Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago. Harold Lee Washington, April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987 was an American lawyer…
Tag: 1983
25 October 1983
The United States invades Grenada, six days after Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and several of his supporters are executed in a coup. The United States…
6 May 1983
The Hitler Diaries are reported as being a hoax after being examined by experts. On 22 April 1983 a press release from Stern announced the…
10 November 1983
Bill Gates announces Windows 1.0. Microsoft chief Bill Gates unveils the Windows operating system for PCs. Don’t hold your breath waiting until you can buy…
18 June 1983
The astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. One of six women selected in NASA’s 1978 astronaut class, Sally Ride was the…
31 October 1983
At the 17th General Conference on Weights and Measures, the ‘metre’ is defined at the as the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299…
21 July 1983
The lowest temperature ever recorded in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station in Antarctica at ?89.2 °C.