1983

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Events edit

January 3 - Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe African National Union initiate the Gukurahundi, a series of violent ethnic massacres and pogroms designed to quell dissent among the Ndebele tribe.
April 3 - The 1983 Lucanamarca Massacre occurs when Shining Path kills 69 people in and around the town of Lucanamarca.
April 3 - Al-Muhajiroun is founded by Omar Bakri Mohammed.
April 8 - Lam Kor-wan is sentenced to death for 4 charges of murder.
June 5 - Beginning of the Second Sudanese Civil War.
July 10 - Martial law in Poland is lifted. The Military Council of National Salvation is disbanded.
July 23 - The Sri Lankan Civil War begins when the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam begin an insurgency to create an independent state of Tamil Eelam.
August 4 - Thomas Sankara comes to power in Upper Volta following a successful coup.
August 8 - Efraín Ríos Montt is deposed as President of Guatemala in a coup lead by Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores.
August 21 - Benigno Aquino Jr. is assasinated at the Manila International Airport (now known as the Ninoy Aquino International Airport), allegedly on the orders of President Ferdinand Marcos.
September 1 - Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down over the Sea of Japan by the Soviet Air Force, who believe it to be an American spy plane. All 269 passengers and crew are killed.
October 10 - Menachem Begin's term as Prime Minister of Israel ends. Yitzhak Shamir is elected as his successor.
December 10 - The National Reorganization Process junta of Argentina is dissolved.
December 31 - Muhammad Buhari seizes power in Nigeria in a military coup.
Unknown - The Family Research Council is founded.

Births edit

Villain births edit

January 22 - Robert Steinhäuser
March 17 - Martin Shkreli
July 1 - Michael Carneal
July 21 - Kellen Winslow II
July 31 - Augustus Sol Invictus
August 20 - Dmitry Vinogradov
August 21 - Yukio Yamaji
August 24 - Heather Martin
September 17 - Azatbek Omurbekov
September 22 - Jason Kessler
November 3 - Suzane von Richthofen
December 10 - Simon Lindberg
Unknown - Jeremy Steinke
Unknown - Chen Yongfeng
Unknown - Joe Biggs

Victim births edit

January 6 - Kelly Fleming
February 19 - Matthew Kechter
March 7 - Richard Pearlman
March 29 - Billie-Jo Jenkins
April 18 - Jonathan Sellers and Lauria Bible
April 24 - Turkan Feyzullah
May 3 - Randy Gordon
June 25 - Daniel Mauser
July 13 - Brandon Armstrong
July 16 - Philando Castile
August 6 - Ebony Simpson
August 19 - Reeva Steenkamp
August 28 - Joyce Echaquan
December 29 - Ashley Freeman

Deaths edit

Villain deaths edit

January 15 - Meyer Lansky
May 5 - Horst Schumann
May 25 - Idris of Libya
July 16 - Michel Micombero
August 19 - Aleksandar Ranković
September 10 - John Vorster

Victim deaths edit

May 11 - Nancy Argentino
May 19 - Cheryl Downs
August 21 - Benigno Aquino Jr.