5th » Dissolution of the National Reorganization Process called Military Junta in Argentina.
7th » An Iberia (airline) e.g Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco McDonnell Douglas DC-9 named DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people.
10th » Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
12th » The Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar.
14th » The third Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts.
17th » Provisional Irish Republican Army Provisional IRA members Harrods bombing detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London London, England, United Kingdom. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
19th » The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the FIFA World Cup Trophy Jules Rimet Trophy known as Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
31st » The AT&T Corporation or AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government.
Famous Birthdays on December in 1983
2nd » Chris Burke (footballer) named Chris Burke, Scottish footballer