Page 3: Historical Events In 1983
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Feb 11 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18"(46 cm)). 


Feb 12 Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100. 


Feb 13 Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup. 


Feb 13 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78. 


Feb 13 World Boxing Council is recorded as becoming 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds. 


Feb 19 Alice White, actress (Employees' Entrance), dies at 78 of a stroke. 


Feb 20 James G Richardson, (Tim Cassidy-Sierra), dies at 37 in ski accident 


Feb 20 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km). 


Feb 21 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds. 


Feb 21 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak. 


Feb 22 Christina E "Christine" Auwen, singer/wife of John Kelly, dies at 75 


Feb 22 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India. 


Feb 22 In this year, Harold Washington claims Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary 


Feb 23 25th Grammy Awards Rosanna, Toto IV, Men at Work win. 


Feb 23 Adrian Boult, conductor, dies 


Feb 23 USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 million). 


Feb 24 A U.S. congressional report condemns the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII 


Feb 24 Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for inaugural time 


Feb 24 Herbert Norman Howells, composer, dies at 90. 


Feb 24 USSR performs underground nuclear test. 


Feb 25 John Cowles Sr, US publisher, dies at 84. 


Feb 26 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 37 weeks. 


Feb 27 Eamonn Coghlan sets indoor mile record of 3 49.78 


Feb 27 In this year, Jan Stephenson claims Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament. 


Feb 28 Final TV episode of "MASH" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch. 


Feb 28 Statistics Canada reports Canadian Gross National Product fell 4.8% in 1982; sharpest decline since 1933 


Mar 01 Tamara McKinney is recorded as becoming inaugural US woman skier to win the World Cup 


Mar 01 Tornado tears through Louisiana, injuring 33 people 


Mar 02 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips and Sony introduced 


Mar 02 Final episode of MASH; 125000000 viewers 


Mar 02 USSR performs underground nuclear test 


Mar 03 Arthur Koestler, Hung/Brit writer (Dialogue With Death), dies at 77 


Mar 05 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative). 


Mar 06 In this year, Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU claims West German parliament elections 


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