Today in History for July 1983

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 60 of 60

1st - Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period
2nd - 90th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats A Jaeger (60 63)
3rd - 11th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Hollis Stacy
3rd - 97th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: John McEnroe beats Chris Lewis (62 62 62)
3rd - Calvin Smith of US becomes fastest man alive (9.93 for 100m)
3rd - Rangers explode for 12 runs in 15th inning of a 16-4 win over the A's
4th - NY Yankee Dave Righetti no-hits the Red Sox
5th - France invades Algeria
5th - NJ Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team
5th - Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death (Roanoke, VA)
6th - 54th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 13-3 at Comiskey Park, Chicago
6th - Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
6th - Fred Lynn of Angels hits All Star game 1st grand slam (AL wins 13-3)
7th - 11 year old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, leaves for USSR
8th - Rudi Koopmans retains European middleweight title
11th - Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, of NZ, crowned 32nd Miss Universe
12th - Chad government troops reconquer Abéché
14th - Crane (Rep-R-Il) & Studds (Rep-D-Mas) admit to sex with pages
15th - 8 killed, 54 wounded, by Armenian extremists bomb at Orly, France
Tennis Great John McEnroe 15th - Linda Ronstadt debuts as Mabel in "Pirates of Penzance"
16th - 20 killed in Britain's worst helicopter accident
16th - Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
17th - 112th British Golf Open: Tom Watson shoots a 275 at Royal Birkdale
17th - 1st USFL championship (Mich Panthers beats Phila Stars 24-22)
17th - Beth Daniel wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic
18th - Despite being in 1st place in NL East, Phils fire manager Pat Corrales
19th - The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
20th - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island
21st - Polish government ends 19 months of martial law
21st - Storm cuts short Diana Ross' free concert in NY's Central Park
21st - US announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge
22nd - -128.6°F (-89.2°C) recorded, Vostok, Antarctica (world record)
22nd - Angels OF Brian Downing error ends his record streak at 244 games
22nd - Dick Smith makes 1st solo helicopter flight around the world
22nd - Poland's PM Januzelski lifts martial law
23rd - Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
24th - "Mame" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 41 performances
24th - 21st Tennis Fed Cup: Czech beats Germany in Zurich Switz (2-1)
24th - Lauren Howe wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
24th - Laurent Fignon wins Tour de France
24th - Pine Tar Game: Brett's HR disallowed against Yanks (overturned)
24th - Sonya Robinson, (Milwaukee), 23, crowned 16th Miss Black America
25th - 1st non-human primate (baboon) conceived in a lab dish, San Antonio
25th - Washington Public Power Supply System defaulted $2.25 billion
26th - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating for STS-8
26th - Jarmila Kratochvilova of Czech sets 800m woman's record (1:53.28)
26th - Light flashes seen on Jupiter moon Io
27th - 104°F (40.3°C) in Garmersdorf (German record)
27th - Gaylord Perry joins Nolan Ryan & Steve Carlton to reach 3,500 career strikeouts this season, he also wins his 1st game as a Royal
28th - AL Pres Lee MacPhail threw out umpire's decision & allows
28th - USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
28th - George Brett's 2 run HR against Yanks on July 24 (pine tar game)
28th - NASA launches Telstar-3A
29th - "Friday Night Videos" premieres on NBC TV
29th - Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
30th - Official speed record for a piston-driven aircraft, 832 kph, Calif
30th - Weight lifter Sergei Didyk of USSR jerks a record 261 kg
31st - 38th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jan Stephenson
31st - B Robinson, J Marichal, G Kell, & W Alston inducted into Hall of Fame
31st - Dutch July avg temp is 20.1°C; warmest July since 1852

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48

1st - Marit Larsen, Norwegian musician (M2M)
1st - Leeteuk, Korean singer
2nd - Michelle Branch, American singer (The Wreckers)
2nd - Sammy J, Australian comedian
3rd - Steph Jones, American singer and model
4th - Isabeli Fontana, Brazilian model
4th - Ben Jorgensen, American musician
4th - Andy Mrotek, American musician
5th - Zheng Jie, Chinese tennis player
6th - Gregory Smith, Canadian actor
7th - Justin Davies, Australian rules footballer
7th - D. Woods, American singer (Danity Kane)
8th - Jaroslav Janiš, Czech racing car driver
8th - Elizabeth Del Mar, American pornographic actress
8th - John Bowker, American baseball player
9th - Lucia Micarelli, American musician
10th - Kim Heechul, Korean Singer
11th - Peter Cincotti, American singer songwriter
11th - Kelly Poon, Singaporean singer
11th - Evan Roberts, American radio broadcaster
11th - Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens)
11th - Kellie Shirley, British actress
12th - Megumi Kawamura, Japanese volleyballer
12th - Munaf Patel, Indian cricketer
13th - Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdling athlete
13th - Kristof Beyens, Belgian athlete
14th - Wesley Dening, Australian TV personality
15th - Nelson Merlo, Brazilian racing driver
17th - Brooke Kinsella, British actress
17th - Ryan Guettler, professional Australian BMX rider
17th - Sarah Jones, American actress
17th - Adam Lind, American baseball player
18th - Carlos Diogo, Uruguayan footballer
21st - Eivør Pálsdóttir, Faroese singer
21st - Kellen Winslow II, American football player
22nd - Arsenium, Moldovan singer (O-Zone)
22nd - Steven Jackson, American football player
22nd - Sharni Vinson, Australian actress and model
23rd - Andrew Eiden, American actor
23rd - Bec Hewitt, Australian actress
23rd - Aaron Peirsol, American swimmer
24th - Daniele De Rossi, Italian footballer
26th - Roderick Strong, American professional wrestler
26th - Delonte West, American basketball player
27th - Alsou, Russian pop-star and actress
27th - Goran Pandev, Macedonian footballer
29th - Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
30th - Sean Dillon, Irish footballer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

1st - R Buckminster Fuller, inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87
4th - Claus Adam, composer, dies at 65
5th - Arie Querido, psychiatrist (social psychiatry), dies
5th - Harry James, swing-era bandleader/trumpet player, dies at 67
5th - Vaclav Trojan, composer, dies at 76
7th - George Cukor, director (My Fair Lady), dies on 84th birthday
7th - Herman Kahn, US futurist/nuclear strategist, dies at 71
7th - Vicki Morgan, mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), murdered at 30
9th - Keith Wickenden, British Politician (b. 1932)
10th - Werner Egk, German composer (Die Zaubergeige), dies at 82
11th - Ross Macdonald, American-Canadian writer (b. 1915)
12th - Chris Wood, rocker (Traffic), dies at 39
13th - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b. 1909)
14th - Jack MacBryan, cricketer (Test for England 1924), dies
15th - Eddie Foy Jr, actor (Eddie-Fair Exchange), dies of cancer at 78
20th - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News), dies at 59
23rd - Georges Auric, French composer (It Always Rains on Sunday), dies at 84
25th - Jerome Moross, US composer (Frankie & Johnny), dies at 69
27th - Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistani left-arm quick 1965), dies
28th - Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies
29th - David Niven, actor (Rugues), dies in Switzerland at 73
29th - J B Charles, [Willem Nagel], Dutch criminologist/writer, dies at 83
29th - Luis Buñuel, director (Monk), dies of cirrhosis of liver at 83
29th - Raymond Massey, actor (Dr Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86
30th - Howard Deitz, MGM executive, dies at 86 of Parkinson's disease
30th - Lynn Fontanne, Broadway's premier actress (Emmy 1965), dies at 95
30th - Howard Dietz, American lyricist (b. 1896)