Editing 1983

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==Events==
*January 3 - [[Robert Mugabe]] and the [[ZANU-PF|Zimbabwe African National Union]] initiate the ''[[Gukurahundi]]'', a series of violent ethnic massacres and [[pogrom]]s 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==
===Villain births===
*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===
*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==
===Villain deaths===
*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===
*May 11 - Nancy Argentino 
*May 19 - Cheryl Downs
*August 21 - Benigno Aquino Jr.