Page 16: Historical Events In 1983
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
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. 


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