The Ash Wednesday bushfires in Victoria and South Australia kill 75.
Tag: 1983
21 October 1983
The metre is defined as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second.
12 September 1983
The USSR vetoes a United Nations Security Council Resolution deploring the Soviet destruction of Korean Air Lines Flight 007.
1 January 1983
The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
6 May 1983
The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by experts. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries’]
11 March 1983
Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hawke’]
19 January 1983
Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Barbie’]
2 November 1983
U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.