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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 .
1890 – Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1983) 1892 – Arthur Friedenreich, Brazilian footballer (d. 1969) 1893 – David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, soldier and courtier (d. 1968) 1895 – Olga Spessivtseva, Russian-American ballerina (d. 1991)
The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in the United States.. With the dominant political story of this year being the 2024 presidential election, most American-focused media outlets routinely have been covering the nominees, with Donald Trump becoming the second president in American history to win two non-consecutive terms, defeating Democratic vice president Kamala Harris who ...
1983 – Leon Andreasen, Danish international footballer [38] 1983 – Daniela Hantuchová, Slovak tennis player; 1983 – Ian Henderson, English rugby league player; 1984 – Alexandra Kosteniuk, Russian chess player; 1984 – Moose, American professional wrestler and football player [39] 1984 – Jesse Lee Soffer, American actor
1990 – Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion. 1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
2024 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
1931 – Alan Brownjohn, English poet and author (d. 2024) 1931 – Darryl Hickman, American actor (d. 2024) [24] [25] 1931 – Johnny Martin, Australian cricketer (d. 1992) 1932 – Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator (d. 2016) 1932 – Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, Brazilian colonel (d. 2015)