January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
February 11 » Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony receives its first performance in Vienna, Austria.
July 23 » The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
September 27 » The Wreck of the Old 97, an American rail disaster that became the subject of a popular ballad.
November 17 » The Russian Social Democratic Labour Party splits into two groups: The Bolsheviks (Russian for "majority") and Mensheviks (Russian for "minority").
Day of death April 5, 1983
The temperature on April 5, 1983 was between 1.5 °C and 8.5 °C and averaged 4.8 °C. There was 9.5 mm of rain during 5.6 hours. There was 2.4 hours of sunshine (18%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. 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.
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.
March 1 » First collection of twelve Swatch models was introduced in Zürich, Switzerland.
April 18 » A suicide bomber in Lebanon destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people.
April 22 » The German magazine Stern claims the "Hitler Diaries" had been found in wreckage in East Germany; the diaries are subsequently revealed to be forgeries.
May 1 » The Sydney Entertainment Centre is opened.
June 18 » Space Shuttle program: STS-7, Astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
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