Page 12: Historical Events In 1983

Aug 28   Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation in the year 1983.   

Aug 28   Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 in the year 1983.   

Aug 28   Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour on this day in history.   

Aug 29   On this day in history simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61   

Aug 30   On this day in history 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)   

Aug 30   In the year 1983 guion S. Bluford Jr, the first African-American astronaut, blasts off as a crewmember aboard the space shuttle Challenger.   

Aug 30   In the year 1983 guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space   

Sep 01   On this day in history a Soviet fighter plane downs a KAL Boeing 747 jumbo jet that veered 100 miles into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 people aboard.   

Sep 01   Henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71 in the year 1983.   

Sep 01   Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet on this day in history.   

Sep 02   On this day in history yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM   

Sep 04   Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship in the year 1983.   

Sep 04   In the year 1983 scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)   

Sep 05   8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB in the year 1983.   

Sep 06   USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2 on this day in history.   

Sep 07   Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s) in the year 1983.   

Sep 07   On this day in history hans Munch, composer, dies at 90   

Sep 08   On this day in history antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies   

Sep 08   NASA launches RCA-6 on this day in history.   

Sep 09   On this day in history challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas   

Sep 09   On this day in history radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2)   

Sep 09   Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67 in the year 1983.   

Sep 10   John Vorster, former prime minister of South Africa, dies in Cape Town at age 67 on this day in history.   

Sep 12   Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million in the year 1983.   

Sep 12   In the year 1983 uSSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane   

Sep 13   US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) in the year 1983.   

Sep 14   In the year 1983 uS House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner   

Sep 15   LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88 in the year 1983.   

Sep 16   On this day in history arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen   

Sep 17   Humberto Madeiros, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 67 in the year 1983.   

Sep 17   Vanessa Williams of NY became first black Miss America on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history george Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere   

Sep 19   St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) on this day in history.   

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

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

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born in the year 1983.   

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

May 22   On this day in history 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 in the year 1983.   

Jun 14   In the year 1983 birth of louis Garrel, French actor   

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

Jan 07   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 in the year 1983.   

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 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   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died in the year 1983.