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1983 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1983rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 983rd year of ...
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.
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
4 January – Louise Bell, aged 10-years, disappeared from her bedroom in Hackham West, South Australia.Her body has not been located. On 11 November 2016, 68-year-old Dieter Pfennig was found guilty of murdering her.
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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)
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