Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board. Date: September 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Saint Kitts and Nevis gains its independence. Date: September 19, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America. Date: September 17, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israeli premier Menachem Begin resigns. Date: September 15, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 15 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros. Date: September 12, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace. Date: September 6, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On…
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet jet fighter after the commercial aircraft strayed into Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald. Date: September 1, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 1 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅…
STS-8: The Space Shuttle Challenger takes off on the first night launch of the shuttle program. Guion Bluford becomes the first African-American in space on this mission. Date: August 30, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight 5463 crashes into Dolan Mountain while approaching Almaty International Airport in present-day Kazakhstan, killing all 90 people on board. Date: August 30, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)