Saint Kitts and Nevis Independence September 19, 1983

The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request. Date: May 17, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day…

Cold War: The command post exercise Able Archer 83 begins, eventually leading to the Soviet Union to place air units in East Germany and Poland on alert, for fear that NATO was preparing for war Date: November 7, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day…

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) More events from 1983Melbourne Dust Storm and Worst Drought on…

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri. Date: February 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 23 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Turkish Airlines Flight 158…

Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon. Date: May 17, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19831983 West Bank Fainting Epidemic Begins Amid Poison Gas Accusations -…

Mona Mahmudnizhad, together with nine other women of the Baháʼí Faith, is sentenced to death and hanged in Shiraz, Iran over her religious beliefs. Date: June 18, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983China…