Historical Events In 1983

Mar 05   Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) in the year 1983.  

Mar 06   On this day in history helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections  

Mar 06   On this day in history new Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table  

Mar 06   In the year 1983 thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55  

Mar 07   August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups on this day in history.  

Mar 07   In the year 1983 igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 07   TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV in the year 1983.  

Mar 08   House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR in the year 1983.  

Mar 08   On this day in history iBM releases PC DOS version 2.0  

Mar 08   In the year 1983 president Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"  

Mar 08   William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 09   In the year 1983 caryl Churchill's "Fen", premieres in London  

Mar 09   On this day in history faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65  

Mar 09   Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana in the year 1983.  

Mar 11   Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow in the year 1983.  

Mar 11   On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain)  

Mar 11   On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)  

Mar 11   World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) in the year 1983.  

Mar 11   World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) in the year 1983.  

Mar 12   Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 in the year 1983.  

Mar 14   Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55 in the year 1983.  

Mar 14   In the year 1983 oPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years  

Mar 15   Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Mar 15   In the year 1983 karnataka beat Bombay on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy  

Mar 16   In the year 1983 arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79  

Mar 17   On this day in history 9th People's Choice Awards  

Mar 18   In the year 1983 umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies  

Mar 20   Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open on this day in history.  

Mar 21   In the year 1983 only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled  

Mar 22   On this day in history chaim Herzog elected Israeli president  

Mar 23   In the year 1983 barney B. Clark, survived for 112 days before his death, the Jarvick 7, an artificial heart made of polyurethane and aluminum  

Mar 23   Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62 in the year 1983.  

Mar 23   US President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI) in the year 1983.  

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Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of troy Williamson, American football player  

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of yamini, Tamil Singer  

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

Jun 07   Mark Lowe, American baseball player was born on this day in history.  

Jun 14   John Stocco, American football player was born on this day in history.  

Jun 14   In the year 1983 birth of louis Garrel, French actor  

Jan 02   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1983.  

Jan 07   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72  

Jan 11   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died in the year 1983.  

Jan 13   Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.  

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died in the year 1983.