Lebanese Civil War: The U.S. Marines Corps barracks in Beirut is hit by a truck bomb, killing 241 U.S. military personnel. A French Army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops. Date: October 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this…
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons. Date: October 22, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 22 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. Date: October 21, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ameritech Mobile Communications launches the first US cellular network in Chicago. Date: October 13, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Japan's former Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei is found guilty of taking a $2 million bribe from the Lockheed Corporation, and is sentenced to four years in jail. Date: October 12, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma, but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others. Date: October 9, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 9 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Richard Noble sets a new land speed record of 633.468 miles per hour (1,019.468 km/h) at the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. Date: October 4, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 4 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Soyuz 7K-ST No. 16L, intended to launch a crew to the Salyut 7 space station, explodes on the launch pad. The launch escape system is activated before the Soyuz-U rocket explodes, saving the crew. Date: September 26, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in…
Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war. Date: September 26, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison. Date: September 25, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 25 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)