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{{about year|1983}}
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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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*The [[1983 Cricket World Cup]] was held in [[England]] and was won by [[India]]
*The [[Black July]], an anti-Tamil pogrom [[Sri Lanka]] with a massacre of numerous [[Sri Lankan Tamil]] that led to 5,600 deaths
*The [[Ash Wednesday bushfires]], which were massive forest fires that occurred in [[Australia]]
*[[1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut|Suicide bombing in Beirut]] kills 63
*The [[Maruti 800]] was launched by [[Suzuki]] and became the most sold car in [[India]] during the 1980s
*[[Soviet Air Defense Forces]] shoot down [[Korean Air Lines Flight 007]], killing all 270 people on board
*The [[video game crash of 1983]] led to the downfall of gaming industry in a period
*The [[United States invasion of Grenada]], a military intervention by the U.S. and several Caribbean nations  
*The [[1983 United States Senate bombing]], a terrorist attack that took place at the [[United States Senate]]
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* [[January 14]] – The head of [[Bangladesh]]'s military dictatorship, [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]], announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state."<ref name=":0" />
* [[January 14]] – The head of [[Bangladesh]]'s military dictatorship, [[Hussain Muhammad Ershad]], announces his intentions to "turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state."<ref name=":0" />
* [[January 18]] – [[United States Secretary of the Interior|U.S. Secretary of the Interior]] [[James G. Watt]] makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on [[Indian reservation|Native American reservations]] on "the failures of [[socialism]]." Watt will eventually resign in September after a series of other controversial remarks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=UPI |date=January 19, 1983 |title=Watt Sees Reservations As Failure of Socialism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/19/us/watt-sees-reservations-as-failure-of-socialism.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[January 18]] – [[United States Secretary of the Interior|U.S. Secretary of the Interior]] [[James G. Watt]] makes controversial remarks blaming poor living conditions on [[Indian reservation|Native American reservations]] on "the failures of [[socialism]]." Watt will eventually resign in September after a series of other controversial remarks.<ref>{{Cite news |last=UPI |date=January 19, 1983 |title=Watt Sees Reservations As Failure of Socialism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/19/us/watt-sees-reservations-as-failure-of-socialism.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[January 24]] – Twenty-five members of the [[Red Brigades]] are sentenced to life imprisonment for the [[1978]] murder of Italian politician [[Aldo Moro]].
* [[January 24]] – 25 members of the [[Red Brigades]] are sentenced to life imprisonment for the [[1978]] murder of Italian politician [[Aldo Moro]].
* [[January 25]] – [[IRAS]] is launched from [[Vandenberg AFB]], to conduct the world's first all-sky [[infrared]] survey from space.
* [[January 25]] – [[IRAS]] is launched from [[Vandenberg AFB]], to conduct the world's first all-sky [[infrared]] survey from space.
* [[January 26]] – [[1983 Code of Canon Law]]: [[Pope John Paul II]] revises [[Canon law of the Catholic Church|Roman Catholic canon law]], the first such revision since [[1917 Code of Canon Law|1917]]. Among the changes is a reduction in the number of offenses qualifying for [[Latae sententiae and ferendae sententiae|automatic excommunication]], from 37 to only seven.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Briggs |first=Kenneth A. |date=January 26, 1983 |title=New Code of Canon Law: Modifying the Role of Rules |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/26/us/new-code-of-canon-law-modifying-the-role-of-rules-news-analysis.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[January 26]] – [[1983 Code of Canon Law]]: [[Pope John Paul II]] revises [[Canon law of the Catholic Church|Roman Catholic canon law]], the first such revision since [[1917 Code of Canon Law|1917]]. Among the changes is a reduction in the number of offenses qualifying for [[Latae sententiae and ferendae sententiae|automatic excommunication]], from 37 to only seven.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Briggs |first=Kenneth A. |date=January 26, 1983 |title=New Code of Canon Law: Modifying the Role of Rules |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/26/us/new-code-of-canon-law-modifying-the-role-of-rules-news-analysis.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – The pilot shaft of the [[Seikan Tunnel]], the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) in Japan, breaks through.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XI7PXtdQMEC&pg=PA354 |title=Ground Improvement: Case Histories |last2=Buddhima Indraratna |last3=Jian Chu |date=7 November 2005 |publisher=Elsevier| isbn=978-0-08-045736-9 }}</ref>
* [[January 27]] – The pilot shaft of the [[Seikan Tunnel]], the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85&nbsp;km) in Japan, breaks through.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cholachat Rujikiatkamjorn |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_XI7PXtdQMEC&pg=PA354 |title=Ground Improvement: Case Histories |last2=Buddhima Indraratna |last3=Jian Chu |date=7 November 2005 |publisher=Elsevier| isbn=978-0-08-045736-9 }}</ref>
* [[January 30]] – Chinese newspaper [[People's Daily]] reports that the nation will run out of food and clothes by the year 2000 if the state's [[One-child policy|population control]] efforts are not successful.<ref name=":0" />
* [[January 30]] – Chinese newspaper [[People's Daily]] reports that the nation will run out of food and clothes by the year 2000 if the state's [[One-child policy|population control]] efforts are not successful.<ref name=":0" />


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* [[February 3]] – [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Malcolm Fraser]] is granted a [[double dissolution]] of both houses of parliament, for [[1983 Australian federal election|elections on March 5, 1983]]. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, [[Bill Hayden]] resigns as leader of the [[Australian Labor Party]], and in the subsequent [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1983|leadership spill]] [[Bob Hawke]] is elected as Hayden's successor unopposed.
* [[February 3]] – [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Malcolm Fraser]] is granted a [[double dissolution]] of both houses of parliament, for [[1983 Australian federal election|elections on March 5, 1983]]. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, [[Bill Hayden]] resigns as leader of the [[Australian Labor Party]], and in the subsequent [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1983|leadership spill]] [[Bob Hawke]] is elected as Hayden's successor unopposed.
* [[February 5]]–[[February 6|6]] – The team of [[A. J. Foyt]], [[Preston Henn]], [[Bob Wollek]] and [[Claude Ballot-Léna]] win the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] automobile race in a [[Porsche 935]].
* [[February 5]]–[[February 6|6]] – The team of [[A. J. Foyt]], [[Preston Henn]], [[Bob Wollek]] and [[Claude Ballot-Léna]] win the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] automobile race in a [[Porsche 935]].
* [[February 12]] – 100 women protest in [[Lahore]], Pakistan, against military dictator [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]'s proposed Law of Evidence. The women are tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up but are successful in repealing the law.
* [[February 12]] – 100 women protest in [[Lahore]], Pakistan, against military dictator [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]'s proposed Law of Evidence. The women are tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up but are successful in repealing the law.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hameed |first=Shahzad |date=2020-02-12 |title=Women who stood up against patriarchal mindset on Feb 12, 1983 remembered |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/612697-women-who-stood-up-against-patriarchal-mindset-on-feb-12-1983-remembered |access-date=2025-09-14 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – The [[Ash Wednesday bushfires]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]] claim the lives of 75 people, in one of Australia's worst bushfire disasters.
* [[February 16]] – The [[Ash Wednesday bushfires]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]] claim the lives of 75 people, in one of Australia's worst bushfire disasters.
* [[February 18]]
* [[February 18]]
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* [[March 21]] – [[Yamoussoukro]] officially becomes the [[Cote d’Ivoire|Ivorian]] political capital after transfer from [[Abidjan]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=New capital grows in rural Africa: PETER BLACKBURN reports on Yamoussoukro's dramatic promotion from an obscure village buried in the bush to the capital of the Ivory Coast|last=Blackburn|first=Peter|date=May 28, 1983|work=South China Morning Post|language=en|id={{ProQuest|1553829422}}}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – [[Yamoussoukro]] officially becomes the [[Cote d’Ivoire|Ivorian]] political capital after transfer from [[Abidjan]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=New capital grows in rural Africa: PETER BLACKBURN reports on Yamoussoukro's dramatic promotion from an obscure village buried in the bush to the capital of the Ivory Coast|last=Blackburn|first=Peter|date=May 28, 1983|work=South China Morning Post|language=en|id={{ProQuest|1553829422}}}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Sweden]] re-establishes diplomatic ties with the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] after a 450-year interruption. Sweden broke off relations in [[1534]] in keeping with the rise of [[Lutheranism]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 25, 1983 |title=Vatican and Sweden Resume Ties After a 450-Year Break |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/25/world/vatican-and-sweden-resume-ties-after-a-450-year-break.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Sweden]] re-establishes diplomatic ties with the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] after a 450-year interruption. Sweden broke off relations in [[1534]] in keeping with the rise of [[Lutheranism]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 25, 1983 |title=Vatican and Sweden Resume Ties After a 450-Year Break |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/25/world/vatican-and-sweden-resume-ties-after-a-450-year-break.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – Germany's first elected [[Die Grünen|Green Party]] representatives take their seats in the [[West Germany|West German]] [[Bundestag]], dressed in jeans and sweaters and accompanied by [[Bongo drum|bongo]] drums.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freudenheim |first=Milt |date=April 3, 1983 |title=The Greening of the Bundestag |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/03/weekinreview/the-world-the-greening-of-the-bundestag.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – Germany's first elected [[Alliance 90/The Greens|Green Party]] representatives take their seats in the [[West Germany|West German]] [[Bundestag]], dressed in jeans and sweaters and accompanied by [[Bongo drum|bongo]] drums.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freudenheim |first=Milt |date=April 3, 1983 |title=The Greening of the Bundestag |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/03/weekinreview/the-world-the-greening-of-the-bundestag.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>


===April===
===April===
* [[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 6]] – The [[Food and Drug Administration|FDA]] approves sale of the first [[Contraceptive sponge|spermidical sponge]], "Today."
* [[April 11]] – Spain's [[Seve Ballesteros]] won the 47th PGA [[Masters Tournament]].
* [[April 15]] – [[Tokyo Disneyland]] opens to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrating 40 years of Tokyo Disneyland with smiles all around |url=https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14885611}}</ref>
* [[April 18]]  
* [[April 18]]  
** The [[1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut]] kills 63 people.
** The [[1983 United States embassy bombing in Beirut]] kills 63 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Never Forgotten: The Deadliest Day in CIA History - CIA |url=https://www.cia.gov/stories/story/beirut-embassy-attack-40th-anniversary/ |access-date=2025-09-28 |website=www.cia.gov}}</ref>
** [[The Disney Channel]] launches in the United States.
** [[The Disney Channel]] launches in the United States.
* [[April 21]] – [[John Glenn]] announces a presidential run.
* [[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.
* [[April 29]] – [[Erich Honecker]] cancels planned goodwill visit to [[Bonn]] due to escalating [[Able Archer 83|nuclear tensions]].


===May===
===May===
*[[May 6]] – ''[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]'' magazine publishes the "[[Hitler Diaries]]" (which are later found to be forgeries).
*[[May 6]] – ''[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]]'' magazine publishes the "[[Hitler Diaries]]" (which are later found to be forgeries).
*[[May 11]] – [[Aberdeen F.C.]] beat [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] 2–1 to win the [[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983]] and become only the third [[football in Scotland|Scottish]] side to win a European trophy.
*[[May 11]] – [[Aberdeen F.C.]] beat [[Real Madrid C.F.|Real Madrid]] 2–1 to win the [[1982–83 European Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983]], becoming only the third [[football in Scotland|Scottish]] side to win a European trophy.
* [[May 16]] - [[Michael Jackson]] performs the [[Moonwalk (dance)|Moonwalk]] for the first time during his performance of [[Billie Jean]] on [[Motown 25]], as well he wore single white glove made of rhinestone gems. The step, would become one of the most globally recognizable dance moves. 
*[[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]]
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* [[August 17]] – President [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] authorizes construction of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]].<ref name=":0" />
* [[August 17]] – President [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan]] authorizes construction of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]].<ref name=":0" />
* [[August 18]]
* [[August 18]]
** [[Hurricane Alicia]] hits the [[Texas]] coast, killing 22 and causing over US $3.8 billion ([[2005]] dollars) in damage.
** [[Hurricane Alicia]] hits the [[Texas]] coast, killing 22 and causing over US$3.8 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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** The [[Alcalá 20 nightclub fire]] in [[Madrid]], Spain, injuring 47 and killing 83 people.
** The [[Alcalá 20 nightclub fire]] in [[Madrid]], Spain, injuring 47 and killing 83 people.
** [[Harrods bombings]]: a [[Provisional IRA]] car bomb kills 6 people and injures 90 outside [[Harrods]] department store in London.
** [[Harrods bombings]]: a [[Provisional IRA]] car bomb kills 6 people and injures 90 outside [[Harrods]] department store in London.
* [[December 19]] – The [[Jules Rimet Trophy]] is stolen from the Brazilian Soccer Confederation building in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. {{As of|2022}}, the trophy has not been recovered.
* [[December 19]] – The [[Jules Rimet Trophy]] is stolen from the Brazilian Soccer Confederation building in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. As of 2025, the trophy has not been recovered.
* [[December 27]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] visits [[Rebibbia prison]] to forgive his would-be assassin [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]].
* [[December 27]] – [[Pope John Paul II]] visits [[Rebibbia prison]] to forgive his would-be assassin [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]].
* [[December 31]] – Two bombs explode in France: one on a Paris train kills three and injures 19; the other at Marseille station kills two and injures 34.
* [[December 31]] – Two bombs explode in France: one on a Paris train kills three and injures 19; the other at Marseille station kills two and injures 34.

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