Date: June 8, 1983
South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. Date: October 9, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983China Establishes Ministry of…
Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board. Date: September 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Air Canada Flight 797 Flashover Kills 23 After Emergency Landing,…
Church Street bombing: A car bomb planted by UMkhonto we Sizwe explodes on Church Street in South Africa's capital, Pretoria, killing 19 people and injuring 217 others. Date: May 20, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Date: October 4, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 4 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Jules Rimet Trophy Stolen…
Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew. Date: September 26, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in…
The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. Date: May 17, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day…