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HomePage 7: Historical Events In 1983
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
May 01 V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies 
May 02 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga CA
May 02 Marius F Duintjer, architect, dies
May 03 Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe
May 03 US bishops condemn nuclear weapons
May 03 Vaughn Taylor, act (Jailhouse Rock), dies of cerebal hemmorrhage at 72
May 04 China People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China.
May 04 Nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
May 05 John Williams, actor (Family Affair, Dial M for Murder), dies at 80
May 05 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
May 07 August Hoffman performs record 29051 consecutive sit-ups.
May 07 Peter Edel, writer, dies
May 10 "Laverne and Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV.
May 10 John P Strijbos, writer (Called that Bird), dies at 92
May 10 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
May 10 NSW Premier Neville Wran steps aside after allegations he sought to influence a magistrate.
May 11 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater NYC.
May 11 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth.
May 11 In this year, Aberdeen claims 23rd Europe Cup II.
May 11 In West Pubnico Nova Scotia a mob of 100 fishermen burn and sink two fisheries patrol boats at to protest lobster quotas.
May 11 Zenna [Chlarson] Henderson, author (Anything Box), dies at 65
May 12 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
May 12 Stanley Cup New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0.
May 12 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0
May 13 Reggie Jackson is recorded as becoming the inaugural major league baseball player to strike out 2000 times
May 14 Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80.
May 15 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
May 16 Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52.
May 16 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel.
May 17 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty
May 18 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
May 18 Sri Lanka impose a State of Emergency after election violence.
May 19 Jean Rey, Belgian minister, dies.
May 19 NASA launches Intelsat V.
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