July 4 » The Philippine–American War is officially concluded.
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
October 6 » The High Court of Australia sits for the first time.
November 3 » With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
Day of death February 23, 1983
The temperature on February 23, 1983 was between -4.7 °C and 5.3 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 9.3 hours of sunshine (89%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast. Source: KNMI
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.
January 1 » The ARPANET officially changes to using TCP/IP, the Internet Protocol, effectively creating the Internet.
March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
March 6 » The first United States Football League games are played.
April 12 » Harold Washington is elected as the first black mayor of Chicago.
June 2 » After an emergency landing because of an in-flight fire, twenty-three passengers aboard Air Canada Flight 797 are killed when a flashover occurs as the plane's doors open. Because of this incident, numerous new safety regulations are put in place.
December 17 » Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London. Three police officers and three civilians are killed.
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