Date: August 30, 1983
Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities. Date: July 16, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 16 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983People’s Armed Police Founded April 5, 1983ARPANET Adopts TCP/IP, Creating the…
Singapore cable car crash: Panamanian-registered oil rig, Eniwetok, strikes the cables of the Singapore Cable Car system linking the mainland and Sentosa Island, causing two cabins to fall into the water and killing seven people and leaving thirteen others trapped for hours. Date: January 29, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…
More than 100 people are killed when the Russian river cruise ship Aleksandr Suvorov collides with a girder of the Ulyanovsk Railway Bridge. The collision caused a freight train to derail, further damaging the vessel, yet the ship remained afloat and was eventually restored and returned to service. Date: June 5, 1983 Read more on…
Pioneer 10 becomes the first man-made object to leave the central Solar System when it passes beyond the orbit of Neptune. Date: June 13, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Sri Lanka Army Soldiers…
Black July: Thirty-seven Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are massacred by the fellow Sinhalese prisoners. Date: July 25, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Mona Mahmudnizhad and Nine…
The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts. Date: May 6, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983USSR Vetoes UN Resolution on KAL 007 Destruction, September 12, 1983U.S….