Page 12: Historical Events In 1983

Aug 28   On this day in history israeli PM Menachem Begin announces resignation   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 29   Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Guy Bluford becomes the first black American in space in the year 1983.   

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   On this day in history henry "Scoop" Jackson, (Sen-D-Wash), dies at 71   

Sep 01   Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia &is shot down by a Soviet jet in the year 1983.   

Sep 02   In the year 1983 yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM   

Sep 04   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB   

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

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

Sep 07   Hans Munch, composer, dies at 90 in the year 1983.   

Sep 08   In the year 1983 antonin Magne, French bicylist (won Tour de France 1931, 34), dies   

Sep 08   NASA launches RCA-6 in the year 1983.   

Sep 09   In the year 1983 challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas   

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

Sep 09   On this day in history vitas Gerulatis bets his house that Martina Navratilova can't beat the 100th ranked male tennis player   

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

Sep 10   In the year 1983 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 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 13   US mint strikes first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle) on this day in history.   

Sep 14   US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner in the year 1983.   

Sep 15   LeRoy Prinz, choreographer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Sep 16   In the year 1983 arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen   

Sep 17   In the year 1983 humberto Madeiros, US cardinal to Boston, dies at 67   

Sep 17   In the year 1983 vanessa Williams of NY became first black Miss America   

Sep 18   George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere on this day in history.   

Sep 19   St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day) in the year 1983.   

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Apr 28   On this day in history birth of roger Johnson, English footballer   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of troy Williamson, American football player   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 14   In the year 1983 birth of john Stocco, American football player   

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

Jan 02   Bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1983.   

Jan 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1983 nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79   

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   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