Page 13: Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   NASA launches Galaxy-B on this day in history.   

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

Sep 23   In the year 1983 columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9   

Sep 24   Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 26   Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 in the year 1983.   

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

Sep 27   On this day in history tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76   

Sep 28   In the year 1983 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   In the year 1983 gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75   

Oct 03   In the year 1983 john K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69   

Oct 04   On this day in history richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car   

Oct 05   In the year 1983 lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize   

Oct 06   Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 in the year 1983.   

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

Oct 09   Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered in the year 1983.   

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

Oct 10   In the year 1983 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   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   In the year 1983 black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)   

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

Oct 15   In the year 1983 uS Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport   

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

Oct 17   In the year 1983 raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78   

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

Oct 19   On this day in history 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   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born in the year 1983.   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of tatjana Hüfner, German luger   

Apr 30   Troy Williamson, American football player was born on this day in history.   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of yamini, Tamil Singer   

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born in the year 1983.   

Jun 07   Mark Lowe, American baseball player was born on this day in history.   

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

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born on this day in history.   

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   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   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died on this day in history.   

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

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

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