Page 5: Historical Events In 1983
Monday, 23 February 2026
Mar 26 Anthony F Blunt, British art historian/spy for USSR, dies at 75 


Mar 26 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 


Mar 27 James Hayter, actor (Pickwick Papers, Trio, Great Game), dies at 75. 


Mar 27 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. 


Mar 29 Richard O'Brien, actor (Rocky Horror Show), dies of cancer at 65 


Mar 30 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives", premieres in London. 


Mar 30 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 


Mar 31 Earthquake in Colombia results in the deaths of some 5000 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 


Mar 31 Stephen Murray, actor (Guilty, Silent Dust, Master Spy), dies at 70 


Apr 03 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 


Apr 04 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship North Carolina State beats Houston 54-52 


Apr 04 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched. 


Apr 04 Gloria Swanson actress, dies at 84 of a heart ailment 


Apr 04 Jacqueline Logan silent film leading lady, dies at 78 


Apr 05 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats. 


Apr 05 New York Mets' Tom Seaver's sets record 14th National League Opening Day assignment 


Apr 06 Ana Maria, Salvador guerilla leader, murdered 


Apr 07 Gavin Gordon television actor, dies at 82 


Apr 07 Gavin Gordon, television actor (Romance, Lone Cowboy), dies at 82. 


Apr 07 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson inaugural STS spacewalk. 


Apr 09 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth 


Apr 10 Issam Sartawi, PLO ambassador to Portugal, murdered. 


Apr 11 Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78 


Apr 11 Statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate in March of 13.6% or 1658000 unemployed; a new record. 


Apr 12 Harold Washington is recorded as becoming Chicago's inaugural black mayor. 


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 


Apr 13 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault. 


Apr 14 Nina Dumbadze, Russian discus thrower (Oly-bronze-1952), dies at 64 


Apr 15 Gyula Illyes, Hungarian writer/poet (Az Ismertlen Illyes), dies at 80. 


Apr 15 Rodolfo Hoyos actor (Luis-Viva Valdez), dies at 68 


Apr 15 Tokyo Disneyland opens 


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