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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 –
June 13 – Pioneer 10 passes the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to travel beyond the major planets of the Solar System. September 26 – The Soyuz T-10-1 mission ends in a pad abort at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, when a pad fire occurs at the base of the Soyuz U rocket during the launch countdown.
The 1982–1983 El Niño event was one of the strongest El Niño events since records were kept. It led to droughts in Indonesia and Australia , widespread flooding across the southern United States , lack of snow in the northern United States, and an anomalously warm winter across much of the mid-latitude regions of North America and Eurasia ...
October 16 – World Series: The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Philadelphia Phillies 5–0 in Game 5, to win the series 4 games to 1 for their 3rd World Championship. October 23 – Simultaneous suicide truck-bombings destroy both the French and the United States Marine Corps barracks in Beirut , killing 241 U.S. servicemen, 58 French ...
What happened in 1983 — and Biden's role The US was in a similar position roughly 40 years ago. Like now, many in Washington in the late 1970s and early 80s saw the problem of insolvency coming ...
December 1983 events in Australia (1 C, 1 P) This page was last edited on 1 December 2023, at 23:57 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
America Online CEO Stephen M. Case, left, and Time Warner CEO Gerald M. Levin listen to senators' opening statements during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the merger of the two ...
March 5 - Steve Podborski wins Gold at the World Cup of Skiing. March 13 - Saskatchewan Huskies won their only University Cup by defeating the Concordia Stingers 6 to 2, the Final game was played at Moncton Coliseum; May 14 - Portland Winter Hawks become the First American team to win the Memorial Cup by defeating the Oshawa Generals 8 to 3.