Page 13: Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   In the year 1983 nASA launches Galaxy-B   

Sep 22   Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1983.   

Sep 25   Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1983 australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)   

Sep 26   Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history tino Rossi, French singer, dies   

Sep 27   In the year 1983 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   Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 in the year 1983.   

Oct 02   Gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

Oct 03   John K M McCaffery, TV host (One Minute Please), dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 05   Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1983.   

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

Oct 08   In the year 1983 joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49   

Oct 09   In the year 1983 4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma   

Oct 09   On this day in history sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered   

Oct 10   In the year 1983 israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM   

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 in the year 1983.   

Oct 14   In the year 1983 paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure   

Oct 14   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut on this day in history.   

Oct 15   Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds) on this day in history.   

Oct 15   In the year 1983 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   Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies in the year 1983.   

Oct 19   Albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

Oct 20   On this day in history iBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released   

Oct 20   In the year 1983 merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75   

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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   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   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   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   On this day in history gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1983 death of rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)   

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

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

Jan 17   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died in the year 1983.