Page 15: Historical Events In 1983

Nov 22   Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58 in the year 1983.   

Nov 24   On this day in history pLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians &Lebanese   

Nov 25   Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off on this day in history.   

Nov 25   Syria &Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli on this day in history.   

Nov 25   World's greatest robbery-œ25,000,000 of gold, Heathrow, England in the year 1983.   

Nov 26   Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million in the year 1983.   

Nov 27   Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185 in the year 1983.   

Nov 27   In the year 1983 manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55   

Nov 28   9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched in the year 1983.   

Nov 28   Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54 in the year 1983.   

Nov 30   George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies in the year 1983.   

Nov 30   On this day in history radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)   

Dec 01   Mirsky, mathematician, dies in the year 1983.   

Dec 01   In the year 1983 rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury   

Dec 02   In the year 1983 atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies   

Dec 04   Aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) and USS Independence (CV-62) launch strike against anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon that fired on U.S. aircraft. Two U.S. Navy planes shot down on this day in history.   

Dec 04   Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut in the year 1983.   

Dec 05   Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use in the year 1983.   

Dec 05   Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

Dec 06   A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis on this day in history.   

Dec 07   On this day in history 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93   

Dec 07   Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Slim Pickins western actor dies at 64 after brain surgery on this day in history.   

Dec 08   Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 in the year 1983.   

Dec 09   In the year 1983 attorney General Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because the food is free and that's easier than paying for it"   

Dec 09   David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53 in the year 1983.   

Dec 10   Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1983.   

Dec 10   Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

Dec 10   In the year 1983 raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president   

Dec 11   On this day in history first visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)   

Dec 11   Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

Dec 12   On this day in history a truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait   

Dec 13   In the year 1983 martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's first female governor   

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Apr 28   Roger Johnson, English footballer was born in the year 1983.   

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   Yamini, Tamil Singer was born in the year 1983.   

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   In the year 1983 birth of louis Garrel, French actor   

Jan 02   On this day in history bernard George Stevens, composer, dies at 66   

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 in the year 1983.   

Jan 11   Nikolaj V Podgorny, president USSR, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 13   In the year 1983 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   Doodles Weaver, actor/comedian (Ring of Fire), shoots himself at 71 died on this day in history.