Significant Events
- Nov 25 World's greatest robbery; 26 million pounds (sterling) worth of gold, diamonds and cash stolen from Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, England
1983 in Film & TV
1983 in Music
- May 20 "Every Breath You Take" single released by The Police (Billboard Song of the Year 1983)
- Oct 11 "Can't Slow Down" 2nd studio album by Lionel Richie is released
- Nov 2 "Thriller" single released worldwide by Michael Jackson
1983 in Sport
- Jan 18 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals (Pentathlon & Decathlon victories) 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semipro baseball
- Feb 13 World Boxing Council becomes 1st to cut boxing from 15 to 12 rounds
- Sep 26 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner
World Leaders in 1983
Deng Xiaoping
Paramount Leader of China
Ronald Reagan
US President & Actor
Yuri Andropov
Soviet General Secretary
Famous People in 1983
Robert Duvall
Oscar for Best Actor
Shirley MacLaine
Oscar for Best Actress
Aaron Rodgers
Amy Winehouse
Andrew Garfield
Carrie Underwood
Kim Jong-un
Leelee SobieskiWould You Believe?
World's lowest-ever natural temperature recorded −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at Soviet Vostok Station, Antarctica
On July 21, 1983
Famous Weddings
- Feb 13 Jerry Lewis marries 2nd wife dancer SanDee Pitnick
- Mar 4 Actor Harrison Ford marries screenwriter Melissa Mathison (divorced 2004)
- Jun 17 Singer and actor Glenn Frey (34) weds Janie Beggs
- Jun 24 "NBC Sports" sportscaster Bob Costas (31) weds Carole Randall Krumenacher
- Jun 25 Actor Denzel Washington (28) weds actress Pauletta Pearson (33)
Famous Divorces
- Mar 16 Producer Dick Wolf (36) divorces Susan Scranton after more than 13 years of marriage
- Sep 20 Actor James Woods (36) divorces costume designer Kathryn Morrison after 3 years of marriage
- Nov 14 Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (35) divorces Sarah Hugill after more than 11 years of marriage
Gloria Swanson
Jack Dempsey
Meyer Lansky
Muddy Waters
Roy DeMeo
Tennessee Williams