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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.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1983 – Andreas ...
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 .
1927 – Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history. 1931 – Emperor Haile Selassie signs the first constitution of Ethiopia.
1983 – Christina Stead, Australian author and academic (b. 1902) 1986 – Jerry Paris , American actor and director (b. 1925) 1988 – William McMahon , Australian lawyer and politician, 20th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1908)
December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... in one of the worst industrial disasters in history. ... 1983 – Sherri ...
1983 – Alexander Schmemann, Estonian-American priest and theologian (b. 1921) 1983 – Nichita Stănescu, Romanian poet and critic (b. 1933) 1986 – Heather Angel, British-American actress (b. 1909) 1986 – Ella Baker, American activist (b. 1903) 1986 – Smita Patil, Indian actress and journalist (b. 1955)
August 18 is the 230th day of the year (231st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... (1983 dollars). ... The Cambridge History of Iran. Vol.