Date: June 2, 1983
The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85Β km) between the Japanese islands of HonshΕ« and HokkaidΕ, breaks through. Date: January 27, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 27 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Mona Mahmudnizhad…
Gordon Kahl, who killed two US Marshals in Medina, North Dakota on February 13, is killed in a shootout in Smithville, Arkansas, along with a local sheriff, after a four-month manhunt. Date: June 4, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 4 π Events on this day in 1983 π On…
The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. Date: February 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 23 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Melbourne Dust Storm and…
First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including FranΓ§oise BarrΓ©-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier. Date: May 20, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 20 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This…
An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at MadridβBarajas Airport, killing 93 people. Date: December 7, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 7 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today)…
The notorious Broadway flop Moose Murders opens and closes on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. Date: February 22, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 22 π Events on this day in 1983 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Air Canada Flight 797 Flashover Kills 23…