor (doc weaver-lassie),   

Jan 15   Meyer lansky: Reputed mobster,   

Jan 17   Doodles weaver: Actor/comedian (ring of fire), shoots himself at 71