About the day » Tuesday August 23, 1983Calender converter

• Jacobus Wayne Van Holland, Modesto,Stanislaus County,California,United States († 1983)
• John Ryan Klyve, Pope, MN

• Albertus Versteeg (86), Almelo
• Anna Kruijswijk (58), Beverwijk, Noord Holland, Nederland
• Alphonsina Paula MATTHÉ (75), Antwerpen, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Adriaan Douw (58), Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Baukje de Vries (83), HILVERSUM-NH
• Biense Wolters (77), Duncan, British Columbia, Canada
• Ambrozine Elsada "Miss Mammy" Samuels (70), University Hospital of WI, Jamaica
• Clara Maria Bilk (77), Joinvile, Santa Catarina, Brasil
• Barend Pierre Louis Pels (89), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Arie van der Winden (80), Spijkenisse, Nederland

• 1982 » Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer († 2012)
• 1982 » Natalie Coughlin, American swimmer
• 1982 » Scott Palguta, American soccer player
• 1983 » Athena Farrokhzad, Iranian-Swedish poet, playwright, and critic
• 1983 » Bruno Spengler, Canadian race car driver
• 1983 » Fiona Onasanya, British Labour Party politician and criminal
• 1983 » James Collins, Welsh footballer
• 1983 » Sun Mingming, Chinese basketball player
• 1983 » Tony Moll, American football player
• 1984 » Glen Johnson, English footballer

• 1974 » Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (b. 1888)
• 1975 » Faruk Gürler, Turkish general (b. 1913)
• 1977 » Naum Gabo, Russian sculptor and academic (b. 1890)
• 1982 » Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1913)
• 1987 » Didier Pironi, French race car and boat driver (b. 1952)
• 1989 » Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese poet and academic (b. 1944)
• 1989 » R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (b. 1927)
• 1990 » David Rose, American pianist and composer (b. 1910)
• 1994 » Zoltán Fábri, Hungarian director and screenwriter (b. 1917)
• 1995 » Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (b. 1898)

• 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 8 » The Melbourne dust storm hits Australia's second largest city. The result of the worst drought on record and a day of severe weather conditions, a 320 metres (1,050ft) deep dust cloud envelops the city, turning day to night.
• March 6 » The first United States Football League games are played.
• May 6 » The Hitler Diaries are revealed as a hoax after being examined by new experts.
• September 6 » The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating that its operatives did not know that it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
• November 5 » Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured.
• December 31 » Benjamin Ward is appointed New York City Police Department's first ever African American police commissioner.

The temperature on August 23, 1983 was between 15.3 °C and 25.8 °C and averaged 20.4 °C. There was 8.7 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.