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April 4, 1983

On April 4, 1983, space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space on STS-6. 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

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The year in brief

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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What happened

On April 4, 1983

  1. 1983 Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space on STS-6.

    1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program

    S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011. Its official program name was carried over from the 1969 plan for the Space Transportation System (STS) of reusable spacecraft.

Arrivals

Born on April 4, 1983

Evgeny Artyukhin 1983– Russian ice hockey player
Eric André 1983– American comedian and actor (born 1983)
Ben Gordon 1983– British-American basketball player (born 1983)
Doug Lynch 1983– Canadian ice hockey player
Natalie Pike 1983– British model and presenter (born 1983)
Amanda Righetti 1983– American actress

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Other moments from 1983

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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