Date: January 29, 1983
Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8 loses one of its propellers in flight resulting in damage to the flight controls. The Lockheed L-188 Electra makes an emergency landing at Anchorage International Airport and there are no injuries. Date: June 8, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this…
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…
First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier. Date: May 20, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This…
Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia. Date: March 11, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 11 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Reeve Aleutian Flight 8 Propeller Loss Emergency Landing, June 8, 1983Church Street Bombing Kills 19 in Pretoria,…
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…
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 1983Air Canada Flight 797 Flashover Kills 23 After Emergency Landing, June…