Historical Events In 1983

Mar 25   In the year 1983 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   In the year 1983 martha Sleeper, actress (Spitfire), dies of a heart attack at 72  

Mar 26   In the year 1983 anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for USSR, dies at 75  

Mar 26   In the year 1983 uS performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site  

Mar 27   James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Mar 27   On this day in history larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title  

Mar 28   Ank [Anna M] van der Moer, actress (Verkade, Dutch Comedy), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65 in the year 1983.  

Mar 30   In the year 1983 ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives", premieres in London  

Mar 30   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR in the year 1983.  

Mar 31   On this day in history earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people  

Mar 31   In Colombia a 5.5 quake occurred Between 250 and 350 people killed, many injured and extensive damage (VIII) in the Popayan area on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Apr 03   In the year 1983 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott  

Apr 03   2nd NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Southern California beats Los Angeles Tech 69-67 on this day in history.  

Apr 04   45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 on this day in history.  

Apr 04   On this day in history 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched  

Apr 04   On this day in history gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment  

Apr 04   Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78 in the year 1983.  

Apr 05   France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats in the year 1983.  

Apr 05   In the year 1983 new York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment  

Apr 06   Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered in the year 1983.  

Apr 07   On this day in history gavin Gordon television actor, dies at 82  

Apr 07   Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Apr 07   STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave &Don Peterson first STS spacewalk in the year 1983.  

Apr 09   6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

Apr 10   Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered in the year 1983.  

Apr 11   Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Apr 11   Statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate in March of 13.6% or 1,658,000 unemployed; a new record on this day in history.  

Apr 12   Harold Washington becomes Chicago's first black mayor in the year 1983.  

Apr 13   Dedication of the Rats of Tobruk Memorial on Anzac Parade by the Governor-General, the Rt Hon Sir Ninian Stephen The memorial commemorates Australian and other Allied servicemen who fought and died during the siege of Tobruk in 1941 in the year 1983.  

Apr 13   On this day in history undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault  

Apr 14   In the year 1983 nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64  

Apr 15   On this day in history gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80  

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

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

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born in the year 1983.  

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   In the year 1983 birth of mark Lowe, American baseball player  

Jun 14   In the year 1983 birth of john Stocco, American football player  

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   In the year 1983 august Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1983 nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79  

Jan 12   In the year 1983 death of rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)  

Jan 13   Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 in the year 1983.  

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

Jan 17   In the year 1983 death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71