Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed. Date: December 17, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín. Date: December 10, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people. Date: December 7, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina. Date: December 5, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 5 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7. One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and one is captured. Date: December 4, 1983 Read more…
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)
Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181. Date: November 27, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport. Date: November 26, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 26 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 6833 is hijacked en route from Tbilisi to Leningrad. After returning to Tbilisi, the aircraft is subsequently raided on the ground, resulting in seven deaths. Date: November 18, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico. Date: November 17, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 17 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)