Date: February 18, 1983
A cinema fire in Turin, Italy, kills 64 people. Date: February 13, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 13 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Pioneer 10 Travels Beyond Pluto’s Orbit, April 25, 1983Church Street Bombing Kills 19 in Pretoria, May…
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…
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 19831983 West Bank Fainting Epidemic Begins, Poison Gas Accusations, March 21,…
First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal Science by a team of French scientists including Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Jean-Claude Chermann, and Luc Montagnier. Date: May 20, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This…
A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II. Date: February 24, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 24 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1983Reeve Aleutian Flight 8 Propeller Loss Emergency Landing,…
Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan. Date: March 2, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 2 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…