Historical Events In 1983

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

Nov 24   PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians &Lebanese in the year 1983.  

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

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

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

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

Nov 28   9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched on this day in history.  

Nov 28   In the year 1983 christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54  

Nov 30   In the year 1983 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) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Dec 04   Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Dec 05   In the year 1983 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1983.  

Dec 07   Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA on this day in history.  

Dec 08   Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery on this day in history.  

Dec 08   Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 in the year 1983.  

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   On this day in history danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize  

Dec 10   In the year 1983 dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84  

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   Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1983.  

Dec 12   On this day in history a truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait  

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

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

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   In the year 1983 birth of yamini, Tamil Singer  

May 22   In the year 1983 birth of john Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer  

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   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1983.  

Jan 07   In the year 1983 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   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 in the year 1983.  

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   On this day in history death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71