Page 12: Historical Events In 1983

Aug 28   Israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Jan Clayton, actress (Ellen Miller-Lassie), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   On this day in history joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour   

Aug 29   Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 in the year 1983.   

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

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

Aug 30   On this day in history guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space   

Sep 01   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet   

Sep 02   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)   

Sep 05   On this day in history 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB   

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

Sep 07   In the year 1983 drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)   

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   Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas on this day in history.   

Sep 09   Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2) in the year 1983.   

Sep 09   Vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player in the year 1983.   

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

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

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

Sep 12   USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane in the year 1983.   

Sep 13   On this day in history uS mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)   

Sep 14   On this day in history 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   Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1983.   

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   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   In the year 1983 birth of john Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer   

Jun 07   In the year 1983 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   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   Gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 15   On this day in history meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80   

Jan 17   In the year 1983 death of doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71