What Happened In May 1983 In History

Historical Events for May, 1983

• 1st » Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis is awarded the Lenin Peace Prize.
• 6th » The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after examination by experts.
• 17th » Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an May 17 Agreement e.g agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.
• 18th » In Republic of Ireland known as Ireland, the government launches a crackdown, with the leading Dublin pirate Radio Nova (Ireland) known as Radio Nova being put off the air.
• 20th » First publications of the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS in the journal 'Science (journal) named Science' by Luc Montagnier.
• 26th » A strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, triggering a tsunami that kills at least 104 people and injures thousands. Many people go missing and thousands of buildings are destroyed.
• 27th » Benton fireworks disaster: a massive explosion at a secret unlicensed fireworks plant near Benton, Tennessee, kills eleven, injures one, and causes damage within a radius of several miles.cite web url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=1

Famous Birthdays on May in 1983

• 1st » Alain Bernard, French swimmer
• 1st » Human Tornado, American wrestler
• 2nd » Alessandro Diamanti, Italian footballer
• 2nd » Maynor Figueroa, Honduran footballer
• 2nd » Tina Maze, Slovenian skier
• 2nd » Christa Rigozzi, Swiss model, Miss Switzerland called Miss Switzerland 2006
• 2nd » Daniel Sordo, Spanish race car driver
• 2nd » Ove Vanebo, Norwegian politician
• 3rd » Joseph Addai, American football player
• 3rd » Romeo Castelen, Dutch footballer
• 3rd » Jérôme Clavier, French pole vaulter
• 3rd » Márton Fülöp, Hungarian footballer
• 4th » Trisha (actress) e.g Trisha, Indian actress
• 4th » Jesse Moss, Canadian actor
• 4th » Rubén Olivera, Uruguayan footballer
• 4th » Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 4th » Robert Zwinkels, Dutch footballer
• 5th » Henry Cavill, English actor
• 5th » Mabel Gay, Cuban triple jumper
• 5th » Annie Villeneuve, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 5th » Scott Ware, American football player
• 6th » Dani Alves, Brazilian footballer
• 6th » Ingrid Jonach, Australian author
• 6th » Adrianne Palicki, American actress
• 6th » Gabourey Sidibe, American actress
• 6th » Trinley Thaye Dorje, Tibetan religious leader, the 17th Karmapa known as Karmapa Lama
• 6th » Raquel Zimmermann, Brazilian model
• 7th » DJ Row, Greek-American DJ and producer
• 8th » Elyes Gabel, English actor
• 8th » Juan Martin Goity, Argentinian-German rugby player
• 8th » Bershawn Jackson, American hurdler
• 8th » Lawrence Vickers, American football player
• 8th » Roberto Vitiello, Italian footballer
• 8th » Matt Willis, English singer-songwriter, musician, and actor (Busted (band) or Busted)
• 9th » Giacomo Brichetto, Italian footballer
• 9th » Alan Campbell (rower) known as Alan Campbell, Irish rower
• 9th » Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
• 9th » Ryuhei Matsuda, Japanese actor
• 9th » Christos Marangos, Cypriot footballer
• 9th » Gilles Müller, Luxembourgian tennis player
• 9th » Leandro Rinaudo, Italian footballer
• 10th » Gustav Fridolin, Swedish journalist and politician
• 10th » Natalia Zabala, Spanish model, Miss Spain called Miss Spain 2007
• 11th » Matt Leinart, American football player
• 11th » Daizee Haze, American wrestler
• 11th » Steven Sotloff, American-Israeli journalist (d. 2014)
• 11th » Holly Valance, Australian actress and singer
• 11th » Hanna Verboom, Belgian-Dutch actress
• 11th » Frédéric Xhonneux, Belgian decathlete
• 12th » Charilaos Pappas, Greek footballer
• 12th » Alina Kabayeva, Russian gymnast
• 12th » Yujiro Kushida, Japanese wrestler
• 12th » Virginie Razzano, French tennis player
• 12th » Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer
• 12th » Brett Wiesner, American soccer player (d. 2014)
• 13th » Natalie Cassidy, English actress
• 13th » Anita Görbicz, Hungarian handball player
• 13th » Johnny Hoogerland, Dutch cyclist
• 13th » Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (d. 2007)
• 13th » Jacob Reynolds, American actor
• 13th » Yaya Touré, Ivorian footballer
• 14th » Anahí, Mexican singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (RBD)
• 14th » Sarbel, English-Greek singer
• 14th » Keeley Donovan, English journalist
• 14th » Frank Gore, American football player
• 14th » Uroš Slokar, Slovenian basketball player
• 14th » Amber Tamblyn, American actress
• 14th » Tom Welham, English singer and guitarist (Thirteen Senses)
• 16th » Nancy Ajram, Lebanese singer
• 16th » Daniel Kerr, Australian footballer
• 16th » Kyle Wellwood, Canadian ice hockey player
• 17th » Channing Frye, American basketball player
• 17th » Chris Henry (wide receiver) or Chris Henry, American football player (d. 2009)
• 17th » Nicky Hofs, Dutch footballer
• 17th » Jeremy Sowers, American baseball player
• 17th » DJ Yonny, American DJ and producer
• 18th » Luis Terrero, Dominican baseball player
• 18th » Vince Young, American football player
• 19th » Eve Angel, Hungarian porn actress and model
• 19th » Jessica Fox (actress) known as Jessica Fox, English actress
• 20th » Óscar Cardozo, Paraguayan footballer
• 20th » Chad Connell, Canadian actor
• 20th » Roger Huerta, American mixed martial artist
• 20th » Matthew Langridge, English rower
• 20th » Manchu Manoj, Indian actor
• 20th » Michaela McManus, American actress
• 20th » N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Indian actor and singer
• 20th » Emma Williams (actress) or Emma Williams, English actress
• 21st » Līga Dekmeijere, Latvian tennis player
• 21st » Deidson Araújo Maia, Brazilian footballer
• 22nd » Abdulrahman Al-Qahtani, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 22nd » John Hopkins (motorcycle racer) named John Hopkins, American motorcycle racer
• 23rd » Josh Pace, American basketball player
• 23rd » Heidi Range, English singer-songwriter (Sugababes and Atomic Kitten)
• 23rd » Alex Shelley, American wrestler
• 24th » Custódio Castro, Portuguese footballer
• 24th » Ricky Mabe, Canadian actor and director
• 24th » Woo Seung-yeon, South Korean model and actress (d. 2009)
• 25th » Tiago Cardoso Fonseca Brazilian footballer
• 25th » Aleksandr Petrov (ice hockey) known as Aleksandr Petrov, Estonian ice hockey player
• 26th » Demy de Zeeuw, Dutch footballer
• 26th » Henry Holland (fashion designer) called Henry Holland, English fashion designer
• 27th » Bobby Convey, American soccer player
• 27th » Khamis Gaddafi, Libyan commander (d. 2011)
• 27th » Meelis Kanep, Estonian chess player
• 28th » Steve Cronin, American soccer player
• 28th » Toby Hemingway, English actor
• 28th » Humberto Sánchez, Dominican-American baseball player
• 29th » Jean Makoun, Cameroonian footballer
• 29th » Alberto Medina, Mexican footballer
• 30th » Jennifer Ellison, English actress, singer, and dancer
• 31st » David Hernandez (singer) known as David Hernandez, American model and singer
• 31st » Dustin Wells, New Zealand footballer
• 31st » Reggie Yates, English actor and television host

Famous Deaths for May 1983

• 2nd » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 5th » Horst Schumann, German physician (b. 1901)
• 6th » Ezra Jack Keats, American author and illustrator (b. 1916)
• 6th » Kai Winding, Danish-American trombonist and composer (b. 1922)
• 8th » John Fante, American author (b. 1909)
• 14th » Roger J. Traynor, American jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of California (b. 1900)
• 14th » Miguel Alemán Valdés, Mexican politician, 46th President of Mexico (b. 1900)
• 19th » Jean Rey (politician) known as Jean Rey, Belgian lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the European Commission (b. 1902)
• 21st » Kenneth Clark, English historian and author (b. 1903)
• 22nd » Albert Claude, Belgian biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 25th » Idris of Libya (b. 1889)
• 25th » Jean Rougeau, Canadian wrestler (b. 1925)
• 25th » Jack Stewart (ice hockey) known as Black Jack Stewart, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1917)
• 28th » Erastus Corning 2nd, American politician, 72nd List of mayors of Albany, New York named Mayor of Albany (b. 1909)
• 29th » Arvīds Pelše, Latvian-Russian historian and politician (b. 1899)
• 30th » Rudolf Loo, Estonian-Swedish wrestler (b. 1902)
• 31st » Jack Dempsey, American boxer (b. 1895)

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