Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   In the year 1983 nASA launches Galaxy-B   

Sep 22   On this day in history zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"   

Sep 23   On this day in history columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9   

Sep 24   On this day in history isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies   

Sep 25   Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies in the year 1983.   

Sep 26   On this day in history australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)   

Sep 26   In the year 1983 cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10   

Sep 26   In the year 1983 tino Rossi, French singer, dies   

Sep 27   Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 in the year 1983.   

Sep 28   STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad in the year 1983.   

Sep 30   Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 in the year 1983.   

Oct 02   On this day in history gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75   

Oct 03   John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 in the year 1983.   

Oct 04   Richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car in the year 1983.   

Oct 05   On this day in history lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize   

Oct 06   On this day in history terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62   

Oct 08   Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma   

Oct 09   In the year 1983 sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered   

Oct 10   Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM in the year 1983.   

Oct 10   On this day in history sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80   

Oct 11   Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Oct 14   On this day in history paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure   

Oct 14   On this day in history uS Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut   

Oct 15   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) in the year 1983.   

Oct 15   On this day in history pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83   

Oct 15   On this day in history uS Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport   

Oct 16   George Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72 in the year 1983.   

Oct 17   Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 in the year 1983.   

Oct 18   In the year 1983 vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies   

Oct 19   Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released on this day in history.   

Oct 20   Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75 in the year 1983.   

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Apr 28   In the year 1983 birth of roger Johnson, English footballer   

Apr 30   Tatjana Hüfner, German luger was born on this day in history.   

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   Mark Lowe, American baseball player was born in the year 1983.   

Jun 14   John Stocco, American football player was born on this day in history.   

Jun 14   On this day in history birth of louis Garrel, French actor   

Jan 02   On this day in history bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66   

Jan 07   In the year 1983 august Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79   

Jan 08   Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 in the year 1983.   

Jan 11   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80   

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