Pioneer 10 Travels Beyond Pluto’s Orbit, April 25, 1983

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 → 📅 Other events on March 23 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Seikan Tunnel Pilot Shaft Breakthrough, World’s Longest Subaqueous…

The People's Armed Police is officially founded. Date: April 5, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Pioneer 10 Travels Beyond Pluto’s Orbit, April 25, 1983Church Street Bombing Kills 19 in Pretoria, May 20, 1983First…

United American Bank of Knoxville, Tennessee collapses. Its president, Jake Butcher, is later convicted of fraud. Date: February 14, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983EPA Announces Times Beach Buyout and Evacuation, February 23,…

Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt. Date: June 4, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 4 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. Date: February 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Pioneer 10 Travels Beyond…

The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through. Date: January 27, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 27 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983United Airlines…