Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   In the year 1983 nASA launches Galaxy-B   

Sep 22   Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" in the year 1983.   

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

Sep 24   In the year 1983 isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies   

Sep 25   On this day in history leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies   

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

Sep 26   On this day in history cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10   

Sep 26   On this day in history tino Rossi, French singer, dies   

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

Sep 28   On this day in history sTS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad   

Sep 30   In the year 1983 freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76   

Oct 02   Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1983 lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize   

Oct 06   In the year 1983 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   Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered on this day in history.   

Oct 10   In the year 1983 israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM   

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

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

Oct 12   In the year 1983 jiri Lederer, Czechoslovakia journalist/dissident, dies at 61   

Oct 14   In the year 1983 paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure   

Oct 14   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut in the year 1983.   

Oct 15   On this day in history black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)   

Oct 15   Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 in the year 1983.   

Oct 15   US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport on this day in history.   

Oct 16   In the year 1983 george Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72   

Oct 17   Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 19   In the year 1983 albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83   

Oct 20   IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released in the year 1983.   

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   On this day in history birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger   

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   On this day in history birth of john Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer   

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

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   In the year 1983 bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66   

Jan 07   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   In the year 1983 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   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died in the year 1983.   

Jan 13   In the year 1983 arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74   

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 in the year 1983.   

Jan 17   On this day in history death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71