What Happened In August 1983 In History

Historical Events for August, 1983

• 18th » Hurricane Alicia hits the Texas coast, killing 22 people and causing over US$1 billion in damage (1983 dollars).
• 21st » Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. is assassinated at the Manila International Airport (now renamed 'Ninoy Aquino International Airport').

Famous Birthdays on August in 1983

• 1st » Bobby Carpenter (American football) called Bobby Carpenter, American football player
• 1st » Craig Clarke, New Zealand rugby player
• 1st » Julien Faubert, French footballer
• 1st » David Gervasi, Swiss decathlete
• 2nd » Michel Bastos, Brazilian footballer
• 2nd » Nick Diaz, American mixed martial artist
• 2nd » Kim Jungah, singer, dancer and model
• 3rd » Ryan Carter, American ice hockey player
• 3rd » Mamie Gummer, American actress
• 3rd » Mark Reynolds (baseball) called Mark Reynolds, American baseball player
• 4th » Greta Gerwig, American actress and screenwriter
• 4th » Nathaniel Buzolic, Australian actor
• 5th » Korey Hall, American football player
• 5th » Dawn Richard (singer) e.g Dawn Richard, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Danity Kane and Diddy – Dirty Money)
• 6th » Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Danish actress
• 6th » Neil Harvey (footballer) named Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer
• 6th » C. J. Mosley (defensive lineman) called C. J. Mosley, American football player
• 6th » Landon Pigg, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 6th » Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer
• 7th » Christian Chávez, Mexican singer-songwriter and actor (RBD)
• 7th » Andriy Hryvko, Ukrainian cyclist
• 8th » Guy Burnet, English actor
• 8th » Fred Meyers, American actor
• 9th » Ashley Johnson, American actress and singer
• 9th » Alicja Smietana, Polish-English violinist
• 10th » Mark Bautista, Filipino singer and actor
• 10th » Chrisna Bootha, South African netball player
• 10th » Kyle Brown (soccer) named Kyle Brown, American soccer player
• 10th » CB Dollaway, American mixed martial artist
• 10th » Héctor Faubel, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 10th » Alexander Perezhogin, Russian ice hockey player
• 10th » Spencer Redford, American actress
• 10th » Mathieu Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 11th » Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
• 11th » Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
• 12th » Kana Asumi, Japanese voice actress and singer
• 12th » Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Dutch footballer
• 12th » Meryem Uzerli, Turkish-German actress
• 12th » Manoa Vosawai, Italian rugby player
• 12th » Mark Webster (darts player) named Mark Webster, Welsh darts player
• 13th » Dallas Braden, American baseball player
• 13th » Ales Hemsky, Czech ice hockey player
• 13th » Stephen James King, Australian actor
• 13th » Christian Müller (footballer born 1983) called Christian Müller, German footballer
• 13th » Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor
• 13th » Elisha Yaffe, American actor and producer
• 13th » Ľubomír Michalík, Slovak footballer
• 14th » Elena Baltacha, Ukrainian-Scottish tennis player (d. 2014)
• 14th » Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress
• 14th » Black Milk, American rapper and producer
• 14th » Lamorne Morris, American actor and game show host
• 14th » Juan Oviedo, Dominican baseball player
• 14th » Spencer Pratt, American television personality
• 15th » Timati, Russian rapper, producer, and actor
• 15th » Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, Brazilian footballer (d. 2013)
• 16th » Colt Brennan, American football player
• 16th » Nikolaos Zisis, Greek basketball player
• 17th » Dustin Pedroia, American baseball player
• 18th » Danny!, American rapper and producer
• 18th » Mika (singer) known as Mika, Lebanese-English singer-songwriter and pianist
• 18th » Dmitri Antoni, Estonian figure skater
• 18th » Cameron White, Australian cricketer
• 19th » Mike Conway, English race car driver
• 19th » Missy Higgins, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 19th » John McCargo, American football player
• 19th » Reeva Steenkamp, South African model (d. 2013)
• 19th » Tammin Sursok, South African-Australian actress and singer
• 20th » Hamza Abdullah, American football player
• 20th » Paulo André Cren Benini, Brazilian footballer
• 20th » Lance Broadway, American baseball player and actor
• 20th » Andrew Garfield, American-English actor
• 20th » Héctor Landazuri, Colombian footballer
• 20th » Mladen Pelaić, Croatian footballer
• 20th » Brian Schaefering, American football player
• 20th » Yuri Zhirkov, Russian footballer
• 21st » Josh Harrington, American BMX rider
• 21st » Chantelle Houghton, English model
• 21st » Brody Jenner, American model and actor
• 21st » Scott McDonald, Australian footballer
• 22nd » Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
• 22nd » Laura Breckenridge, American actress
• 22nd » Justin Buchholz, American mixed martial artist
• 22nd » Jahri Evans, American football player
• 22nd » Dani Thompson, Australian-English model and actress
• 23rd » J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (d. 2010)
• 23rd » James Collins (footballer, born 1983) called James Collins, Welsh footballer
• 23rd » Ruta Gedmintas, English actress
• 23rd » Annie Ilonzeh, American actress
• 23rd » Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
• 23rd » Tony Moll, American football player
• 23rd » Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
• 23rd » Marianne Steinbrecher, German-Brazilian volleyball player
• 23rd » Athena Farrokhzad
• 24th » Brett Gardner, American baseball player
• 24th » Marcel Goc, German ice hockey player
• 24th » Christopher Parker, English actor and television host
• 24th » George Perris, Greek-French singer-songwriter and pianist
• 24th » Maher Abu Remeleh, Palestinian martial artist
• 25th » James Rossiter, English race car driver
• 26th » Mattia Cassani, Italian footballer
• 26th » Nicol David, Malaysian squash player
• 26th » Toshiaki Imae, Japanese baseball player
• 26th » Félix Porteiro, Spanish race car driver
• 27th » Chen Bolin, Taiwanese actor
• 28th » Ashley Hansen, Australian footballer
• 28th » Alfonso Herrera, Mexican actor and singer (RBD)
• 28th » Kimberly Kane, American porn actress and director
• 28th » Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 28th » Luke McAlister, New Zealand rugby player
• 28th » Lilli Schwarzkopf, German heptathlete
• 29th » Antti Niemi (ice hockey) or Antti Niemi, Finnish ice hockey player
• 31st » Deniz Aydoğdu, German-Turkish footballer
• 31st » Milan Biševac, Serbian footballer
• 31st » Larry Fitzgerald, American football player

Famous Deaths for August 1983

• 1st » Lilian Mercedes Letona, Salvadoran activist (b. 1954)
• 2nd » James Jamerson, American bassist (The Funk Brothers) (b. 1936)
• 3rd » Carolyn Jones, American actress and singer (b. 1930)
• 5th » Judy Canova, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
• 5th » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 6th » Klaus Nomi, German singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1944)
• 16th » Earl Averill, American baseball player (b. 1902)
• 17th » Ira Gershwin, American songwriter (b. 1896)
• 18th » Nikolaus Pevsner, German-English historian and scholar (b. 1902)
• 24th » Kalevi Kotkas, Estonian-Finnish high jumper and discus thrower (b. 1913)
• 24th » Scott Nearing, American economist, educator, and activist (b. 1883)
• 29th » Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915)

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