Page 13: Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   On this day in history nASA launches Galaxy-B   

Sep 22   In the year 1983 zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"   

Sep 23   In the year 1983 columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9   

Sep 24   On this day in history isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies   

Sep 25   Leopold III, king of Belgium (1934-51), dies in the year 1983.   

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

Sep 26   On this day in history cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10   

Sep 26   Tino Rossi, French singer, dies on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Tino Rossi, singer/actor (Destins, Belle Menuniere), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Sep 28   On this day in history sTS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad   

Sep 30   Freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Oct 02   On this day in history gerald Strang, Canadian composer, dies at 75   

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

Oct 04   In the year 1983 richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car   

Oct 05   On this day in history lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize   

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

Oct 08   Joan Hackett, actress (Group, Flicks, Rivals), dies of cancer at 49 on this day in history.   

Oct 09   4 South Korean cabinet ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1983 sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered   

Oct 10   On this day in history israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM   

Oct 10   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 14   In the year 1983 uS Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut   

Oct 15   On this day in history black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)   

Oct 15   In the year 1983 pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83   

Oct 15   On this day in history 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   On this day in history raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78   

Oct 18   Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 19   On this day in history albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83   

Oct 20   In the year 1983 iBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released   

Oct 20   Merle Travis, country singer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next Page »

Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born on this day in history.   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1983 birth of troy Williamson, American football player   

Apr 30   On this day in history birth of yamini, Tamil Singer   

May 22   John Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer was born in the year 1983.   

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   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   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   On this day in history death of rebop Kwaku Baah, Nigerian percussionist (b. 1944)   

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

Jan 15   Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach Fla at 80 in the year 1983.   

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