Page 4: Historical Events In 1983

Mar 05   Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) in the year 1983.   

Mar 06   On this day in history helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections   

Mar 06   In the year 1983 new Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table   

Mar 06   Thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55 in the year 1983.   

Mar 07   On this day in history august Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups   

Mar 07   On this day in history igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70   

Mar 07   TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV in the year 1983.   

Mar 08   House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR on this day in history.   

Mar 08   In the year 1983 iBM releases PC DOS version 2.0   

Mar 08   President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire" in the year 1983.   

Mar 08   In the year 1983 william T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80   

Mar 09   In the year 1983 caryl Churchill's "Fen", premieres in London   

Mar 09   On this day in history faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65   

Mar 09   In the year 1983 zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana   

Mar 11   In the year 1983 donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow   

Mar 11   World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   In the year 1983 world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)   

Mar 11   In the year 1983 world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)   

Mar 11   On this day in history world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)   

Mar 12   In the year 1983 jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85   

Mar 13   Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 in the year 1983.   

Mar 14   On this day in history maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55   

Mar 14   OPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years in the year 1983.   

Mar 15   Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 in the year 1983.   

Mar 15   Karnataka beat Bombay on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy in the year 1983.   

Mar 16   Arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79 in the year 1983.   

Mar 17   On this day in history 9th People's Choice Awards   

Mar 18   On this day in history umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies   

Mar 20   In the year 1983 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open   

Mar 21   Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1983 chaim Herzog elected Israeli president   

Mar 23   In the year 1983 barney B. Clark, survived for 112 days before his death, the Jarvick 7, an artificial heart made of polyurethane and aluminum   

Mar 23   Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   On this day in history uS President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)   

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Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born in the year 1983.   

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   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   In the year 1983 birth of john Stocco, American football player   

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

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

Jan 13   Arthur Space, actor (Doc Weaver-Lassie), dies of cancer at 74 in the year 1983.   

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