Today in History for November 1983

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 61 of 61

2nd - President Reagan signed bill establishing Dr Martin Luther King Jr holiday
2nd - Abp Hickey conducts papal investigation of Abp Hunthausen, Seattle
2nd - Pres Reagan signs a bill establishing Martin L King day
3rd - Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency (D)
3rd - Nashville Network begins on cable TV
4th - Bomb attack on Israeli headquarter in Tyrus Lebanon, 60 killed
4th - Washington Capitals 1st NHL overtime victory beating Vancouver 5-4
5th - NY Rangers & Quebec Nordiques both score in 1st 14 secs of 3rd period
5th - Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) moves overland to Dryden
6th - Chako Higuchi wins LPGA Sports Nippon Team Match Golf Tournament
6th - Discovery transported to Vandenberg AFB, Calif
6th - Tor Bay Buccaneers James Wilder rushes for 219 yards vs Minnesota Vikings
6th - Turkey Turgut Özals Moederland party wins elections
7th - Ali Haji-Sheikh kicks his 2nd NY Giant record 56 yard field goal
7th - Bomb explodes in US Capitol, causing heavy damage but no injuries
8th - Martha Layne Collins (D) elected 1st female governor of Kentucky
8th - STS-9 vehicle again moves to launch pad
8th - W Wilson Goode (D) elected 1st black mayor of Philadelphia
9th - Amsterdam brewer Freddie Heineken kidnapped
9th - Discovery flies from Vandenberg AFB to Kennedy Space Center
10th - "Amen Corner" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 83 performances
10th - Federal government shut down
11th - 1st US cruise missiles arrive in Great Britain
11th - Pres Reagan became 1st US pres to address Japan's legislature
11th - Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan at WACA
12th - 4 die in a train crash in Marshall Texas
12th - NJ Devils 1st overtime game, lose to Calgary Flames 4-3
13th - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda Japan Golf Classic
14th - 1st cruise missile placed (Greenham Common England)
15th - 75th hat trick in Islander history-Mike Bossy
15th - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus proclaimed
16th - Kapil Dev takes 9-83 v WI at Ahmedabad, but India still lose
17th - "La Tragedie de Carmen" opens at Beaumont Theater NYC for 187 perfs
17th - Harm Wiersma retains checkers world championship
17th - Phila Flyers win 13th straight NHL game
NHL all-time top scorer Wayne Gretzky 19th - Edmonton Oilers beat NJ Devils, 13-4, Wayne Gretzky calls the Devils "a Mickey Mouse organization"
20th - "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff NYC for 16 perfs
20th - 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war
20th - Cleveland Browns shutout Patriots 30-0
20th - NY Giants Butch Woolfolk ties NFL record of 43 attempts rushing
21st - "Doonesbury" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 104 performances
23rd - Soyuz T-9 lands
23rd - USSR leave weapon disarmament talks
24th - PLO exchanges 6 Israeli prisoners for 4,500 Palestinians & Lebanese
24th - Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay
25th - Larry Holmes TKOs Marvis Frazier in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
25th - Soyuz T-9 returns to Earth, 149 days after take-off
25th - Syria & Saudi Arabia announce cease-fire in PLO civil war in Tripoli
25th - World's greatest robbery 25,000,000 pounds of gold, Heathrow, England
26th - Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million
27th - 71st CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats BC Lions, 18-17
27th - Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 181
27th - Desmond Haynes out handled the ball v India
28th - 9th Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 6-is launched
29th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
30th - 6th Emmy Sports Award presentation
30th - Police free kidnapped beer magnate Alfred Heineken in Amsterdam
30th - Radio Shack announces Tandy Model 2000 computer (80186 chip)
30th - Raúl Alfonsín wins Argentine presidential election
30th - Sam Shepards "Fool for love," premieres in NYC
30th - Denver Nugget coach Doug Moe, hoplessly behind, advise team to let Blazers break their scoring record

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48

1st - Yuko Ogura, Japanese model
1st - Josh Wicks, American soccer player
1st - Jon Wilkin, English rugby league footballer
3rd - Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderess
5th - Mike Hanke, German footballer
5th - Andrew Hayden-Smith, TV presenter and actor
6th - Janette McBride, Filipino actress
6th - Jon Hume, Australian singer (Evermore)
8th - Blanka Vlašić, Croatian high jumper
8th - Remko Pasveer, Dutch footballer
8th - Kat Shoob, British television presenter
10th - Sammie Rhodes, American pornographic actress
10th - Miranda Lambert, American singer
10th - Craig Smith, American basketball player
11th - Philipp Lahm, German footballer
11th - Matt Garza, American baseball player
12th - Carlton Cole, English football player
14th - C E Gadda, writer
14th - Lil Boosie, American rapper
15th - DJ Skee, American DJ/Personality
15th - Laura Smet, French actress
15th - Fernando Verdasco, Spanish tennis player
16th - Kari Lehtonen, Finnish ice hockey goaltender
16th - Britta Steffen, German swimmer
16th - K, South Korean singer
17th - Christopher Paolini, American novelist
17th - Yiannis Bourousis, Greek basketball player
17th - Ryan Braun, Los Angeles, California, American baseball player (Milwaukee Brewers)
17th - Scott Moore, American baseball player
17th - Nick Markakis, American baseball player
17th - Harry Lloyd, English actor
18th - Jon Johansen, Norwegian software developer
18th - Travis Buck, American baseball player
19th - Daria Werbowy, Ukranian-Canadian Supermodel
19th - Chandra Crawford, Canadian cross-country skier
21st - Jamie Langley, English rugby player
22nd - Corey Beaulieu, American guitarist (Trivium)
22nd - Tyler Hilton, American singer and actor
22nd - Peter Ramage, English footballer
24th - Dean Ashton, English footballer
24th - Meredith Henderson, Canadian actress
24th - Karine Vanasse, Quebec actress
25th - Joey Chestnut, American champion competitive eater
25th - Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer/songwriter
26th - Chris Hughes, American businessman, co-founder of Facebook
29th - Tanner Glass, Canadian ice hockey player
30th - Adrian Cristea, Romanian footballer
30th - Andy Akinwolere, English television presenter

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

21st - NY Ranger Ron Greschner marries model Carol Alt
23rd - "Ordinary People" actress Mary Tyler Moore (46) weds Dr. Robert Levine at the Pierre Hotel in New York City

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 18 of 18

1st - Anthony van Hoboken, Dutch musicologist (Haydn Catalog), dies at 96
3rd - Alfredo Antonini, conductor (Jane Froman Canteen), dies at 82
6th - Robert Gross, composer, dies at 69
7th - David Alexandrovich Toradze, composer, dies at 61
7th - Germaine Tailleferre, Fren composer (Le Marin du Bolivar), dies at 91
8th - Robert Agnew, director, dies at 84 of kidney failure
8th - Mordecai Kaplan, Rabbi, founded Reconstructionist Judaism (b. 1881)
13th - "Alvin" Junior Samples, country singer (Hee Haw), dies at 56
15th - John Le Mesurier, British actor (Jabberwocky, Dad's Army), dies at 71
19th - Peter Coffield, Ill, actor (Kevin-W E B), dies at 37
19th - Tom Evans, English bass guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
20th - Marcel Dalio, actor (Casablanca), dies at 83
20th - Richard Loo, actor, (China Sky), dies of cardio-pulmonary arrest
22nd - Michael Conrad, actor (Hill Street Blues), dies of cancer at 58
23rd - Juhan Muks, Estonian artist (b. 1899)
27th - Manuel Scorza, Peruvian writer, dies at about 55
28th - Christopher George, actor (Chisum, Heist), dies of heart attack at 54
30th - George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies