Date: September 25, 1983
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The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Date: October 21, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 21 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Pioneer 10 Travels Beyond Plutoβs Orbit, April 25,…
Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba. Date: July 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 23 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Reagan Calls Soviet Union an Evil Empire…
Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. Date: March 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 23 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Beirut Barracks Bombing Kills 241 U.S. Marines, 58…
Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war Date: November 7, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 7 π Events on this day…
The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007. Date: September 12, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 12 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19831983 West Bank Fainting Epidemic Begins,…
A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people. Date: February 13, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 13 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Strategic Defense Initiative Announced by Reagan March 23, 1983Benjamin Ward Appointed First African American NYPD Commissioner…