December 1983 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1983 Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury.
• 02 Dec 1983 Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time.
• 03 Dec 1983 Marilyn: An American Fable closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 performances
• 04 Dec 1983 Amen Corner closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
• 05 Dec 1983 Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
• 06 Dec 1983 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, killing six Israelis.
• 07 Dec 1983 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
• 08 Dec 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 - lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
• 09 Dec 1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 10 Dec 1983 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize.
• 11 Dec 1983 Jan Stephens / Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
• 12 Dec 1983 A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait.
• 13 Dec 1983 9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184
• 14 Dec 1983 Peg opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 15 Dec 1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
• 16 Dec 1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
• 17 Dec 1983 Peg closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 5 performances
• 18 Dec 1983 NBA San Diego Clippers end 29-game road losing streak.
• 19 Dec 1983 The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro.
• 20 Dec 1983 PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
• 21 Dec 1983 Tap Dance Kid opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
• 22 Dec 1983 Egyptian President Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
• 23 Dec 1983 Journal Science publishes first report on nuclear winter.
• 25 Dec 1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
• 27 Dec 1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca).
• 28 Dec 1983 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2).
• 29 Dec 1983 US announced withdrawal from UNESCO
• 31 Dec 1983 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain

Famous Birthday

• Jonah Hill

  American actor.

• Otylia Jedrzejczak
• Lucy Pinder

  Model.

• Nathalie Pechalat
• Aaron Rodgers

  American football quarterback for the Green Bay Packers of the NFL.

• Jennifer Hawkins

  Model.

• Deniz Çakir
• Danielle Lloyd
• Ashley Bashioum
• Daniela Ruah

  Portuguese actress.

• Lara Stone

  Model.

• Steven Yeun

  TV Actor.

• Alexander Wang

  Fashion Designer.

• Yannick Nyanga
• Sébastien Ogier

  French rally driver, his titles "champion of champions" in the rally world championships 2013, 14, and 15 are coming after the successes of...

• Audrey Santo

  American phenomena believed by thousands to be in possession of miraculous powers.

• Jana Kramer

  American actress.

• Patrick Flueger

  TV Actor.

• Simon Astier
• Andy Grammer

  R&B Singer.

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Famous Deaths

• Slim Pickens

  American film and TV actor, rodeo clown and veteran of the rodeo circuit.

• Robert Aldrich

  Director / producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65.

• Jimmy Demaret

  American golfer (Born 1910).

• David Rounds

  Actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53.

• Dorothy Cummings

  Actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84.

• Szymon Laks

  Composer, dies at 82.

• Mary Renault [Challans]

  British Author (Funeral games), dies at 78.

• Frank Link

  Actor (Burns & Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46.

• Rod Cameron

  Actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73.

• Fifi d'Orsay

  Canadian actress (Born 1904).

• Nichita Stanescu

  Romanian poet (Born 1933).

• Edgar Graham

  member of Northern Ireland Assembly, shot dead by Irish Republican Army.

• Kusan Sunim

  found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at age 74.

• Joan Miro

  Spanish artist, considered the best of the surrealists, whose style was marked with zips and twinkles, and odd-looking human and animal...

• Walter Scott

  Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet, popular throughout much of the world in the 19th century.

• Leora Dana

  Actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60.

• Debs Garms

  American baseball player (Born 1907).

• Violet Carson

  English actress and singer (d. 1983).

• Alexander Schmemann

  Estonian Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (Born 1921).

• Mirsky

  Mathematician.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
2. Paul McCartney - Say Say Say
3. Daryl Hall & John Oates - Say It Isn't So
4. Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
5. Duran Duran - Union Of The Snake

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Flying Pickets - Only You
2. Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
3. Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
4. Paul McCartney - Pipes Of Peace
5. Paul Young - Love Of The Common People