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April 7, 1983

On April 7, 1983, during STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk. 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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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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On April 7, 1983

  1. 1983 During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first Space Shuttle spacewalk.

    1983 American crewed spaceflight and maiden flight of Space Shuttle Challenger

    STS-6 was the sixth NASA Space Shuttle mission and the maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 4, 1983, the mission deployed the first Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, TDRS-1, into orbit, before landing at Edwards Air Force Base on April 9, 1983. STS-6 was the first Space Shuttle mission during which a Extravehicular activity was conducted, and hence was the first in which the Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) was used.

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Born on April 7, 1983

Hamish Davidson 1983– Australian music duo
Franck Ribéry 1983– French footballer (born 1983)
Jon Stead 1983– English footballer (born 1983)
Jakub Smrž 1983– Czech motorcycle racer
Janar Talts 1983– Estonian basketball 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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