Page 4: Historical Events In 1983

Mar 05   Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Conservative) in the year 1983.   

Mar 06   Helmut Kohl's CDU/CSU wins West German parliament elections on this day in history.   

Mar 06   New Bedford MA woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table in the year 1983.   

Mar 06   On this day in history thelma Pelish, actress (Pajama Game), dies at 55   

Mar 07   On this day in history august Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups   

Mar 07   Igor Markevich, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 07   TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV on this day in history.   

Mar 08   House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR on this day in history.   

Mar 08   On this day in history iBM releases PC DOS version 2.0   

Mar 08   In the year 1983 president Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"   

Mar 08   William T Walton, English composer (Belhazzar's feast), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Caryl Churchill's "Fen", premieres in London in the year 1983.   

Mar 09   Faye Emerson, actress (I've Got a Secret), dies of cancer at 65 in the year 1983.   

Mar 09   In the year 1983 zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana   

Mar 11   In the year 1983 donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow   

Mar 11   In the year 1983 world Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

Mar 11   On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)   

Mar 11   World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) on this day in history.   

Mar 11   World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Jevsei G Liberman, Ukraine economist (Plan, profit, bonus), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

Mar 13   Louison Bobet, French cyclist (Tour de France 1953-55), dies at 58 in the year 1983.   

Mar 14   On this day in history maurice Ronet, actor (Circle of Love, Frantic, Sphinx), dies at 55   

Mar 14   In the year 1983 oPEC cut oil prices for first time in 23 years   

Mar 15   Jose Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Karnataka beat Bombay on first innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1983 arthur Godfrey, TV host (Arthur Godrey Show), dies at 79   

Mar 17   On this day in history 9th People's Choice Awards   

Mar 18   Umberto of Piemonte, King Umberto II of Italy (1946), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1983 kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open   

Mar 21   In the year 1983 only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled   

Mar 22   On this day in history chaim Herzog elected Israeli president   

Mar 23   Barney B. Clark, survived for 112 days before his death, the Jarvick 7, an artificial heart made of polyurethane and aluminum on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Barney Clark, 1st artifical heart recipient, dies after 112 days at 62 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   In the year 1983 uS President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)   

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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   On this day in history birth of yamini, Tamil Singer   

May 22   On this day in history birth of john Hopkins, Anglo-American motorcycling racer   

Jun 07   On this day in history birth of mark Lowe, American baseball player   

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   In the year 1983 august Cool, Belgian trade union leader, dies at 79   

Jan 08   In the year 1983 gale Page, actress (4 Daughters, Knute Rockney), dies of cancer at 72   

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

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 on this day in history.