1983

Events

• 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.
• 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.
• December 10 - The National Reorganization Process junta of Argentina is dissolved.

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
• September 22 - Jason Kessler
• October 5 - George Zimmerman
• December 10 - Simon Lindberg

Victim births

• January 6 - Kelly Fleming
• February 19 - Matthew Kechter
• March 7 - Richard Pearlman (9/11 Victim)
• May 3 - Randy Gordon (Santana High School shooting victim)
• June 25 - Daniel Mauser
• July 13 - Brandon Armstrong (First Child of Susan Eubanks)
• August 6 - Ebony Simpson

Deaths

Villain deaths

• May 25 - Idris of Libya
• July 16 - Michel Micombero

Victim deaths

• May 19 - Cheryl Downs
• August 21 - Benigno Aquino Jr.