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1983 in the United States

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{{Year in U.S. states and territories|1983}}

Events from the year 1983 in the United States.

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Incumbents

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Events

=January=

=February=

=March=

File:President Ronald Reagan addresses the Nation from the oval office on National Security (SDI Speech).jpg announces the Strategic Defense Initiative]]

=April=

=May=

=June=

=July=

  • July 7 – Samantha Smith flies to the Soviet Union (see April 25).
  • July 11 – Reading Rainbow debuts on PBS.
  • July 23 – Diana Ross's concert at The Great Lawn of New York City's Central Park, attended by 800,000 fans, is cut short by a massive lightning storm.
  • July 25 – The world's first dedicated hospital ward for HIV/AIDS patients opens at San Francisco General Hospital.{{cite web|url=https://hividgm.ucsf.edu/hiv-primary-care-clinic|title=About|publisher=UCSF|access-date=2020-06-10}}

=August=

=September=

=October=

=November=

=December=

  • December 2 – Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time. It becomes the most often repeated and famous music video of all time, increasing his own popularity and record sales of the album Thriller.
  • December 4 – United States Navy aviator Lt's. Mark Lange and Bobby Goodman are shot down in an A-6 Intruder over Lebanon and captured by Syrians; Lt. Lange dies of his injuries; Lt. Goodman is released 30 days later after the intervention of the Reverend Jesse Jackson.
  • December 13 – The Denver Nuggets and the visiting Detroit Pistons combine for an NBA record 370 points, with Detroit winning in triple overtime, 186–184.
  • December 24 – Miles City, Montana sets the record for the highest mean sea level pressure in the contiguous US with a reading of 31.42 inHg (1064 mb).[http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records World and US High Barometric Pressure records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014082056/http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/world-and-us-anticyclonic-high-barometric-pressure-records |date=2014-10-14 }}
  • December 27 – A propane explosion in Buffalo, New York kills five firefighters and two civilians.
  • December 29 – The Reverend Jesse Jackson travels to Syria to secure the release of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Robert Goodman, who had been in Syrian captivity since being shot down over the country during a reconnaissance mission.
  • December 31 – The Apple Macintosh television advertisement is released.

=Undated=

=Ongoing=

Sport

Births

=January=

File:Kate Bosworth Deauville 2011.jpg]]

File:Mayhem-210.jpg]]

File:Brett_Dalton_at_PaleyFest_2014.jpg]]

File:Robert_Ri'chard_2013.jpg]]

File:Amir_Blumenfeld_2010.jpg]]

=February=

File:Hillary_Scott,_Luke_1.JPG]]

File:File-13-06-08_RaR_Pierce_the_Veil_Vic_Fuentes_08.jpg]]

File:Iliza_Shlesinger_2017_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Aziz Ansari 2012 Shankbone.JPG]]

File:Kate_Mara_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival_3.jpg]]

=March=

File:AdamConover.png]]

File:191125 Carrie Underwood at the 2019 American Music Awards.png]]

File:Hanson_(33424899242).jpg]]

File:Melissa_Ordway_2014.jpg]]

=April=

File:Matt_Lanter_(52549148702).jpg]]

File:Yung_Joc_2024.jpg]]

File:Amanda_Righetti_at_Camp_Conival.jpg]]

File:Colin_Allred,_official_portrait,_117th_Congress.jpg]]

File:Guy_Reschenthaler_116th_Congress.jpg]]

File:Tan_France,_2018-06_on_MTV_International.jpg]]

File:Alexis_Ohanian_-_2019.jpg]]

File:Corey from Pawn Stars (cropped).jpg]]

File:The_Blacklist_-_Megan_Boone_(cropped).jpg]]

=May=

File:AdriannePalickiCCJuly09.jpg]]

File:Gabourey Sidibe at PaleyFest 2014 - 13491368805.jpg]]

File:Florent_Groberg,_ABMC_Commissioner.jpg]]

File:Amber_Tamblyn_-_DSC_0082_cropped.jpg]]

File:Roman_Atwood_2019.jpg]]

File:DavidHernandez.jpg]]

=June=

File:Brooke White (551454865470136320).jpg]]

File:Leelee_Sobieski_Vanity_Fair_2012_Shankbone_3.JPG]]

File:P2N2022Macklemore_1.jpg]]

File:Michael_Malarkey.jpg]]

File:Edward_Snowden-2.jpg]]

File:Atreyu_-_2019160151528_2019-06-09_Rock_am_Ring_-_0155_-_AK8I0924.jpg]]

File:Haley_Stevens,_official_portrait,_116th_Congress.jpg]]

File:Ashley_Hinson_Official_portrait.jpg]]

=July=

File:Michelle Branch Centennial Concert.jpg]]

File:Heath_Slater_December_2016.jpg]]

File:Underoath_-_2019159150326_2019-06-08_Rock_am_Ring_-_0310_-_B70I9440.jpg]]

File:Trai_Byers.jpg]]

File:Seth_Magaziner_(1).jpg]]

File:Aaron peirsol-2.jpg]]

=August=

File:Mamie_Gummer_for_Make_It_Fair,_side.jpg]]

File:Greta_Gerwig_at_the_2024_Cannes_Film_Festival_(cropped).jpg]]

File:AshleyJohnson.JPG]]

File:Mila Kunis 2018 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Lamorne_Morris_by_Gage_Skidmore_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Andrew_Garfield_in_2023_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Larry_Fitzgerald_2017.jpg]]

=September=

File:Zoe_kazan_2014_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Representative_Trey_Hollingsworth.jpg]]

File:Maggie Grace by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg]]

File:Joseph_Mazzello_2010_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Donald Glover TIFF 2015.jpg]]

=October=

File:Tessa_Thompson_by_Gage_Skidmore_3.jpg]]

File:ARealPainBFILFF131024_(17_of_138)_(54065187869)_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Lzzy_Hale_2023_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Johnny_Lewis_by_David_Shankbone.jpg]]

=November=

File:Adam_DeVine_Macy's_Thanksgiving_Parade_2022_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Miranda-Lambert-Bandwagon-Tour-2019.jpg]]

File:Roskilde_Festival_Chelsea_Wolfe_7_(crop).jpg]]

File:Star Wars- The Last Jedi Japan Premiere Red Carpet- Adam Driver (27163437599) (cropped).jpg]]

File:The_Bella_Twins_WrestleMania_31.jpg]]

File:Neon_Trees_by_Jen_Rosenstein_(cropped)_(cropped).jpg]]

=December=

File:Aaron_Rodgers_OCT2022_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Ronnie_Radke_on_the_last_day_of_the_Rockzilla_Tour,_August_31,_2022_in_Nashville,_TN_(cropped).jpg]]

File:Jonah Hill-4939 (cropped).jpg]]

File:Steven Yeun 2016.jpg]]

=Full date unknown=

File:Sasha_N._Baker_(2).jpg]]

File:Nathan_Blecharczyk_2014.jpg]]

File:Mat_Bruso_of_Bury_Your_Dead_at_Mair1_Open_Air_2013_in_Montabaur.jpg]]

File:Jesse_Luken_2014_(cropped).jpg]]

Deaths

{{see also|Deaths in 1983}}

See also

References

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External links

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