Page 4: Historical Events In 1983

Mar 06   New Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table.   

Mar 06   Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55   

Mar 07   August Hoffman performs record 29051 consecutive sit-ups   

Mar 07   Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70   

Mar 07   TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV   

Mar 08   House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR   

Mar 08   In this year, IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0   

Mar 08   President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire".   

Mar 08   William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80.   

Mar 09   Caryl Churchill's "Fen", premieres in London   

Mar 09   Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65   

Mar 09   Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana   

Mar 11   Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow   

Mar 11   World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

Mar 11   World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).   

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

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

Mar 12   Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85   

Mar 13   Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58   

Mar 14   Maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55   

Mar 14   OPEC cut oil prices for inaugural time in 23 years.   

Mar 15   Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80.   

Mar 15   Karnataka beat Bombay on inaugural innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy.   

Mar 16   Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79.   

Mar 17   9th People's Choice Awards.   

Mar 18   Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies.   

Mar 20   In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.   

Mar 21   Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled   

Mar 22   Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president   

Mar 23   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   

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

Mar 25   In the Damavand-Amol area of Iran a5.2 quake killed 30 people and injured 61 , many homes damaged and landslides in the.   

Mar 25   Martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72.   

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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