1983: Difference between revisions

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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.
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.
December 10 - The National Reorganization Process junta of Argentina is dissolved.
Unknown - The Family Research Council is founded.

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 *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.
 *December 10 - The [[National Reorganization Process]] junta of Argentina is dissolved.
 *Unknown - The [[Family Research Council]] is founded.