April 1983 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 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 April 1983: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 1983?
Events
- 01 Apr 1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England.
- 03 Apr 1983 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
- 04 Apr 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched.
- 05 Apr 1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats.
- 06 Apr 1983 Caps 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Isles hold 1-0 lead
- 07 Apr 1983 Caps 4-Isles 2 - Patrick Division Semifinals - series tied 1-1
- 09 Apr 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth.
- 10 Apr 1983 Caps 3-Isles 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Isles win series 3-2
- 11 Apr 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins
- 13 Apr 1983 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
- 14 Apr 1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Ranger
- 15 Apr 1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles hold 2-0 lead
- 16 Apr 1983 Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
- 17 Apr 1983 In Warsaw, Poland, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters.
- 18 Apr 1983 A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
- 20 Apr 1983 President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
- 21 Apr 1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
- 22 Apr 1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles win series 4-2
- 24 Apr 1983 Show Boat opens at Uris Theater NYC for 73 performances
- 25 Apr 1983 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR
- 26 Apr 1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
- 27 Apr 1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout King (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
- 28 Apr 1983 Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1
- 30 Apr 1983 Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead
- 07 Apr 1983 During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in April 1983?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
- Dexys Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
- Michael Jackson - Beat It
- Culture Club - Do You Really Want To Hurt Me
- Duran Duran - Hungry Like The Wolf
Top #5 songs in the UK
- David Bowie - Let's Dance
- Spandau Ballet - True
- Duran Duran - Is There Something I Should Know?
- Heaven 17 - Temptation
- Culture Club - Church Of The Poison Mind
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Books
Which were the most popular books released in April 1983?
Working Out
By: Charles Hix
Do you want men to have rock-hard abs in a very short time? This book is perfect for that.
White Gold Wielder
By: Stephen R. Donaldson
Thomas Covenant understood that, despite his failure at the Isle of The One Tree he needed to return to The Land to fight.
The Valley Of Horses
By: Jean M. Auel
This extraordinary journey into the distant past takes us back to the amazing mysteries of The Clan of the Cave Bear's exotic, primeval world, and to Ayla now a young, brave woman.
