October 1983 calendar

October 1983
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 1983.
The US president was Ronald Reagan (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Margaret Thatcher (Conservative), Pope St John Paul II was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on October 1983: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1983?

Events

01 Oct 1983 Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America
02 Oct 1983 Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions
03 Oct 1983 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release Say, Say, Say in the UK
04 Oct 1983 Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 1019 kph (633.468 mph), driving Thrust 2 jet-powered car at the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
05 Oct 1983 Lech Walesa of Poland wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
06 Oct 1983 New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea Stadium for the Meadowlands Coliseum.
07 Oct 1983 In New York, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs.
08 Oct 1983 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7
09 Oct 1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
10 Oct 1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
11 Oct 1983 Last hand-cranked telephones in the US go out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, are switched over to direct-dial.
12 Oct 1983 5225 Loral and 5424 Covington
13 Oct 1983 Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
14 Oct 1983 US Marine peacekeeper Sargeant Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut, Lebanon.
15 Oct 1983 Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals
16 Oct 1983 Zorba opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 362 performances
17 Oct 1983 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu
19 Oct 1983 Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility
20 Oct 1983 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
21 Oct 1983 Pope John Paul II names 3 new Dutch bishops
22 Oct 1983 Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
23 Oct 1983 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
25 Oct 1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1 / 2,000 its population
29 Oct 1983 550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
30 Oct 1983 The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
31 Oct 1983 Paul McCartney releases Pipes of Peace album
04 Oct 1983 Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.