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June 9–25 – The 1983 Cricket World Cup is held in England with India defeating West Indies in the final. June 13. Pioneer 10 passes the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first human-made object to leave the vicinity of the major planets of the Solar System. The first worldwide mobile telephone, the Motorola DynaTAC, enters the market. June 18 –
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 .
January 1983 events in the United States (1 C, 6 P) February 1983 events in the United States (1 C, 5 P) March 1983 events in the United States (1 C, 7 P)
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 disestablishments in the United States (44 C, 20 P) 1983 establishments in the United States (56 C, 92 P) 0–9.
1983 events by month (19 C) F. 1983 festivals (4 C) Fiction set in 1983 (3 C, 34 P) H. 1983 in health (4 C) L. 1983 in law (16 C, 5 P) 1983 in LGBTQ history (1 C, 10 ...
The year 1983 in science and technology involved many significant events, ... becoming the first man-made object to travel beyond the major planets of the Solar System.
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 ...