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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 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1980s decade.
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 .
2015 – Two gunmen launch an attempted attack on an anti-Islam event in Garland, Texas, which was held in response to the Charlie Hebdo shooting. 2016 – Eighty-eight thousand people are evacuated from their homes in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada as a wildfire rips through the community, destroying approximately 2,400 homes and buildings. [12]
1983 – Thirteen Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. 1983 – Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba. 1988 – General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
1983 – Hashim Amla, South African cricketer; 1983 – Ashleigh Ball, Canadian voice actress and musician; 1983 – Sophie Hunger, Swiss-German musician; 1983 – Vlasios Maras, Greek gymnast; 1983 – Nigel Plum, Australian rugby league player; 1984 – David Clarkson, Canadian ice hockey player; 1984 – Eddie Johnson, American soccer player ...
December 1983 events in North America (3 C, 1 P) C. 1983 events in Canada by month (9 C) M. 1983 events in Mexico by month (3 C) U. 1983 events in the United States ...
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1983 events in the United States by month (12 C) / 1983 disestablishments in the United States (44 C, 20 P) 1983 establishments in the United States (56 C, 92 P) 0–9.