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January 26 – Bear Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913) February 4 Jim Ameche, actor (b. 1915) Karen Carpenter, pop singer and drummer (b. 1950) February 12 – Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887) February 25 – Tennessee Williams, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911) March 3 – Peter Ivers, musician (b. 1946)
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.
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.
1983 events in the United States by month (12 C) / ... 1983 American novels (138 P) P. 1983 in American politics (4 C, 7 P) S. 1983 in American sports (32 C, 32 P) T.
Dunlap, Riley E., and Angela G. Mertig, eds. American environmentalism: The US environmental movement, 1970–1990 (2014) Ehrman, John. The Eighties: America in the Age of Reagan. (2005) Ferguson Thomas, and Joel Rogers, Right Turn: The Decline of the Democrats and the Future of American Politics (1986). Greene, John Robert. (2nd ed. 2015) excerpt
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April 18, 1983: U.S. Embassy bombed in Beirut, killing 63 people. October 23, 1983: Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroyed both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French paratroopers and 6 Lebanese civilians. October 25, 1983: United States troops invaded Grenada; November 6 ...
1983 events in North America by month (15 C) P. 1983 Pacific hurricane season (5 P) U. 1983 in the United States (23 C, 20 P) Pages in category "1983 in North America"