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1983 Calendar

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•  January 27, 1983 – The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world’s longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
•  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.
•  June 18, 1983 – Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
•  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 16, 1983 – Sikorsky S-61 disaster: a helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
•  July 22, 1983 – Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
•  September 15, 1983 – Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
•  September 19, 1983 – Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
•  September 23, 1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board.

•  April 2, 1983 – Yung Joc, American rapper
•  June 5, 1983 – Marques Colston, American football player
•  June 27, 1983 – Dale Steyn, South African cricketer
•  July 10, 1983 – Kim Heechul, Korean singer
•  October 4, 1983 – Chansi Stuckey, American football player
•  October 9, 1983 – Spencer Grammer, American actress
•  November 22, 1983 – Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist (Trivium)
•  November 27, 1983 – Professor Green, British Rapper
•  December 2, 1983 – Daniela Ruah, Portuguese actress
•  December 29, 1983 – Gonzalo Olave, Chilean television actor (d. 2009)