People’s Armed Police Founded – April 5, 1983

Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on STS-9, the first mission to carry the European Space Agency's Spacelab module. Date: November 28, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Harold Washington Elected First Black Mayor of…

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…

The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Date: July 24, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)…

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 1983Stanislav Petrov…

Turkish Airlines Flight 158 crashes at Ankara Esenboğa Airport in Ankara, Turkey, killing 47 and injuring 20. Date: January 16, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 16 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Wah Mee Massacre in Seattle Kills 13, Injures…

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 → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Nintendo and Sega Launch Famicom and…