What Happened In April 1983 In History

Historical Events for April, 1983

• 4th » Space Shuttle 'Space Shuttle Challenger or Challenger' STS-6 e.g makes its maiden voyage into space.
• 7th » During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Donald H. Peterson known as Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk.
• 18th » A suicide bomber April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing known as destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.
• 22nd » The German magazine 'Stern (magazine) e.g Stern' claims that the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be Forgery called forgeries.
• 25th » American student named schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear warfare known as nuclear war.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1983

• 1st » John Axford, Canadian baseball player
• 1st » Tamati Ellison, New Zealand rugby player
• 1st » Lance Hohaia, New Zealand rugby player
• 1st » Jussi Jokinen, Finnish-American ice hockey player
• 1st » Matt Lanter, American actor and model
• 1st » Sergey Lazarev, Russian singer, actor, and dancer (Smash!!)
• 1st » Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Icelandic footballer
• 1st » Sean Taylor, American football player (d. 2007)
• 2nd » Félix Borja, Ecuadorian footballer
• 2nd » Paul Capdeville, Chilean tennis player
• 2nd » Owen Fussey, Canadian ice hockey player
• 2nd » Yung Joc, American rapper
• 3rd » Chalice (singer) e.g Chalice, Estonian singer
• 3rd » Errol Barnett, English journalist
• 3rd » Ben Foster (footballer) known as Ben Foster, English footballer
• 3rd » Stephen Weiss, Canadian ice hockey player
• 4th » Evgeny Artyukhin, Russian ice hockey player
• 4th » Davide Lufrano Chaves, Italian-English guitarist (Alejandro Toledo and the Magic Tombolinos) (d. 2013)
• 4th » Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer
• 4th » Ben Gordon (basketball) or Ben Gordon, American basketball player
• 4th » Doug Lynch (ice hockey) known as Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player
• 4th » Natalie Pike, Scottish-English model
• 4th » Amanda Righetti, American actress and producer
• 4th » Angelle Tymon, American journalist and game show host
• 5th » Jorge Andrés Martínez, Uruguayan footballer
• 6th » Diora Baird, American model and actress
• 6th » Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer
• 6th » Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player
• 6th » Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer
• 6th » Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 6th » Jekaterina Patjuk, Estonian runner
• 6th » Jade Seah, Singaporean model and actress
• 6th » Bobbi Starr, American porn actress
• 6th » James Wade, English darts player
• 6th » Katie Weatherston, Canadian ice hockey player
• 7th » Kyle Labine, Canadian actor
• 7th » Rhandzu Mthombeni, South African sportscaster
• 7th » Franck Ribéry, French footballer
• 7th » Jon Stead, English footballer
• 7th » Jakub Smrž, Czech motorcycle rider
• 7th » Janar Talts, Estonian basketball player
• 8th » Allu Arjun, Indian actor
• 8th » Natalia (Greek singer) called Natalia, Greek singer
• 8th » Eric Patterson, American baseball player
• 9th » Ryan Clark (actor) or Ryan Clark, Australian actor
• 9th » Willie Colon (American football) or Willie Colon, American football player
• 10th » Jamie Chung, American actress
• 10th » Andrew Dost, American guitarist and songwriter (Fun (band) named Fun and Anathallo)
• 10th » Ryan Merriman, American actor
• 10th » Hannes Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 10th » Haig Sutherland, Canadian actor
• 11th » Jessica Burciaga, American model
• 11th » Joanna Douglas (Canadian actor) called Joanna Douglas, Canadian actress
• 11th » Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier
• 11th » Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer
• 11th » Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch race car driver
• 12th » Jelena Dokic, Serbian-Australian tennis player
• 12th » Genta Ismajli, Kosovan-Albanian singer-songwriter and actress
• 12th » Dwayne Smith, Barbadian cricketer
• 13th » Heidi Anderson, American voice actress
• 13th » Claudio Bravo (footballer) called Claudio Bravo, Chilean footballer
• 13th » Schalk Burger, South African rugby player
• 13th » Nicole Cooke, Welsh cyclist
• 13th » Derek Lee Nixon, American actor and producer
• 13th » Hunter Pence, American baseball player
• 14th » James McFadden, Scottish footballer
• 14th » William Obeng, Ghanaian-American football player
• 14th » Nikoloz Tskitishvili, Georgian basketball player
• 15th » Blu (rapper) known as Blu, American rapper and producer (All City Chess Club)
• 15th » Alice Braga, Brazilian actress
• 15th » Matt Cardle, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Seven Summers and Darwyn (band) e.g Darwyn)
• 15th » Dudu Cearense, Brazilian footballer
• 15th » Ilya Kovalchuk, Russian ice hockey player
• 15th » Martin Pedersen (cyclist) e.g Martin Pedersen, Danish cyclist
• 15th » Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef (d. 2012)
• 16th » Marié Digby, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 16th » Manuela Martelli, Chilean actress
• 16th » Cat Osterman, American softball player
• 16th » George Patis, Greek badminton player
• 17th » Stanislav Chistov, Russian ice hockey player
• 17th » Roberto Jiménez, Peruvian footballer
• 17th » Andrea Marcato, Italian rugby player
• 18th » Miguel Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player
• 18th » Reeve Carney, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 18th » Fodil Hadjadj, Algerian footballer
• 18th » Cheryl Haworth, American weightlifter
• 18th » Cristina Nardozzi, American model, Miss Massachusetts USA named Miss Massachusetts USA 2005
• 19th » Alberto Callaspo, Venezuelan-American baseball player
• 19th » Zach Duke, American baseball player
• 19th » Joe Mauer, American baseball player
• 19th » Patrick Platins, German footballer
• 19th » Curtis Thigpen, American baseball player
• 20th » Danny Granger, American basketball player
• 20th » Miranda Kerr, Australian model
• 20th » Joanne King, Irish-English actress
• 20th » Erik Segerstedt, Swedish singer (E.M.D.)
• 20th » Fabio Staibano, Italian rugby player
• 20th » Yuri van Gelder, Dutch gymnast
• 21st » Paweł Brożek, Polish footballer
• 21st » Marco Donadel, Italian footballer
• 21st » Sebastian Ingrosso, Swedish DJ and producer (Swedish House Mafia)
• 21st » Tarvaris Jackson, American football player
• 22nd » Remi Ayodele, American football player
• 22nd » Francis Capra, American actor
• 22nd » Elliott Jordan, English actor
• 22nd » Sam W. Heads, English-American entomologist and palaeontologist
• 22nd » Jos Hooiveld, Dutch footballer
• 22nd » Matt Jones (American football) or Matt Jones, American football player
• 22nd » Vangelis Mantzios, Greek footballer
• 23rd » Daniela Hantuchová, Slovakian tennis player
• 23rd » Aaron Hill (actor) known as Aaron Hill, American actor
• 23rd » Miloš Karadaglić, Montenegrin classical guitar player
• 24th » Princess Iman bint Al Hussein of Jordan
• 24th » Hanna Melnychenko, Ukrainian heptathlete
• 25th » J. P. Howell, American baseball player
• 25th » Joanne Peh, Singaporean actress
• 25th » Johnathan Thurston, Australian rugby player
• 25th » DeAngelo Williams, American football player
• 25th » Nick Willis, New Zealand runner
• 26th » José María López, Argentine race car driver
• 26th » Jessica Lynch, American soldier and educator
• 27th » Ari Graynor, American actress
• 27th » Martin Viiask, Estonian basketball player
• 28th » Josh Brookes, Australian motorcycle racer
• 28th » Roger Johnson (footballer) known as Roger Johnson, English footballer
• 28th » Thomas Waldrom, New Zealand-English rugby player
• 29th » Jay Cutler (American football) named Jay Cutler, American football player
• 29th » Tommie Harris, American football player
• 29th » David Lee (basketball) or David Lee, American basketball player
• 29th » Semih Şentürk, Turkish footballer
• 29th » Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese model and actress
• 30th » Chris Carr (American football) or Chris Carr, American football player
• 30th » Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
• 30th » Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler
• 30th » Troy Williamson, American football player

Famous Deaths for April 1983

• 4th » Gloria Swanson, American actress, singer, and producer (b. 1899)
• 5th » Danny Rapp, American singer-songwriter (Danny & the Juniors) (b. 1941)
• 10th » Issam Sartawi, Palestinian activist (b. 1935)
• 11th » Dolores del Río, Mexican-American actress (b. 1905)
• 11th » Ahmed Rushdi, Pakistani singer (b. 1934)
• 12th » Carl Morton, American baseball player (b. 1944)
• 13th » Gerry Hitchens, English footballer (b. 1934)
• 13th » Theodore Stephanides, Greek physician, author, and poet (b. 1896)
• 14th » Pete Farndon, English bass player (The Pretenders) (b. 1952)
• 14th » Gianni Rodari, Italian journalist and author (b. 1920)
• 15th » John Engstead, American photographer (b. 1909)
• 15th » Corrie ten Boom, Dutch-American author and holocaust survivor (b. 1892)
• 17th » Felix Pappalardi, American singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Mountain (band) named Mountain) (b. 1939)
• 21st » Walter Slezak, Austrian-American actor (b. 1902)
• 22nd » John Louis Evans, American murderer (b. 1950)
• 22nd » Earl Hines, American pianist (b. 1903)
• 23rd » Buster Crabbe, American swimmer and actor (b. 1908)
• 24th » Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943)
• 25th » William S. Bowdern, American priest and author (b. 1897)
• 30th » George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 30th » Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 30th » Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897)

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