What Happened In January 1983 In History

Historical Events for January, 1983

• 1st » The ARPANET officially changes to using the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
• 19th » Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
• 19th » The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1983

• 1st » Calum Davenport, English footballer
• 1st » Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
• 1st » Thomas Morrison (actor) named Thomas Morrison, British actor
• 1st » Park Sung-Hyun, South Korean archer
• 2nd » Kate Bosworth, American actress
• 3rd » Antti Arst, Estonian football, beach soccer and futsal player
• 4th » Spencer Chamberlain, American singer-songwriter (Underoath and This Runs Through)
• 4th » Gemma Hunt, English television host
• 5th » Sean Dockery, American basketball player
• 6th » Adam Burish, American ice hockey player
• 6th » Mithra Jin, South Korean rapper (Epik High)
• 6th » Natali Thanou, Greek-Serbian model
• 7th » Edwin Encarnación, Dominican baseball player
• 7th » Natalie Gulbis, American golfer
• 7th » Liesbeth Mouha, Belgian volleyball player
• 8th » Felipe Colombo, Mexican-Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
• 8th » Kim Jong-un, North Korean politician, 3rd List of leaders of North Korea known as Supreme Leader of North Korea
• 8th » Chris Masters, American wrestler
• 9th » Marek Doronin, Estonian basketball player
• 9th » Sharad Malhotra, Indian actor
• 10th » Danilo Dirani, Brazilian race car driver
• 10th » Li Nina, Chinese skier
• 11th » Turner Battle, American basketball player
• 11th » Matthew Palleschi, Canadian soccer player
• 11th » Ted Richards, Australian footballer
• 11th » Adrian Sutil, German race car driver
• 12th » Styliani Kaltsidou, Greek basketball player
• 13th » William Hung, Hong Kong-American singer and actor
• 13th » Imran Khan (actor) or Imran Khan, Indian actor
• 13th » Sebastian Kneißl, German footballer
• 13th » Trina Michaels, American porn actress
• 13th » Julian Morris (actor) known as Julian Morris, English actor
• 13th » Mauricio Martín Romero, Argentinian footballer
• 13th » Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player
• 14th » Cesare Bovo, Italian footballer
• 14th » Jason Krejza, Australian cricketer
• 14th » Maxime Monfort, Belgian cyclist
• 15th » Matic Kralj, Slovenian ice hockey player
• 15th » Jermaine Pennant, English footballer
• 15th » Hugo Viana, Portuguese footballer
• 16th » Emanuel Pogatetz, Austrian footballer
• 16th » Andriy Rusol, Ukrainian footballer
• 17th » Álvaro Arbeloa, Spanish footballer
• 17th » Johannes Herber, German basketball player
• 17th » Rick Kelly, Australian race car driver
• 19th » Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 20th » Geovany Soto, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 20th » Paula Taylor, English-Thai actress and model
• 20th » Mari Yaguchi, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume, Dream Morning Musume, and ZYX)
• 21st » Alex Acker, American basketball player
• 21st » Niels de Ruiter, Dutch darts player
• 21st » Maryse Ouellet, Canadian wrestler and model
• 21st » Peter Philipakos, American-Greek soccer player
• 21st » Moritz Volz, German footballer
• 22nd » Shaun Cody, American football player
• 24th » Davide Biondini, Italian footballer
• 24th » Diane Birch, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 24th » Wyatt Crockett, New Zealand rugby player
• 24th » Shaun Maloney, Scottish footballer
• 24th » Scott Speed, American race car driver
• 25th » Helen Klaos, Estonian badminton player
• 25th » Andrée Watters, Canadian singer
• 26th » Petri Oravainen, Finnish footballer
• 26th » Ryan Rowland-Smith, Australian baseball player
• 26th » Lee Su-Hwan (kickboxer) named Lee Su-Hwan, South Korean kick-boxer
• 27th » Deon Anderson, American football player
• 27th » Carlo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 27th » Paulo Colaiacovo, Canadian ice hockey player
• 27th » Gavin Floyd, American baseball player
• 27th » Tim Kasten, German rugby player
• 27th » Mike Zagurski, American baseball player
• 29th » Biagio Pagano, Italian footballer
• 29th » Nedžad Sinanović, Bosnian basketball player
• 30th » Ben Maher, English horse rider
• 30th » Rockstar Spud, English wrestler
• 31st » James Sutton (actor) known as James Sutton, English actor
• 31st » Fabio Quagliarella, Italian footballer
• 31st » Tom Vangeneugden, Belgian swimmer

Famous Deaths for January 1983

• 2nd » Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (b. 1915)
• 7th » Eliza Amy Hodgson, New Zealand botanist (b. 1888)
• 8th » Gerhard Barkhorn, German pilot (b. 1919)
• 8th » Ron Frazer, Australian actor (b. 1924)
• 8th » Tom McCall, American journalist and politician 30th Governor of Oregon (b. 1913)
• 12th » Rebop Kwaku Baah, Ghanaian drummer (Traffic (band) called Traffic and Can (band) e.g Can) (b. 1944)
• 12th » Nikolai Podgorny, Ukrainian engineer and politician (b. 1903)
• 13th » René Bonnet, French racing driver and automobile constructor (b. 1904)
• 15th » Meyer Lansky, Russian-American gangster (b. 1902)
• 15th » Armin Öpik, Estonian paleontologist (b. 1898)
• 15th » Shepperd Strudwick, American actor (b. 1907)
• 17th » Doodles Weaver, American actor (b. 1911)
• 19th » Ham the Chimp, Cameroonian-American chimpanzee (b. 1956)
• 20th » Garrincha, Brazilian footballer (b. 1933)
• 21st » Lamar Williams, American bass player (The Allman Brothers Band and Sea Level (band) named Seal Level) (b. 1949)
• 23rd » Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (b. 1908)
• 24th » George Cukor, American director and producer (b. 1899)
• 26th » Bear Bryant, American football player and coach (b. 1913)
• 27th » Louis de Funès, French actor (b. 1914)
• 28th » Frank Forde, Australian politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
• 28th » Billy Fury, English singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1940)

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