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January 26 – Bear Bryant, American football coach (b. 1913) February 4 Jim Ameche, actor (b. 1915) Karen Carpenter, pop singer and drummer (b. 1950) February 12 – Eubie Blake, American pianist and composer (b. 1887) February 25 – Tennessee Williams, playwright and screenwriter (b. 1911) March 3 – Peter Ivers, musician (b. 1946)
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.
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.
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1983 events in the United States by month ... 1983 American novels (138 P) P. ... Timeline of the Ronald Reagan presidency; V.
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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 ...
1983–1989: Honduras: In July 1983, the United States undertook a series of exercises in Honduras that some believed might lead to conflict with Nicaragua. On March 25, 1986, unarmed U.S. military helicopters and crewmen ferried Honduran troops to the Nicaraguan border to repel Nicaraguan troops.