1983: On This Year

1983

1983 (MCMLXXXIII in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1983th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

Is 1983 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 1983 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 1983, who was Time's Person of the Year in 1983, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 1983, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 1983, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 1983.

On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 1983 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

history

What was 1983 known for ?

  • Characterized by big hair bands and great socioeconomic change, the 1980s laid the foundation for many things we now take for granted.
  • While 1983 follows many of these trends, the year possesses some notable events all its own. To set the scene, imagine a year with a population of just under 4.7 billion and a lot of babies named Michael or Jennifer. Stephen King’s horror novelsChristine and Pet Sematary dominated the bookshelves and The Color Purple took home the Pulitzer.
  • On the big screen, Flashdance, Star Wars Episode VI, Scarface, and A Christmas Story garnered the highest ticket sales.
  • In the world of music, David Bowie hit the number one chart with his single ‘“Let’s Dance”. In 1983, while we gained Carrie Underwood and Amy Winehouse, we lost both playwright Tennessee Williams and professional boxer Jack Dempsey. Outside of media and births, 1983 offered plenty of interesting events.
  • The year was marked by a variety of firsts: Sally Ride became the first woman in space. The UK introduced its first one pound coin. The US Congress initiated its War Powers Act for the first time. India launched its first rocket. The world also saw its first reconstruction of the human head via a CT scan.
  • In 1963, the Supreme Court also struck down many abortion restrictions. In a bit less of a controversial move, the US government established Martin Luther King Jr Day. To allow Japanese families to take a different kind of holiday, Tokyo opened its own version of Disneyland on April 15th. In one of the world’s biggest illusion acts, David Copperfield made the Statue of Liberty vanish in front of an audience on April 8th. Basically, whether you love Flashdance or have been helped by a CT scan, 1983 had plenty to offer the world.

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Oscar

1983: Oscar Winners of the Year

In 1983, during the 56th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 09/04/1984 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 6 categories honoring the films released in 1983:

What movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1983?

Terms of Endearment
The Oscar for Best Movie went to Terms of Endearment, directed by James L. Brooks, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1983?

Terms of Endearment
The Oscar for Best Director went to James L. Brooks, for the movie Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1983?

Tender Mercies
The Oscar for Best Actor went to Robert Duvall, for the movie Tender Mercies, starring Robert Duvall, Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley produced in the .

Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1983?

Terms of Endearment
The Oscar for Best Actress went to Shirley MacLaine, for the movie Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1983?

Terms of Endearment
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to Jack Nicholson, for the movie Terms of Endearment, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1983?

The Year of Living Dangerously
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Linda Hunt, for the movie The Year of Living Dangerously, starring Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Linda Hunt, Bembol Roco produced in the United States of America.
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1983: Who was Time's Person of the Year?


Ronald Reagan
In 1983, Ronald Reagan was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. In 1983, as President of the United States, Reagan ordered the invasion of Grenada and championed the Strategic Defense Initiative.

1983: What were the most popular books published that year?

The most popular and best selling books in 1983 were:

Return Of The Jedi by Joan D. Vinge

Return Of The Jedi

By:

Luke Skywalker, his Rebel Alliance friends and a sequel to "The Star Wars Storybook and "The Empire Strikes Back Storybook", devise a bold plan to defeat the Empire and its evil leaders Darth Vader (and the Emperor) in this daring …

Jane Fonda'S Workout Book by Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda'S Workout Book

By:

Jane Fonda's Book of Workouts

Growing Up by Russell Baker

Growing Up

By:

This Pulitzer Prize-winner "is the saddest, most funny, most tragical, and yet the best picture of coming to age in the U.S.A. during the Depresson years, World War II."

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Heartburn

By:

Can you write a hilarious novel about the end of a perfect marriage? The answer to this question is yes if Nora Ephron is the author.

The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carre

The Little Drummer Girl

By:

The New York Times bestseller of A Delicate Truth, and Our Kind of Traitor, Ewan McGregor will star in the major motion picture. "You want the lion to catch you first tie the goat."

Pig chinese zodiac sign

1983: What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 1983?


According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1983 was the Year of the Pig.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Pig sign.

Nobel Prize

1983: Nobel Prize Winners of the Year


1983: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1983 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Lech Wałęsa

1983: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1983 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Henry Taube

1983: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1983 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • William Golding

1983: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1983 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Barbara McClintock

1983: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1983 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Gérard Debreu

1983: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1983 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

1983: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1983 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • William Alfred Fowler
world population

1983: What were the most popular baby names in the USA that year ?

The 3 most popular baby names in 1983 were Michael, Christopher and Matthew for boys and Jennifer, Jessica and Amanda for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1983: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1983 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Michael
  • Christopher
  • Matthew
  • David
  • Joshua
  • James
  • Jason
  • Daniel
  • John
  • Robert

1983: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1983 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Jennifer
  • Jessica
  • Amanda
  • Ashley
  • Sarah
  • Melissa
  • Nicole
  • Stephanie
  • Heather
  • Elizabeth

vinyl songs

1983: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1983, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Flashdance...What A Feeling by Irene Cara

1983: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1983 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. Flashdance...What A Feeling by Irene Cara
  2. Every Breath You Take by The Police
  3. Islands In The Stream by Kenny Rogers
  4. All Night Long (All Night) by Lionel Richie
  5. Total Eclipse Of The Heart by Bonnie Tyler
  6. Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
  7. Beat It by Michael Jackson
  8. Uptown Girl by Billy Joel
  9. Let's Dance by David Bowie
  10. Baby, Come To Me by Patti Austin

1983: What was the number 1 song in the UK that year?

The number 1 song in the UK in 1983, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was IOU by Freeez

1983: What was the music chart in the UK that year?

The Music Chart in the UK in 1983 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. IOU by Freeez
  2. Karma Chameleon by Culture Club
  3. Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) by Paul Young
  4. Uptown Girl by Billy Joel
  5. Baby Jane by Rod Stewart
  6. Down Under by Men At Work
  7. Is There Something I Should Know? by Duran Duran
  8. A Winter's Tale by David Essex
  9. Save Your Love by Renee & Renato
  10. New Song by Howard Jones

1983: What were the most popular movies that year ?

The most popular movies and box office hits in 1983 were:

Shades of Darkness

Shades of Darkness

Release year: 1983

Directed by: Ian Adema

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet

Release year: 1983

Written by:

Directed by: Anthony Garner

Starring: Timothy Spall, Jimmy Nail, Tim Healy, Kevin Whately

Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro

Release year: 1983

Directed by: Kundan Shah

Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Ravi Baswani, Bhakti Barve, Satish Shah

Scarface

Scarface

Release year: 1983

Directed by: Brian De Palma

Starring: Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

Country: United States of America

Ardh Satya

Ardh Satya

Release year: 1983

Directed by: Govind Nihalani

Starring: Om Puri, Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Shafi Inamdar

world population

1983: What was the world population that year?

The world population in 1983 was 4,699,569,304 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 41.0% of the total population, which is roughly 1.9 billion individuals.The annual population change in 1983 was an increase of +82.2 million people, representing a percentage increase of +1.78% over the previous year.The average population density in 1983 was 20 persons per square mile (or 32 persons per square kilometer).

history

What happened in 1983?

Here's what happened in 1983:

  • Jan 1, 1983: World Communications Year begins
  • Jan 2, 1983: Annie closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 2,377 performances
  • Jan 3, 1983: Kilauea begins slowly erupting on the Big Island of Hawaii and is still flowing as of 2008.
  • Jan 4, 1983: US Football League holds its first player draft.
  • Jan 7, 1983: US President Ronald Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala.
  • Jan 8, 1983: A riot breaks out at Sing Sing prison, New York.
  • Jan 9, 1983: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits the Falkland Islands.
  • Jan 10, 1983: New York Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Detroit Tigers in Denver, Colorado.
  • Jan 12, 1983: NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August.
  • Jan 15, 1983: Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand versus India.
  • Jan 17, 1983: 10th American Music Awards: Kenny Rogers.
  • Jan 18, 1983: The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
  • Jan 19, 1983: Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
  • Jan 21, 1983: Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht.
  • Jan 22, 1983: Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 and win 113-96
  • Jan 23, 1983: A-Team with Mr T premieres on NBC
  • Jan 24, 1983: George Cukor, American film director, dies of stroke and heart attack at age 83 (born 1899).
  • Jan 25, 1983: Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
  • Jan 26, 1983: Dutch / British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
  • Jan 27, 1983: The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, breaks through.
  • Jan 29, 1983: 40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET and Tootsie win.
  • Jan 30, 1983: Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champion.
  • Feb 2, 1983: Chicago Absp Joseph L Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
  • Feb 3, 1983: US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners.
  • Feb 4, 1983: Jose Happart becomes Mayor of Voeren Belgium
  • Feb 5, 1983: Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
  • Feb 6, 1983: Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic.
  • Feb 7, 1983: 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in
  • Feb 8, 1983: Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of four goals in one period.
  • Feb 9, 1983: Belgium buys 44 F-16 fighter jets.
  • Feb 10, 1983: Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral United Kingdom nuclear disarmament.
  • Feb 11, 1983: Weird Al Yankovic records Ricky andBuckingham Blues debut LP
  • Feb 13, 1983: Merlin opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
  • Feb 14, 1983: United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
  • Feb 16, 1983: Nellie massacre: over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, are massacred in Assam, India, during the Assam agitation.
  • Feb 17, 1983: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
  • Feb 18, 1983: NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
  • Feb 19, 1983: Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400-metre freestyle swimming record.
  • Feb 20, 1983: Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays
  • Feb 21, 1983: NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29-game road losing streak.
  • Feb 22, 1983: Hindus kill 3000 Muslims in Assam, India.
  • Feb 23, 1983: US immigration judge Gordon Sacks orders Feodor Fedorenko deported to the Soviet Union, his birthplace. Fedorenko had served as a guard in a German death camp in Treblinka, Poland, between 1942 and 1945.
  • Feb 24, 1983: A special commission of the Congress of the United States releases a report critical of the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
  • Feb 26, 1983: Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville, NY) begins transmission
  • Feb 27, 1983: Eamonn Coghlan sets indoor mile record of 3:49.78.
  • Feb 28, 1983: Final TV episode of MASH airs (CBS); record 125 million watch.
  • Mar 1, 1983: Tamara McKinney becomes first US woman skier to win the World Cup.
  • Mar 2, 1983: Final episode of M*A*S*H; 125,000,000 viewers
  • Mar 4, 1983: Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
  • Mar 5, 1983: New South Wales beats Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield.
  • Mar 6, 1983: On Your Toes opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 505 performances
  • Mar 7, 1983: TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV.
  • Mar 8, 1983: IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0
  • Mar 9, 1983: Anne Burford resigns as head of the United States Environmental Protection Agency amid scandal.
  • Mar 10, 1983: Walter Alston, Los Angeles Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame.
  • Mar 11, 1983: Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean
  • Mar 12, 1983: Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4:01:09).
  • Mar 13, 1983: Woman of the Year closes at Palace Theater NYC after 770 performances
  • Mar 15, 1983: JosT Luis Sert, Spanish-US architect/urban developer, dies at age 80.
  • Mar 16, 1983: Smallest crowd (1814) at Cleveland Coliseum for NBA game, Cleveland Caviliers versus New Jersey Nets.
  • Mar 17, 1983: 70th hat trick in New York Islanders' history-Mike Bossy.
  • Mar 21, 1983: Only known typo on Time Magazine cover ("contol" instead of "control"), all recalled.
  • Mar 22, 1983: Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president.
  • Mar 23, 1983: US President Ronald Reagan introduces Star Wars-plan
  • Mar 24, 1983: The redesigned 1984 model Corvette sports car goes on sale in California, USA.
  • Mar 25, 1983: Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000 metre (1:12.58).
  • Mar 26, 1983: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
  • Mar 27, 1983: 13th Easter Seal Telethon
  • Mar 31, 1983: Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
  • Apr 1, 1983: Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England.
  • Apr 3, 1983: 12th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Amy Alcott.
  • Apr 4, 1983: 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched.
  • Apr 5, 1983: France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats.
  • Apr 6, 1983: Caps 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Isles hold 1-0 lead
  • Apr 7, 1983: Caps 4-Isles 2 - Patrick Division Semifinals - series tied 1-1
  • Apr 9, 1983: 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth.
  • Apr 10, 1983: Caps 3-Isles 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Isles win series 3-2
  • Apr 11, 1983: 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins
  • Apr 13, 1983: Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
  • Apr 14, 1983: Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Ranger
  • Apr 15, 1983: Rangers 0-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles hold 2-0 lead
  • Apr 16, 1983: Steve Garvey sets NL record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
  • Apr 17, 1983: In Warsaw, Poland, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters.
  • Apr 18, 1983: A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at US Embassy in Lebanon
  • Apr 20, 1983: President Reagan signs a $165B bail out for Social Security
  • Apr 21, 1983: Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
  • Apr 22, 1983: Rangers 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles win series 4-2
  • Apr 24, 1983: Show Boat opens at Uris Theater NYC for 73 performances
  • Apr 25, 1983: Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR
  • Apr 26, 1983: Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
  • Apr 27, 1983: Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout King (3,509), passing Walter Johnson
  • Apr 28, 1983: Bruins 4-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1
  • Apr 30, 1983: Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead
  • May 1, 1983: My One & Only opens at St. James Theater NYC for 767 performances
  • May 2, 1983: 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California
  • May 3, 1983: Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead
  • May 5, 1983: Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
  • May 6, 1983: The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
  • May 7, 1983: August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups.
  • May 8, 1983: Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament.
  • May 9, 1983: 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson win.
  • May 10, 1983: Laverne & Shirley, last airs on ABC-TV
  • May 11, 1983: Dance a Little Closer opens and closes at Minskoff Theater, New York City
  • May 12, 1983: Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
  • May 13, 1983: Reggie Jackson is first major league player to strike out 2,000 times.
  • May 14, 1983: She Blinded Me with Science by Thomas Dolby hits #5
  • May 15, 1983: Madison Hotel (Boston, Massachusetts) destroyed by implosion.
  • May 16, 1983: Lebanese parliament accepts peace accord with Israel.
  • May 17, 1983: Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty
  • May 18, 1983: US Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
  • May 19, 1983: Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC
  • May 20, 1983: Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
  • May 21, 1983: Bang The Drum All Day by Todd Rundgren hits #63
  • May 22, 1983: Toronto Blue Jays' Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit homerun.
  • May 23, 1983: Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air.
  • May 24, 1983: US Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminate against students.
  • May 25, 1983: Return of the Jedi (Star Wars VI) released to theaters.
  • May 26, 1983: Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
  • May 27, 1983: Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of US Congress.
  • May 28, 1983: Ricky by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
  • May 29, 1983: Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic.
  • May 30, 1983: Surrey all out for 14 versus Essex, their lowest score ever.
  • May 31, 1983: 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep Los Angeles Lakers in four games.
  • Jun 2, 1983: 1980 movie Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, released in Germany
  • Jun 4, 1983: 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec
  • Jun 5, 1983: 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win
  • Jun 6, 1983: 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff
  • Jun 7, 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.
  • Jun 8, 1983: Trading Places, Ghostbusters, and Gremlins premieres
  • Jun 9, 1983: 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
  • Jun 10, 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.
  • Jun 11, 1983: Always Something There To Remind Me by Naked Eyes peaks at #8
  • Jun 12, 1983: 29th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
  • Jun 13, 1983: ''Pioneer 10'' becomes the first man-made object to leave the solar system.
  • Jun 14, 1983: 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Texas
  • Jun 15, 1983: Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey
  • Jun 16, 1983: Pope John Paul II visits Poland
  • Jun 18, 1983: Pump Boys & Dinettes closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 performances
  • Jun 19, 1983: Octopussy premieres in US
  • Jun 20, 1983: 83rd US Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont Country Club - Pennsylvania
  • Jun 21, 1983: Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
  • Jun 22, 1983: First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle.
  • Jun 23, 1983: Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
  • Jun 24, 1983: 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
  • Jun 25, 1983: Evita closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 1568 performances
  • Jun 26, 1983: Loving premieres on TV
  • Jun 27, 1983: Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
  • Jun 28, 1983: NASA launches Galaxy-A.
  • Jun 29, 1983: Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
  • Jun 30, 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
  • Jul 1, 1983: A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
  • Jul 2, 1983: 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger
  • Jul 3, 1983: 11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy
  • Jul 4, 1983: New York Yankees' Dave Righetti no-hits the Boston Red Sox.
  • Jul 5, 1983: France invades Algeria
  • Jul 6, 1983: 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
  • Jul 7, 1983: 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
  • Jul 8, 1983: Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
  • Jul 11, 1983: Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, of New Zealand, crowned 32nd Miss Universe
  • Jul 14, 1983: Crane (Rep-R-Il) and Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages
  • Jul 15, 1983: Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in Pirates of Penzance
  • Jul 16, 1983: Sikorsky S-61 disaster: a helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
  • Jul 17, 1983: 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
  • Jul 18, 1983: Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
  • Jul 19, 1983: The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
  • Jul 20, 1983: The Israeli cabinet votes to withdraw troops from Beirut but to remain in southern Lebanon.
  • Jul 21, 1983: Polish government ends 19 months of martial law.
  • Jul 22, 1983: Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games
  • Jul 23, 1983: Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
  • Jul 24, 1983: Mame opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
  • Jul 25, 1983: Washington Public Power Supply System defaults on US$2.25 billion loan.
  • Jul 26, 1983: Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
  • Jul 27, 1983: Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal
  • Jul 28, 1983: NASA launches Telstar-3A
  • Jul 29, 1983: Friday Night Videos premieres on NBC TV
  • Jul 30, 1983: Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of the USSR jerks a record 261 kg
  • Jul 31, 1983: B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame
  • Aug 1, 1983: America West Airlines begins operations out of Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada.
  • Aug 2, 1983: STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
  • Aug 3, 1983: John Sain of South Bend, Indiana builds 3.91m house of cards.
  • Aug 4, 1983: Bettino Craxi sworn in as Premier of Italy
  • Aug 6, 1983: Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
  • Aug 7, 1983: Merlin closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 199 performances
  • Aug 8, 1983: Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV
  • Aug 12, 1983: General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army
  • Aug 14, 1983: Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
  • Aug 15, 1983: Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
  • Aug 16, 1983: Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher
  • Aug 18, 1983: Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing pine-tar game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order
  • Aug 19, 1983: Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
  • Aug 20, 1983: Miss National Teen-Ager
  • Aug 21, 1983: La Cage aux Folles opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances
  • Aug 24, 1983: Cin Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745
  • Aug 25, 1983: US and the USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
  • Aug 26, 1983: Heavy rain triggers flooding at Bilbao (Spain) and surrounding areas, killing 45 people and causing millions in damages.
  • Aug 27, 1983: Haiti adopts constitution
  • Aug 28, 1983: Mame closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances
  • Aug 30, 1983: 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched
  • Aug 31, 1983: Edwin Moses of USA sets the 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz.
  • Sep 1, 1983: Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet
  • Sep 2, 1983: Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli Prime Minister.
  • Sep 4, 1983: Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat closes at Royale NYC after 747 performances
  • Sep 5, 1983: 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
  • Sep 6, 1983: Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum in New York
  • Sep 7, 1983: Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6:41:35).
  • Sep 8, 1983: NASA launches RCA-6.
  • Sep 9, 1983: Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas
  • Sep 10, 1983: 97th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert L Mills
  • Sep 11, 1983: 103rd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl
  • Sep 12, 1983: Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of US$7 million.
  • Sep 13, 1983: Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
  • Sep 14, 1983: US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
  • Sep 15, 1983: Cops beat to death Michael Stewart for graffiting NYC subway
  • Sep 16, 1983: Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen
  • Sep 17, 1983: Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
  • Sep 18, 1983: Juli Inkster wins LPGA SAFECO Golf Classic
  • Sep 19, 1983: St. Kitts and Nevis declares independence from the UK
  • Sep 20, 1983: Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented
  • Sep 21, 1983: 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila
  • Sep 22, 1983: Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years
  • Sep 23, 1983: Argentina milt regime gives amnesty to military / political assassins
  • Sep 24, 1983: Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs and steal 30 bases in season
  • Sep 25, 1983: 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long
  • Sep 26, 1983: Lebanon Premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns
  • Sep 27, 1983: Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs
  • Sep 28, 1983: STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
  • Sep 29, 1983: A Chorus Line 3,389 performance to become longest running Broadway show
  • Oct 1, 1983: Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America
  • Oct 2, 1983: Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions
  • Oct 3, 1983: Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release Say, Say, Say in the UK
  • Oct 4, 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.
  • Oct 5, 1983: Lech Walesa of Poland wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Oct 6, 1983: New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea Stadium for the Meadowlands Coliseum.
  • Oct 7, 1983: In New York, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs.
  • Oct 8, 1983: 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7
  • Oct 9, 1983: 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
  • Oct 10, 1983: 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
  • Oct 11, 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.
  • Oct 12, 1983: 5225 Loral and 5424 Covington
  • Oct 13, 1983: Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago, Illinois.
  • Oct 14, 1983: US Marine peacekeeper Sargeant Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut, Lebanon.
  • Oct 15, 1983: Black Hawks and Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals
  • Oct 16, 1983: Zorba opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 362 performances
  • Oct 17, 1983: Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu
  • Oct 19, 1983: Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility
  • Oct 20, 1983: IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
  • Oct 21, 1983: Pope John Paul II names 3 new Dutch bishops
  • Oct 22, 1983: Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
  • Oct 23, 1983: 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
  • Oct 25, 1983: US invades Grenada, a country 1 / 2,000 its population
  • Oct 29, 1983: 550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
  • Oct 30, 1983: The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
  • Oct 31, 1983: Paul McCartney releases Pipes of Peace album
  • Nov 1, 1983: President Reagan established Dr Martin Luther King Jr holiday
  • Nov 2, 1983: President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L King day
  • Nov 3, 1983: Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency
  • Nov 4, 1983: Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
  • Nov 5, 1983: New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period
  • Nov 6, 1983: Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament
  • Nov 7, 1983: Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his second New York Giants' record 56-yard field goal.
  • Nov 8, 1983: Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female Governor of Kentucky
  • Nov 9, 1983: Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
  • Nov 10, 1983: Amen Corner opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 83 performances
  • Nov 11, 1983: 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
  • Nov 12, 1983: New Jersey Devils, first overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3.
  • Nov 13, 1983: Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
  • Nov 14, 1983: 1st cruise missile placed
  • Nov 15, 1983: 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
  • Nov 16, 1983: Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
  • Nov 17, 1983: La Tragedie de Carmen opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 performances
  • Nov 19, 1983: Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils a Mickey Mouse organization
  • Nov 20, 1983: Marilyn: An American Fable opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 performances
  • Nov 21, 1983: Doonesbury opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
  • Nov 23, 1983: Soyuz T-9 lands
  • Nov 24, 1983: PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians and Lebanese
  • Nov 25, 1983: Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
  • Nov 26, 1983: Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
  • Nov 27, 1983: 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17
  • Nov 28, 1983: 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 - is launched.
  • Nov 29, 1983: Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
  • Nov 30, 1983: 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation
  • Dec 1, 1983: Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury.
  • Dec 2, 1983: Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time.
  • Dec 3, 1983: Marilyn: An American Fable closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 performances
  • Dec 4, 1983: Amen Corner closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
  • Dec 5, 1983: Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
  • Dec 6, 1983: A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, killing six Israelis.
  • Dec 7, 1983: 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
  • Dec 8, 1983: 9th Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 6 - lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
  • Dec 9, 1983: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
  • Dec 10, 1983: Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize.
  • Dec 11, 1983: Jan Stephens / Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
  • Dec 12, 1983: A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait.
  • Dec 13, 1983: 9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184
  • Dec 14, 1983: Peg opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
  • Dec 15, 1983: Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
  • Dec 16, 1983: Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
  • Dec 17, 1983: Peg closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 5 performances
  • Dec 18, 1983: NBA San Diego Clippers end 29-game road losing streak.
  • Dec 19, 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, Brazil.
  • Dec 20, 1983: PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
  • Dec 21, 1983: Tap Dance Kid opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
  • Dec 22, 1983: Egyptian President Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
  • Dec 23, 1983: Journal Science publishes first report on nuclear winter.
  • Dec 25, 1983: 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
  • Dec 27, 1983: Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca).
  • Dec 28, 1983: 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2).
  • Dec 29, 1983: US announced withdrawal from UNESCO
  • Dec 31, 1983: Brunei gains complete independence from Britain
  • Jan 11, 1983: United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three.

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What does the year 1983 refer to in the Gregorian calendar?

The year 1983 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 84th year of the 20th century and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1982 and precedes 1984.

calendars for year 1983

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