Reagan Calls Soviet Union “Evil Empire” at Evangelical Convention, March 8, 1983
Date: March 8, 1983
Date: March 8, 1983
First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Franรงoise Barrรฉ-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier. Date: May 20, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1983 ๐ On This…
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 โ ๐ Other events on June 4 ๐ Events on this day in 1983 ๐ On…
Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war. Date: April 25, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 25 ๐ Events on this day in 1983 ๐ On…
Turkish Airlines Flight 158 crashes at Ankara Esenboฤa Airport in Ankara, Turkey, killing 47 and injuring 20. Date: January 16, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1983 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1983People’s Armed Police Founded April 5, 1983Black July:…
The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75. Date: February 16, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 16 ๐ Events on this day in 1983 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Reeve Aleutian Flight 8 Propeller Loss Emergency Landing, June 8, 1983Lebanon-Israel-US Sign Withdrawal Agreement,…
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 โ ๐ Other events on August 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1983 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Turkish Airlines Flight 158…