Date: August 30, 1983
Soviet Air Force officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike, thus preventing nuclear war. Date: September 26, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)…
The People's Armed Police is officially founded. Date: April 5, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983United Airlines Flight 2885 Crashes After Takeoff, Killing Three – January 11, 1983Singapore Cable Car Crash Kills Seven,…
Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square. Date: December 27, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín. Date: December 10, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Turkish Airlines Flight 158 Crashes at Ankara Esenboğa Airport, January 16, 1983Turin Cinema…
Two correctional officers are killed by inmates at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. The incident inspires the Supermax model of prisons. Date: October 22, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 22 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983United American…
TAAG Angola Airlines Flight 462 crashes after takeoff from Lubango Airport killing all 130 people on board. UNITA claims to have shot down the aircraft, though this is disputed. Date: November 8, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day…