Page 13: Historical Events In 1983

Sep 22   NASA launches Galaxy-B on this day in history.   

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

Sep 23   Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9 on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies in the year 1983.   

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   Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10 in the year 1983.   

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

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

Sep 28   In the year 1983 sTS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad   

Sep 30   In the year 1983 freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76   

Oct 02   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history richard Noble reaches record 1019 kph in jet-powered car   

Oct 05   In the year 1983 lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize   

Oct 06   Terence Cooke, cardinal/archbishop of NY, dies at 62 in the year 1983.   

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

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

Oct 09   Sun Suk Joon, South Korean vice premier, murdered in the year 1983.   

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

Oct 10   Sir Ralph [David] Richardson, English actor (Richard III), dies at 80 in the year 1983.   

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   On this day in history paul Fix, actor (Rifleman), dies at 82 of kidney failure   

Oct 14   US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut in the year 1983.   

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

Oct 15   Pat O'Brien, actor (Some like it hot), dies of heart attack at 83 on this day in history.   

Oct 15   US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut Intl Airport in the year 1983.   

Oct 16   On this day in history george Liberace, violinist (Liberace Show), dies at 72   

Oct 17   Raymond Aron, French sociologist/political scientist, dies at 78 in the year 1983.   

Oct 18   On this day in history vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies   

Oct 19   In the year 1983 albert Carel Willink, painter (surrealism), dies at 83   

Oct 20   IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released in the year 1983.   

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

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

Apr 30   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born in the year 1983.   

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   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   August Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1983 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   On this day in history 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   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died in the year 1983.