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 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour in the year 1983.   

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

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

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   Guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space in the year 1983.   

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

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   Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM in the year 1983.   

Sep 04   In the year 1983 greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship   

Sep 04   Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph) in the year 1983.   

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

Sep 06   USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9/2 in the year 1983.   

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

Sep 07   Hans Munch, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   In the year 1983 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 in the year 1983.   

Sep 09   In the year 1983 radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (the Coco2)   

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

Sep 10   On this day in history balthasar J "John" Vorster, S African premier (1966-78), dies at 67   

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

Sep 12   On this day in history security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million   

Sep 12   USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane on this day in history.   

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

Sep 14   US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner on this day in history.   

Sep 15   In the year 1983 leRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88   

Sep 16   Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen on this day in history.   

Sep 17   Humberto Madeiros, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history vanessa Williams of NY became first black Miss America   

Sep 18   In the year 1983 george Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere   

Sep 19   On this day in history st Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)   

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

Apr 30   Tatjana Hüfner, German luger was born in the year 1983.   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of yamini, Tamil Singer   

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   On this day in history birth of john Stocco, American football player   

Jun 14   Louis Garrel, French actor was born in the year 1983.   

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

Jan 11   On this day in history nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79   

Jan 12   Rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944) died in the year 1983.   

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

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 on this day in history.   

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