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1983 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2033. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1983 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1983

• February 13, 1983 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Pig in Chinese astrology.
• February 24, 1983 – A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
• May 17, 1983 – Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
• June 2, 1983 – After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane’s doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
• September 17, 1983 – Vanessa Williams becomes the first black Miss America.
• September 23, 1983 – Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.
• September 26, 1983 – Australia II wins the America’s Cup ending the New York Yacht Club’s 132-year domination of the race.
• October 14, 1983 – Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada, is overthrown and later executed in a military coup d'état led by Bernard Coard.
• November 27, 1983 – Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid’s Barajas Airport, killing 181.
• December 31, 1983 – In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic.

Who Were Born On 1983?

• February 2, 1983 – Ronny Cedeño, Venezuelan baseball player
• February 10, 1983 – Vic Fuentes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pierce the Veil, Isles & Glaciers, and Cinematic Sunrise)
• February 17, 1983 – Kevin Rudolf, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• April 19, 1983 – Joe Mauer, American baseball player
• July 14, 1983 – Igor Andreev, Russian tennis player
• September 2, 1983 – Rich Boy, American rapper and producer
• September 21, 1983 – Maggie Grace, American actress
• September 23, 1983 – Shane del Rosario, American mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (d. 2013)
• September 26, 1983 – Samantha Hammel, American actress, singer, and producer
• November 30, 1983 – Vladislav Polyakov, Kazakh swimmer