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1983 Calendar

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•  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.
•  April 7, 1983 – During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
•  April 18, 1983 – A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
•  July 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.
•  August 18, 1983 – Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over USD $1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
•  September 12, 1983 – The USSR vetoes a UN Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet shooting down of a Korean civilian jetliner on September 1.
•  September 23, 1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board.
•  September 25, 1983 – Maze Prison escape: 38 republican prisoners, armed with 6 handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze prison. It is the largest prison escape since WWII and in British history.

•  April 22, 1983 – Evangelos Mantzios, Greek footballer
•  May 23, 1983 – Heidi Range, English singer (Sugababes)
•  June 27, 1983 – Evan Taubenfeld, American musician
•  July 1, 1983 – Lynsey Bartilson, American actress
•  July 2, 1983 – Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers)
•  August 14, 1983 – Spencer Pratt,American socialite
•  August 30, 1983 – Marco Vianello, Italian footballer
•  September 14, 1983 – Josh Outman, American baseball player
•  November 1, 1983 – Matt Moulson, Canadian ice hockey player
•  November 17, 1983 – Nick Markakis, American baseball player