China Establishes Ministry of State Security as Principal Intelligence Agency July 1, 1983

Aeroflot Flight 601 crashes during takeoff from Leshukonskoye Airport, Russia, killing 44 of the 49 people on board. Date: December 24, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Lahore Women Protest Zia-ul-Haq’s Law of Evidence…

The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held. Date: October 30, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983AT&T Bell System Breakup by U.S. Government December 31, 1983EPA Announces…

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 1983People’s Armed Police Founded April 5, 1983Pioneer 10 Leaves Central…

During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk. Date: April 7, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle Kills 13, Injures 1 — February…

Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war. Date: April 25, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On…