Historical Events In 1983

Nov 22   Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58 in the year 1983.   

Nov 24   PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians &Lebanese on this day in history.   

Nov 25   On this day in history soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off   

Nov 25   Syria &Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli on this day in history.   

Nov 25   World's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England on this day in history.   

Nov 26   Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million in the year 1983.   

Nov 27   On this day in history colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185   

Nov 27   Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55 on this day in history.   

Nov 28   9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched in the year 1983.   

Nov 28   On this day in history christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54   

Nov 30   On this day in history george Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies   

Nov 30   Radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip) in the year 1983.   

Dec 01   Mirsky, mathematician, dies in the year 1983.   

Dec 01   In the year 1983 rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury   

Dec 02   In the year 1983 atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

Dec 04   In the year 1983 aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down.   

Dec 04   In the year 1983 estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55   

Dec 05   12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut on this day in history.   

Dec 05   In the year 1983 los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use   

Dec 05   Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Dec 06   On this day in history a bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis   

Dec 07   On this day in history 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93   

Dec 07   Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery on this day in history.   

Dec 08   On this day in history slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64   

Dec 09   On this day in history attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"   

Dec 09   On this day in history david Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53   

Dec 10   In the year 1983 danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

Dec 10   On this day in history dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84   

Dec 10   On this day in history raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president   

Dec 11   First visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome) on this day in history.   

Dec 11   On this day in history szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82   

Dec 12   A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait on this day in history.   

Dec 13   Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor in the year 1983.   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger   

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of troy Williamson, American football player   

Apr 30   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born in the year 1983.   

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born on this day in history.   

Jun 07   On this day in history birth of mark Lowe, American baseball player   

Jun 14   On this day in history birth of john Stocco, American football player   

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born in the year 1983.   

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

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 in the year 1983.   

Jan 12   On this day in history death of rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)   

Jan 13   Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 17   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died on this day in history.