Date: February 12, 1983
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead. Date: October 30, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Nigeria Coup Ends Second Nigerian Republic – December…
Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago. Date: April 12, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 12 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Reagan Calls Soviet Union an Evil Empire March 8, 1983Able Archer 83 Begins, Cold…
A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board. Date: July 11, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Aleksandr Suvorov Ship Collision Kills 100+ on June…
One hundred women protest in Lahore, Pakistan against military dictator Zia-ul-Haq's proposed Law of Evidence. The women were tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up. The women were successful in repealing the law. Date: February 12, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅…
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…
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…