1983 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1983?
- January 17, 1983 – The tallest department store in the world, Hudson’s, flagship store in downtown Detroit closes due to high cost of operating.
- February 8, 1983 – The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia’s second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 m deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
- February 13, 1983 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Pig in Chinese astrology.
- February 24, 1983 – A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
- March 11, 1983 – Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
- March 23, 1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
- May 17, 1983 – Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
- July 7, 1983 – Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
- July 15, 1983 – A terrorist attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured.
- July 21, 1983 – The world’s lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at -89.2 °C.
- July 22, 1983 – Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
- July 24, 1983 – George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the “Pine Tar Incident”.
- July 27, 1983 – Black July: 18 Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
- September 23, 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
- September 26, 1983 – Australia II wins the America’s Cup, ending the longest winning streak in sporting history.
- October 30, 1983 – The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.
- November 2, 1983 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- November 5, 1983 – Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
- November 26, 1983 – Brink’s-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink’s-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport.
- November 27, 1983 – Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid’s Barajas Airport, killing 181.
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