Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1983. This year saw 261 significant events. 41 notable figures were born. 6 notable figures passed away.
'New Age' music radio program "Hearts of Space," hosted by Stephen Hill, makes its national syndication debut on U.S. National Public Radio
IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals for his pentathlon and decathlon victories, 70 years after they were stripped from him for accepting $25 to play semi-pro baseball
Film genius Jerry Lewis (56) marries 2nd wife dancer SanDee Pitnick
Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs on CBS, a two-hour special directed by series star Alan Alda titled "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"; a record 125 million viewers watch in the US
Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential...
Producer Dick Wolf (36) divorces Susan Scranton after more than 13 years of marriage
British actress Joan Collins (49) divorces fourth husband, American businessman Ron Kass (48), after 11 years of marriage
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their fifth and final studio album Synchronicity (1983).
Rock guitarist Slash first hears Axl Rose singing with the band Rapidfire at Gazzarri’s On The Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles, California
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
Film director Philippe de Broca (50) weds actress Margot Kidder (34) in France
James Howard Woods is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well...
The 1983 America's Cup was a 12-metre class yacht racing series which pitted the defending New York Yacht Club's Liberty against the Royal Perth Yacht Club's challenger, Australia II.
Can't Slow Down is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lionel Richie.
US Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday, observed on the third Monday in January (on or near his January 15 birthday)
"Thriller" single released worldwide by Michael Jackson
Businessman Vidal Sassoon (55) weds dressage champion Jeanette Hartford-Davis
British theatrical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (35) divorces Sarah Hugill after more than 11 years of marriage
The Day After is a 1983 American television film directed by Nicholas Meyer. The war film postulates a fictional conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact over Germany that rapidly escalates into a...
Actor Ed Harris (33) weds actress Amy Madigan (33)
Garry Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
Dallas running back Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yard rush in the Cowboys' 31-27 defeat at Minnesota Vikings
NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
Billy Martin named NY Yankees manager for the third time
LA Kings' center Marcel Dionne picks up his 24th NHL career hat-trick and adds 3 assists for 6 points in a 9-7 win at Washington; Kings' first road win after 8 straight losses
Dutch political party DS'70 disbands
Dick Motta becomes the 5th NBA coach to record 600 wins as his Dallas Mavericks defeat the Golden State Warriors, 112-102 in Oakland, California
The Bollingen Prize for Poetry is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet. Every two years, the award recognizes a poet for best new volume of work or lifetime achievement.
Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other...
China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
Dutch British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
Pilot tunnel breaks through under the Tsugaru Strait, for Seikan Tunnel project to connect Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan, by rail
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1979. They were best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", "It's a...
Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
In an effort to reduce driving deaths, a new law in UK requires drivers and front-seat passengers to wear seatbelts
USSR performs underground nuclear test
CBS' premiere of fact based WW2 drama "The Scarlet and the Black", based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Voeren] ; French: Fourons [fuʁɔ̃]) is a Flemish Dutch-speaking municipality with facilities for the French-speaking minority, located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
"José Cuervo" is a song written and originally recorded by Cindy Jordan in 1981. It was released as a single by American country music artist Shelly West in February 1983 to commercial success. After...
Belgium buys 44 F-16s
Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people in one of Australia's worst ever fires
Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
Indiana Pacers lose, 121-94 in Milwaukee; begin a 28 NBA game losing streak on the road
25th Daytona 500: 3rd win in the event for Cale Yarborough; first time an in-car camera goes into victory lane before a national CBS Sports audience
Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 m 7.1 s
25th Grammy Awards: "Roxanna"and "Toto IV"; Men at Work win
A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres.
Alpine skier Tamara McKinney becomes the first American woman to top the overall World Cup standings with 225 points
Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw is admitted to hospital for surgery to repair his throwing arm under the alias 'Tom Brady'
U.S. Public Health Service's publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines flight 013 is hijacked by four men with knives demanding to fly to Vienna, Austria
House Foreign Affairs Com endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR
Caryl Lesley Churchill is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.
Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
Cricket is the most popular sport in India. It is played almost everywhere in the country. The Board of Control for Cricket in India is the governing body of cricket in India.
Smallest crowd of 1,814 attend NBA Cavaliers vs. NY Nets game at Cleveland Coliseum
Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
Chaim Herzog was an Irish-Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as President of Israel from 1983 to 1993.
Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec)
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) begins trading in crude oil future
Anti-nuclear protests began on a small scale in the U.S. as early as 1946 in response to Operation Crossroads.
6th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 1 launches
France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
6th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 1 returns to Earth
Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
Tokyo Disneyland is a 126-acre (51 ha) theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, near Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo...
1st National Coin Week begins
A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
France performs nuclear test
£1 coin introduced in the United Kingdom
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election
Nightline (or ABC News Nightline) is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the...
Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for 1st time
Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
"She Blinded Me with Science" is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom on 25 October 1982.
Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
36th Cannes Film Festival: "Narayama Bushiko" (The Ballad of Narayama ) directed by Japanese director Shohei Imamura wins the Palme d'Or
Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington, D.C.
"Bang the Drum All Day" is a song from Todd Rundgren's 1982 album The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, released as a single in April 1983.
Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
Bruno Kreisky was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1966 and as chancellor from 1970 to 1983.
LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
Contempt of Congress is the misdemeanor act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees. Historically, the bribery of a U.S. senator or U.S.
Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" released in Germany
Prolific studio drummer Jim Gordon murders his mother, Osa Marie Gordon in North Hollywood, California. [1]
The 37th Annual Tony Awards was held at the Gershwin Theatre on June 5, 1983, and broadcast by CBS television. Hosts were Richard Burton, Lena Horne, and Jack Lemmon.
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod.
The 56th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on June 8–9, 1983, sponsored by the E.W.
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written by American songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth
NASA's Pioneer 10 becomes the 1st man-made object to leave the solar system
Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
Iran moves into northern Iraq (casualties top 13,800 in ten days)
Stephanie Kay Ashmore, of Alabama, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
7th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy; Player of Match: Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 3/12 from 7 overs
"Loving" premieres on TV
Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Joan Miro
Greenwich is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. It is the largest town on Connecticut's affluent Gold Coast.
KBS Special Live Broadcast “Finding Dispersed Families” begins daily in Korea, documenting reunion attempts after the Cold War (later included in UNESCO's Memory of the World) [1]
Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
11-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
Chad government troops reconquer Abéché
The Transvaal Attorney General announces that Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), and three associates will face terrorism charges, South Africa
Mario Bros. is a 1983 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's chief engineer.
Armenian extremists bomb Orly, France, killing 8 and injuring 54
Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities in Britain's worst helicopter accident
1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)
Despite being in 1st place tie in NL East, Philadelphia Phillies (43-42) fire manager Pat Corrales, replacing him with GM Paul Owens, eventually getting to World Series (losing to Baltimore)
The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Martial law in Poland (Polish: Stan wojenny w Polsce) existed between 13 December 1981 and 22 July 1983.
Australian pilot Dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world
Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a successful deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba, earning the nickname "Gimli Glider"
First non-human primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish in San Antonio
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
°F (40.3°C) in Garmersdorf (German record)
NASA launches Telstar-3A
Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.
Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft: 832 km/h (517 mph) in California
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
John Sain of South Bend, Indiana, builds a 3.91-meter (12.83-foot) house of cards
Bettino Craxi is sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy, the first Socialist to hold the office
American rock singer David Crosby sentenced to 5 years in Texas state prison on drug and weapons convictions
Bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of ANC, explodes at a synagogue in Johannesburg, South Africa
The 10th World Championships in Athletics (Finnish: Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2005, Swedish: Världsmästerskapen i friidrott 2005), under the auspices of the International Association...
Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone suffers a fractured skull from a kick to the head in a fight over a woman in Queens, NYC, and undergoes brain surgery
Hurricane Alicia was a small but powerful tropical cyclone that caused significant destruction in the Greater Houston area of Southeast Texas in August 1983.
Hurricane Alicia batters Houston and Galveston, Texas
Frederick Wayne Honeycutt, nicknamed "Honey", is an American former professional baseball coach and pitcher.
The South African anti-apartheid umbrella organization, United Democratic Front (UDF), is launched at Rocklands Community Centre in Cape Town, South Africa
Fayetteville ( FAY-ət-vil, locally FED-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Fort Bragg, a U.S.
Triple-A baseball's Louisville Redbirds break the one-million-fan milestone
Bilbao or Bilbo is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the autonomous community of the Basque Country.
Haiti adopts a constitution
Greg Luzinski becomes the first player to hit three home runs onto the roof at Comiskey Park, Chicago
8th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 3 launches for a 6-day excursion
Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
Californian skier Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed record at 119.36 mph (191.51 km/h)
Greg LeMond wins UCI World Road Race Championship in 7h 01' 21" in Altenrhein, Switzerland; first American cyclist to take the title
Eighth NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 3 lands at Edwards AFB
Soviet Union admits to shooting down the South Korean airliner KAL 007 on September 1
Drury Gallagher wins the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in an unofficial world record time of 6:41:35
NASA launches RCA-6
Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that the men's 100th-ranked tennis player could beat Martina Navratilova
Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in a Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards
Albert Rizzo treads water at sea for 108 hours and 9 minutes
Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
MLB Oakland A's outfielder Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
Texan San Jacinto county sheriff James "Humpy" Parker convicted of violating inmates civil rights and of torture
Franklin Bradshaw was a Utah industrialist who was murdered on July 23, 1978, by his grandson, Marc Schreuder, at the instigation of his daughter, Frances Berenice Schreuder. The case inspired...
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
Action series "Hardcastle and McCormick" premieres on ABC in the US
David Slowinski on 2 CRAY-1 comp's find 2^132049-1 prime #
3,112 turn out to see the Pirates play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth and longest serving president of the...
Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1983 stage play written by the American playwright David Mamet.
Chinese Zhu Jianhua sets a high jump record at 7 feet 9 3/4 inches (2.38 m)
Argentine military regime grants amnesty to military and political assassins
MLB Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton becomes the 16th pitcher to win 300 games, beating the Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis
MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry (45) announces his retirement after 22 seasons, with a career record of 314-265, a 3.11 ERA, and 3,534 strikeouts
Dale Bryan Murphy is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for three National League (NL) teams, mainly the Atlanta Braves, from 1976 to 1993.
Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad, scores 6 in drawn 2second Test vs. India in Jullundur and goes on to play 45 Tests
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks a 56-yard field goal, setting a New York Giants record
Cardinals' Bob Forsch pitches his second career no-hitter, beating the Montreal Expos 3-0 in St. Louis
South African workers' union leader Curnick Ndlovu is freed from prison after 19 years
Tim Raines is the first since Ty Cobb to steal 70 bases and drive in 70 runs
STS-9 vehicle moves to the launch pad
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping...
Miss America 1984, the 57th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1983, on NBC Network.
Richard Noble, driving Thrust2, reaches a new land speed record of 650.88 mph (1,047.49 km/h) at Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Edmonton superstar Wayne Gretzky scores a goal and an assist in a 5-4 win over Toronto in the Oilers' season opener; starts NHL record 51-game scoring streak; ends 28/1/84
China performs a nuclear test at Lop Nor, People's Republic of China
NHL New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York.
NFL Buffalo Bills QB Joe Ferguson passes for 419 yards with 5 TDs, winning 38-35 in overtime over the Dolphins in Miami
Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
Grenada Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard launches a leftist coup within the revolutionary government and takes power for 3 days
The 1983 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
Gérard Debreu was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel...
The People’s Revolutionary Army (PRA) was the military of Grenada between 1979 and 1983. The People's Revolutionary Militia served as its reserve force.
IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 is released
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates in Marion, Illinois, inspiring the supermax prison model
,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile
US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!)
Hugh Whitemore's "Pack of Lies" premieres in London
,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missiles
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as president of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989.
Pipes of Peace is the fourth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. It was released on 31 October 1983.
Nashville Network begins on cable TV
Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler retains world middleweight boxing title with a 15-round unanimous points decision over Roberto Durán at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; first time Hagler taken the distance as champion
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in international cricket.
4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England.
75th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope separation.
Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
Jari Kurri becomes the first Finnish ice hockey player to score five goals in a game
Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L, sometimes known as Soyuz T-10a or Soyuz T-10-1, was an unsuccessful Soyuz mission intended to visit the Salyut 7 space station, which was occupied by the Soyuz T-9 crew.
£26 million worth of gold, diamonds, and cash is stolen from the Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, London, in one of the world's greatest robberies
Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181
9th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: STS-9 flown on the orbiter Columbia [1]
USSR conducts a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Denver Nuggets coach Doug Moe, hopelessly behind, advises the team to let the Blazers break their scoring record
49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota North Stars 6-0
12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
9th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 6 lands at Edwards AFB
American cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock, aged 81, is the first woman to be solely awarded Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of genetic transposition in maize [1]
Lech Wałęsa is a Polish statesman, dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995.
A truck bomb explodes at US Embassy in Kuwait
9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
Last 80 US combat soldiers in Grenada withdrawn
Riverside, California judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach.
Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die
The 1983–84 NBA season was the 38th season of the National Basketball Association.
The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, becomes 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
Journal "Science" publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
1st live telecast of Christmas Parade at the EPCOT Centre, Disney World Florida
Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan at the MCG
US threatens to leave UNESCO after objecting to its domination by a coalition of third world and Soviet bloc nations
Australian cricket batsman Graham Yallop completes a painstaking 268 (716 mins) v Pakistan in the drawn 4th Test in Melbourne
Indian cricket opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar scores an unbeaten 236 in drawn 6th Test v West Indies at Chennai; his 4th Test double century and 30th century, surpassing Don Bradman's record of 29
Kim Jong-un is born
Justin Gatlin, American athlete, known for american sprinter, was born on 1983-02-10. Justin Alexander Gatlin is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters.
Bobi Wine, Ugandan musician, known for national unity platform president, was born on 1983-02-12.
Li Na is born
Ben Roethlisberger athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1983-03-02.
Jessica Biel, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-03-03. Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress.
Dan Carter is born
Thora Birch, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-03-11. Thora Birch is an American actress.
Constance Wu, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-03-22. Constance Wu is an American actress.
Chloé Zhao, Chinese chinese-born filmmaker, known for chinese-born filmmaker, was born on 1983-03-31. Chloé Zhao is a Chinese filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films.
Taran Killam is born
Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress, known for canadian actress, was born on 1983-04-03. Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders is a Canadian actress.
Seth Rogen, Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker, known for canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker, was born on 1983-04-15.
Kaká, Brazilian athlete, known for brazilian footballer, was born on 1983-04-22. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, commonly known as Kaká or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional…
Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter and tv personality, known for american singer-songwriter and tv personality, was born on 1983-04-24.
Kirsten Dunst, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-04-30. Kirsten Caroline Dunst ( KEER-stən; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress.
Jamie Dornan actor, model and musician from northern ireland, known for actor, model and musician from northern ireland, was born on 1983-05-01.
Justine Henin, Belgian athlete, known for belgian former tennis player, was born on 1983-06-01. Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
Diana Taurasi, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1983-06-11. Diana Lorena Taurasi is an American former professional basketball player.
Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete, known for ethiopian long-distance runner, was born on 1983-06-13.
Prince William, British heir apparent to the british throne, known for heir apparent to the british throne, was born on 1983-06-21.
Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, known for indian actress, was born on 1983-07-18. Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress and producer.
Elisabeth Moss, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1983-07-24. Elisabeth Singleton Moss is an American actor, director, and producer.
Caroline Shaw, American musician, known for american composer, was born on 1983-08-01. Caroline Adelaide Shaw is an American composer of contemporary classical music, violinist, and singer.
Sebastian Stan, American romanian-born american actor, known for romanian-born american actor, was born on 1983-08-13. Sebastian Stan is a Romanian-born American actor.
John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, and writer, known for american comedian, actor, and writer, was born on 1983-08-26.
LeAnn Rimes, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1983-08-28. Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
Andy Roddick, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1983-08-30. Andrew Stephen Roddick is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.
Misty Copeland, American musician, known for american ballet dancer and author, was born on 1983-09-10. Misty Danielle Copeland is an American ballet dancer and author.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian belarusian opposition leader, known for belarusian opposition leader, was born on 1983-09-11.
Billie Piper, English actress and former singer, known for english actress and former singer, was born on 1983-09-22. Billie Paul Piper is an English actress and former singer.
Lil Wayne musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1983-09-27. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.
Louis Oosthuizen, South African athlete, known for south african professional golfer, was born on 1983-10-19.
Matt Smith, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1983-10-28. Matthew Robert Smith is an English actor.
Anne Hathaway, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-11-12. Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress.
Michael Essien, Danish athlete, known for ghanaian association football player, was born on 1983-12-03.
Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian musician, known for trinidadian rapper and singer, was born on 1983-12-08.
Sultan Kösen, Turkish tallest living man, known for tallest living man, was born on 1983-12-10.
Charlie Cox, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1983-12-15. Charlie Thomas Cox is an English actor.
Alison Brie, American actress and writer, known for american actress and writer, was born on 1983-12-29. Alison Brie Schermerhorn is an American actress, writer, and producer.
Carol E. Reiley is born
Meyer Lansky, American russian-born american gangster, known for russian-born american gangster, died on 1983-01-15.
Tennessee Williams, American playwright, known for american playwright, died on 1983-02-25.
Hergé, Belgian cartoonist, known for belgian cartoonist, died on 1983-03-03. Georges Prosper Remi, known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a…
Pete Farndon, English bassist, known for english bassist, died on 1983-04-14. Peter Granville Farndon (12 June 1952 – 14 April 1983) was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the…
Jack Dempsey, American boxer, known for american boxer, died on 1983-05-31. William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an…
Ira Gershwin, American lyricist, known for american lyricist, died on 1983-08-17. Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create…
'New Age' music radio program "Hearts of Space," hosted by Stephen Hill, makes its national syndication debut on U.S. National Public Radio
IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals for his pentathlon and decathlon victories, 70 years after they were stripped from him for accepting $25 to play semi-pro baseball
Film genius Jerry Lewis (56) marries 2nd wife dancer SanDee Pitnick
Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs on CBS, a two-hour special directed by series star Alan Alda titled "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen"; a record 125 million viewers watch in the US
Francis Ford Coppola ( KOH-pə-lə; born April 7, 1939) is an American filmmaker. One of the leading figures of the New Hollywood, Coppola is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential...
Producer Dick Wolf (36) divorces Susan Scranton after more than 13 years of marriage
British actress Joan Collins (49) divorces fourth husband, American businessman Ron Kass (48), after 11 years of marriage
"Every Breath You Take" is a song by the English rock band the Police from their fifth and final studio album Synchronicity (1983).
Rock guitarist Slash first hears Axl Rose singing with the band Rapidfire at Gazzarri’s On The Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles, California
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
Film director Philippe de Broca (50) weds actress Margot Kidder (34) in France
James Howard Woods is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award, as well...
The 1983 America's Cup was a 12-metre class yacht racing series which pitted the defending New York Yacht Club's Liberty against the Royal Perth Yacht Club's challenger, Australia II.
Can't Slow Down is the second solo studio album by American recording artist Lionel Richie.
US Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a federal holiday, observed on the third Monday in January (on or near his January 15 birthday)
"Thriller" single released worldwide by Michael Jackson
Businessman Vidal Sassoon (55) weds dressage champion Jeanette Hartford-Davis
British theatrical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (35) divorces Sarah Hugill after more than 11 years of marriage
The Day After is a 1983 American television film directed by Nicholas Meyer. The war film postulates a fictional conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact over Germany that rapidly escalates into a...
Actor Ed Harris (33) weds actress Amy Madigan (33)
Garry Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
Dallas running back Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yard rush in the Cowboys' 31-27 defeat at Minnesota Vikings
NY Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring NY Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
Billy Martin named NY Yankees manager for the third time
LA Kings' center Marcel Dionne picks up his 24th NHL career hat-trick and adds 3 assists for 6 points in a 9-7 win at Washington; Kings' first road win after 8 straight losses
Dutch political party DS'70 disbands
Dick Motta becomes the 5th NBA coach to record 600 wins as his Dallas Mavericks defeat the Golden State Warriors, 112-102 in Oakland, California
The Bollingen Prize for Poetry is a literary honor bestowed on an American poet. Every two years, the award recognizes a poet for best new volume of work or lifetime achievement.
Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
A telethon (a portmanteau of "television" and "marathon") is a televised fundraising event that lasts many hours or days, the purpose of which is to raise money for a charitable, political or other...
China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
Dutch British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
Pilot tunnel breaks through under the Tsugaru Strait, for Seikan Tunnel project to connect Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan, by rail
Men at Work are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1979. They were best known for breakthrough hits such as "Down Under", "Who Can It Be Now?", "Be Good Johnny", "Overkill", "It's a...
Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
In an effort to reduce driving deaths, a new law in UK requires drivers and front-seat passengers to wear seatbelts
USSR performs underground nuclear test
CBS' premiere of fact based WW2 drama "The Scarlet and the Black", based on the life of Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty
Voeren] ; French: Fourons [fuʁɔ̃]) is a Flemish Dutch-speaking municipality with facilities for the French-speaking minority, located in the Belgian province of Limburg.
"José Cuervo" is a song written and originally recorded by Cindy Jordan in 1981. It was released as a single by American country music artist Shelly West in February 1983 to commercial success. After...
Belgium buys 44 F-16s
Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia claim the lives of 75 people in one of Australia's worst ever fires
Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
Indiana Pacers lose, 121-94 in Milwaukee; begin a 28 NBA game losing streak on the road
25th Daytona 500: 3rd win in the event for Cale Yarborough; first time an in-car camera goes into victory lane before a national CBS Sports audience
Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 m 7.1 s
25th Grammy Awards: "Roxanna"and "Toto IV"; Men at Work win
A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish former track and field athlete who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5,000 metres.
Alpine skier Tamara McKinney becomes the first American woman to top the overall World Cup standings with 225 points
Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw is admitted to hospital for surgery to repair his throwing arm under the alias 'Tom Brady'
U.S. Public Health Service's publishes its guidelines for blood donors and AIDS
Balkan Bulgarian Airlines flight 013 is hijacked by four men with knives demanding to fly to Vienna, Austria
House Foreign Affairs Com endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR
Caryl Lesley Churchill is a British playwright known for dramatising the abuses of power, for her use of non-naturalistic techniques, and for her exploration of sexual politics and feminist themes.
Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:51:49)
1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
Cricket is the most popular sport in India. It is played almost everywhere in the country. The Board of Control for Cricket in India is the governing body of cricket in India.
Smallest crowd of 1,814 attend NBA Cavaliers vs. NY Nets game at Cleveland Coliseum
Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
Chaim Herzog was an Irish-Israeli politician, military officer, lawyer and author who served as President of Israel from 1983 to 1993.
Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 m ladies (39.69 sec)
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) begins trading in crude oil future
Anti-nuclear protests began on a small scale in the U.S. as early as 1946 in response to Operation Crossroads.
6th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 1 launches
France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
6th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 1 returns to Earth
Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
Tokyo Disneyland is a 126-acre (51 ha) theme park at the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, near Tokyo in Chiba Prefecture, Japan Its main gate is directly adjacent to both Maihama Station and Tokyo...
1st National Coin Week begins
A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
France performs nuclear test
£1 coin introduced in the United Kingdom
Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election
Nightline (or ABC News Nightline) is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the...
Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1,200 for 1st time
Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California
China performs nuclear test at Lop Nor, PRC
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 AUs of Earth
"She Blinded Me with Science" is a song by the English musician Thomas Dolby, released in 1982. It was first released as a single in the United Kingdom on 25 October 1982.
Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia.
Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
36th Cannes Film Festival: "Narayama Bushiko" (The Ballad of Narayama ) directed by Japanese director Shohei Imamura wins the Palme d'Or
Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington, D.C.
"Bang the Drum All Day" is a song from Todd Rundgren's 1982 album The Ever Popular Tortured Artist Effect, released as a single in April 1983.
Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit HR
Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
Bruno Kreisky was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as foreign minister from 1959 to 1966 and as chancellor from 1970 to 1983.
LA Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
Contempt of Congress is the misdemeanor act of obstructing the work of the United States Congress or one of its committees. Historically, the bribery of a U.S. senator or U.S.
Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" released in Germany
Prolific studio drummer Jim Gordon murders his mother, Osa Marie Gordon in North Hollywood, California. [1]
The 37th Annual Tony Awards was held at the Gershwin Theatre on June 5, 1983, and broadcast by CBS television. Hosts were Richard Burton, Lena Horne, and Jack Lemmon.
Trading Places is a 1983 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod.
The 56th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on June 8–9, 1983, sponsored by the E.W.
"(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" is a song written by American songwriting duo Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Comet C/1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth
NASA's Pioneer 10 becomes the 1st man-made object to leave the solar system
Charlos Vieira completes 191 hr "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
Iran moves into northern Iraq (casualties top 13,800 in ten days)
Stephanie Kay Ashmore, of Alabama, 18, crowned America's Junior Miss
1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
7th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy; Player of Match: Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 3/12 from 7 overs
"Loving" premieres on TV
Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Joan Miro
Greenwich is a town in southwestern Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 63,518. It is the largest town on Connecticut's affluent Gold Coast.
KBS Special Live Broadcast “Finding Dispersed Families” begins daily in Korea, documenting reunion attempts after the Cold War (later included in UNESCO's Memory of the World) [1]
Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
11-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
Chad government troops reconquer Abéché
The Transvaal Attorney General announces that Eugène Terre'Blanche, leader of the far-right Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), and three associates will face terrorism charges, South Africa
Mario Bros. is a 1983 platform game developed and published by Nintendo for arcades. It was designed by Shigeru Miyamoto and Gunpei Yokoi, Nintendo's chief engineer.
Armenian extremists bomb Orly, France, killing 8 and injuring 54
Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities in Britain's worst helicopter accident
1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)
Despite being in 1st place tie in NL East, Philadelphia Phillies (43-42) fire manager Pat Corrales, replacing him with GM Paul Owens, eventually getting to World Series (losing to Baltimore)
The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published
France performs nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Martial law in Poland (Polish: Stan wojenny w Polsce) existed between 13 December 1981 and 22 July 1983.
Australian pilot Dick Smith makes first solo helicopter flight around the world
Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a successful deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba, earning the nickname "Gimli Glider"
First non-human primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish in San Antonio
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
°F (40.3°C) in Garmersdorf (German record)
NASA launches Telstar-3A
Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.
Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft: 832 km/h (517 mph) in California
STS-8 was the eighth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the third flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger.
John Sain of South Bend, Indiana, builds a 3.91-meter (12.83-foot) house of cards
Bettino Craxi is sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy, the first Socialist to hold the office
American rock singer David Crosby sentenced to 5 years in Texas state prison on drug and weapons convictions
Bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of ANC, explodes at a synagogue in Johannesburg, South Africa
The 10th World Championships in Athletics (Finnish: Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 2005, Swedish: Världsmästerskapen i friidrott 2005), under the auspices of the International Association...
Ramones guitarist Johnny Ramone suffers a fractured skull from a kick to the head in a fight over a woman in Queens, NYC, and undergoes brain surgery
Hurricane Alicia was a small but powerful tropical cyclone that caused significant destruction in the Greater Houston area of Southeast Texas in August 1983.
Hurricane Alicia batters Houston and Galveston, Texas
Frederick Wayne Honeycutt, nicknamed "Honey", is an American former professional baseball coach and pitcher.
The South African anti-apartheid umbrella organization, United Democratic Front (UDF), is launched at Rocklands Community Centre in Cape Town, South Africa
Fayetteville ( FAY-ət-vil, locally FED-vəl) is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. Fort Bragg, a U.S.
Triple-A baseball's Louisville Redbirds break the one-million-fan milestone
Bilbao or Bilbo is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the autonomous community of the Basque Country.
Haiti adopts a constitution
Greg Luzinski becomes the first player to hit three home runs onto the roof at Comiskey Park, Chicago
8th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 3 launches for a 6-day excursion
Edwin Moses of USA sets 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
Californian skier Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed record at 119.36 mph (191.51 km/h)
Greg LeMond wins UCI World Road Race Championship in 7h 01' 21" in Altenrhein, Switzerland; first American cyclist to take the title
Eighth NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 3 lands at Edwards AFB
Soviet Union admits to shooting down the South Korean airliner KAL 007 on September 1
Drury Gallagher wins the Manhattan Island Marathon Swim in an unofficial world record time of 6:41:35
NASA launches RCA-6
Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Vitas Gerulaitis bets his house that the men's 100th-ranked tennis player could beat Martina Navratilova
Pittsburgh running back Franco Harris runs for 118 yards in a Steelers 25-21 win at Green Bay to become only the third player in NFL history to rush for 11,000 yards
Albert Rizzo treads water at sea for 108 hours and 9 minutes
Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
MLB Oakland A's outfielder Rickey Henderson 3rd straight 100 steals for season
Texan San Jacinto county sheriff James "Humpy" Parker convicted of violating inmates civil rights and of torture
Franklin Bradshaw was a Utah industrialist who was murdered on July 23, 1978, by his grandson, Marc Schreuder, at the instigation of his daughter, Frances Berenice Schreuder. The case inspired...
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division.
Action series "Hardcastle and McCormick" premieres on ABC in the US
David Slowinski on 2 CRAY-1 comp's find 2^132049-1 prime #
3,112 turn out to see the Pirates play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. (September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino lawyer, politician, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth and longest serving president of the...
Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1983 stage play written by the American playwright David Mamet.
Chinese Zhu Jianhua sets a high jump record at 7 feet 9 3/4 inches (2.38 m)
Argentine military regime grants amnesty to military and political assassins
MLB Philadelphia Phillies' Steve Carlton becomes the 16th pitcher to win 300 games, beating the Cardinals 6-2 in St. Louis
MLB pitcher Gaylord Perry (45) announces his retirement after 22 seasons, with a career record of 314-265, a 3.11 ERA, and 3,534 strikeouts
Dale Bryan Murphy is an American former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for three National League (NL) teams, mainly the Atlanta Braves, from 1976 to 1993.
Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad, scores 6 in drawn 2second Test vs. India in Jullundur and goes on to play 45 Tests
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks a 56-yard field goal, setting a New York Giants record
Cardinals' Bob Forsch pitches his second career no-hitter, beating the Montreal Expos 3-0 in St. Louis
South African workers' union leader Curnick Ndlovu is freed from prison after 19 years
Tim Raines is the first since Ty Cobb to steal 70 bases and drive in 70 runs
STS-9 vehicle moves to the launch pad
On October 23, 1983, two truck bombs were detonated at buildings in Beirut, Lebanon, housing American and French service members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon (MNF), a military peacekeeping...
Miss America 1984, the 57th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 17, 1983, on NBC Network.
Richard Noble, driving Thrust2, reaches a new land speed record of 650.88 mph (1,047.49 km/h) at Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Edmonton superstar Wayne Gretzky scores a goal and an assist in a 5-4 win over Toronto in the Oilers' season opener; starts NHL record 51-game scoring streak; ends 28/1/84
China performs a nuclear test at Lop Nor, People's Republic of China
NHL New York Islanders' Mike Bossy's 25th career hat trick
The New York Islanders (colloquially known as the Isles) are a professional ice hockey team based in Elmont, New York.
NFL Buffalo Bills QB Joe Ferguson passes for 419 yards with 5 TDs, winning 38-35 in overtime over the Dolphins in Miami
Ameritech Mobile Communications (now Cingular) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
Grenada Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard launches a leftist coup within the revolutionary government and takes power for 3 days
The 1983 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season.
Gérard Debreu was a French-born economist and mathematician. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel...
The People’s Revolutionary Army (PRA) was the military of Grenada between 1979 and 1983. The People's Revolutionary Militia served as its reserve force.
IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 is released
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005.
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates in Marion, Illinois, inspiring the supermax prison model
,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile
US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!)
Hugh Whitemore's "Pack of Lies" premieres in London
,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missiles
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as president of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989.
Pipes of Peace is the fourth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul McCartney. It was released on 31 October 1983.
Nashville Network begins on cable TV
Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California
Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler retains world middleweight boxing title with a 15-round unanimous points decision over Roberto Durán at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas; first time Hagler taken the distance as champion
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in international cricket.
4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas
Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp was a series of protest camps established to protest against nuclear weapons being placed at RAF Greenham Common in Berkshire, England.
75th hat trick in NHL New York Islander franchise history, scored by Mike Bossy
Enriched uranium is a type of uranium in which the percent composition of uranium-235 (written 235U) has been increased through the process of isotope separation.
Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
Jari Kurri becomes the first Finnish ice hockey player to score five goals in a game
Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L, sometimes known as Soyuz T-10a or Soyuz T-10-1, was an unsuccessful Soyuz mission intended to visit the Salyut 7 space station, which was occupied by the Soyuz T-9 crew.
£26 million worth of gold, diamonds, and cash is stolen from the Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, London, in one of the world's greatest robberies
Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181
9th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: STS-9 flown on the orbiter Columbia [1]
USSR conducts a nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Denver Nuggets coach Doug Moe, hopelessly behind, advises the team to let the Blazers break their scoring record
49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota North Stars 6-0
12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
9th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Columbia 6 lands at Edwards AFB
American cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock, aged 81, is the first woman to be solely awarded Nobel prize for Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of genetic transposition in maize [1]
Lech Wałęsa is a Polish statesman, dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995.
A truck bomb explodes at US Embassy in Kuwait
9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
Last 80 US combat soldiers in Grenada withdrawn
Riverside, California judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra was an American professional baseball catcher who later took on the roles of manager and coach.
Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die
The 1983–84 NBA season was the 38th season of the National Basketball Association.
The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro
El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador, is a country in Central America.
Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, becomes 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
Journal "Science" publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
1st live telecast of Christmas Parade at the EPCOT Centre, Disney World Florida
Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan at the MCG
US threatens to leave UNESCO after objecting to its domination by a coalition of third world and Soviet bloc nations
Australian cricket batsman Graham Yallop completes a painstaking 268 (716 mins) v Pakistan in the drawn 4th Test in Melbourne
Indian cricket opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar scores an unbeaten 236 in drawn 6th Test v West Indies at Chennai; his 4th Test double century and 30th century, surpassing Don Bradman's record of 29
Kim Jong-un is born
Justin Gatlin, American athlete, known for american sprinter, was born on 1983-02-10. Justin Alexander Gatlin is a retired American sprinter who competed in the 60 meters, 100 meters, and 200 meters.
Bobi Wine, Ugandan musician, known for national unity platform president, was born on 1983-02-12.
Li Na is born
Ben Roethlisberger athlete, known for american football player, was born on 1983-03-02.
Jessica Biel, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-03-03. Jessica Claire Timberlake is an American actress.
Dan Carter is born
Thora Birch, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-03-11. Thora Birch is an American actress.
Constance Wu, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-03-22. Constance Wu is an American actress.
Chloé Zhao, Chinese chinese-born filmmaker, known for chinese-born filmmaker, was born on 1983-03-31. Chloé Zhao is a Chinese filmmaker. She is known primarily for her work on independent films.
Taran Killam is born
Cobie Smulders, Canadian actress, known for canadian actress, was born on 1983-04-03. Jacoba Francisca Maria "Cobie" Smulders is a Canadian actress.
Seth Rogen, Canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker, known for canadian actor, comedian, and filmmaker, was born on 1983-04-15.
Kaká, Brazilian athlete, known for brazilian footballer, was born on 1983-04-22. Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite, commonly known as Kaká or Ricardo Kaká, is a Brazilian former professional…
Kelly Clarkson, American singer-songwriter and tv personality, known for american singer-songwriter and tv personality, was born on 1983-04-24.
Kirsten Dunst, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-04-30. Kirsten Caroline Dunst ( KEER-stən; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress.
Jamie Dornan actor, model and musician from northern ireland, known for actor, model and musician from northern ireland, was born on 1983-05-01.
Justine Henin, Belgian athlete, known for belgian former tennis player, was born on 1983-06-01. Justine Henin is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No.
Diana Taurasi, American athlete, known for american basketball player, was born on 1983-06-11. Diana Lorena Taurasi is an American former professional basketball player.
Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopian athlete, known for ethiopian long-distance runner, was born on 1983-06-13.
Prince William, British heir apparent to the british throne, known for heir apparent to the british throne, was born on 1983-06-21.
Priyanka Chopra, Indian actress, known for indian actress, was born on 1983-07-18. Priyanka Chopra Jonas is an Indian actress and producer.
Elisabeth Moss, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1983-07-24. Elisabeth Singleton Moss is an American actor, director, and producer.
Caroline Shaw, American musician, known for american composer, was born on 1983-08-01. Caroline Adelaide Shaw is an American composer of contemporary classical music, violinist, and singer.
Sebastian Stan, American romanian-born american actor, known for romanian-born american actor, was born on 1983-08-13. Sebastian Stan is a Romanian-born American actor.
John Mulaney, American comedian, actor, and writer, known for american comedian, actor, and writer, was born on 1983-08-26.
LeAnn Rimes, American musician, known for american singer, was born on 1983-08-28. Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian is an American singer, songwriter and actress.
Andy Roddick, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1983-08-30. Andrew Stephen Roddick is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.
Misty Copeland, American musician, known for american ballet dancer and author, was born on 1983-09-10. Misty Danielle Copeland is an American ballet dancer and author.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian belarusian opposition leader, known for belarusian opposition leader, was born on 1983-09-11.
Billie Piper, English actress and former singer, known for english actress and former singer, was born on 1983-09-22. Billie Paul Piper is an English actress and former singer.
Lil Wayne musician, known for american rapper, was born on 1983-09-27. Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper.
Louis Oosthuizen, South African athlete, known for south african professional golfer, was born on 1983-10-19.
Matt Smith, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1983-10-28. Matthew Robert Smith is an English actor.
Anne Hathaway, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1983-11-12. Anne Jacqueline Hathaway is an American actress.
Michael Essien, Danish athlete, known for ghanaian association football player, was born on 1983-12-03.
Nicki Minaj, Trinidadian musician, known for trinidadian rapper and singer, was born on 1983-12-08.
Sultan Kösen, Turkish tallest living man, known for tallest living man, was born on 1983-12-10.
Charlie Cox, English actor, known for english actor, was born on 1983-12-15. Charlie Thomas Cox is an English actor.
Alison Brie, American actress and writer, known for american actress and writer, was born on 1983-12-29. Alison Brie Schermerhorn is an American actress, writer, and producer.
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Meyer Lansky, American russian-born american gangster, known for russian-born american gangster, died on 1983-01-15.
Tennessee Williams, American playwright, known for american playwright, died on 1983-02-25.
Hergé, Belgian cartoonist, known for belgian cartoonist, died on 1983-03-03. Georges Prosper Remi, known by the pen name Hergé, from the French pronunciation of his reversed initials RG, was a…
Pete Farndon, English bassist, known for english bassist, died on 1983-04-14. Peter Granville Farndon (12 June 1952 – 14 April 1983) was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the…
Jack Dempsey, American boxer, known for american boxer, died on 1983-05-31. William Harrison "Jack" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983), nicknamed Kid Blackie and The Manassa Mauler, was an…
Ira Gershwin, American lyricist, known for american lyricist, died on 1983-08-17. Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create…