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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.
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 ...
The economy was in recession in 1981–1983, but recovered and grew sharply after that. The Iran–Contra affair was the most prominent scandal during this time, wherein the Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran , and used the money for CIA aid to pro-American guerrilla Contras in left-leaning Nicaragua.
The following is a list of notable deaths in 1983. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
Events in the year 1983 in the Republic of India. Incumbents ... 18 February – Nellie massacre: over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, ...
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.
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