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Toggle Events subsection. 1.1 January. 1.2 February. 1.3 March. ... 1983 was a common year ... Sally Ride's place in history was assured, when she rocketed into space ...
The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people. The Disney Channel is initiated on American cable TV. April 25 – Manchester, Maine 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 .
February – Work begins on extending the Piccadilly line of London Underground at Heathrow Airport to serve the new Terminal 4. [5]1 February – TV-am launches on ITV. [4]3 February – Unemployment stands at a record high of 3,224,715 – though the previous high reached in the Great Depression of the early 1930s accounted for a higher percentage of the workforce.
The ALP, with Bob Hawke as leader wins with one of the biggest parliamentary majorities in Australian political history. 8 March – The Australian dollar is devalued by 10 per cent. 11 March – The Hawke government's new ministry is sworn in, Andrew Peacock becomes Federal Opposition Leader after he wins the Liberal Party leadership.
1983 – 241 U.S. Marines are killed by a suicide bomb in Lebanon. 1983 – The United States invades Grenada. 1983 — Singer Karen Carpenter dies from complications of anorexia nervosa, raising awareness of eating disorders. 1983 – Chrysler unveils its minivans — the Dodge Caravan and Plymouth Voyager (as 1984 models) — to the public.
See 1983 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Books in Canada First Novel Award: W.P. Kinsella, Shoeless Joe; Gerald Lampert Award: Diana Hartog, Matinee Light; Pat Lowther Award: Rhea Tregebov, Remembering History; Stephen Leacock Award: Morley Torgov, The Outside Chance of Maximilian Glick
Timeline of Indian history: Events in the year 1983 in the Republic of India. Incumbents. President of India – Zail Singh; Prime Minister of India – Indira Gandhi;
1983 in the United States by state or territory (55 C) 1983 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1983 disestablishments in the United States (44 C, 20 P)