June 1983 calendar

Events

• 02 Jun 1983 1980 movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, released in Germany
• 04 Jun 1983 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec
• 05 Jun 1983 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win
• 06 Jun 1983 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff
• 07 Jun 1983 Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies strikes out Lonnie Smith for his 3,522nd career strikeout to pass Nolan Ryan as the all-time strikeout leader.
• 08 Jun 1983 Trading Places, Ghostbusters, and Gremlins premieres
• 09 Jun 1983 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
• 10 Jun 1983 Texas Instruments announces that poor sales of TI 99/4A computers, software, and peripherals would result in a second quarter loss of US$100 million. The news drives the company's stock price down almost US$50.
• 11 Jun 1983 Always Something There To Remind Me by Naked Eyes peaks at #8
• 12 Jun 1983 29th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
• 13 Jun 1983 ''Pioneer 10'' becomes the first man-made object to leave the solar system.
• 14 Jun 1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Texas
• 15 Jun 1983 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey
• 16 Jun 1983 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
• 18 Jun 1983 Pump Boys & Dinettes closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 performances
• 19 Jun 1983 Octopussy premieres in US
• 20 Jun 1983 83rd US Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont Country Club - Pennsylvania
• 21 Jun 1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
• 22 Jun 1983 First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle.
• 23 Jun 1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
• 24 Jun 1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
• 25 Jun 1983 Evita closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 1568 performances
• 26 Jun 1983 Loving premieres on TV
• 27 Jun 1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
• 28 Jun 1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A.
• 29 Jun 1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
• 30 Jun 1983 Total loss of coolant at Embalse nuclear power plant, Argentina. It was classified as an Accident With Local Consequences ampndash level 4 at the International Nuclear Event Scale

Famous Birthday

• Cheryl Cole

  English singer, songwriter, and television personality, she appeared on a reality television series in 2002 and rose to fame as a member of...

• Edward Snowden

  American former technical contractor and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, who worked as a contractor for the National Security...

• Louis Garrel

  French actor, son of actor Louis Garrel and filmmaker Brigitte Sy.

• Macklemore

  Rapper.

• Leelee Sobieski

  Movie Actress.

• Aidan Turner

  Movie Actor.

• Kim Clijsters

  Belgian tennis ace who burst onto the sports scene in 2001.

• Aurélie Vaneck
• Emilie Besse
• Alektra Blue

  American porn actress and model.

• Carlotta Champagne
• Alsou

  Russian singer-songwriter pianist and actress.

• Edouard (Star Academy)
• Anja Rubik

  Polish model.

• Lee Ryan

  Pop Singer.

• Mickels Réa
• Céline Lecompére
• Jérémy Roy
• Kristina Tsirekidze
• José Reyes (shortstop)
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Famous Deaths

• Anna Seghers

  German author and politician (d. 1983).

• Don Ida

  Balloonists, dies during a race.

• Charles Tham

  Of Saxon-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders / Prince.

• Miroslav "Standa" Bares

  Actress (Te Gkek Om Los te Lopen), dies at 60.

• Charles von Saksen-Coburg-Gotha

  Belgium prince, buried.

• Daniele Amfiteatrov

  Composer, dies at 81.

• Eelco N van Kleffens

  Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs 1939-46, dies at 88.

• Peter Mennin

  American composer and teacher (Born 1923).

• Alberto Evaristo Ginastera

  Argentine Composer (Panambi), dies at 67.

• Bo Gentry

  Songwriter / producer.

• Mary Livingstone [Sadye Marks] Comedienne

  (Jack Benny), dies at 77.

• Maxie Anderson and Don Ida

  balloonists, die during a race.

• Srirangam Srinivasarao (Sri Sri)

  Indian Telugu poet (Born 1910).

• Norma Shearer

  Canadian-American actress, the recipient of a Best Actress Oscar for her role in "The Divorcee.

• Alberto Ginastera

  Argentinian-Swiss pianist and composer (d. 1983).

• Stan Rogers

  Canadian folk musician and songwriter (d. 1983).

• Anton G J van de Velde

  Flemish writer / director (Tijl), dies at 87.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Irene Cara - Flashdance...What A Feeling
2. David Bowie - Let's Dance
3. Culture Club - Time (Clock Of The Heart)
4. Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue
5. Men At Work - Overkill

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Police - Every Breath You Take
2. Rod Stewart - Baby Jane
3. Wham! - Bad Boys
4. Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)
5. Freeez - IOU