Page 9: Historical Events In 1983
Saturday, 27 June 2026
Jun 21 Anton G J van de Velde, Flemish writer/director (Tijl), dies at 87 


Jun 22 inaugural time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle. 


Jun 22 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period 


Jun 22 The inaugural time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle 


Jun 24 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB 


Jun 24 Syria expels PLO leader Yasser Arafat. 


Jun 25 Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67. 


Jun 25 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m 


Jun 26 Walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82 


Jun 27 Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race. 


Jun 27 Maxie Anderson and Don Ida die during a balloon race. 


Jun 27 NASA launches space vehicle S-205 


Jun 27 Soyuz T-9 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 7 space station. 


Jun 28 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed results in the deaths of 3 


Jun 28 NASA launches Galaxy-A 


Jun 30 Bo Gentry, songwriter/producer, dies. 


Jul 01 R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87. 


Jul 03 Calvin Smith of US is recorded as becoming quickest man alive (9.93 s for 100 m) 


Jul 03 In Costa Rica a 6.7 earthquake resulted in two people killed and approximately 60 injured. Considerable damage to buildings 


Jul 03 John McEnroe regains men's singles title at Wimbledon. 


Jul 04 Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65. 


Jul 05 Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies. 


Jul 05 In Turkey a 6.1 quake resulted in 5 people killed and 25 injured in the Biga area. 


Jul 05 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA). 


Jul 06 Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less. 


Jul 07 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR after being invited for a visit 


Jul 07 George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday. 


Jul 10 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751. 


Jul 10 Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82 


Jul 11 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3485 Barucci. 


Jul 12 Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39. 


Jul 14 Crane (Rep-R-Il) and Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages. 


Jul 14 Jack MacBryan, cricketer (Test for England 1924), dies. 


Jul 15 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France 


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