August 1983 calendar

August 1983
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 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 August 1983: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1983?

Events

01 Aug 1983 America West Airlines begins operations out of Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.
02 Aug 1983 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
03 Aug 1983 John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91m house of cards.
04 Aug 1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as Premier of Italy
06 Aug 1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
07 Aug 1983 Merlin closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 199 performances
08 Aug 1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV
12 Aug 1983 General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army
14 Aug 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
15 Aug 1983 Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
16 Aug 1983 Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher
18 Aug 1983 Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing pine-tar game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order
19 Aug 1983 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
20 Aug 1983 Miss National Teen-Ager
21 Aug 1983 La Cage aux Folles opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances
24 Aug 1983 Cin Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745
25 Aug 1983 US and the USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
26 Aug 1983 Heavy rain triggers flooding at Bilbao (Spain) and surrounding areas, killing 45 people and causing millions in damages.
27 Aug 1983 Haiti adopts constitution
28 Aug 1983 Mame closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances
30 Aug 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched
31 Aug 1983 Edwin Moses of USA sets the 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz.
04 Aug 1983 Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, president of the military government of Upper Volta, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Captain Thomas Sankara.