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{{Events by month|1983}}
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[[File:1983 Events Collage.jpg|300x300px|thumb|Clockwise from top-left: the [[Ash Wednesday bushfires]] burned around {{Convert|2,080|km2|acre|abbr=on}}, killing 75 people in [[Victoria (state)|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]]; a [[1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut|suicide bombing]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]] killed 63 people (+1 suicide bomber) and injuring 120; Soviet [[Sukhoi Su-15]] shoots [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]] killing all aboard; the [[video game crash of 1983]] caused a large-scale recession in the North American video game industry; [[Sally Ride]] became the first American woman in space during [[STS-7]] mission; a truck bomb [[1983 Beirut barracks bombings|blew up]] in Beirut, killing more than 307 people; the [[Black July|Black July anti-Tamil pogrom]] occurs in [[Sri Lanka]]; the United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations [[United States invasion of Grenada|invaded]] the island nation of [[Grenada]].]]
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** [[Nellie massacre]]: Over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, are massacred in [[Assam]], India, during the [[Assam agitation]].
** [[Nellie massacre]]: Over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, are massacred in [[Assam]], India, during the [[Assam agitation]].
** [[Wah Mee massacre]]: 13 people are killed in an attempted robbery in the Chinatown area of [[Seattle]], United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/19/13-slain-in-Chinatown-gambling-club-robbery-2-suspects-in-custody/3467414478800/ |title=13 slain in Chinatown gambling club robbery; 2 suspects in custody |date=February 19, 1983 |agency=UPI |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
** [[Wah Mee massacre]]: 13 people are killed in an attempted robbery in the Chinatown area of [[Seattle]], United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/19/13-slain-in-Chinatown-gambling-club-robbery-2-suspects-in-custody/3467414478800/ |title=13 slain in Chinatown gambling club robbery; 2 suspects in custody |date=February 19, 1983 |agency=UPI |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] - The final episode of the TV series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', entitled [[Goodbye, Farewell and Amen]], airs on CBS, to a total audience of 121.6 million.
* [[February 28]] The final episode of the TV series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', entitled [[Goodbye, Farewell and Amen]], airs on CBS, to a total audience of 121.6 million.


===March===
===March===
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* [[April 4]] – The [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] is launched on its maiden voyage: [[STS-6]].
* [[April 4]] – The [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] is launched on its maiden voyage: [[STS-6]].
* [[April 11]] – Spain's [[Seve Ballesteros]] won the 47th PGA [[Masters Tournament]]
* [[April 11]] – Spain's [[Seve Ballesteros]] won the 47th PGA [[Masters Tournament]]
* [[April 18]] The [[1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut]] kills 63 people.
* [[April 18]]
** The [[1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut]] kills 63 people.
** [[The Disney Channel]] launches in the United States.
* [[April 22]] – A reactor shutdown due to failure of fuel rods occurs at [[Kursk Nuclear Power Plant]], Russia.
* [[April 22]] – A reactor shutdown due to failure of fuel rods occurs at [[Kursk Nuclear Power Plant]], Russia.


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*[[May 17]] – [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], and the United States sign an [[May 17 Agreement|agreement]] on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
*[[May 17]] – [[Lebanon]], [[Israel]], and the United States sign an [[May 17 Agreement|agreement]] on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
*[[May 20]]
*[[May 20]]
** Two separate research groups led by [[Robert Gallo]] and [[Luc Montagnier]] independently declare that a novel [[retrovirus]] may have been infecting people with [[HIV/AIDS]], and publish their findings in the same issue of the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]''.<ref name=Gallo>{{cite journal |author1=RC Gallo |author2=PS Sarin |author3=EP Gelmann |author4=M Robert-Guroff |author5=E Richardson |author6=VS Kalyanaraman |author7=D Mann |author8=GD Sidhu |author9=RE Stahl |author10=S Zolla-Pazner |author11=J Leibowitch |author12=M Popovic | journal=Science |title=Isolation of human T-cell leukemia virus in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | year=1983 | pages=865–867 | volume=220 | doi=10.1126/science.6601823 | pmid=6601823 | issue=4599|bibcode = 1983Sci...220..865G}}</ref><ref name=Montagnier >{{Cite journal |last1 = Barre-Sinoussi | first1 = F. |last2 = Chermann | first2 = J. |last3 = Rey | first3 = F. |last4 = Nugeyre | first4 = M. |last5 = Chamaret | first5 = S. |last6 = Gruest | first6 = J. |last7 = Dauguet | first7 = C. |last8 = Axler-Blin | first8 = C. |last9 = Vézinet-Brun | first9 = F. |doi = 10.1126/science.6189183 |last10 = Rouzioux | first10 = C. |last11 = Rozenbaum | first11 = W. |last12 = Montagnier | first12 = L. | s2cid = 390173 |title = Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |journal = Science |volume = 220 |issue = 4599 |pages = 868–871 |year = 1983 |pmid = 6189183|bibcode = 1983Sci...220..868B }}</ref>
** Two separate research groups led by [[Robert Gallo]] and [[Luc Montagnier]] independently declare that a novel [[retrovirus]] may have been infecting people with [[HIV/AIDS]], and publish their findings in the same issue of the journal ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]''.<ref name=Gallo>{{cite journal |author1=RC Gallo |author2=PS Sarin |author3=EP Gelmann |author4=M Robert-Guroff |author5=E Richardson |author6=VS Kalyanaraman |author7=D Mann |author8=GD Sidhu |author9=RE Stahl |author10=S Zolla-Pazner |author11=J Leibowitch |author12=M Popovic | journal=Science |title=Isolation of human T-cell leukemia virus in acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) | year=1983 | pages=865–867 | volume=220 | doi=10.1126/science.6601823 | pmid=6601823 | issue=4599|bibcode = 1983Sci...220..865G}}</ref><ref name=Montagnier >{{Cite journal |last1 = Barre-Sinoussi | first1 = F. |last2 = Chermann | first2 = J. |last3 = Rey | first3 = F. |last4 = Nugeyre | first4 = M. |last5 = Chamaret | first5 = S. |last6 = Gruest | first6 = J. |last7 = Dauguet | first7 = C. |last8 = Axler-Blin | first8 = C. |last9 = Vézinet-Brun | first9 = F. |doi = 10.1126/science.6189183 |last10 = Rouzioux | first10 = C. |last11 = Rozenbaum | first11 = W. |last12 = Montagnier | first12 = L. | s2cid = 390173 |title = Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) |journal = Science |volume = 220 |issue = 4599 |pages = 868–871 |year = 1983 |pmid = 6189183|bibcode = 1983Sci...220..868B }}</ref>
** [[Church Street bombing]]: A car bombing in [[Pretoria]], South Africa, kills 19 people. The bomb has been planted by members of [[Umkhonto we Sizwe]], a military wing of the [[African National Congress]].
** [[Church Street bombing]]: A car bombing in [[Pretoria]], South Africa, kills 19 people. The bomb has been planted by members of [[Umkhonto we Sizwe]], a military wing of the [[African National Congress]].
*[[May 25]] – [[Hamburger SV]] defeat [[Juventus F.C.|Juventus]] 1–0 in the final of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1982-1983-endspiel-hamburger-sv-juventus/ |title=Champions League 1982/1983 » Final » Hamburger SV - Juventus 1:0 |date= 25 May 1983 |website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>
*[[May 25]] – [[Hamburger SV]] defeat [[Juventus FC|Juventus]] 1–0 in the final of the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/report/champions-league-1982-1983-endspiel-hamburger-sv-juventus/ |title=Champions League 1982/1983 » Final » Hamburger SV - Juventus 1:0 |date= 25 May 1983 |website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>
*[[May 26]] – The 7.8 {{M|w}} [[1983 Sea of Japan earthquake|Sea of Japan earthquake]] shakes northern [[Honshu]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
*[[May 26]] – The 7.8 {{M|w}} [[1983 Sea of Japan earthquake|Sea of Japan earthquake]] shakes northern [[Honshu]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''). A destructive tsunami is generated that leaves about 100 people dead.
*[[May 27]] – [[Benton fireworks disaster]]. An explosion at an unlicensed and illegal [[fireworks]] operation near [[Benton, Tennessee]], kills eleven and injures one. The blast is heard within a radius of {{convert|20|mi|km}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19830530&id=5O0vAAAAIBAJ&pg=6978,8211234 |title=Fireworks suspect charged with deaths |date= 30 May 1983 |website=ay 3news.google.com |publisher=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>
*[[May 27]] – [[Benton fireworks disaster]]. An explosion at an unlicensed and illegal [[fireworks]] operation near [[Benton, Tennessee]], kills eleven and injures one. The blast is heard within a radius of {{convert|20|mi|km}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19830530&id=5O0vAAAAIBAJ&pg=6978,8211234 |title=Fireworks suspect charged with deaths |date= 30 May 1983 |website=ay 3news.google.com |publisher=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |access-date=April 19, 2014}}</ref>
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===June===
===June===
*[[June 5]] – The [[Second Sudanese Civil War]] begins in [[Sudan]].
*[[June 9]] – Britain's [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government, led by [[Margaret Thatcher]], is [[1983 United Kingdom general election|re-elected]] by a landslide majority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/9/newsid_2500000/2500847.stm|title=1983: Thatcher wins landslide victory|date=June 9, 1983|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[June 9]] – Britain's [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] government, led by [[Margaret Thatcher]], is [[1983 United Kingdom general election|re-elected]] by a landslide majority.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/9/newsid_2500000/2500847.stm|title=1983: Thatcher wins landslide victory|date=June 9, 1983|via=news.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
*[[June 13]]
*[[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]].
** ''[[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]].
*[[June 13]] - The first worldwide mobile telephone, the [[Motorola DynaTAC]], enters the market.
** The first worldwide mobile telephone, the [[Motorola DynaTAC]], enters the market.
*[[June 18]] – [[Iran]]ian teenager [[Mona Mahmudnizhad]] and nine other women are hanged because they are members of the [[Baháʼí Faith]].
*[[June 18]] – [[Iran]]ian teenager [[Mona Mahmudnizhad]] and nine other women are hanged because they are members of the [[Baháʼí Faith]].
*[[June 18]]–[[June 19|19]] – The team of [[Vern Schuppan]], [[Al Holbert]] and [[Hurley Haywood]] wins the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]].
*[[June 18]]–[[June 19|19]] – The team of [[Vern Schuppan]], [[Al Holbert]] and [[Hurley Haywood]] wins the [[24 Hours of Le Mans]].
*[[June 22]] – [[Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi|Emanuela Orlandi]], a 15-year-old [[Vatican City|Vatican]] girl, mysteriously disappears in [[Rome]] while returning home from a music lesson. The disappearance of the girl led to many speculations involving international terrorism, Italian organized crime and even a plot inside the Vatican to cover a sexual scandal inside the [[Holy See]]. Because of all these theories, the Orlandi case would later become [[Italy]]'s most famous unsolved mystery.
*[[June 22]] – [[Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi|Emanuela Orlandi]], a 15-year-old [[Vatican City|Vatican]] girl, mysteriously disappears in [[Rome]] while returning home from a music lesson. The disappearance of the girl led to many speculations involving international terrorism, Italian organized crime, and even a plot inside the Vatican to cover a sexual scandal inside the [[Holy See]]. Because of all these theories, the Orlandi case would later become [[Italy]]'s most famous mystery.
*[[June 25]] – India wins the [[Cricket World Cup]], defeating the [[West Indies]] by 43 runs.
*[[June 25]] – India wins the [[Cricket World Cup]], defeating the [[West Indies]] by 43 runs.
*[[June 30]] – A total loss of [[coolant]] occurs at the [[Embalse Nuclear Power Station]], [[Argentina]]. It is classified as an "Accident With Local Consequences" – level 4 on the [[International Nuclear Event Scale]].
*[[June 30]] – A total loss of [[coolant]] occurs at the [[Embalse Nuclear Power Station]], [[Argentina]]. It is classified as an "Accident With Local Consequences" – level 4 on the [[International Nuclear Event Scale]].
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===July ===
===July ===
*[[July 1]]
*[[July 1]]
**A [[North Korea]]n [[Ilyushin Il-62]]M jet, en route to Conakry Airport in [[Guinea]], crashes into the Fouta Djall Mountains in [[Guinea-Bissau]], killing all 23 people on board.
** A [[North Korea]]n [[Ilyushin Il-62]]M jet, en route to Conakry Airport in [[Guinea]], crashes into the Fouta Djall Mountains in [[Guinea-Bissau]], killing all 23 people on board.
**A technical failure causes the release of [[iodine-131]] from the [[Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant]], Germany.
** A technical failure causes the release of [[iodine-131]] from the [[Philippsburg Nuclear Power Plant]], Germany.
*[[July 4]] - Eric Petersen was born
*[[July 7]] – Ten-year-old American girl [[Samantha Smith]] accepts her invitation from Soviet Premier [[Yuri Andropov]] and begins her visit to the USSR with her parents.
*[[July 7]] – Ten-year-old American girl [[Samantha Smith]] accepts her invitation from Soviet Premier [[Yuri Andropov]] and begins her visit to the USSR with her parents.
*[[July 11]] – ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'' debuts on [[PBS]].
*[[July 11]] – ''[[Reading Rainbow]]'' debuts on [[PBS]].
*[[July 15]]
*[[July 15]]
**[[Nintendo]]'s Family Computer, also known as the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]], goes on sale in Japan.
** [[Nintendo]]'s Family Computer, also known as the [[Nintendo Entertainment System|Famicom]], goes on sale in Japan.
** The [[1983 Orly Airport attack|Orly Airport attack]] in Paris leaves eight dead and 55 injured.
** The [[1983 Orly Airport attack|Orly Airport attack]] in Paris leaves eight dead and 55 injured.
* [[July 16]] – [[1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash|Sikorsky S-61 disaster]]: A helicopter crashes off the [[Isles of Scilly]], causing 20 fatalities.
* [[July 16]] – [[1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash|Sikorsky S-61 disaster]]: A helicopter crashes off the [[Isles of Scilly]], causing 20 fatalities.
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* [[August 4]] – [[Thomas Sankara]] becomes President of [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]].
* [[August 4]] – [[Thomas Sankara]] becomes President of [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]].
* [[August 18]]
* [[August 18]]
** [[Hurricane Alicia]] hits the [[Texas]] coast, killing 22 and causing over US$3.8&nbsp;billion ([[2005]] dollars) in damage.
** [[Hurricane Alicia]] hits the [[Texas]] coast, killing 22 and causing over US $3.8&nbsp;billion ([[2005]] dollars) in damage.
** Five people are killed and 18 others injured when a road train is deliberately driven into a motel at [[Uluru|Ayers Rock]] in the Northern Territory of Australia (the driver, Douglas Edward Crabbe, is convicted in [[March]] [[1984]]).
** Five people are killed and 18 others injured when a road train is deliberately driven into a motel at [[Uluru|Ayers Rock]] in the Northern Territory of Australia (the driver, Douglas Edward Crabbe, is convicted in [[March]] [[1984]]).
* [[August 21]] – [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]], [[Philippines]] opposition leader, is [[Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr.|assassinated]] in [[Manila]] just as he returns from exile.
* [[August 21]] – [[Benigno Aquino Jr.]], [[Philippines]] opposition leader, is [[Assassination of Benigno Aquino, Jr.|assassinated]] in [[Manila]] just as he returns from exile.
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* [[September 19]]
* [[September 19]]
** [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] becomes an independent state.<ref>{{cite book |title=Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States in Force on .. |date=2006 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=277 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KunY5Mu_zhMC&pg=PA277 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] becomes an independent state.<ref>{{cite book |title=Treaties in Force: A List of Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States in Force on .. |date=2006 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=277 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KunY5Mu_zhMC&pg=PA277 |language=en}}</ref>
**''[[Press Your Luck]]'' premieres on [[CBS]].
** ''[[Press Your Luck]]'' premieres on [[CBS]].
* [[September 23]]
* [[September 23]]
**[[Gulf Air Flight 771]] crashes in the [[United Arab Emirates]] after a bomb explodes in the baggage compartment, killing 117.
** [[Gulf Air Flight 771]] crashes in the [[United Arab Emirates]] after a bomb explodes in the baggage compartment, killing 117.
** Violence erupts in [[New Caledonia]] between native [[Kanak people|Kanaks]] and French expatriates. The French government withdraws the promise of [[independence]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Crisis in New Caledonia in the 1980s. In: France and the South Pacific since 1940.|last=Aldrich|first=Robert|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan, London|year=1993|isbn=978-1-349-10830-5|pages=242}}</ref>
** Violence erupts in [[New Caledonia]] between native [[Kanak people|Kanaks]] and French expatriates. The French government withdraws the promise of [[independence]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Crisis in New Caledonia in the 1980s. In: France and the South Pacific since 1940.|last=Aldrich|first=Robert|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan, London|year=1993|isbn=978-1-349-10830-5|pages=242}}</ref>
* [[September 26]]
* [[September 26]]
** [[1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident]]: Soviet military officer [[Stanislav Petrov]] averts a worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a warning of attack by U.S. missiles as a [[false alarm]].
** [[1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident]]: Soviet military officer [[Stanislav Petrov]] averts a worldwide nuclear war by correctly identifying a warning of attack by U.S. missiles as a [[false alarm]].
** 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 escape tower system, attached to the top of the capsule containing the crew and [[Soyuz spacecraft]], fires immediately, pulling the crew safe from the vehicle a few seconds before the rocket explodes, destroying the launch complex.
** 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 escape tower system, attached to the top of the capsule containing the crew and [[Soyuz spacecraft]], fires immediately, pulling the crew safe from the vehicle a few seconds before the rocket explodes, destroying the launch complex.
** The [[Atari video game burial|mass burial]] of around 700,000 unsold [[Atari]] video game cartridges, consoles, and computers occurs in [[Alamogordo]], New Mexico.
** The Australian [[yacht]] ''[[Australia II]]'' wins the [[1983 America's Cup|America's Cup]], the first successful challenge to the [[New York Yacht Club]]'s 132-year defence of the [[sailing (sport)|sailing]] trophy.
** The Australian [[yacht]] ''[[Australia II]]'' wins the [[1983 America's Cup|America's Cup]], the first successful challenge to the [[New York Yacht Club]]'s 132-year defence of the [[sailing (sport)|sailing]] trophy.
* [[September 27]] – The [[GNU Project]] is announced publicly on the net.unix-wizards and net.usoft [[newsgroup]]s.
* [[September 27]] – The [[GNU Project]] is announced publicly on the net.unix-wizards and net.usoft [[newsgroup]]s.
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** [[1983 U.S. Senate bombing]] A bomb explodes in the [[United States Senate]] with the intent to kill [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] senators; no one is injured. The perpetrators are members of the [[May 19th Communist Organization]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick S. Calhoun|title=Hunters and Howlers: Threats and Violence Against Federal Judicial Officials in the United States, 1789-1993|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service|year=1998|page=15}}</ref>
** [[1983 U.S. Senate bombing]] A bomb explodes in the [[United States Senate]] with the intent to kill [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] senators; no one is injured. The perpetrators are members of the [[May 19th Communist Organization]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederick S. Calhoun|title=Hunters and Howlers: Threats and Violence Against Federal Judicial Officials in the United States, 1789-1993|publisher=U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Marshals Service|year=1998|page=15}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] – [[Ronald Reagan]] becomes the first U.S. president to address the [[National Diet]], Japan's national legislature.
* [[November 11]] – [[Ronald Reagan]] becomes the first U.S. president to address the [[National Diet]], Japan's national legislature.
* [[November 13]] – The first United States [[cruise missile]]s arrive at [[RAF Greenham Common]] in the UK amid protests from peace campaigners.
* [[November 13]] – The first United States [[cruise missile]]s arrive at [[RAF Greenham Common]] in the UK amid protests from peace campaigners.<ref name="Nordheimer 1983 p154">{{cite web | last=Nordheimer | first=Jon | title=FIRST U.S. MISSILES ARRIVE BY PLANE AT A BRITISH BASE | website=The New York Times | date=1983-11-15 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/11/15/world/first-us-missiles-arrive-by-plane-at-a-british-base.html | access-date=2024-02-08}}</ref>
* [[November 14]] – The [[immunosuppressant]] [[cyclosporine]] is approved by the [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]], leading to a revolution in the field of transplantation.
* [[November 14]] – The [[immunosuppressant]] [[cyclosporine]] is approved by the [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]], leading to a revolution in the field of transplantation.
* [[November 15]] – The Turkish part of [[Cyprus]] declares independence.
* [[November 15]] – The Turkish part of [[Cyprus]] declares independence.
* [[November 17]] – The [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] is founded in Mexico.
* [[November 17]] – The [[Zapatista Army of National Liberation]] is founded in Mexico.
* [[November 19]] – An attempted [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking]] of [[Aeroflot Flight 6833]] in [[Georgian SSR|Soviet Georgia]] results in several dead and wounded.
* [[November 19]] – An attempted [[Aircraft hijacking|hijacking]] of [[Aeroflot Flight 6833]] in [[Georgian SSR|Soviet Georgia]] results in several dead and wounded.
* [[November 20]] - [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] aired the most watched and controversial TV movie, ''[[The Day After]]''.
* [[November 20]] [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] aired the most watched and controversial TV movie, ''[[The Day After]]''.
* [[November 27]] – [[Colombia]]n [[Avianca Flight 011]] crashes near [[Barajas Airport]] in [[Madrid]], Spain, killing 181 of the 192 on board.
* [[November 27]] – [[Colombia]]n [[Avianca Flight 011]] crashes near [[Barajas Airport]] in [[Madrid]], Spain, killing 181 of the 192 on board.



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Clockwise from top-left: the Ash Wednesday bushfires burned around 2,080 km2 (510,000 acres), killing 75 people in Victoria and South Australia; a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon killed 63 people (+1 suicide bomber) and injuring 120; Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 shoots Korean Air Lines Flight 007 killing all aboard; the video game crash of 1983 caused a large-scale recession in the North American video game industry; Sally Ride became the first American woman in space during STS-7 mission; a truck bomb blew up in Beirut, killing more than 307 people; the Black July anti-Tamil pogrom occurs in Sri Lanka; the United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada.
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1983 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1983
MCMLXXXIII
Ab urbe condita2736
Armenian calendar1432
ԹՎ ՌՆԼԲ
Assyrian calendar6733
Baháʼí calendar139–140
Balinese saka calendar1904–1905
Bengali calendar1390
Berber calendar2933
British Regnal year31 Eliz. 2 – 32 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar2527
Burmese calendar1345
Byzantine calendar7491–7492
Chinese calendar壬戌年 (Water Dog)
4680 or 4473
    — to —
癸亥年 (Water Pig)
4681 or 4474
Coptic calendar1699–1700
Discordian calendar3149
Ethiopian calendar1975–1976
Hebrew calendar5743–5744
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2039–2040
 - Shaka Samvat1904–1905
 - Kali Yuga5083–5084
Holocene calendar11983
Igbo calendar983–984
Iranian calendar1361–1362
Islamic calendar1403–1404
Japanese calendarShōwa 58
(昭和58年)
Javanese calendar1915–1916
Juche calendar72
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4316
Minguo calendarROC 72
民國72年
Nanakshahi calendar515
Thai solar calendar2526
Tibetan calendar阳水狗年
(male Water-Dog)
2109 or 1728 or 956
    — to —
阴水猪年
(female Water-Pig)
2110 or 1729 or 957
Unix time410227200 – 441763199

1983 (MCMLXXXIII) 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 saw both the official beginning of the Internet[1] and the first mobile cellular telephone call.

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References

  1. ^ "A Closer Look At The Controversy Over The Internet's Birthday! You Decide". circleid.com. Retrieved June 23, 2018.
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