Today in History for December 1983

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 71 of 71

1st - Rita Lavelle, former head of EPA, convicted of perjury
3rd - "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 perfs
3rd - 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB)
3rd - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
4th - "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
4th - "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
4th - David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby," premieres in NYC
4th - NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
4th - US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
5th - 12 killed by a car bomb shattering 9-story building in west Beirut
5th - LA Dodger pitcher Steve Howe is suspended for 1 year for cocaine use
5th - ICIMOD established and inaugurated with its headquarters in Kathmandu, Nepal, and legitimised through an Act of Parliament in Nepal in the same year.
6th - A bomb planted on a bus in Jerusalem explodes, kills 6 Israelis
7th - 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93
7th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
8th - 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-lands at Edwards AFB
8th - Richard Baker, Zen teacher, steps down from abbotship of SF Zen Center
9th - Att Gen Edwin Meese says people go to soup kitchens "...because food is free & that's easier than paying for it"
9th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
10th - 58th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76)
10th - Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
10th - Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat NY Jets 34-7
10th - Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president
264th Pope John Paul II 11th - 1st visit to Lutheran church by a pope (John Paul II in Rome)
11th - 72nd Australian Mens Tennis: Mats Wilander beats Ivan Lendl (61 64 64)
11th - Jan Stephens/Fred Couples wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
12th - A truck bomb explodes at US Embassy in Kuwait
13th - 9,655 see highest-scoring NBA game: Detroit 186, Denver 184 (3 OT)
13th - British Airways incorporates
13th - Islander's Butch Goring scorings 4 goals against Oilers
13th - KYA-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KOIT
13th - Martha Layne Collins inaugurated as Kentucky's 1st female governor
14th - "Peg" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 5 performances
15th - 3 KC Royals suspended due to cocaine usage
15th - Columbia flies to Kennedy Space Center via El Paso, Kelly AFB
15th - Last 80 US combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew
15th - Wendy Wasserstein's "Isn't It Romantic," premieres in NYC
16th - Spokesperson for The Who announces the group is disbanding
16th - Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for 2nd time
16th - Riverside, Cal judge denies cerebral palsy victim Elizabeth Bouviato request to starve herself to death in a county hospital
17th - "Peg" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 5 performances
17th - Bomb attack on Harrod's war house in London, 5 killed, 94 injured
17th - Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die
17th - The IRA bombs Harrods Department Store in London, killing six people.
18th - NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak
19th - The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro.
20th - El Salvador adopts constitution
20th - Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals
20th - NY Islanders score their most goals (11) vs Pitts Penguins
Palestinian Leader Yasser Arafat 20th - PLO chairman Yasser Arafat & 4,000 loyalists evacuate Lebanon
21st - Musical "Tap Dance Kid" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 669 performances
21st - NBA Indiana Pacers end a 28 game road losing streak
21st - NCAA rules rescinded last 2-minute men's basketball free throw rule
22nd - Egyptian president Mubarak meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat
22nd - Islanders score 3 shorthanded goals against Caps
23rd - Journal Science publishes 1st report on nuclear winter
25th - 1st live telecast of Christmas Parade
26th - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan MCG
26th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
27th - Pope John Paul II pardons man who shot him (Mehmet Ali Agca)
27th - Propane gas fire devastated 16 blocks of Buffalo
28th - 72nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Sweden in Melbourne (3-2)
28th - Gavaskar achieves his 30th century, beating Bradman's 29
28th - US say they will leave UNESCO on Dec 31, 1984
28th - Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants
29th - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* v WI
29th - Graeme Yallop completes 268 v Pakistan at cricket MCG
29th - US announced withdrawal from UNESCO
31st - Brunei gains complete independence from Britain
31st - Jose Happart installed as mayor of Voeren Belgium
31st - Nigeria's National Assembly dissolves after military coup

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 38 of 38

2nd - Bibiana Candelas, Mexican volleyball player
2nd - Chris Burke (footballer), Scottish footballer plays for Rangers F.C.
2nd - Aaron Rodgers, American football player for Green Bay Packers
3rd - Sherri DuPree, American vocalist
4th - Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer
7th - Fausto Carmona, Dominican baseball player
8th - Neel Jani, Swiss racing driver
8th - Liu Song, Chinese snooker player
9th - Dariusz Dudka, Polish footballer
9th - Jermaine Beckford, English footballer
10th - Patrick Flueger, American actor
10th - Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer
10th - Katrin Siska, Estonian singer
10th - Zé Kalanga, Angolan footballer
11th - Yoh Miyamori, Japanese musician (Orange Range)
12th - Katrina Elam, American singer
13th - Matt Deis, American bassist
13th - Otylia Jędrzejczak, Polish swimmer
15th - René Goguen (René Duprée), Canadian professional wrestler
15th - Ronnie Radke, American singer (Escape the Fate)
15th - Wang Hao, Chinese table tennis player
16th - Kelenna Azubuike, English basketball player
16th - Danielle Lloyd, English model
18th - Darren Carter, English footballer
18th - Steph Jones, American R&B singer
19th - Matt Stajan, Canadian ice hockey player
20th - Jonah Hill, American actor
20th - Lucy Pinder, British model
20th - Darren Sammy, St. Lucian West Indies cricketer
20th - Lara Stone, Dutch model
20th - Adrián Varela, Mexican singer
22nd - Jennifer Hawkins, Australian Miss Universe
23rd - Michael Chopra, English footballer
23rd - Hanley Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
27th - Cole Hamels, American baseball player
28th - Mike He, Taiwanese actor
29th - Jessica Andrews, American country/pop singer
30th - Rachel & Ross Trudeau, twins of Jane Pauley & Gerry Trudeau

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

18th - Wrestler Hulk Hogan (30) weds Linda Claridge
21st - Loretta Swit weds Dennis Holahan

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 32 of 32

1st - Mirsky, mathematician, dies
2nd - Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (South African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
2nd - Fifi D'Orsay, "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79
4th - Estelle Omens, actress (Effect of Gamma Rays), dies at 55
5th - Robert Aldrich, dir/producer (Last Sunset), dies at 65
6th - Lucienne Boyer, French singer (b. 1903)
7th - Edgar Graham, member of N Ireland Assembly, shot dead by IRA
7th - Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
8th - Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
9th - David Rounds, actor (Terence-Beacon Hill), dies at 53
10th - Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84
10th - Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at 74
11th - Szymon Laks, composer, dies at 82
11th - Sir Neil Ritchie, British General (b. 1897)
13th - Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60
13th - Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
13th - Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78
13th - Alexander Schmemann, Orthodox Christian priest and theologian (b. 1921)
13th - Nichita Stanescu, Romanian poet (b. 1933
16th - Kusan Sunim, found Milae Sa temple/Bulsung Sa Zen in Korea, dies at 74
17th - Erik Christensen, NHL player
21st - Rod Cameron, actor (Santa Fe Passage, Stampede), dies at 73
21st - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (b. 1919)
23rd - Colin Middleton, Northern Irish artist (b. 1910)
25th - Joan Miro, Spanish surrealist, dies at his home in Majorca at 90
26th - Violet Carson, British actress (b. 1898)
27th - Walter Scott, rocker, dies
28th - Dennis Wilson, drummer/singer (Beach Boys), drowns at 39
28th - William Demarest, actor (My 3 Sons), dies in Palm Springs at 91
28th - Jimmy Demaret, American golfer (b. 1910)
31st - Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies
31st - Frank Link, actor (Burns & Schreiber Comedy Show), dies at 46