245 notable events from 1983 — murders, air crashes and massacres. Page 1 of 3.
- Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Sep 1, 1983 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Robert Pickton
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 2001 · Canada · Murder & homicide
- Diane Downs
May 19, 1983 · Attack (other)
- Gimli Glider
Jul 23, 1983 · Canada · Aviation accident
- Roy DeMeo
Jan 10, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi
Jun 22, 1983 · Disappearance
- Tammy Lynn Leppert
Jul 6, 1983 · United States · Disappearance
- Video game crash of 1983
1983–1985 · United States · Crisis
- Charles Ng
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1985 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1983 Beirut barracks bombings
Oct 23, 1983 · Lebanon · Terrorism
- Leonard Lake
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1985 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Karla Faye Tucker
Jun 13, 1983 · Attack (other)
- 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
Sep 26, 1983 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Kidnapping of Michelle Marie Newton
Apr 2, 1983 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Disappearance of Ludovic Janvier
Mar 17, 1983 · France · Disappearance
- Air Canada Flight 797
Jun 2, 1983 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake
May 26, 1983 · Japan · Earthquake
- Benton fireworks disaster
May 27, 1983 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Black July
Jul 24, 1983–Jul 30, 1983 · Sri Lanka · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Assassination of Ninoy Aquino
Aug 21, 1983 · Philippines · Murder & homicide
- Pine Tar Incident
Aug 18, 1983 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Kidnapping of Freddy Heineken
Nov 9, 1983–Nov 30, 1983 · Netherlands · Kidnapping & hostage
- Nerima family of five murder case
Jun 27, 1983 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Avianca Flight 011
Nov 27, 1983 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Nellie massacre
Feb 18, 1983 · India · Massacre
- Gukurahundi
Jan 3, 1983–Dec 22, 1987 · Zimbabwe · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Rangoon bombing
Oct 9, 1983 · Myanmar · Bombing & explosion
- Brian Dugan
Feb 25, 1983–Jun 2, 1985 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1983 Madrid Airport runway collision
Dec 7, 1983 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Murder of Meredith Emerson
Jun 20, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- 1983 United States Senate bombing
Nov 7, 1983 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Nyan Nyan incident
1983 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Stoneman
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 2011 · India · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Mirella Gregori
May 7, 1983 · Disappearance
- Utsunomiya Hospital scandal
Jan 1, 1983 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8
Jun 8, 1983 · United States · Aviation accident
- Great Basin Murders
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1997 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Roy Radin
May 13, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut
Apr 18, 1983 · Lebanon · Terrorism
- Arthur Hutchinson (murderer)
Oct 23, 1983 · Murder & homicide
- Richard Wayne Snell
Nov 3, 1983–Jun 30, 1984 · Terrorism
- Kentucky Fried Chicken murders
Sep 23, 1983 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1983 Lucanamarca massacre
Apr 3, 1983 · Peru · Massacre
- Wah Mee massacre
Feb 18, 1983 · United States · Massacre
- Mountain War (Lebanon)
Sep 3, 1983–Feb 1984 · Lebanon · War & armed conflict
- 1983 Upper Voltan coup d'état
Aug 4, 1983 · Burkina Faso · War & armed conflict
- Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 013
Mar 7, 1983 · Bulgaria · Aviation accident
- Andrei Barausov
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1997 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Mitt Romney dog incident
Jun 1983 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Aeroflot Flight 6833
Nov 18, 1983 · Georgia · Aviation accident
- Egidius Schiffer
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1990 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- 1983 Negev mid-air collision
May 1, 1983 · Israel · Aviation accident
- Dayton Leroy Rogers
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1987 · United States · Murder & homicide
- James Edward Smith (murderer)
Mar 7, 1983 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Nyleen Marshall
Jun 25, 1983 · United States · Disappearance
- Killing of the Labrousse family
Oct 1983 · France · Crime & justice
- Church Street, Pretoria bombing
May 20, 1983 · South Africa · Bombing & explosion
- Ponticelli massacre
Jul 2, 1983 · Italy · Massacre
- Killing of Lasa and Zabala
Oct 16, 1983 · Spain · Murder & homicide
- Air Illinois Flight 710
Oct 11, 1983 · United States · Aviation accident
- United Airlines Flight 2885
Jan 11, 1983 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Francesca Alinovi
Jun 12, 1983 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Ash Wednesday bushfires
Feb 16, 1983 · Australia · Fire
- Cinema Statuto fire
Feb 13, 1983 · Italy · Fire
- Gulf Air Flight 771
Sep 23, 1983 · United Arab Emirates · Bombing & explosion
- Thomas Rung
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1995 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Via Pipitone massacre
Jul 29, 1983 · Italy · Terrorism
- Jack Harold Jones
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1995 · Murder & homicide
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 855
May 5, 1983 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1983 Anchorage runway collision
Dec 23, 1983 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1983 Rhein-Main Starfighter crash
May 22, 1983 · Germany · Aviation accident
- 1983 Tsumagoi gas explosion
Nov 22, 1983 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Alcalá 20 nightclub fire
Dec 17, 1983 · Spain · Fire
- 1983–1988 Kuwait terror attacks
Dec 12, 1983 · Kuwait · Bombing & explosion
- Malaysian Airline System Flight 684
Dec 18, 1983 · Malaysia · Aviation accident
- Singapore cable car crash
Jan 29, 1983 · Singapore · Disaster
- 1983 Orly Airport attack
Jul 15, 1983 · France · Bombing & explosion
- William Darrell Lindsey
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1996 · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Ann Gotlib
Jun 1, 1983 · United States · Disappearance
- 1983 CAAK Ilyushin Il-62 crash
Jul 1, 1983 · Guinea · Aviation accident
- Eppstein school shooting
Jun 3, 1983 · Germany · Shooting
- Byford Dolphin diving accident
Nov 5, 1983 · Norway · Death & funeral
- Michael Durocher
Nov 1, 1983–Aug 1, 1988 · Murder & homicide
- Shannon Street massacre
Jan 1, 1983 · United States · Massacre
- Yokohama vagrant assault murder case
Feb 1983 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Edmund Zagorski
Apr 23, 1983 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Alfonso López Trujillo
Feb 2, 1983 · Terrorism
- Michel Lambin
Jan 21, 1983–Jul 1, 2004 · France · Murder & homicide
- Kerwin Duinmeijer
Aug 21, 1983 · Netherlands · Attack (other)
- Mario Stiebitz
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1984 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Maurizio Giugliano
Jan 1, 1983–Jan 1, 1984 · Attack (other)
- 1983 congressional page sex scandal
1983 · Scandal & controversy
- Cabbage Patch riots
1983 · Riot & unrest
- Louis D. Hastings
Mar 1, 1983 · Terrorism
- Petrus killings
1983–1985 · Indonesia · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Sheila Anderson
Feb 7, 1983 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- TAME Flight 173
Jul 11, 1983 · Ecuador · Aviation accident
- Michael Jackson (murderer)
Aug 31, 1983 · United States · Murder & homicide
- 1983 Harrods bombing
Dec 17, 1983 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- 1983 Popayán earthquake
Mar 31, 1983 · Colombia · Earthquake