What Happened on January 8, 1983

Famous Birthdays

Chris Mordetzky, American wrestler, born in Santa Monica, California
Felipe Colombo, Argentine-Mexican pop-rock singer (Erreway), and actor, born in Mexico City

Kim Jong-un (40 years old)

North Korean politician and Supreme Leader of North Korea (2011-), born in Pyongyang, North Korea [note some sources give year as 1982, and some as 1984]

Born in 1983

Famous Deaths

Gale Page [Sally Rutter], American actress (Four Daughters, Knute Rockne, All-American), and countess-by-marriage, dies of lung cancer at 72
Ron Frazer, Australian character actor and screenwriter (The Mavis Bramston Show), dies at 54
Tom McCall, American journalist and politician (Governor of Oregon (R), 1967-75), dies of prostate cancer at 69

1983 Highlights