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Events on the year of 1983 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1983 Penn State beats Georgia in Sugar Bowl for college football title
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01 Jan 1983 PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
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01 Jan 1983 World Communications Year begins
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01 Jan 1983 The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
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02 Jan 1983 "Annie" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 2,377 performances
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02 Jan 1983 "Sophisticated Ladies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 767 performances
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02 Jan 1983 Don Muraco beats Pedro Morales to become WWF Intercontinental Champ
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02 Jan 1983 Gary Trudeau takes a 20-month break from writing "Doonesbury"
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02 Jan 1983 Ken Anderson of Cincinnati completes record 20 consecutive passes
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03 Jan 1983 Tony Dorsett sets NFL record with 99-yd rush, Dallas vs. Minnesota
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04 Jan 1983 US Football League holds its 1st player draft
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07 Jan 1983 Australia regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series win vs. England
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07 Jan 1983 Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala
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09 Jan 1983 British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visits Falkland Islands
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10 Jan 1983 New York Supreme Court issues a preliminary injunction barring New York Yankees from playing season-opening series against Tigers in Denver
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11 Jan 1983 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time
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12 Jan 1983 Brooks Robinson & Juan Marichal elected to Hall of Fame
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12 Jan 1983 NCAA creates the football Kickoff Classic to begin in August
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13 Jan 1983 Qu
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13 Jan 1983 AMA urges ban on boxing cites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition
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15 Jan 1983 Javed Miandad and Mudassar Nazar make 451 stand vs. India
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15 Jan 1983 Thom Syles keeps a life saver intact in his mouth for over 7 hours
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15 Jan 1983 Dutch political party DS'70 disbands
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15 Jan 1983 Hartford Whalers smallest crowd 4,812 (beat Devils) during blizzard
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17 Jan 1983 The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's flagship store in downtown Detroit, closes due to high cost of operating.
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17 Jan 1983 Alabama Governor George C Wallace, becomes governor for record 4th time
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17 Jan 1983 10th American Music Award Kenny Rogers
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17 Jan 1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians
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18 Jan 1983 The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals to his family.
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18 Jan 1983 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
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19 Jan 1983 The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
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19 Jan 1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
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19 Jan 1983 Klaus Barbie, SS chief of Lyon in Nazi-France, arrested in Bolivia
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21 Jan 1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
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21 Jan 1983 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht
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22 Jan 1983 2nd flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 22 seconds
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22 Jan 1983 Houston is 1st NBA team to be held scoreless in an overtime Portland Trail Blazers out score them 17-0 & win 113-96
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23 Jan 1983 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC
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23 Jan 1983 Bjorn Borg announces his retirement from tennis
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23 Jan 1983 "A-Team" with Mr T premieres on NBC
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23 Jan 1983 Bj
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23 Jan 1983 In NBA, Portland scores all 17 points in overtime to beat Houston 113-96
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23 Jan 1983 Cerebral Palsy telethon raises $14,700,000
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23 Jan 1983 Russian radioactive satellite falls into Indian Ocean
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23 Jan 1983 Sch
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24 Jan 1983 Hulk Hogan pins the Iron Sheik for World Wrestling Federation title
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25 Jan 1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
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25 Jan 1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
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25 Jan 1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
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26 Jan 1983 Dutch/British infrared satellite IRAS launched from California
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27 Jan 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.
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27 Jan 1983 World's longest subaqueous tunnel (53.90 km) opens, Honshu-Hokkaid
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29 Jan 1983 "Down Under" by Men At Work hit #1 on UK pop chart
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29 Jan 1983 40th Golden Globes Gandhi, ET & Tootsie win
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30 Jan 1983 Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ
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30 Jan 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic
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30 Jan 1983 Super Bowl XVII Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP John Riggins, Washington, Running Back
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02 Feb 1983 Chicago Absp Joseph L Bernardin is among 18 new cardinals invested
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02 Feb 1983 Pope John Paul II names 18 new cardinals
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03 Feb 1983 US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners
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04 Feb 1983 Jose Happart becomes Mayor of Voeren Belgium
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04 Feb 1983 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
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05 Feb 1983 Former Nazi Gestapo official Klaus Barbie brought to trial
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06 Feb 1983 13th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 20-19
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06 Feb 1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Elizabeth Arden Golf Classic
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07 Feb 1983 1st female secretary of transportation sworn-in (Elizabeth Dole)
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08 Feb 1983 35th NHL All-Star Game: Campbell beat Wales 9-3 at New York Islander
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08 Feb 1983 Baseball orders Mickey Mantle to sever ties with Claridge Casino
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08 Feb 1983 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance
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08 Feb 1983 Eric Peters sets transatlantic sailboat record (E-W) - 46 days
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08 Feb 1983 Wayne Gretzky sets NHL all star record of 4 goals in 1 period
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08 Feb 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 metres (1,050 ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
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09 Feb 1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s
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10 Feb 1983 Anglican synod vote 338-100 against unilateral UK nuclear disarmament
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11 Feb 1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" and"Buckingham Blues" debut LP
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11 Feb 1983 4th largest snowfall in NYC history (18" (46 cm))
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11 Feb 1983 "Weird Al" Yankovic records "Ricky" & "Buckingham Blues" debut LP
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12 Feb 1983 One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law.
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13 Feb 1983 "Merlin" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 199 performances
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13 Feb 1983 A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people.
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13 Feb 1983 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
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13 Feb 1983 33rd NBA All-Star Game East beats West 132-123 at Los Angeles CA
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13 Feb 1983 Australia beats New Zealand 2-0 to win World Series Cup
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13 Feb 1983 Donna White wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Classic
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13 Feb 1983 E Bernstein, Levinson & Link's musical "Merlin" premieres in New York NY
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14 Feb 1983 United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud.
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16 Feb 1983 The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
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17 Feb 1983 Bob Bourne fails on 8th Islander penalty shot
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17 Feb 1983 Netherlands adopts constitution
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17 Feb 1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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18 Feb 1983 Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
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18 Feb 1983 NBA Indiana Pacers begin a 28 game road losing streak
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19 Feb 1983 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 400 meter freestyle swimming record
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19 Feb 1983 Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million
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20 Feb 1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km)
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20 Feb 1983 Roland Liboton becomes world champion cross-country cycling
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21 Feb 1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds
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21 Feb 1983 NBA San Diego Clippers begin a 29 game road losing streak
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22 Feb 1983 The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre.
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22 Feb 1983 Vladimir Salnikov (USSR) sets 1500 meter freestyle swimming record
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22 Feb 1983 Harold Washington wins Chicago's Democratic mayoral primary
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22 Feb 1983 Hindus kill 3000 Moslems in Assam, India
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23 Feb 1983 The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.
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23 Feb 1983 USFL New Jersey Generals sign Heisman winner Herschel Walker (3 years-$5 million)
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23 Feb 1983 25th Grammy Awards Rosanna, Toto IV, Men at Work win
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24 Feb 1983 A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
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24 Feb 1983 Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time
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24 Feb 1983 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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26 Feb 1983 Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 & stays #1 for 37 weeks
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26 Feb 1983 Shortwave pirate Radio USA (Wellsville NY) begins transmission
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27 Feb 1983 Eamonn Coghlan sets indoor mile record of 3 49.78
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27 Feb 1983 Jan Stephenson wins Tucson Conquistadores LPGA Golf Tournament
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28 Feb 1983 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
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28 Feb 1983 The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
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01 Mar 1983 Tamara McKinney becomes 1st US woman skier to win the World Cup
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01 Mar 1983 Tornado tears through LA, injuring 33 people
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02 Mar 1983 Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips and Sony introduced
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02 Mar 1983 Final episode of M*A*S*H; 125,000,000 viewers
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02 Mar 1983 Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
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04 Mar 1983 Bertha Wilson is appointed the first woman to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada.
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05 Mar 1983 Bob Hawke (Labour) defeats Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser (Cons)
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05 Mar 1983 New South Wales beat Western Australia by 54 runs to win Sheffield Shield
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06 Mar 1983 "On Your Toes" opens at Virginia Theater NYC for 505 performances
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06 Mar 1983 Anne-Marie Palli wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
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06 Mar 1983 New Bedford, Mass woman charges she was gang-raped atop a pool table
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06 Mar 1983 US Football League begins its 1st season
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06 Mar 1983 The first United States Football League game is played.
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07 Mar 1983 TNN (The Nashville Network) begins on Cable TV
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08 Mar 1983 House Foreign Affairs Com endorses nuclear weapons freeze with USSR
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08 Mar 1983 IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0
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08 Mar 1983 President Reagan calls the USSR an "Evil Empire"
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08 Mar 1983 While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".
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09 Mar 1983 Zimbabwe opposition leader Joshua Nkomo flees to Botswana
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10 Mar 1983 Walter Alston, Dodgers manager, elected to Hall of Fame
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11 Mar 1983 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean (GRB)
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11 Mar 1983 Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova and Vasiliev (URS)
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11 Mar 1983 Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
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11 Mar 1983 World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (Great Britain)
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11 Mar 1983 World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)
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11 Mar 1983 World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)
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11 Mar 1983 World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
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12 Mar 1983 Don Ritchie runs world record 50 mile (4: 1: 9)
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13 Mar 1983 "Woman of the Year" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 770 performances
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13 Mar 1983 1st USFL overtime game-Birmingham Stallions beat Oakld Invaders 20-14
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14 Mar 1983 OPEC cut oil prices for 1st time in 23 years
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15 Mar 1983 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
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16 Mar 1983 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Coliseum (Cavs vs. Nets - 1,814)
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16 Mar 1983 Demolition of the Ismaning radio transmitter, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.
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17 Mar 1983 70th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
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17 Mar 1983 9th People's Choice Awards
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20 Mar 1983 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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21 Mar 1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
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22 Mar 1983 Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president
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23 Mar 1983 US President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)
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23 Mar 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
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25 Mar 1983 Christa Rothenburger skates world record 500 meter ladies (39.69 seconds)
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25 Mar 1983 Pavel Pegov skates world record 1000 meter (1:12.58)
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26 Mar 1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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27 Mar 1983 13th Easter Seal Telethon
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27 Mar 1983 Larry Holmes beats Lucien Rodriguez in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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27 Mar 1983 Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" premieres in NYC
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30 Mar 1983 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives" premieres in London
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30 Mar 1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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31 Mar 1983 Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people
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31 Mar 1983 Marsha Norman's "'night, Mother" premieres in New York NY
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01 Apr 1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England
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01 Apr 1983 New York Isle Mike Bossy becomes 1st to score 60 goals in 3 cons seasons
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03 Apr 1983 2nd NCAA Womens Basketball Championship: South California beats LA Tech 69-67
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04 Apr 1983 6th space shuttle mission, Challenger 1 launched
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04 Apr 1983 Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.
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05 Apr 1983 France throws out 47 Soviet diplomats
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06 Apr 1983 Caps 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Isles hold 1-0 lead
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07 Apr 1983 Caps 4-Isles 2 - Patrick Division Semifinals - series tied 1-1
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07 Apr 1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt
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07 Apr 1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk
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07 Apr 1983 WIBC Championship Tournament in Las Vegas, attracts 75,480 women bowlers for 83-day event
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07 Apr 1983 During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.
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09 Apr 1983 6th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 1 returns to Earth
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09 Apr 1983 Caps 2-Isles 6 -Patrick Semis-Denis Potvin fails on penalty shot
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10 Apr 1983 Caps 3-Isles 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Isles win series 3-2
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10 Apr 1983 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA J&B Scotch Pro-Am Golf Tournament
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10 Apr 1983 Washington Capitals 3-New York Islanders 6 - Patrick Division Semifinals - Islanders win series 3-2
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10 Apr 1983 Baltimore's Eddie Murray hits his 1,000 career hit
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10 Apr 1983 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race
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10 Apr 1983 Jordan's King Hussein ceases negotiations with PLO
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11 Apr 1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi, " Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win
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11 Apr 1983 NASA launches RCA-F
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11 Apr 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards Inchon! wins
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11 Apr 1983 47th Golf Masters Championship Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280
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12 Apr 1983 Harold Washington becomes Chicago's 1st black mayor
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12 Apr 1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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13 Apr 1983 Undefeated middleweight boxer Tony Ayala gets 35 years on sex assault
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13 Apr 1983 Harold Washington elected 1st black mayor of Chicago
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13 Apr 1983 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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14 Apr 1983 Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs. Ranger
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14 Apr 1983 Rangers 1-Isles 4 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles hold 1-0 lead
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14 Apr 1983 New York Islanders tie own record with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a period vs New York Rangers
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14 Apr 1983 North Carolina State beats Houston for NCAA basketball title
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14 Apr 1983 New York Rangers 1-New York Islanders 4-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 1-0 lead
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14 Apr 1983 President Ronald Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
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15 Apr 1983 Rangers 0-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles hold 2-0 lead
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15 Apr 1983 New York Rangers 0-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 2-0 lead
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15 Apr 1983 Tokyo Disneyland opens
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16 Apr 1983 Steve Garvey sets National League record by playing in 1,118 consecutive games
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17 Apr 1983 1st National Coin Week begins
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17 Apr 1983 In Warsaw, police route 1,000 Solidarity supporters
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17 Apr 1983 India entered space age launching SLV-3 rocket
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17 Apr 1983 Islanders tie NHL record with 3 shorthanded playoff goals vs Rangers; Rangers 7-Islanders 6-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 2-1 lead; Wayne Gretzky scores 7 goals
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17 Apr 1983 Nolan Ryan strikes out his 3,500th batter
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17 Apr 1983 Grete Waltz runs female world record marathon (2:25:29)
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17 Apr 1983 Lynn Adams wins LPGA Combanks Orlando Golf Classic
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18 Apr 1983 Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple"
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18 Apr 1983 KMO-AM in Tacoma Washington changes call letters to KAMT (now KKMO)
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18 Apr 1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple"
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18 Apr 1983 A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
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18 Apr 1983 A lone suicide bomber kills 63, at the US Embassy in Lebanon
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18 Apr 1983 Rangers 3-Islanders 1-Patrick Division Finals-Series tied at 2-2
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18 Apr 1983 12th Boston Women's Marathon won by Joan Benoit Samuelson in 2:22:43
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18 Apr 1983 87th Boston Marathon won by Greg Meyer of Massachusetts in 2:09:00
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19 Apr 1983 France performs nuclear test
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20 Apr 1983 Rangers 2-Islanders 7-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders hold 3-2 lead
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20 Apr 1983 Soyuz T-8 launched; mission aborted when capsule fails to dock
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20 Apr 1983 President Ronald Reagan signs a $165 billion bail-out for Social Security
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21 Apr 1983 Soyuz T-8 is launched [04-20?]
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22 Apr 1983 Rangers 2-Isles 5 - Patrick Division Finals - Isles win series 4-2
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22 Apr 1983 The German magazine Stern claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
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22 Apr 1983 New York Rangers 2-New York Islanders 5-Patrick Division Finals-Islanders win series 4-2
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22 Apr 1983 Soyuz T-8 returns to Earth
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22 Apr 1983 Stern magazine announces major historical find-discovery of 60 volume personal diaries written by Adolf Hitler (turned out to be a hoax)
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22 Apr 1983 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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22 Apr 1983 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
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23 Apr 1983 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143 vs Sri Lanka
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24 Apr 1983 "Show Boat" opens at Uris Theater NYC for 73 performances
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24 Apr 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA S&H Golf Classic
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24 Apr 1983 Austrian socialist party loses parliamentary election
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25 Apr 1983 Pioneer 10 travels beyond Pluto's orbit.
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25 Apr 1983 American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
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25 Apr 1983 "Nightline" expands from
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25 Apr 1983 Yuri Andropov invites US schoolgirl Samantha Smith to USSR
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25 Apr 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
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26 Apr 1983 Bruins 2-Isles 5-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 1-0 lead
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26 Apr 1983 Boston Bruins 2-New York Islanders 5-Wales Conference Championship-Islanders hold 1-0 lead
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26 Apr 1983 Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1200 for 1st time
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26 Apr 1983 San Antonio spurs beat Denver Nuggets, 152-133 in NBA playoff game
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27 Apr 1983 Nolan Ryan becomes strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson
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28 Apr 1983 Boston Bruins 4-New York Islanders 1-Wales Conference Championship-Series tied 1-1
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28 Apr 1983 NASA launches Goes-F
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28 Apr 1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
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29 Apr 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
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30 Apr 1983 Bruins 3-Islanders 7-Wales Conference Championship-Islanders hold 2-1 lead
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01 May 1983 "My One & Only" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 767 performances
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01 May 1983 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA CPC International Golf Tournament
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01 May 1983 Nolan Ryan surpasses Walter Johnson for most strikeouts (3,508)
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01 May 1983 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.
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02 May 1983 6.7 earthquake injures 487 in Coalinga, California
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03 May 1983 Bruins 3-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-1 lead
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03 May 1983 Soviet leader Andropov decreases nuclear weapons in Europe
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03 May 1983 US bishops condemn nuclear weapons
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05 May 1983 Bruins 5-Isles 1-Wales Conference Championship-Isles hold 3-2 lead
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06 May 1983 The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
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07 May 1983 August Hoffman performs record 29,051 consecutive sit-ups
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07 May 1983 Bruins 4-Isles 8-Wales Conference Championship-Isles win series 4-2
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08 May 1983 Janet Coles wins LPGA Lady Michelob Golf Tournament
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09 May 1983 18th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama and Willie Nelson
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10 May 1983 "Laverne & Shirley, " last airs on ABC-TV
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10 May 1983 Oilers 0-Isles 2-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 1-0 lead
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10 May 1983 "Laverne & Shirley" last airs on ABC-TV
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10 May 1983 Lee Chin Yong performs 170 continuous chin-ups in Seoul
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11 May 1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens and closes at Minskoff Theater, New York City
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11 May 1983 "Dance a Little Closer" opens & closes at Minskoff Theater NYC
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11 May 1983 Aberdeen wins 23rd Europe Cup II
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11 May 1983 Comet C/1983 H1 (IRAS-Araki-Alcock) approaches 0.0312 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth
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12 May 1983 Oilers 3-Isles 6-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 2-0 lead
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12 May 1983 Julie Lynne Hayek, (California), crowned 32nd Miss USA
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12 May 1983 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders beat Edmonton Oilers, 4 games to 0
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13 May 1983 Reggie Jackson is 1st major leaguer to strike out 2,000 times
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14 May 1983 "She Blinded Me with Science" by Thomas Dolby hits #5
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14 May 1983 Oilers 1-Isles 5-Stanley Cup-Isles hold 3-0 lead
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14 May 1983 Rosa Mota runs female world record 20k (1:06:55.5)
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15 May 1983 Lenore Muraoka wins LPGA United Virginia Bank Golf Classic
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15 May 1983 Madison Hotel (Boston) destroyed by implosion
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16 May 1983 Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement rebels against the Sudanese government.
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16 May 1983 Lebanese parliament accept peace accord with Israel
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17 May 1983 The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.
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17 May 1983 Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
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17 May 1983 Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty
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17 May 1983 Stanley Cup: New York Islanders sweep Edmonton Oilers in 4 games
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18 May 1983 In Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova being put off the air.
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18 May 1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program
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19 May 1983 NASA launches Intelsat V
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19 May 1983 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington DC
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20 May 1983 First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by Luc Montagnier.
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20 May 1983 Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by Umkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others.
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20 May 1983 Larry Holmes beats Tim Witherspoon in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
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20 May 1983 Michael Dokes & Mike Weaver fight to a draw in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
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20 May 1983 Phillies Steve Carlton passes W Johnson with 2nd most strike outs
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21 May 1983 "Bang The Drum All Day" by Todd Rundgren hits #63
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21 May 1983 109th Preakness: Donald Miller Jr on Deputed Testamony wins in 1:55.4
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21 May 1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg Air Force Base, for mating for STS-7 mission
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21 May 1983 David Bowie's "Let's Dance" single goes #1
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22 May 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Charity Golf Tournament
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22 May 1983 Toronto Blue Jay Cliff Johnson hits record 18th pinch hit homerun
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23 May 1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afghanistan Muslims standing up to Russia; he is removed from the air
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23 May 1983 Radio Moscow announcer Vladimir Danchev praises Afgh
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24 May 1983 Fred Sinowatz succeeds Bruno Kreisky as chancellor of Austria
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24 May 1983 Supreme Court rules government can deny tax breaks to schools that racially discriminated against students
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25 May 1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
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25 May 1983 "Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released
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25 May 1983 1st National Missing Children's Day is proclaimed
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25 May 1983 Fire in Nassermeer Egypt kills 357
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25 May 1983 France performs nuclear test
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25 May 1983 Kirk Gibson (Tigers) & Jorge Orta (Blue Jays) hit inside park homeruns
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26 May 1983 A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
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26 May 1983 29th Walker Cup: US 13
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26 May 1983 Challenger moves to launch pad for STS-7
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26 May 1983 Los Angeles Lakers set NBA playoff game record of fewest free throws
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26 May 1983 NASA launches Exosat
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27 May 1983 Former EPA official Rita Lavelle indicted for contempt of Congress
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28 May 1983 "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
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28 May 1983 "Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
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28 May 1983 Hamburger ZV wins 28th Europe Cup 1 in Athens
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29 May 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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29 May 1983 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 meters
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30 May 1983 American League president Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires
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30 May 1983 Surrey all out for 14 vs Essex, their lowest score ever
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31 May 1983 37th NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers sweep Los Angeles Lakers in 4 games
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02 Jun 1983 1980 movie "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, " released in Germany
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02 Jun 1983 After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
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04 Jun 1983 53rd French Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Mima Jausovec (61 62)
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05 Jun 1983 37th Tony Awards: Torch Song Trilogy and Cats win
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05 Jun 1983 53rd French Mens Tennis: Yannick Noah beats Mats Wilander (62 75 76)
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05 Jun 1983 Alice Miller wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic
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06 Jun 1983 17th Music City News Country Awards: Marty Robbins and Roy Acuff
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06 Jun 1983 Bottle with note of June 9, 1910 found in Queensland
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06 Jun 1983 Emmy 10th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 4th time
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06 Jun 1983 Li Xiannian becomes President / Deng Xiaoping Supreme Commander of China PR
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06 Jun 1983 Nicaragua expels 3 US diplomats
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06 Jun 1983 Twins draft pitcher Tim Belcher #1
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07 Jun 1983 Steve Carlton temporarily passes Nolan Ryan with his 3,552 strike out
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08 Jun 1983 "Trading Places, " "Ghostbusters, " and "Gremlins" premieres
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08 Jun 1983 Charlos Vieira begins 191 hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria, Portugal
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09 Jun 1983 56th National Spelling Bee: Blake Giddens wins spelling purim
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09 Jun 1983 M Thatchers Conservative Party wins British parliamentary election
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11 Jun 1983 "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8
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11 Jun 1983 "Cool Places" by Sparks and Jane Wiedlin peaks at #49
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11 Jun 1983 "Faithfully" by Journey peaks at #12
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11 Jun 1983 "My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5
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11 Jun 1983 "Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59
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11 Jun 1983 115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay Jr aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8
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11 Jun 1983 Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab
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11 Jun 1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball
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11 Jun 1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14
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12 Jun 1983 29th LPGA Championship won by Patty Sheehan
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12 Jun 1983 Comet C / 1983 (Sugano-Saigusa-Fujikawa) approaches 0.0628 AUs of Earth
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13 Jun 1983 Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune (the farthest planet from the Sun at the time).
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13 Jun 1983 Pioneer 10 becomes 1st man-made object to leave Solar System
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14 Jun 1983 5 killed in a fire at a Ramada Inn in Fort Worth, Texas
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15 Jun 1983 Cards trade Keith Hernandez to Mets for Neil Allen and Rick Ownbey
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15 Jun 1983 Supreme Court struck down state & local restrictions on abortion
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16 Jun 1983 Charlos Vieira completes 191 hour "nonstop" cycling in Leiria Portugal
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16 Jun 1983 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
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16 Jun 1983 Ringo releases "Old Wave" album in West Germany
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16 Jun 1983 USSR party leader Yuri Andropov elected President
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16 Jun 1983 European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10
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18 Jun 1983 "Pump Boys & Dinettes" closes at Princess Theater NYC after 573 performances
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18 Jun 1983 Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
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18 Jun 1983 Mona Mahmudnizhad together with nine other Bahá'í women, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran because of her Bahá'í Faith.
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18 Jun 1983 7th Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 launched-Sally Ride 1st US woman
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18 Jun 1983 IRA's Joseph Doherty arrested in NYC
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19 Jun 1983 "Octopussy" premieres in US
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19 Jun 1983 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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20 Jun 1983 83rd US Golf Open: Larry Nelson shoots a 280 at Oakmont Country Club - Pennsylvania
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20 Jun 1983 New York Yankee Bobby Murcer retires
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21 Jun 1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
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22 Jun 1983 1st time a satellite is retrieved from orbit by Space Shuttle
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22 Jun 1983 NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period
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23 Jun 1983 Syria throws out PLO leader Arafat
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23 Jun 1983 US Supreme Court ruled Congress could not veto presidential decisions
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24 Jun 1983 7th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 2 lands at Edwards AFB
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24 Jun 1983 Don Sutton becomes 8th pitcher to strikeout 3,000 batters
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25 Jun 1983 "Evita" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 1568 performances
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25 Jun 1983 Udo Beyer of East Germany sets record for shot put, 22.22 m
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26 Jun 1983 "Loving" premieres on TV
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26 Jun 1983 "Show Boat" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 73 performances
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26 Jun 1983 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Rochester Golf International
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26 Jun 1983 "Loving" premiers on TV
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27 Jun 1983 Mariners bat out of order against White Sox in 2nd inning
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27 Jun 1983 Highest price paid for painting by a living artist-
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27 Jun 1983 Maxie Anderson & Don Ida die during a balloon race
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27 Jun 1983 NASA launches space vehicle S-205
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28 Jun 1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed kills 3
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28 Jun 1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
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29 Jun 1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
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29 Jun 1983 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
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01 Jul 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.
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02 Jul 1983 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63)
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03 Jul 1983 11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy
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03 Jul 1983 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62)
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03 Jul 1983 Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m)
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04 Jul 1983 New York Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox
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05 Jul 1983 France invades Algeria
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05 Jul 1983 New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
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05 Jul 1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
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06 Jul 1983 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
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06 Jul 1983 Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)
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07 Jul 1983 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
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07 Jul 1983 Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
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08 Jul 1983 Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
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10 Jul 1983 E Bowell discovers asteroids #3222 Lillerand #3751
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11 Jul 1983 Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, of New Zealand, crowned 32nd Miss Universe
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11 Jul 1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3485 Barucci
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14 Jul 1983 Crane (Rep-R-Il) & Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages
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15 Jul 1983 Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"
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15 Jul 1983 Orly Airport attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured.
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15 Jul 1983 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
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16 Jul 1983 Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
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16 Jul 1983 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident
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17 Jul 1983 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
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17 Jul 1983 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Philadelphia Stars 24-22)
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18 Jul 1983 Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
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19 Jul 1983 The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
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21 Jul 1983 Polish government ends 19 months of martial law
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21 Jul 1983 The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F).
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21 Jul 1983 Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park
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21 Jul 1983 US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
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22 Jul 1983 Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games
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22 Jul 1983 Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
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22 Jul 1983 Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
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22 Jul 1983 Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law
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23 Jul 1983 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
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23 Jul 1983 Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
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24 Jul 1983 "Mame" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
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24 Jul 1983 21st Tennis Federation Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switzerland (2-1)
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24 Jul 1983 Lauren Howe wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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24 Jul 1983 Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France
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24 Jul 1983 Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America
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24 Jul 1983 The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
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24 Jul 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".
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24 Jul 1983 Pine Tar Game, Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)
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25 Jul 1983 Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners.
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25 Jul 1983 1st nonhuman primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish, San Antonio
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25 Jul 1983 Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion
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26 Jul 1983 Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
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26 Jul 1983 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
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26 Jul 1983 Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28)
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27 Jul 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
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28 Jul 1983 NASA launches Telstar-3A
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28 Jul 1983 AL Pres Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision & allows
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29 Jul 1983 "Friday Night Videos" premieres on NBC TV
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29 Jul 1983 "Friday Night Videos" premiers on NBC TV
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29 Jul 1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
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30 Jul 1983 Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 km/h, California
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30 Jul 1983 Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of the USSR jerks a record 261 kg
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31 Jul 1983 B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, and W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame
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02 Aug 1983 STS-8 vehicle moves to launch pad
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02 Aug 1983 US District Court begins trying Yonkers accuse of race discrimination
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03 Aug 1983 John Sain of South Bend, Ind builds 3.91 m house of cards
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04 Aug 1983 Bettino Craxi sworn in as Premier of Italy
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04 Aug 1983 Revolution in Burkina
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04 Aug 1983 While warming up before 5th inning Yankee Dave Winfield accidentally kills a seagull
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06 Aug 1983 Minnesota Vikings beat St. Louis Cardinals 28-10 in London, England (NFL expo)
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06 Aug 1983 Supertanker Castillo de Bellvar crashes at South Africa
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07 Aug 1983 1st World Track and Field Championships
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07 Aug 1983 65th PGA Championship: Hal Sutton shoots a 274 at Riviera Country Club - Los Angeles
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07 Aug 1983 Bobby Murcer Day at Yankee Stadium
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07 Aug 1983 Grete Waitz of Norway, wins 1st all-women Marathon (Helsinki Fin)
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07 Aug 1983 Patti Rizzo wins LPGA Boston Five Golf Classic
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07 Aug 1983 Some 675,000 employees strike AT&T
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08 Aug 1983 Brigadier General Efrain Rios Montt was deposed as President of Guatemela
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08 Aug 1983 Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned)
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08 Aug 1983 Military coup in Guatemala, President Rios Montt flees
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12 Aug 1983 General Manuel A Noriega becomes commander of Panamanian army
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14 Aug 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
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14 Aug 1983 Robert de Castella wins Helsinki marathon (2:10:03
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15 Aug 1983 Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
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16 Aug 1983 Paul Simon weds Carrie Fisher
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18 Aug 1983 Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes). Hal McRae strikes out and Dan Quisenberry retires Yankees in order
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18 Aug 1983 Hurricane Alicia battered Houston & Galveston, Texas
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18 Aug 1983 Royals defeat Yanks, 5-4, completing "pine-tar" game (12 minutes)
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18 Aug 1983 Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel
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19 Aug 1983 Dodgers trade Dave Stewart and Ricky Wright to Texas for Rick Honeycut
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19 Aug 1983 LSU footballer Billy Cannon sentenced to 5 yrs for counterfeiting
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20 Aug 1983 Miss National Teen-Ager
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21 Aug 1983 "La Cage aux Folles" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 1761 performances
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24 Aug 1983 Cin Red Pete Rose ends consecutive games played streak at 745
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25 Aug 1983 US and the USSR sign $10 billion grain pact
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25 Aug 1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville breaks 1 million fan mark
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27 Aug 1983 Haiti adopts constitution
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27 Aug 1983 US performs nuclear test
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28 Aug 1983 "Mame" closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 41 performances
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28 Aug 1983 Greg Luzinski is 1st player to put 3 HRs onto roof at Comiskey Park
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28 Aug 1983 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin announces resignation
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28 Aug 1983 Pat Bradley wins Columbia Savings Golf Classic
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28 Aug 1983 Joseph Kreckman sets record of 2,215 clay pigeons shot in an hour
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30 Aug 1983 Elizabeth R Zakarian (Devon Pierce), 17, NY, crowned 1st Miss Teen USA
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30 Aug 1983 Guion Bluford becomes 1st African-American Astronaut in space
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30 Aug 1983 WKBC-TV (channel 48) ends broadcasting in Philadelphia
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30 Aug 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-launched (6 days)
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31 Aug 1983 Edwin Moses of USA sets the 400m hurdle record (47.02) in Koblenz
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01 Sep 1983 Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet
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01 Sep 1983 WGH-AM in Newport News VA changes call letters to WNSY
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01 Sep 1983 Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board die, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
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02 Sep 1983 Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli Prime Minister
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04 Sep 1983 "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale NYC after 747 performances
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04 Sep 1983 83rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
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04 Sep 1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
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05 Sep 1983 8th Space Shuttle Mission-Challenger 3-lands at Edwards AFB
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05 Sep 1983 Elmer Trettr sets record for highest terminal velocity at 201.34 mph
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05 Sep 1983 Lauri Peterson wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
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06 Sep 1983 Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova requests political asylum in New York
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06 Sep 1983 USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on 9 / 2
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06 Sep 1983 The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that the pilots did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it violated Soviet airspace.
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07 Sep 1983 Drury Gallagher sets fastest swim around Manhattan (6h41m35s)
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08 Sep 1983 NASA launches RCA-6
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09 Sep 1983 Challenger returns to Kennedy Space Center via Sheppard AFB, Texas
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09 Sep 1983 Radio Shack announces their color computer 2 (Coco2)
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10 Sep 1983 97th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris Evert L Mills (61 63)
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10 Sep 1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Scott Frank in 5 for heavyweight boxing title
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11 Sep 1983 103rd US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ivan Lendl (63 67 75 60)
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11 Sep 1983 Fashion designer Donna Karen marries Stephan Weiss
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11 Sep 1983 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
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11 Sep 1983 Franco Harris becomes 3rd NFL to rush 11,000 yards
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12 Sep 1983 A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.
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12 Sep 1983 The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet shooting down of a Korean civilian jetliner on September 1.
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12 Sep 1983 Albert Rizzo trod water at sea for 108 hours 9 minutes
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12 Sep 1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million
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12 Sep 1983 USSR vetoes UN resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane
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13 Sep 1983 Dan Quisenberry record 39th season save
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13 Sep 1983 US mint strikes 1st gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)
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14 Sep 1983 US House of Representatives votes, 416 to 0, in favor of a resolution condemning Russia for shooting down a Korean jetliner
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15 Sep 1983 Cops beat to death Michael Stewart for graffiting NYC subway
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15 Sep 1983 Israel Premier Begin resigns
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15 Sep 1983 Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns.
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16 Sep 1983 Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes a US citizen
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17 Sep 1983 Chicago White Sox clinch their 1st-ever AL West championship
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17 Sep 1983 Vanessa Williams (NY), 20, crowned 56th Miss America 1984, 1st black
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17 Sep 1983 Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
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17 Sep 1983 Vanessa Williams of NY became 1st black Miss America
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18 Sep 1983 Lebanese and Syrian army battle
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18 Sep 1983 New Orleans Saints 1st OT victory; beating Chicago Bears 34-31
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18 Sep 1983 George Meegen completes 2,426d (19K mi) walk across Western Hemisphere
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19 Sep 1983 St. Kitts and Nevis declares independence from the UK
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19 Sep 1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence.
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19 Sep 1983 St Christopher-Nevis gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day)
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20 Sep 1983 Cryptographic Communications System and Method (RSA) patented
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20 Sep 1983 3,112 turn out to see the Pirates play the NY Mets at Shea Stadium
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21 Sep 1983 11 killed in anti Marcos demonstrations in Manila
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22 Sep 1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
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22 Sep 1983 NASA launches Galaxy-B
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22 Sep 1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4"
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23 Sep 1983 Argentina milt regime gives amnesty to military / political assassins
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23 Sep 1983 Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
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23 Sep 1983 Heavyweight Gerrie Coetzee KOs Michael Dokes in Ohio
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23 Sep 1983 Phillies Steve Carlton is 16th to wins 300 game (beating Cards)
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23 Sep 1983 Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
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23 Sep 1983 Gerrie Coetzee of South Africa becomes the first African boxing world heavyweight champion.
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23 Sep 1983 Gulf Air Flight 771 is bombed, killing all 117 people on board.
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23 Sep 1983 Columbia moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating in preparation of STS-9
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23 Sep 1983 Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 300th game (beating St Louis Cards)
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24 Sep 1983 Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs and steal 30 bases in season
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25 Sep 1983 35th Emmy Awards: Hill St. Blue, Cheers, Ed Flanders and Shelley Long
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25 Sep 1983 Maze Prison escape: Thirty-eight republican prisoners, armed with six 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.
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25 Sep 1983 Bob Forsch pitches 2nd career no-hitter, Cards beat Expos 3-0
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26 Sep 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks New York Giant record 56 yard field goal
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26 Sep 1983 Lebanon Premier Chafiq Wazzan offers to resigns
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26 Sep 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Inamori Golf Classic
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26 Sep 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
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26 Sep 1983 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)
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26 Sep 1983 Cosmonauts Titov & Strekalov are saved from exploding Soyuz T-10
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26 Sep 1983 St Louis Card Bob Forsch 2nd no-hitter beats Montreal Expos, 3-0
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27 Sep 1983 Tim Raines is 1st since Ty Cobb to steal 70 and drive in 70 runs
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27 Sep 1983 Richard Stallman announces the GNU project to develop a free Unix-like operating system.
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28 Sep 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to launch pad
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29 Sep 1983 "A Chorus Line" 3,389 performance to become longest running Broadway show
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29 Sep 1983 Airport of Beirut reopens
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29 Sep 1983 Congress authorized President Reagan to keep 1,600 US Marines in Lebanon
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29 Sep 1983 Oakland Athletics Mike Warren no-hits Chicago White Sox, 3-0
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29 Sep 1983 1st time Congress invokes War Powers Act
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01 Oct 1983 Denise Wallace, 18, of Virginia crowned Miss Teen of America
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02 Oct 1983 Art Monk begins NFL streak of 136 plus consecutive game receptions
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02 Oct 1983 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA San Jose Golf Classic
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03 Oct 1983 Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson release "Say, Say, Say" in the UK
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04 Oct 1983 Richard Noble reaches record 1019 km/h in jet-powered car
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04 Oct 1983 Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h), driving Thrust2 at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
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05 Oct 1983 Lech Walesa wins Nobel Peace Prize
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06 Oct 1983 Buffalo Bill QB Joe Ferguson passes 419 yards with 5 TDs
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06 Oct 1983 New York Jets announce they are leaving Shea for Meadowlands
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08 Oct 1983 1st regular season Islander OT game beat Caps 8-7
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08 Oct 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime game losing to New York Islanders 8-7
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09 Oct 1983 4 South Korean government ministers assassinated in Rangoon Burma
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09 Oct 1983 Rangoon bombing: Attempted assassination of South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan during an official visit to Rangoon, Burma. Chun survives but the blast kills 17 of his entourage, including four cabinet ministers, and injures 17 others. Four Burmese officials also die in the blast.
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10 Oct 1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
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10 Oct 1983 Tom Monaghan becomes CEO of Detroit Tigers
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10 Oct 1983 Israel's Knesset votes 60-53 to endorse Yitzhak Shamir as PM
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11 Oct 1983 Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
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12 Oct 1983 5225 Loral and 5424 Covington
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12 Oct 1983 Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from Lockheed and is sentenced to four years in jail.
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13 Oct 1983 Ameritech Mobile Communications (now AT&T Inc.) launched the first US cellular network in Chicago.
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14 Oct 1983 Grenada leftist coup under Vice Premier Coard
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14 Oct 1983 Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, is overthrown and later executed in a military coup d'état led by Bernard Coard.
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14 Oct 1983 US Marine peacekeeper Sgt Allen Soifert killed by sniper in Beirut
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15 Oct 1983 US Marine sharpshooters kill 5 snipers at Beirut International Airport
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15 Oct 1983 Black Hawks & Maple Leafs combine for fastest 5 goals (84 seconds)
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15 Oct 1983 Columbia beats Yale 21-18 in football, will lose next 44 games
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16 Oct 1983 "Zorba" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 362 performances
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16 Oct 1983 Baltimore Orioles beat Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 3 in 80th World Series
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17 Oct 1983 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Gerard Debreu
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17 Oct 1983 STS-9 vehicle moves to Vandenberg AFB due to SRB nozzle problem
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19 Oct 1983 Grenada general Hudson Austin forms "revolutionary council"
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19 Oct 1983 Philadelphia Flyers begin 13 NHL game win streak
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19 Oct 1983 Senate establishes Martin Luther King Jr federal holiday
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19 Oct 1983 Columbia moves to Orbiter Processing Facility
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20 Oct 1983 IBM-PC DOS Version 2.1 released
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21 Oct 1983 Pope John Paul II names 3 new Dutch bishops
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21 Oct 1983 The metre is defined at the seventeenth General Conference on Weights and Measures as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
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22 Oct 1983 Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons.
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23 Oct 1983 14th NYC Marathon won by Rod Dixon in 2:08:59
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23 Oct 1983 400,000 demonstrate in Brussels, against cruise missile
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23 Oct 1983 Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops.
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23 Oct 1983 Suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 243 US personnel in Beirut
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23 Oct 1983 Truck bomb in Beirut kills 241 US soldiers
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25 Oct 1983 Operation Urgent Fury: The United States and its Caribbean allies invade Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup d'état.
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25 Oct 1983 US invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (US Wins!)
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29 Oct 1983 550,000 Dutch demonstrate against cruise missile
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30 Oct 1983 The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.
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31 Oct 1983 Paul McCartney releases "Pipes of Peace" album
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31 Oct 1983 Ron Grant completes a 217 day, 8,316 mile run around Australia
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01 Nov 1983 President Reagan established Dr Martin Luther King Jr holiday
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02 Nov 1983 Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle
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02 Nov 1983 President Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L King day
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02 Nov 1983 U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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03 Nov 1983 Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency (D)
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03 Nov 1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV
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04 Nov 1983 Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
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04 Nov 1983 Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
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05 Nov 1983 New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 seconds of 3rd period
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05 Nov 1983 Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden
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05 Nov 1983 Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
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06 Nov 1983 Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament
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06 Nov 1983 Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, California
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06 Nov 1983 Tor Bay Buccaneers James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs. Minnesota Vikings
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07 Nov 1983 Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd New York Giant record 56 yard field goal
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07 Nov 1983 Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries
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08 Nov 1983 Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female Governor of Kentucky
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08 Nov 1983 STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad
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08 Nov 1983 W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black Mayor of Philadelphia
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09 Nov 1983 Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
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09 Nov 1983 Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center
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10 Nov 1983 "Amen Corner" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 83 performances
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10 Nov 1983 Federal government shut down
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11 Nov 1983 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
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11 Nov 1983 President Reagan became 1st US President to address Japan's legislature
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12 Nov 1983 New Jersey Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
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12 Nov 1983 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas
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13 Nov 1983 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
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14 Nov 1983 1st cruise missile placed (Greenham Common England)
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15 Nov 1983 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
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15 Nov 1983 Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
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16 Nov 1983 Kapil Dev takes 9-83 vs. WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
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17 Nov 1983 "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 performances
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17 Nov 1983 Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
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17 Nov 1983 Philadelphia Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
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19 Nov 1983 Edmonton Oilers beat New Jersey Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
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20 Nov 1983 "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 performances
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20 Nov 1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After, " about nuclear war
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20 Nov 1983 New York Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
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20 Nov 1983 Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
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21 Nov 1983 "Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
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21 Nov 1983 New York Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
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23 Nov 1983 Soyuz T-9 lands
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23 Nov 1983 USSR leave weapon disarmament talks
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24 Nov 1983 PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
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25 Nov 1983 Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
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25 Nov 1983 Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
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25 Nov 1983 Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
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25 Nov 1983 World's greatest robbery-
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26 Nov 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.
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26 Nov 1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
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27 Nov 1983 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17
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27 Nov 1983 Desmond Haynes out handled the ball vs. India
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27 Nov 1983 Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181.
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27 Nov 1983 Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185
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28 Nov 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched
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30 Nov 1983 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation
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30 Nov 1983 Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
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30 Nov 1983 Sam Shepards "Fool for love, " premieres in New York City
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30 Nov 1983 Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hopelessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record
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30 Nov 1983 Radio Shack announces the Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
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01 Dec 1983 Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
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03 Dec 1983 "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 performances
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03 Dec 1983 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
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04 Dec 1983 "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
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04 Dec 1983 "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
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04 Dec 1983 New Jersey Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
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04 Dec 1983 US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
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05 Dec 1983 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
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05 Dec 1983 LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
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05 Dec 1983 Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina.
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06 Dec 1983 A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
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07 Dec 1983 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
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07 Dec 1983 An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
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08 Dec 1983 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-lands at Edwards AFB
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08 Dec 1983 Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of SF Zen Center
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10 Dec 1983 Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat the New York Jets 34-7
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10 Dec 1983 Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
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10 Dec 1983 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
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10 Dec 1983 Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president
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10 Dec 1983 58th Australian Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76)
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11 Dec 1983 Jan Stephens / Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
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11 Dec 1983 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)
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11 Dec 1983 72nd Australian Men's Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64)
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12 Dec 1983 The Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar.
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12 Dec 1983 A truck bomb explodes at the US Embassy in Kuwait
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13 Dec 1983 9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
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13 Dec 1983 Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
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13 Dec 1983 KYA-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KOIT
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13 Dec 1983 Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor
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13 Dec 1983 British Airways incorporates
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14 Dec 1983 "Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
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14 Dec 1983 The third Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
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15 Dec 1983 Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
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15 Dec 1983 3 Kansas City Royals suspended due to cocaine usage
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15 Dec 1983 Last 80 US combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew
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15 Dec 1983 Wendy Wasserstein's "Isn't It Romantic" premieres in New York NY
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16 Dec 1983 Riverside, California judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital
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16 Dec 1983 Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
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16 Dec 1983 Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
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17 Dec 1983 "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 5 performances
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17 Dec 1983 Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London, England, United Kingdom. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
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17 Dec 1983 Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured
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17 Dec 1983 Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die
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18 Dec 1983 NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak
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19 Dec 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.
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20 Dec 1983 Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
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20 Dec 1983 Guy Lafleur, Montr
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20 Dec 1983 New York Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pittsburgh Penguins
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20 Dec 1983 PLO chairman Yasser Arafat & 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
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20 Dec 1983 El Salvador adopts constitution
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21 Dec 1983 "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
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21 Dec 1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with H Battle premieres in New York City
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21 Dec 1983 Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan
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21 Dec 1983 NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
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21 Dec 1983 Musical "Tap Dance Kid" with Hinton Battle premieres at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
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21 Dec 1983 NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
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22 Dec 1983 Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Capitals
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22 Dec 1983 Egyptian President Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
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23 Dec 1983 Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
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25 Dec 1983 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
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26 Dec 1983 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, vs Pakistan MCG
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26 Dec 1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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27 Dec 1983 Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square.
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27 Dec 1983 Propane gas fire devastated 16 square blocks of Buffalo NY
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27 Dec 1983 Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)
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28 Dec 1983 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
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28 Dec 1983 Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Bradman's 29
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28 Dec 1983 US says they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984
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28 Dec 1983 Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5 million contract with Yomiuri Giants
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29 Dec 1983 US announces withdrawal from UNESCO
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29 Dec 1983 Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236 vs West Indies
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29 Dec 1983 Graeme Yallop completes 268 vs Pakistan at cricket MCG
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31 Dec 1983 Jose Happart installed as Mayor of Voeren Belgium
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31 Dec 1983 Brunei gains complete independence from Britain
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31 Dec 1983 Jos
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31 Dec 1983 Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup
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