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April 28, 1983

On April 28, 1983, the West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries. The year's #1 song was "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Sean Taylor, Jamie Chung would arrive in the same year.

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1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1983rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 983rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1980s decade.

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On April 28, 1983

  1. 1983 The West German news magazine Stern begins publishing excerpts from the purported diaries of Adolf Hitler, later revealed to be forgeries.

    German weekly news magazine

    Stern is an illustrated, broadly left-liberal, weekly current affairs magazine published in Hamburg, Germany, by Gruner + Jahr, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann. 8 million, the largest in Europe's for a magazine of its kind.

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Born on April 28, 1983

Josh Brookes 1983– Australian motorcycle racer (born 1983)
David Freese 1983– American baseball player (born 1983)
Roger Johnson 1983– English footballer (born 1983)
Thomas Waldrom 1983– England international rugby union player

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The class of 1983

Others born in 1983

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 1983– Icelandic footballer
Sean Taylor 1983– American football player (died 2007)
Jamie Chung 1983– American actress
Andrew Dost 1983– American guitarist and songwriter
Ryan Merriman 1983– American actor
Hannes Sigurðsson 1983– Icelandic footballer

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