Year 1983

18 June 1983

Sally K. Ride, 32, first USA woman astronaut in space as a crew member aboard space shuttle Challenger

1983

With the introduction of noise-free compact discs, the vinyl record begins a steep decline

1983

Crack cocaine is developed in the Bahamas, and soon appears in the United States

1983

The FCC authorizes Motorola to begin testing cellular phone service in Chicago

1983

The El Niņo phenomenon disrupts global weather patterns

21 August 1983

Benigno S. Aquino, Jr., 50, political rival of Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos, is assassinated in Manila

23 October 1983

Terrorist explosion kills 237 USA Marines in Beirut

25 Janary 1983

Pope John Paul II signs new Roman Catholic code incorporating changes brought about by Second Vatican Council

25 October 1983

US invades Grenada

30 August 1983

South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Seoul apparently strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter after it had tracked the airliner for two hours; all 269 aboard are killed

4 April 1983

Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage, which includes the first USA space walk in nine years

1983

Japan, Honshu - 81 deads - magnitudo 7,7

1983

Colombia, 250 deads - magnitudo 5,5

1983

Turkey, 1.300 deads - magnitudo 7,1

1983

Nobel Prizes Physics: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, William A. Fowler

1983

Nobel Prizes Literature: William Golding

1983

Nobel Prizes Chemistry: Henry Taube, per il suo lavoro sui meccanismi delle reazioni di trasferimento degli elettroni, specificamente nei complessi metallici

1983

Nobel Prizes Physiology or Medicine: Barbara McClintock

1983

Nobel Prizes Peace: Lech Walesa

1983

Nobel Prizes Economy: Gerard Debreu

1983

56 Academy Award Best Picture: Terms of Endearment

1983

Academy Award Best Actor: Robert Duvall, Tender Mercies

1983

Academy Award Best Actress: Shirley MacLaine, Terms of Endearment

1983

Academy Award Best Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, Terms of Endearment

1983

Academy Award Best Supporting Actress: Linda Hunt, The Year of Living Dangerously

1983

Academy Award Best Original Screenplay:

1983

Academy Award Best Director: James L. Brooks, Terms of Endearment

1983

Football XXVII Super Bowl: Washington Redskins d. Miami Dolphins (27-17)

1983

UEFA Champions League, UEFA Champions League: Hamburg (West Germany)

1983

Tennis Wimbledon Women: Martina Navratilova d. A. Jaeger (6-0 6-3)

1983

Baseball World Series: Baltimore Orioles (AL) 4-1 Philadelphia Phillies (NL)

1983

NBA, Basketball NBA Championship: Philadelphia 76ers d. Los Angeles Lakers (4-0)

1983

Tennis Wimbledon Men: John McEnroe d. C. Lewis (6-2 6-2 6-2)

1983

1983 Playboy cover

1983 September 14

Amy Winehouse, singer (born at London,UK) (dead 2011 July 23) Virgo

1983 March 10

Carrie Underwood, singer (born at Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA) Pisces

1983 June 30

Cheryl Cole, singer(Cheryl Ann Tweedy) (born at Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, UK) Cancer

1983 February 23

Emily Blunt, actress(Emily Olivia Leah Blunt) (born at London,England) Pisces

1983 September 04

Jennifer Metcalfe, actress (born at Bradford, UK) Virgo

1983 August 14

Mila Kunis, (Milena Markovna Kunis) (born at Chernivtsi,Ukrainian SSR,Russia) Leo

1983 April 20

Miranda Kerr, model (born at Sydney, Australia) Aries

1983 May 02

Tina Maze, Skiing (born at Slovenj Gradec,SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia) Taurus

1983 September 09

Adriano Pantaleo , actor (born at Napoli,Italy) Virgo

1983 May 02

Alessandro Diamanti , soccer player Taurus

1983 November 06

Bon Jovi , singer Scorpio

1983 July 24

Daniele De Rossi , soccer player Leo

1983 May 12

Domhnall Gleeson , WORK Taurus

1983 February 07

Eva Riccobono , Top model, attrice Aquarius

1983 August 26

Felix Vicious , actress pornografica (born at Denver) Virgo

1983 May 11

Holly Valance , singer, actress Taurus

1983 December 24

Irene Fornaciari , singer Capricorn

1983 June 17

Lee Ryan , singer Gemini

1983 February 23

Simona Molinari , Actress Pisces

1983 August 26

The Love Twins , actress pornografica (born at Cleveland) Virgo

1983 December 25

Joan Miro, artist,surrealist (dead at Majorca,Spain) (born 1893 April 20) Aries

1983 April 04

Gloria Swanson , actress

1983 May 31

Jack Dempsey , heavyweight boxing champ

1983 March 13

Luison Bobet , cyclist (dead at Biarritz) (born 1925 March 12) Pisces

1983 December 05

Robert Aldrich , movie director (dead at Los Angeles,California,USA) (born 1918 August 09) Leo

1983 February 25

Tennessee Williams , playwright and writer