Vanessa Williams Becomes First Black Miss America, September 17, 1983
Date: September 17, 1983
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Date: September 17, 1983
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George Brett playing for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "Pine Tar Incident". Date: July 24, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 24 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983IOC…
Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago. Date: October 13, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 13 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Samantha Smith Invited to Soviet Union by Yuri Andropov, April 25, 1983Richard Noble Sets…
Black July: Eighteen Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days. Date: July 27, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 27 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events…
Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the BahΓ‘ΚΌΓ Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs. Date: June 18, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 18 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983EPA…
Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours. Date: January 29, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on…
A dust storm hits Melbourne, resulting in the worst drought on record and severe weather conditions in the city. Date: February 8, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 8 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Turkish Airlines Flight 158 Crashes at…