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Born on Friday January 28, 1983
Died on Friday January 28, 1983
- Adrianus Antonius Joseph Ghering (53), Blackfalds (Canada)
- Bernardus Johannes Lievens (74), Zelzate, België
- Anna Overeem (65)
- Aaltje KOITER (81), Anloo,Nederland
- Coenraad Manus Gerritsen (74), Abcoude
- Antonius Hendrikus Cornelis Stein (84), Amsterdam
- Arie van der Bijl (67), Apeldoorn
- Amanda Berg (78), Killdeer, Dunn,North Dakota
- Daniel William Boone (71), San Francisco (San Francisco County) (California)
- Clarence Douglas Dunshee (82), Arkville, Delaware, New York, United States of America
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 28, 1983 at Delpher
Born on January 28
- 1981 » Elijah Wood, American actor and producer
- 1984 » Andre Iguodala, American basketball player
- 1984 » Anne Panter, English field hockey player
- 1984 » Ben Clucas, English race car driver
- 1984 » Stephen Gostkowski, American football player
- 1985 » Arnold Mvuemba, French footballer
- 1985 » Daniel Carcillo, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 » J. Cole, American singer
- 1985 » Lauris Dārziņš, Latvian ice hockey player
- 1985 » Libby Trickett, Australian swimmer
Died on January 28
- 1971 » Donald Winnicott, English paediatrician and psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
- 1973 » John Banner, Austrian actor (b. 1910)
- 1976 » Marcel Broodthaers, Belgian painter and poet (b. 1924)
- 1978 » Ward Moore, American author (b. 1903)
- 1983 » Billy Fury. English pop star (b. 1940)
- 1983 » Frank Forde, Australian educator and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1890)
- 1986 » Space Shuttle Challenger crew
- 1988 » Klaus Fuchs, German physicist and politician (b. 1911)
- 1989 » Choekyi Gyaltsen, 10th Panchen Lama (b. 1938)
- 1993 » Helen Sawyer Hogg, Canadian astronomer and academic (b. 1905)
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Names that were popular for girls in 1983
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1983
- Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
- In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, November 4, 1982 to Monday, July 14, 1986 the cabinet Lubbers I, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
- The Netherlands had about 14.3 million citizens.
- February 18 » Thirteen people die and one is seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. It is said to be the largest robbery-motivated mass-murder in U.S. history.
- February 28 » The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
- April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
- July 21 » The world's lowest temperature in an inhabited location is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−128.6°F).
- July 23 » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
- October 9 » South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan survives an assassination attempt in Rangoon, Burma (present-day Yangon, Myanmar), but the blast kills 21 and injures 17 others.
Weather January 28, 1983
The temperature on January 28, 1983 was between 7.8 °C and 10.0 °C and averaged 9.0 °C. There was 6.1 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.