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| ==Events== | | ==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.
| | *July 10 - Martial law in Poland is lifted. |
| *April 3 - The [[1983 Lucanamarca Massacre]] occurs when [[Shining Path]] kills 69 people in and around the town of Lucanamarca.
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| *April 3 - [[Al-Muhajiroun]] is founded by [[Omar Bakri Mohammed]].
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| *April 8 - [[Lam Kor-wan]] is sentenced to death for 4 charges of murder.
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| *June 5 - Beginning of the Second Sudanese Civil War.
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| *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.
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| *August 4 - [[Thomas Sankara]] comes to power in Upper Volta following a successful coup.
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| *August 8 - [[Efraín Ríos Montt]] is deposed as President of Guatemala in a coup lead by [[Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores]].
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| *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]].
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| *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.
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| *October 10 - [[Menachem Begin]]'s term as Prime Minister of Israel ends. [[Yitzhak Shamir]] is elected as his successor.
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| *December 10 - The [[National Reorganization Process]] junta of Argentina is dissolved. | | *December 10 - The [[National Reorganization Process]] junta of Argentina is dissolved. |
| *December 31 - [[Muhammad Buhari]] seizes power in Nigeria in a military coup.
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| *Unknown - The [[Family Research Council]] is founded.
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| ==Births== | | ==Births== |
| ===Villain births===
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| *January 22 - [[Robert Steinhäuser]]
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| *March 17 - [[Martin Shkreli]]
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| *July 1 - [[Michael Carneal]]
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| *July 21 - [[Kellen Winslow II]]
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| *July 31 - [[Augustus Sol Invictus]]
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| *August 20 - [[Dmitry Vinogradov]]
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| *August 21 - [[Yukio Yamaji]] | | *August 21 - [[Yukio Yamaji]] |
| *August 24 - [[Heather Martin]]
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| *September 17 - [[Azatbek Omurbekov]]
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| *September 22 - [[Jason Kessler]] | | *September 22 - [[Jason Kessler]] |
| *November 3 - [[Suzane von Richthofen]]
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| *December 10 - [[Simon Lindberg]]
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| *Unknown - [[Jeremy Steinke]]
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| *Unknown - [[Chen Yongfeng]]
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| *Unknown - [[Joe Biggs]]
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| ===Victim births===
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| *January 6 - Kelly Fleming
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| *February 19 - Matthew Kechter
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| *March 7 - Richard Pearlman
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| *March 29 - Billie-Jo Jenkins
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| *April 18 - Jonathan Sellers and Lauria Bible
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| *April 24 - Turkan Feyzullah
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| *May 3 - Randy Gordon
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| *June 25 - Daniel Mauser
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| *July 13 - Brandon Armstrong
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| *July 16 - Philando Castile
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| *August 6 - Ebony Simpson
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| *August 19 - Reeva Steenkamp
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| *August 28 - Joyce Echaquan
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| *December 29 - Ashley Freeman
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| ==Deaths== | | ==Deaths== |
| ===Villain deaths===
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| *January 15 - [[Meyer Lansky]]
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| *May 5 - [[Horst Schumann]]
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| *May 25 - [[Idris of Libya]]
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| *July 16 - [[Michel Micombero]] | | *July 16 - [[Michel Micombero]] |
| *August 19 - [[Aleksandar Ranković]]
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| *September 10 - [[John Vorster]]
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| ===Victim deaths===
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| *May 11 - Nancy Argentino
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| *May 19 - Cheryl Downs
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| *August 21 - [https://real-life-heroes.fandom.com/wiki/Benigno_Aquino_Jr. Benigno Aquino Jr.]
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