1983 Calendar
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1983 Historical Event(s)
February 13, 1983
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Pig in Chinese astrology.
April 22, 1983
– The German magazine Der Stern claims that the “Hitler Diaries” had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
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 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”.
August 21, 1983
– Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed Ninoy Aquino International Airport).
September 6, 1983
– The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Flight KAL-007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
October 14, 1983
– Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, is overthrown and later executed in a military coup d'état led by Bernard Coard.
November 17, 1983
– The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico.
November 27, 1983
– Avianca Flight 011, a Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid’s Barajas Airport, killing 181.
December 31, 1983
– The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.
Who Were Born On 1983?
February 17, 1983
– Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter
March 9, 1983
– Maite Perroni, Mexican singer (RBD)
April 1, 1983
– Sergey Lazarev, Russian singer
April 25, 1983
– DeAngelo Williams, American football player
June 24, 1983
– Rebecca Cooke, British swimmer
July 10, 1983
– Kim Heechul, Korean singer
September 5, 1983
– Eugen Bopp, Ukrainian-German footballer
September 14, 1983
– Frostee Rucker, American football player
November 5, 1983
– Alexa Chung, British TV presenter and former fashion model
November 22, 1983
– Peter Ramage, English footballer