Turkish Airlines Flight 158 Crashes at Ankara Esenboğa Airport, January 16, 1983

Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board. Date: September 23, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 23 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19831983 West Bank Fainting Epidemic Begins, Poison Gas Accusations, March…

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…

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 📅…

Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space on STS-6. Date: April 4, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 4 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Reagan Calls Soviet Union “Evil Empire” at Evangelical Convention, March 8,…

The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Date: July 24, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 24 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)…