1983 Calder Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
After the 1982–83 AHL regular season, the top four teams from each division qualified for the playoffs. The Rochester Americans finished the regular season with the best overall record.


1983 Calder Cup playoffs, Bracket
In each round, the team that earned more points during the regular season receives home ice advantage, meaning they receive the "extra" game on home-ice if the series reaches the maximum number of games. There is no set series format due to arena scheduling conflicts and travel considerations.


1983 Calgary Stampeders season
The 1983 Calgary Stampeders finished in 4th place in the West Division with an 8–8 record and failed to make the playoffs.


1983 California Angels season
The California Angels 1983 season involved the Angels finishing 5th in the American League west with a record of 70 wins and 92 losses.


1983 California Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 California Angels season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 California Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 California Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 California Angels season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 California Bowl
The 1983 California Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 17, 1983 at Bulldog Stadium in Fresno, CA. The game pitted the Northern Illinois Huskies and the Cal State Fullerton Titans.


1983 California Bowl, Background
The Huskies from DeKalb, Illinois, coached by Bill Mallory, started the season with non-conference games versus Kansas and Wisconsin, with a win over the former, a loss to the latter. The Huskies then won their first six conference games, before a 30–14 loss to Central Michigan. Wins over Toledo and Ohio helped seal the Mid-American Conference title with an 8–1 conference record, edging out Toledo, Bowling Green, and Central Michigan, which all had 7–2 records. It was the Huskies'  first conference title since 1965. This was the school's first major bowl game appearance and first bowl game since the Mineral Water Bowl in 1965.


1983 California Bowl, Background
Cal State Fullerton, coached by Gene Murphy, started the season with three straight victories over Boise State and conference opponents Long Beach State and Utah State. A loss to #4 Arizona was their last loss for a month, as they beat Pacific, Nevada, San Jose State and Fresno State to improve their record to 7–1, the most wins for the program in a season since 1973. However, they finished the season with three straight losses to Idaho State, Utah, and UNLV. The Titans' 5–1 record in the Big West Conference was good enough for the first conference title in school history and to qualify for their first bowl game in their 14th season of play.


1983 California Bowl, Game summary
Darryl Richardson rushed for 67 yards on 21 carries for two touchdowns as Northern Illinois edged Cal State Fullerton on his touchdown in the third quarter to break a 10-10 halftime score. The Huskies rushed for 253 yards (on 53 carries) while the Titans rushed for 146 yards (on 30 carries). NIU threw for 119 yards, Fullerton for 233 yards. Neither team had any turnovers or sacks; both had 9 penalties (NIU for 75 yards, Cal State Fullerton for 85 yards).


1983 California Bowl, Game summary
The Huskies had 55 kickoff return yards and 13 punt return yards while the Titans had 71 kickoff return yards and 18 punt return yards. NIU edged out Cal State Fullerton in possession time 33:33 to 26:27, and were 8/14 on third Downs compared to Cal State Fullerton's 6/16 on 3rd down (both teams were 1 of 2 on third down).


1983 California Bowl, Game summary
For the Huskies, Tim Tyrrell went 10-of-18 for 119 yards while rushing for 37 yards on 14 runs. Lou Wicks rushed for 117 yards on 14 carries, with 2 catches for 22 yards and was voted the game's outstanding player. For the Titans, Damon Allen threw 18-of-32 for 233 yards and one touchdown while rushing for six yards on nine runs.


1983 California Bowl, Aftermath
The Huskies did not reach a bowl game again until 2004. The Titans went 11–1 the following season, with a loss to conference member UNLV being their only loss, which meant that they shared the conference title, though UNLV was invited to the California Bowl over them. UNLV would later forfeit the victory due to using ineligible players. The Titans finished second in the conference four times in the five years following that. The program soon stagnated, going 1–11 by 1990, with financial trouble hurting the program. 1992 was their final season, and the program went 2–9 to end a 22-year history. This was their only bowl game appearance.


1983 California Golden Bears football team
The 1983 California Golden Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. Under head coach Joe Kapp, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5–1 and 3–4–1 in conference.


1983 Cameroonian Premier League
In the 1983 Cameroonian Premier League season, 16 teams competed. Tonnerre Yaoundé won the championship.


1983 Cameroonian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Cameroon on 29 May 1983. The country was a one-party state at the time, with the Cameroonian National Union as the sole legal party. 2,600 candidates ran for a place on the CNU list, with 120 eventually winning a place on it, equal to the number seats available in the National Assembly. The party won all seats with a 99.19% turnout.


1983 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby
The Campeonato Argentino de Rugby 1983 was an Argentine rugby competition in which Buenos Aires defeated Unión de Rugby de Cuyo for the championship.


1983 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby, Final
Cuyo: 15.Luis Chaluleu (Guillermo Morgan), 14.Francisco Lola, 13. Carlos Cippittelli 12.Guillermo Carbonnell, 11.Alejandro González, 10.Jorge Curto, 9.Pedro Basile (cap. ), 8.Gilberto Lago Suarez, 7.Sergio Elorga, 6.Luis Heyde, 5.Juan Floramo, 4.Alejandro Collado (Alberto Mantilla), 3.Fernando Rbello, 2.Mario Cichitti, 1.Alberto Gutierrez. Buenos Aires: 15. Martín Sansot, 14.Marcelo Campo, 13. Rafael Madero, 12.Marcelo Loffreda, 11. José Maria Palma, 10 Hugo Porta (cap. ), 9.Alfredo Soares Gache, 8. Tomas Petersen, 7.Alejandro Schiavio, 6. Marcos Baeck, 5.Gonzalo Gasso (Eduardo Laje), 4. Gabriel Travaglini, 3.Fernando Morel, 2.Andrés Courreges, 1. Pablo Devoto


1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
The 1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A was the 27th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.


1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Overview
It was contested by 44 teams, and Flamengo won the championship.


1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B
The 1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, officially, the Taça de Prata 1983, was the 5th edition of the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.


1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Rules
The championship had the same format than in 1982, being performed by 48 teams.in the first phase, 36 teams, divided into 6 groups of 6 teams each, in which the two best teams of each group proceeded to the second phase, in which the twelve teams were divided into four groups of three teams.the first placed team of each group were promoted to the Second phase of the Taça de Ouro of the same year.


1983 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, Rules
the second placed teams of each group would proceed to the Third phase, in which they would be joined by the twelve clubs that hadn't qualified to the Second phase in the Taça de Ouro.the Third phase was disputed in a knockout tournament format, and the winners qualified to the Quarterfinals, with the knockout tournament continuing until two teams reached the finals.those were promoted to the Copa Brasil of the following year. However, the rules for the 1984 championship were eventually changed, with Juventus and CSA losing their berths in the 1984 Copa Brasil in favour of Vasco da Gama and Grêmio, that, due to their records in the 1983 state championships, wouldn't have qualified for the 1984 Campeonato Brasileiro normally.


1983 Campeonato Carioca
The 1983 edition of the Campeonato Carioca kicked off on July 2, 1983 and ended on December 14, 1983. It is the official tournament organized by FFERJ (Federação de Futebol do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, or Rio de Janeiro State Football Federation. Only clubs based in the Rio de Janeiro State are allowed to play. Twelve teams contested this edition. Fluminense won the title for the 25th time. São Cristóvão and Bonsucesso were relegated.


1983 Campeonato Gaúcho
The 63rd season of the Campeonato Gaúcho kicked off on June 16, 1983 and ended in December 3, 1983. Twelve teams participated. Internacional won their 28th title. no teams were relegated.


1983 Campeonato Gaúcho, Championship, Extra points playoffs
According to the regulations, the teams with the best performances would have the home advantage in the playoffs. However, since Grêmio and São Paulo had ended up tied in both points and goal difference, a playoff to define where the main playoff match would be played was held in neutral ground.


1983 Campeonato Paulista
The 1983 Campeonato Paulista da Primeira Divisão de Futebol Profissional da Série A1 was the 82nd season of São Paulo's top professional football league. Corinthians won the championship by the 19th time. São José was relegated.


1983 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
The twenty teams of the championship were divided into four groups of five teams, with each team playing twice against all other teams, and the two best teams of each group passing to the Second phase, and the team with the fewest points out of all the twenty being relegated.


1983 Campeonato Paulista, Championship
In the second phase, the eight remaining teams would be divided into two groups of four, each team playing twice against the teams of its own group and the two best teams of each group qualifying to the Semifinals.


1983 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia
The 1983 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, also known as the Sicilian Open, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and took place from 12 September until 18 September 1983. Second-seeded Jimmy Arias won the singles title.


1983 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, Finals, Doubles
Pablo Arraya /  José Luis Clerc defeated  Danie Visser /  Tian Viljoen 1–6, 6–4, 6–4


1983 Can-Am season
The 1983 Can Am season was the sixteenth running of the Sports Car Club of America's prototype series and the seventh of the revived series. 1983 marked the second year of Chevrolet having major competition, with Cosworth taking second at Mosport, first at Lime Rock, second at Trois-Rivières, first at the second race at Mosport, and second at Sears Point. Hart would take third at Lime Rock and third at Trois-Rivières. Porsche would get its first podiums this season, with a win at Road America and third at the second race at Mosport. The dominant chassis were Frissbee, Ensign, Lola, VDS, Scandia, and Ralt. Jacques Villeneuve, Sr. was declared champion, with podiums in almost every race. He would, however, become the final major racecar driver to win a Can Am championship.


1983 Can-Am season
Bertil Roos won his second straight two liter class championship.


1983 Canada rugby union tour of England
The 1983 Canada rugby union tour of England, was a series of five matches played by the Canada national rugby union team in Englandin October 1983. The Canadian team won two of their tour matches, and lost the other three.


1983 Canada rugby union tour of England
Canadian lost the match against England, (Rugby Football Union did not award full international cap)


1983 Canadian Grand Prix
The 1983 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 12 June 1983. The race, contested over 70 laps, was the eighth race of the 1983 FIA Formula One World Championship and was won from pole position by René Arnoux, driving a Ferrari. Eddie Cheever finished second in a Renault, with Arnoux's teammate Patrick Tambay third.


1983 Canadian Professional Championship
The 1983 Canadian Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in August 1983 in Toronto, Canada.


1983 Canadian Professional Championship
Kirk Stevens won his first professional title, beating Frank Jonik 9–6 in the final.


1983 Canadian federal budget
The Canadian federal budget for fiscal year 1983-1984 was presented by Minister of Finance Marc Lalonde in the House of Commons of Canada on 19 April 1983.


1983 Canarian Island Cabildo elections
The 1983 Canarian Island Cabildo elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd Island Cabildos of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. All 137 seats in the seven Island Cabildos were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Canarian Island Cabildo elections, Island Cabildo control
The following table lists party control in the Island Cabildos. Gains for a party are displayed with the cell's background shaded in that party's colour.


1983 Canarian regional election
The 1983 Canarian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Parliament of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands. All 60 seats in the Parliament were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Canarian regional election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerged as the largest party in the archipelago with 27 seats—4 short of an overall majority—following the disintegration and dissolution of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the former ruling party of Spain in the 1977–1982 period which had achieved virtually unopposed victories in the islands in the 1977 and 1979 general elections.


1983 Canarian regional election
The People's Coalition, an electoral alliance comprising the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL) became the second largest party and the main opposition force in the Parliament with 17 seats, while the also-nationwide Communist Party of Spain (PCE) obtained 1 seat.


1983 Canarian regional election
The centre and centre-right vote became further split between several small parties and splits from the UCD, such as the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) of former Spanish prime minister Adolfo Suárez, which entered Parliament with 6 seats; the Gomera Group of Independents (AGI), with 2 seats; or the Canarian Nationalist Convergence (CNC) and the Independent Herrenian Group (AHI) with 1 seat each.


1983 Canarian regional election
The election resulted in the most fragmented regional assembly of those elected on 8 May, with nine parties represented in the Parliament. The PSOE candidate Jerónimo Saavedra, who had been elected as provisional president in December 1982, was able to get re-elected with the support of AM, AGI and AHI, though the party did not commit itself to a global agreement with any other political force.


1983 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Parliament of the Canary Islands was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of the Canary Islands, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Canarian Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Government. Voting for the Parliament was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the Canary Islands and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1983 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 60 members of the Parliament of the Canary Islands were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of 20 percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Alternatively, parties could also enter the seat distribution as long as they reached three percent regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the islands of El Hierro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, La Gomera, La Palma, Lanzarote and Tenerife. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 3 for El Hierro, 7 for Fuerteventura, 15 for Gran Canaria, 4 for La Gomera, 8 for La Palma, 8 for Lanzarote and 15 for Tenerife.


1983 Canarian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election being called.


1983 Canarian regional election, Overview, Election date
The Government of Spain, in coordination with the Junta of the Canary Islands, was required to call an election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Parliament was to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1983 Canarian regional election, Parliamentary composition
The first election to the Parliament of the Canary Islands was officially called on 10 March 1983, after the publication of the election Decree in the Official State Gazette, with the mandate of the Provisional Parliament ending on 8 May. The table below shows the composition of the parliamentary groups in the Provisional Parliament at the time of its expiry.


1983 Canarian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 31 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Parliament of the Canary Islands.


1983 Cannes Film Festival
The 36th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1983. The Palme d'Or went to the Narayama Bushiko by Shōhei Imamura.


1983 Cannes Film Festival
In 1983, the new building for the main events of the festival, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaugurated. Initially many described it as "a hideous concrete blockhouse", nicknaming it The Bunker. The festival opened with The King of Comedy, directed by Martin Scorsese and closed with WarGames, directed by John Badham.


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Main competition
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983 feature film competition:


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Juries, Camera d'Or
The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1983 Camera d'Or:


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Un Certain Regard
The following films were selected for the competition of Un Certain Regard:


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Films out of competition
The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Official selection, Short film competition
The following short films competed for the Short Film Palme d'Or:


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, International Critics' Week
The following feature films were screened for the 22nd International Critics' Week (22e Semaine de la Critique):


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Parallel sections, Directors' Fortnight
The following films were screened for the 1983 Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Réalizateurs):


1983 Cannes Film Festival, Awards, Official awards
The following films and people received the 1983 Official selection awards:


1983 Cantabrian regional election
The 1983 Cantabrian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Regional Assembly of the autonomous community of Cantabria. All 35 seats in the Regional Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Cantabrian regional election
The People's Coalition, an electoral alliance made up of the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL) which fielded incumbent president José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez as its candidate, won the election with an unexpected absolute majority of seats in spite of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) having won the October 1982 general election in the region.


1983 Cantabrian regional election
The PSOE came second with 15 seats, its defeat mainly attributed to independent mayor of Santander Juan Hormaechea's personal appeal in the concurrent local elections securing an insurmountable lead of 22,000 votes in favour of the Coalition in the capital city of Cantabria. The Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC) entered the Assembly with 2 seats. The former ruling party of Spain, the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), had chosen to dissolve itself in February 1983 and did not contest the election as a result.


1983 Cantabrian regional election
While the election result would allow the Coalition's candidate, José Antonio Rodríguez, to get elected as regional president, a series of political discrepancies and a crisis between AP and PDP would lead to his resignation on 2 March 1984, being replaced by AP's Ángel Díaz de Entresotos until the end of the legislature.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Regional Assembly of Cantabria was the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Cantabria, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution of 1978 and the regional Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Transitory Provision First of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Regional Assembly of Cantabria, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Regional Assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Cantabria and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights. The 35 members of the Regional Assembly of Cantabria were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Overview, Election date
The Regional Council of Cantabria was required to call an election to the Regional Assembly of Cantabria within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. On 7 March 1983, it was confirmed that the first election to the Regional Assembly of Cantabria would be held on Sunday, 8 May, together with regional elections for twelve other autonomous communities as well as nationwide local elections, with the election decree being published in the Official State Gazette on 10 March.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Background
The procedure for the approval of a regional statute of autonomy for Cantabria started after the Provincial Council of Santander, as well as more than two-thirds of the local councils in the province, voted for applying for autonomy as a single-province autonomous community out of historical reasons through the "slow-track" procedure set down under Article 143 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. Cantabria was among the few regions not to have a pre-autonomic regime approved, together with La Rioja and Madrid.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Background
Negotiations for the drafting of a Statute ensued between the parties with parliamentary representation in the province—the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and the Regionalist Party of Cantabria (PRC)—amid discussion on whether the province was to be integrated, either at the time or in the future, within the autonomous community of Castile and León (as the province of Santander had been part of the historical region of Old Castile). The regional Statute, which would establish the territory of the province as a single electoral constituency instead of the judicial districts which had been considered during the drafting process, was finally approved on 15 December 1981, coming into force on 31 January 1982.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Background
Both the PSOE and the UCD saw internal party crises develop within their respective parties in the years preceding the regional election. The PSOE had seen a regional leadership lasting only nine months as a result of the resignation of party's secretary general Pilar Quintanal in August 1980, who had been elected to the post in November 1979, being replaced by Congress deputy Jaime Blanco.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Background
The UCD crisis, which had initially started as an extension of the ongoing hardships within the national party with some members breaking away from the party's discipline, came further aggravated over the issue of the appointment of the new autonomous institutions as supporters of the incumbent president of the Regional Council, José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez, refused to support the party's official candidates, Leandro Valle as Rodríguez Martínez's successor and Justo de las Cuevas as Speaker of the Regional Assembly (the latter involved in a financial scandal).


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Background
8 UCD deputies rebelled on the party's discipline and allied with the PSOE, the PRC and the split Democratic Action Party (PAD) to have dissident UCD's Isaac Aja elected as the Assembly's Speaker, while maintaining Rodríguez Martínez in his post. All rebels, including Aja and Rodríguez Martínez, were subsequently expelled from the party, and the government formation delayed until April 1982, with the UCD subsequently dissolving local party groupings and sanctioning any party member who had shown support for the rebels. Later, the formation of the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) by former prime minister Adolfo Suárez had a severe impact in the UCD regional as its leadership joined the new party.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Parliamentary composition
The composition of the provisional Regional Assembly was determined by the provisions of Transitory Provision Fourth of the Statute, which established that its members be the elected deputies and senators for Cantabria in the Cortes Generales as well as the members of the Provincial Council of the then province of Santander. As a result, the composition of the provisional Regional Assembly of Cantabria upon its constitution in February 1982 was established as indicated below:


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Parliamentary composition
The 1982 Spanish general election resulted in changes in the composition of the provisional regional assembly, in accordance with the new seat distribution of Cortes Generales members in the region. Changes shown include the expulsion of eight former UCD deputies in March 1982, with six joining the AP–PDP coalition after the general election and the other two remaining within the Mixed Group as independents.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral law allowed for parties and federations registered in the interior ministry, coalitions and groupings of electors to present lists of candidates. Parties and federations intending to form a coalition ahead of an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election call, whereas groupings of electors needed to secure the signature of at least one-thousandth of the electorate in the constituencies for which they sought election—with a compulsory minimum of 500 signatures—disallowing electors from signing for more than one list of candidates. A minimum of three deputies was required for the constitution of parliamentary groups in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the main parties and electoral alliances which contested the election:


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Parties and candidates
The electoral disaster of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in the October 1982 general election and the outcome of its extraordinary congress held in December, in which the party's leadership chose to transform the UCD into a Christian democratic political force, brought the party to a process of virtual disintegration as many of its remaining members either switched party allegiances, split into new, independent candidacies or left politics altogether.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Parties and candidates
Subsequent attempts to seek electoral allies ahead of the incoming 1983 local and regional elections, mainly the conservative People's Alliance (AP) and the Christian democratic People's Democratic Party (PDP), had limited success due to concerns from both AP and UCD over such an alliance policy: AP strongly rejected any agreement that implied any sort of global coalition with UCD due to the party's ongoing decomposition, and prospects about a possible PDP–UCD merger did not come into fruition because of the latter's reluctance to dilute its brand within another party. By the time the UCD's executive had voted for the liquidation of the party's mounting debts and its subsequent dissolution on 18 February 1983, electoral alliances with the AP–PDP coalition had only been agreed in some provinces of the Basque Country and Galicia.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Parties and candidates
Together with AP, the PDP had agreed to maintain their general election alliance—now rebranded as the People's Coalition—for the May local and regional elections, with the inclusion of the Liberal Union (UL), a political party created in January 1983 out of independents from the AP–PDP coalition in an attempt to appeal to former UCD liberal voters. The Coalition had seen its numbers soar from late February as a result of many former members from the UCD's Christian democratic wing joining the PDP. Even before the dissolution of the UCD, several of its former members in Cantabria, such as Mayor of Santander Juan Hormaechea, had already announced their integration within AP–PDP lists as early as January 1983.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Opinion polls
he tables below lists opinion polling results in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists weighted voting intention estimates. When available, seat projections are also displayed below (or in place of) the voting estimates in a smaller font; 18 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Regional Assembly of Cantabria.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation
Under Article 16 of the Statute, investiture processes to elect the president of the Regional Council of Cantabria required of an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring only of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If the proposed candidate was not elected, successive proposals were to be transacted under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Regional Assembly was to be automatically dissolved and a fresh election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Aftermath, Government formation
In an investiture session held on 14 June 1983, José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez was re-elected as president of the Regional Council with an absolute majority of votes.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Aftermath, 1983–84 government crisis
While AP and the PDP were the main parties forming the regional government, President José Antonio Rodríguez Martínez was an independent figure who did not belong to either party.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Aftermath, 1983–84 government crisis
Rodríguez and AP deputies within the People's Coalition had been forced to forcefully cohabitate throughout the first months of the legislature, until Rodríguez's dismissal of AP regional minister for Public Works Francisco Ignacio de Cáceres without prior consultation with the party's leadership resulted in the AP losing confidence in the regional president and in a breakup of the collaboration and the near-split of the AP–PDP alliance, as the later chose to side with Rodríguez.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Aftermath, 1983–84 government crisis
AP demanded Rodríguez Martínez to hand over his post, which the later refused, amid accusations of "irresponsability" and of political meddling to coherce local mayors into supporting the regional president. Manuel Fraga's party subsequently threatened to bring Rodríguez down through a motion of no confidence which, nonetheless, required the votes from the PDP deputies that still supported the President.


1983 Cantabrian regional election, Aftermath, 1983–84 government crisis
The personal intervention in the crisis of AP and PDP leaders, Manuel Fraga and Óscar Alzaga, in an effort to prevent it from escalating further and disrupting the nationwide alliance between both parties, eventually led to Rodríguez Martínez accepting to resign the post of regional president while retaining his seat in the Regional Assembly and abandoning the People's Coalition group, leaving the new government in a parliamentary minority. AP member Ángel Díaz de Entresotos was nominated by the Regional Assembly to replace Rodríguez Martínez, but the infighting within the parties forming the regional government would dominate the Cantabrian political landscape in the ensuing months.


1983 Cardiff City Council election
The 1983 Cardiff City Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 1983 to the district council known as Cardiff City Council, in Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales. It took place on the same day as other district council elections in Wales and England. The Conservative Party regained control of the council from the Labour Party.


1983 Cardiff City Council election
The previous Cardiff City Council took place in 1979 and the next full elections took place in 1987.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward changes
This was the first election to be affected by the changes resulting from The City of Cardiff (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1982. Boundaries were redrawn and the number of electoral wards increased from 21 to 26, with a reduction in the numbers of councillors elected per ward. New wards of Butetown, Caerau, Cyncoed, Fairwater, Heath, Lisvane and St Mellons, Llandaff North, Llanrumney, Pentwyn, Radyr & St Fagans, Trowbridge and Whitchurch & Tongwynlais were introduced. The number of councillors reduced overall from 75 to 65.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Overview
Labour had been in control of the council for the previous four years, but at the 1983 election the Conservatives regained control. With 34 councillors, they had an overall majority of three. Winning only three seats, the SDP-Liberal Alliance did not perform as well as they expected.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Overview
Labour blamed the ward boundary changes for the outcome. The former Labour council leader, Cllr John Reynolds, suggested it was a good performance, considering the number of council seats available had been reduced particularly in Labour voting areas. The Alliance failed to win seats in wards such as Gabalfa and blamed this on UK politics dominating the contest (with a possible general election on the horizon). The new Conservative council leader, Cllt Ron Watkiss, pledged to use the Tory majority to put some of the council's services out to private contractors.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Overview
The next designated next Lord Mayor, Olwen Watkin and her designated deputy, Stan James, came top of the poll in Plasnewydd. Alliance husband and wife team, Mike German and Georgette German, won seats in neighbouring wards. Eileen Roberts, recently widowed by the death of Conservative MP Michael Roberts, won a council seat in Rhiwbina.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Grangetown (3 seats)
Smith and Bowen were previously councillors for the South ward.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Heath (3 seats)
Milsom and Watkiss were previously councillors in the Llanishen ward.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Lisvane and St Mellons (1 seat)
Davies was the sitting councillor in the preceding ward of Lisvane, Llanedeyrn & St Mellons.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Llanishen (3 seats)
Representation reduced from six seats to three at this election.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Llanrumney (3 seats)
South Glamorgan councillor Vita Jones had recently defected from Labour to the SDP-Liberal Alliance.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Plasnewydd (4 seats)
The number of seats available increased from three to four at this election.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Radyr & St Fagans (1 seat)
Clarke was the sitting councillor for Radyr St Fagans & Tongwynlais. Drew was a councillor in the Rumney ward.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Trowbridge (2 seats)
English and Michael were previously councillors in a larger Rumney ward.


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)
(a) Elections Centre source also compares the percentage vote of the lead candidate for each party in the ward. (b) South Wales Echo source also indicates existing councillors "but, because of boundary changes, not necessarily representing the ward being contested". It gives middle initials. It lists the 'green' candidates as "Ecology" and the 'Liberal/SDP' as "Alliance".


1983 Cardiff City Council election, Ward Results, Whitchurch & Tongwynlais (4 seats)
* existing councillor, for the same wardo existing councillor, though because of boundary changes not for the same ward


1983 Caribbean Series
The twenty-fifth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1983. It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the champion teams from Dominican Republic (Tigres del Licey), Mexico (Tomateros de Culiacán), Puerto Rico (Lobos de Arecibo) and Venezuela (Tiburones de La Guaira). The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice. The games were played at Estadio Universitario in Caracas, Venezuela. Bowie Kuhn, the Commissioner of Major League Baseball, attended the Series, and the first pitch was thrown by Oscar Prieto, Leones del Caracas majority owner and one of the series brainchild.


1983 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Puerto Rico team was piloted by Ron Clark. After being mauled by the Dominicans in the opening, 17-2, Arecibo crushed the Mexicans 9-1 and defeated Venezuela, 7-6, in 11 innings. Later, a solid effort came from Kevin Hagen and Rich Bordi, both pitching complete games, to beat Mexico and the Dominican Republic. By beating Venezuela and Mexico in their last two games, the Lobos ended with a 5-1 mark en route to winning one of the most celebrated victories in Puerto Rican baseball history.


1983 Caribbean Series, Summary
Outfielder Glenn Walker was selected as Most Valuable Player and was chosen for the All-Star Team along Candy Maldonado and Dickie Thon. Other significant members of the roster included pitchers John Hobbs, Gary Lance and Edwin Núñez; catcher Orlando Mercado; infielders Ramón Avilés, Onix Concepción and Wayne Tolleson, as well as utilities Henry Cruz, Carmelo Martínez and Ken Phelps.


1983 Caribbean Series, Summary
Venezuela, managed by Ozzie Virgil, finished in second place with a 4-2 record and also had the only shutout in the Series, by Rick Anderson, who limited the Mexicans to five hits while striking out nine. Second baseman Derrel Thomas paced the Tiburones offense, hitting .476 (10-for-21) to win the batting title and slugged .714. Other contributions came from right fielder Tony Armas (.269 BA, 3 HR, 6 RBI, .654 SLG), first baseman Ron Jackson (.360, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .680 SLG) and reliever Luis Aponte (1-0, one save, six SO in 6.0 innings of work). Other roster members included pitchers Bryan Clark, Luis Leal, Luis Sánchez, Albert Williams and Matt Young; catchers Bruce Bochy and Baudilio (Bo) Díaz; infielders Dave Concepción and Leo Hernández; outfielders Robert Marcano and Luis Salazar, and utilities Ozzie Guillén, Argenis Salazar and Manny Trillo.


1983 Caribbean Series, Summary
The Dominican Republic, guided by Manny Mota, finished 3-3 and had to settle for a modest third place. The most prominent players were catcher Luis Pujols, third baseman Howard Johnson and outfielder César Gerónimo, who were included in the All-Star Team. Meanwhile, pitchers Alejandro Peña, Cliff Speck and David Grier got the victories. The Licey team also featured players such as Steve Baker (P), Tony Fernández (SS), Alfredo Griffin (2B), Pedro Guerrero (1B), Mike Howard (IF/OF),  Rafael Landestoy (OF), Ted Martínez (IF), Orlando Peña (P) and Rafael Santana (IF).


1983 Caribbean Series, Summary
Tomateros de Culiacán, led by catcher/manager Francisco Estrada, presented an All-Mexican squad which included local legends such as Cy Acosta (P), Salomé Barojas (P), Nelson Barrera (1B), Bobby Cuellar (P), Maximino León (P), Aurelio López (3B), Mario Mendoza (SS), Vicente Romo (P) and Jesús Sommers (DH). But the opportune hitting and strong defense were undermined by below average running speed and poor bullpen support. Mexico finished with a 0-6 record, to become the second winless team in Series history.


1983 Carmarthen District Council election
Elections to Carmarthen District Council were held in May 1983. It was preceded by the 1979 election and followed by the 1987 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election
The 1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Cortes of the autonomous community of Castile and León. All 84 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election
The election granted a victory for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) with 44.4% of the vote, but at 42 seats the party remained one seat short of an overall majority and at exactly half the size of the Cortes. The People's Coalition, an electoral alliance led by the right-wing People's Alliance (AP) and including the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), became the second largest force in the community closely behind the PSOE, with 39 seats and 39.7%.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election
Former Spanish prime minister Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) and the small Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) both entered the Cortes with 2 and 1 seats, respectively. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE), on the other hand, performed poorly, being unable to win any seats and obtaining 2.4% of the share.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election
Throughout the abstentions from CDS and PDL, the PSOE candidate Demetrio Madrid became the new regional president in a second round of voting, as the PSOE's 42 seats did not secure an absolute majority of seats to be elected in the first round. This would be the only time that the PSOE would go on to form the regional government, as well as the only out of two times—the other being in 2019—that the party would become the most voted political force in a regional election.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Castile and León were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castile and León, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Leonese Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a regional president.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
Transitory Provision Second of the Statute established a specific electoral procedure for the first election to the Cortes of Castile and León, to be supplemented by the provisions within Royal Decree-Law 20/1977, of 18 March, and its related regulations. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castile and León and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
All members of the Cortes of Castile and León were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of three percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied in each constituency. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Ávila, Burgos, León, Palencia, Salamanca, Segovia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora, with each being allocated an initial minimum of three seats, as well as one additional member per each 45,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 22,500.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The use of the D'Hondt method might result in a higher effective threshold, depending on the district magnitude.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election being called.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Overview, Election date
The General Council of Castile and León, in agreement with the Government of Spain, was required to call an election to the Cortes of Castile and León before 31 May 1983. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional president within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Cortes were to be automatically dissolved and a snap election called, with elected deputies merely serving out what remained of their four-year terms.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Aftermath, 1986 investiture
The poor economic situation of a textile company property of the newly-elected regional president Demetrio Madrid, Pekus, weakened his standing within his party and would eventually lead to Madrid's political downfall. In the years previous to his accession to power, Madrid had saved the company from default by borrowing several loans from the Zamora Provincial Savings Bank.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Aftermath, 1986 investiture
By early 1984, Madrid's debts—amounting to 15 million Pta—resulted in an embargo notice over his patrimony, unraveling a crisis within the regional PSOE as the party was about to hold a regional congress in which Madrid's suitability for the office came under scrutiny in light of a possible conflict of interest. On 29 January, a slim majority voted to re-elect Madrid as secretary general, but during the following year the political landscape of the autonomous community would become dominated by the PSOE's internal division over Madrid's management and confrontational style.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Aftermath, 1986 investiture
In March 1985, amid growing tensions, the PSOE replaced Madrid as their regional secretary general by Juan José Laborda. In July 1985, Madrid sold Pekus to stop criticism on the company's dire economic situation, but a lawsuit was filed against him by the company's workers over the alleged fraudulent sale of the firm.


1983 Castilian-Leonese regional election, Aftermath, 1986 investiture
Despite Madrid's will to remain in the post and stand as candidate in the 1987 election for a second term in office, the judicial investigation compromised his personal position, being forced to resign as regional president after his indictment for a societary crime on 29 October 1986, though he would later be acquitted of any wrongdoing. José Constantino Nalda, who served as regional minister of the Presidency and Territorial Administration, was selected to replace Madrid in the post.


1983 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
The 1983 Castilian-Manchegan regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Cortes of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha. All 44 seats in the Cortes were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Castilian-Manchegan regional election
Only two political parties were able to secure parliamentary representation in the Cortes: the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) under José Bono, which obtained 23 out of 44 seats—an absolute majority—and the People's Coalition, an electoral alliance formed by the conservative People's Alliance (AP), the christian democratic People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL). As a result of the election, José Bono became the first democratically elected President of the Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha.


1983 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were the devolved, unicameral legislature of the autonomous community of Castilla–La Mancha, having legislative power in regional matters as defined by the Spanish Constitution and the Castilian-Manchegan Statute of Autonomy, as well as the ability to vote confidence in or withdraw it from a President of the Junta of Communities. Voting for the Cortes was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in Castilla–La Mancha and in full enjoyment of their political rights.


1983 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The 44 members of the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. Seats were allocated to constituencies, corresponding to the provinces of Albacete, Ciudad Real, Cuenca, Guadalajara and Toledo. Each constituency was allocated a fixed number of seats: 9 for Albacete, 10 for Ciudad Real, 8 for Cuenca, 7 for Guadalajara and 10 for Toledo.


1983 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Electoral system
The electoral law provided that parties, federations, coalitions and groupings of electors were allowed to present lists of candidates. However, groupings of electors were required to secure the signature of at least 0.1 percent of the electors registered in the constituency for which they sought election—needing to secure, in any case, the signature of 500 electors—. Electors were barred from signing for more than one list of candidates. Concurrently, parties and federations intending to enter in coalition to take part jointly at an election were required to inform the relevant Electoral Commission within fifteen days of the election being called.


1983 Castilian-Manchegan regional election, Overview, Election date
The Junta of Communities of Castilla–La Mancha, in agreement with the Government of Spain, was required to call an election to the Cortes of Castilla–La Mancha within from 1 February to 31 May 1983. In the event of an investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the candidate from the party with the highest number of seats was to be deemed automatically elected.


1983 Castrol 400
The 1983 Castrol 400 was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars held at the Sandown Park circuit in Victoria, Australia on 11 September 1983. The race was staged over 129 laps of the 3.1 km circuit, totalling 399.9 km. It was Round 3 of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship and Round 3 of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship of Makes.


1983 Castrol 400
The race, which was the 18th annual Sandown long distance race, was won by Allan Moffat driving a Mazda RX-7. The ease in which Moffat won his 5th Sandown endurance race put him as the hot favourite for the upcoming James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst. Moffat had stalked early race leaders Peter Brock and Allan Grice before they both fell by the wayside leaving the Mazda to take its second straight win in the Sandown enduro. Second place went to the JPS Team BMW 635 CSi of Jim Richards. The performance of the BMW suddenly saw the car as a darkhorse for Bathurst. Finishing third in their Holden Commodore were Warren Cullen and Ron Harrop.


1983 Castrol 400
Pre -race favourite and pole winner Peter Brock suffered a rare failure when he lost the brakes on his Marlboro Holden Dealer Team Commodore early on and actually hit the fence, forcing him out of the race. Brock later took over the second MHDT Commodore from John Harvey and eventually finished third on the road, however he was later disqualified as he had not cross-entered to drive the #25 car.


1983 Castrol 400
After a poor ATCC in which he lost his crown to Moffat, Dick Johnson served notice that the Ford XE Falcon would be a force at Bathurst after development work had cured the big Ford's suspension problems. Johnson put the now green coloured car on the front row matching Brock's pole time, although after winning the start his race ended with gearbox failure only a few hundred metres later.


1983 Castrol 400, Classes
As a round of the 1983 Australian Endurance Championship, cars competed in two classes:


1983 Centennial Cup
The 1983 Centennial Cup is the 13th Junior "A" 1983 ice hockey National Championship for the Canadian Junior A Hockey League.


1983 Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup was competed for by the winners of the Abbott Cup/Western Canadian Champions and the Eastern Canadian Jr. A  Champions.


1983 Centennial Cup
The finals were hosted by the North York Rangers in the city of North York, Ontario.


1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics
The 1983 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Pedro Marrero in Havana, Cuba between 22–24 July.


1983 Central Fidelity Banks International
The 1983 Central Fidelity Banks International was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Robins Center in Richmond, Virginia in the United States that was part of the Category 3 tier of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. It was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from September 19 through September 25, 1983. Fifth-seeded Rosalyn Fairbank won the singles title and earned $30,000 first-prize money.


1983 Central Fidelity Banks International, Finals, Doubles
Rosalyn Fairbank /  Candy Reynolds defeated  Kathy Jordan /  Barbara Potter 6–7(3–7), 6–2, 6–1


1983 Central Fidelity Banks International, Prize money
Total prize money for the tournament was $150,000. The prize money for the doubles event is per team.


1983 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The 1983 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Herb Deromedi, the Chippewas compiled an 8–3 record (7–2 against MAC opponents), finished in a three-way tie for second place in the MAC standings, and outscored their opponents, 257 to 136. The team played its home games in Kelly/Shorts Stadium in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, with attendance of 115,635 in five home games.


1983 Central Michigan Chippewas football team
The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Ron Fillmore with 915 passing yards, tailback Curtis Adams with 1,431 rushing yards, and split end John DeBoer with 540 receiving yards. Offensive guard Chris McKay received the team's most valuable player award. Six Central Michigan players (Adams, McKay, linebacker Kevin Egnatuk, defensive tackle Pat Brackett, defensive tackle Mike Mills, and defensive back Jim Bowman) received first-team All-MAC honors.


1983 Ceredigion District Council election
An election to Ceredigion District Council was held in May 1983. It was preceded by the  1979 election and followed by the 1987 election. On the same day there were elections to the other local authorities and community councils in Wales.


1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake
The 1983 Chagos Archipelago earthquake occurred on November 30 at 17:46 UTC in the region of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory. This earthquake had a magnitude of Ms 7.7. This earthquake occurred in the Indian Plate near the Central Indian Ridge. The Central Indian Ridge is unusually active in near-ridge earthquakes. The intense seismic activity in this region may indicate an early stage of converging plate boundary, which is responsible for the N-S extension near Chagos. There was a 40 cm tsunami reported in Victoria, Seychelles.


1983 Chatham Cup
The 1983 Chatham Cup was the 56th annual nationwide knockout football competition in New Zealand.


1983 Chatham Cup
Early stages of the competition were run in three regions (northern, central, and southern), with the National League teams receiving a bye until the fourth round of the competition. In all, 139 teams took part in the competition. Note: Different sources give different numberings for the rounds of the competition: some start round one with the beginning of the regional qualifications; others start numbering from the first national knock-out stage. The former numbering scheme is used in this article.


1983 Chatham Cup, The 1983 final
The final was played at the home ground of Gisborne City, one of the two finalists. The replay was at the home ground of the other finalist, Mount Wellington.


1983 Chatham Cup, The 1983 final
Mount Wellington appeared in their fifth consecutive final - the only club to have achieved this feat up until this time (it has since also been achieved by Christchurch United, between 1987 and 1991). Mount players Tony Sibley and Ron Armstrong joined an elite group to have played in four Chatham Cup-winning sides, having previously played in Mount Wellington's victories in 1973, 1980, and 1982.


1983 Chatham Cup, The 1983 final
The first match was a gritty, evenly matched affair, with any superiority which Mount Wellington may have had largely counteracted by the efforts of the vocal East Coast spectators. Fred de Jong opened the scoring for the Aucklanders after 14 minutes, only for Colin Walker to equalise halfway through the first half. In the second period Walker put the East Coasters ahead, and they held the advantage until the dying minutes when Keith Nelson, scorer of the only goal in the 1982 final, scored for the Mount to level the tie. Gisborne held on during extra time despite the Mount dominating the extra half-hour.


1983 Chatham Cup, The 1983 final
The replay, under floodlights at Mount Wellington's ground, was far less balanced. The Mount took the lead on the half-hour mark with a John Price penalty, and the game was put firmly out of Gisborne's reach just before the final whistle by a shot from Nelson.


1983 Chatham Cup, Results, Third Round
* Won on penalties by Oratia United (3-0) and Mount Roskill (5-4)


1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
The 1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 5–2 in SoCon play to place third.


1983 Chicago Bears season
The 1983 season was the Chicago Bears' 64th in the National Football League, and their second under head coach Mike Ditka. The team improved from their 3–6 record from 1982 to finish at 8–8, but to failed to make the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season. Jim McMahon was the quarterback, who completed 175 of 295 pass attempts. The Bears 1983 NFL Draft class was ranked #3 in NFL Top 10's greatest draft classes.


1983 Chicago Bears season, Preseason
The Bears were predicted to finish 7–9 and fourth in the division by Paul Zimmerman. Their prized new weapon would be Willie Gault, Dennis McKinnon (signed as an undrafted free agent by the Bears in 1983) and Jimbo Covert would help open bigger holes for Walter Payton but it was felt they were a few offensive lineman and a tight end away from being effective. The defense would be led by All-Pro Dan Hampton and new defensive backs Mike Richardson and Dave Duerson. The Bears started 1983 by losing 7 of their first 10, but won 5 of their last 6 to finish 8–8. The Bears would go 71–18 in regular season games from November 13, 1983, through October 2, 1989.


1983 Chicago Cubs season
The 1983 Chicago Cubs season was the 112th season of the Chicago Cubs franchise, the 108th in the National League and the 68th at Wrigley Field. The Cubs finished fifth in the National League East with a record of 71–91.


1983 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Chicago Cubs season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Chicago Marathon
The 1983 Chicago Marathon was the 7th running of the annual marathon race in Chicago, United States and was held on October 16. The elite men's race was won by Kenya's Joseph Nzau in a time of 2:09:44.3 hours and the women's race was won by Portugal's Rosa Mota in 2:31:12. Nzau edged Britain's Hugh Jones by half a second in a tight finish. A total of 5237 runners finished the race, an increase of nearly 600 from the previous year.


1983 Chicago White Sox season
The 1983 Chicago White Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the White Sox winning the American League West championship on September 17. It marked their first postseason appearance since the 1959 World Series. It was the city of Chicago's first baseball championship of any kind (division, league, or world), since the White Sox themselves reached the World Series twenty-four years earlier.


1983 Chicago White Sox season
After the White Sox went through a winning streak around the All-Star break, Texas Rangers manager Doug Rader said the White Sox "...weren't playing well. They're winning ugly." This phrase became a rallying cry for the team, and they are often referred to as the "Winning Ugly" team (and their uniforms as the "Winning Ugly" uniforms).


1983 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
Ron Kittle won the American League Rookie of the Year Award and set a club record for most home runs by a rookie. He missed the American League home run title by 3 home runs and finished third in the league. He would rank in ninth place in the American League for runs batted in. Kittle would manage to lead the league in strikeouts with 150.


1983 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
LaMarr Hoyt won the American League Cy Young Award while fellow pitcher Floyd Bannister finished second in the American League in strikeouts. He also won 13 of 14 games after the All-Star Break.


1983 Chicago White Sox season, Regular season
Tony LaRussa was named American League Manager of the Year.


1983 Chicago White Sox season, All-Star game
The 54th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL) was held on July 6, 1983, at Comiskey Park. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 13–3. The game occurred exactly 50 years to the date of the first All-Star game. The game is best remembered for Fred Lynn's third-inning grand slam off of San Francisco's Atlee Hammaker. As of 2021, it is the only grand slam in All-Star Game history.


1983 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; BB = Base on balls; SO = Strikeouts; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases


1983 Chicago White Sox season, Player stats, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; HR = Home runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


1983 Chicago White Sox season, American League Championship Series, Summary, Game One
Playing in their first postseason game since the 1959 World Series, the White Sox jumped out to a 1-0 series lead behind a complete-game victory by Hoyt, the American League Cy Young Award winner.


1983 Chicago mayoral election
The Chicago mayoral election of 1983 was first the primary on February 22, 1983 which was followed by the general on April 12, 1983. The election saw the election of Chicago, Illinois' first African-American mayor, Harold Washington. Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne, who had served since April 1979 had lost renomination in the Democratic primary in a three-way race between herself, then–Congressman Washington, and then–State's Attorney Richard M. Daley (who would later become mayor himself) in February 1983. Washington would face off against Republican nominee Benard Epton, winning with a 3.7% lead over Epton in the general election.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations
The Democratic Party and Republican Party held their primaries on February 22.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Campaigning
Since winning an upset victory in the 1979 Democratic primary and a landslide victory in that year's general election, Jane Byrne had had a tumultuous term as mayor. Nevertheless, she had secured support for her renomination from 33 of the city's aldermen. A three-way race emerged between Byrne, congressman Harold Washington, and Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley (the son of former mayor Richard J. Daley).


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Campaigning
Two months ahead of the primary, the Democratic Party organization endorsed Byrne.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Campaigning
Of the candidates, Byrne's campaign had the most funds, raising more than $3 million. She had been spending much of her funds very early on television commercials to overhaul her image, attempting to transform her image to that of a steady and serious figure who had straightened out what had been a chaotic city government. While Byrne had previously, in 1979, presented herself as a protegee of former mayor Richard J. Daley, she now blamed him for many of the city's financial shortcomings.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Campaigning
Daley's own son Richard M. Daley capitalized off a desire which many Chicagoans held (despite Byrne's criticisms) to return to what they perceived to have been comparatively stable years which the city had experienced under Richard J. Daley's leadership. However, the younger Daley struggled with a perception that he was a lightweight compared to his father. There was also a perception at the time that the younger Daley held an inferior intellect to those of his opponents. When Daley officially launched his campaign in September 1982, polls showed him ahead of or tied with Byrne. A voting bloc which was sought after were the independent-leaning Democrats often called "lakefront liberals". They had backed Byrne in her 1979 primary, but were hesitant to back her again.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Campaigning
Much of the city's white electorate was split between Byrne and Daley. The fact that neither Byrne nor Daley were able to consolidate the white electorate around their candidacy provided Washington an opportunity to win a plurality of the overall vote. While Washington was anticipated to do well among African-American voters, he would not have been able to capture the nomination on African-American support alone. The Democratic Party leadership itself sought to block Washington's victory. Chairman Edward Vrdolyak was alleged to have encouraged voters to back Byrne, warning that a vote for Daley was a vote for Washington.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Campaigning
In the closing days of the campaign, Byrne was on the defense, particularly from attacks being lodged by Daley. Daley, meanwhile, was struggling to convince voters that he was no longer in third place. Washington entered the television ad campaign later than the other candidates, citing only having barely $1 million to spend on his campaign. Byrne spent a total of $10 million on her campaign, $5 million more than her 1979 campaign.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Campaigning
Daley won the endorsements of both of the city's major newspapers.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Democratic primary, Results
The election was held on Tuesday, February 22, 1983. Turnout was 77.49%. Washington received 36.3% of the citywide vote and roughly 80% of the African-American vote. 1.2 million Chicagoans went to polls to cast their ballot, noted then as the largest turnout since 25 years earlier in 1958. Mayor Byrne had 33.5% of the citywide vote and Daley came in third place with 29.8%. The election saw a record-setting 69% of registered African-American voter turnout.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
Former State Representative Bernard Epton won the Republican nomination. Epton had reluctantly run after being urged by party leaders. He was the only established figure who agreed to seek the nomination, and had all but formally secured the nomination at party meetings in November. Chicago had not elected a Republican mayor in 56 years (since the 1927 Chicago mayoral election). At the time, Chicago had no Republican aldermen on its City Council.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, Nominations, Republican primary
While Chicago was regarded as overwhelmingly Democratic, it was hoped by many Republicans that if Washington were nominated by the Democrats, many white voters would vote for the Republican nominee. Epton stated, "Chicago has been regarded for too long as a Democratic stronghold. It's about time we change that image." Candidates Ralph G. Medly, William Arthur Murray, and Raymond Wardingly saw their names removed from the ballot due to issues with their petitions. Wardingly had been a candidate in the previous election's primary.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
James Fletcher, who ran James R. Thompson's first successful gubernatorial campaign, became Epton's general election campaign manager. High-profile figures such as Republican Senator Paul Laxalt (chairman of the RNC) campaigned for Epton. The race was particularly competitive, with some newspapers characterizing it as a "tossup". Epton was polling double what a Republican typically polled in Chicago mayoral races. Epton received endorsements from some Democratic Ward Committeemen, such as Ed Kelly.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Campaigning
Byrne briefly explored running as a write-in candidate during the general election, before dropping the idea due to a number of complicating factors.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results
The election saw a massive voter turnout, with more than 82 percent of eligible voters casting ballots.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results, Results by ward
Washington's coalition of voters consisted of the city's African American population with the additional support of "lakefront liberals" and the city's latino community. Therefore, he performed best in heavily black wards, as well as lakeshore wards and heavily Latino wards.


1983 Chicago mayoral election, General election, Results, Results by ward
Epton carried a plurality of the vote in 28 of the city's 50 wards, while Washington carried a plurality of the vote in 22 wards.


1983 Chichester District Council election
Elections to Chichester District Council in West Sussex, United Kingdom were held on 5 May 1983.


1983 Chichester District Council election
The whole council was up for election and resulted in a Conservative majority.


1983 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1983 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State University during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season. Chico State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference in 1983. Prior to 1983 it had been called the Far Western Conference.


1983 Chico State Wildcats football team
The 1983 Wildcats were led by tenth-year head coach Dick Trimmer. They played home games at University Stadium in Chico, California. Chico State finished the season with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1, 3–2–1 NCAC). The Wildcats outscored their opponents 227–201 for the season. This was the last season coach Trimmer was at the helm. In his ten years, the Wildcats compiled a record of 48–52–2, a .480 winning percentage.


1983 Chico State Wildcats football team, Team players in the NFL
No Chico State players were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.


1983 Chinese Taipei National Football League
Statistics of the Chinese Taipei National Football League for the 1983 season.


1983 Chosonminhang Ilyushin Il-62 crash
The 1983 Chosonminhang Il-62 crash occurred on 1 July 1983 when an Ilyushin Il-62M being operated by the flag carrier airline of North Korea, Chosonminhang, crashed into mountainous terrain in the West African country of Guinea. All 23 people aboard were killed. The aircraft was flying from Pyongyang with construction cargo and numerous workers ahead of the 1984 Organization of African Unity summit due to take place the following year. It remains the deadliest aviation crash in Guinean history, and was the tenth operational loss of an Il-62 since its introduction.


1983 Chosonminhang Ilyushin Il-62 crash, Aircraft and flight
P-889 was a Soviet-made Ilyushin Il-62M manufactured by the Kazan Aviation Plant in early 1981. It was sold to North Korea's national airline, Chosonminhang (now called Air Koryo), the same year. With the exception of an aborted takeoff in 1982 due to an inadvertently opened cargo hatch, the aircraft had no incident history.


1983 Chosonminhang Ilyushin Il-62 crash, Aircraft and flight
On 1 July 1983, P-889 was carrying construction material, as well as several construction workers and technicians, from Pyongyang, North Korea to complete work on a hall ahead of the twentieth Organization of African Unity summit scheduled to take place in Conakry, Guinea, in May 1984. P-889 made two intermediate stops on the way to Guinea, stopping in Kabul and Cairo to refuel.


1983 Chosonminhang Ilyushin Il-62 crash, Accident and aftermath
On 1 July 1983, P-889 crashed in the Guinean highland region of Fouta Djallon, near the town of Labé, 160 miles northwest of Conakry International Airport. All 23 aboard were killed. It was the airline's first fatal accident. News of the crash was slow to spread due to difficulties in reaching the remote crash site. Although the cause of the crash was never publicly released, pilot error compounded by fatigue is suspected.


1983 Chosonminhang Ilyushin Il-62 crash, Accident and aftermath
A high-level delegation of Guinean government officials traveled to North Korea shortly after the crash to deliver official condolences to Kim Il Sung.


1983 Christchurch mayoral election
The 1983 Christchurch mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1983, election were held for the Mayor of Christchurch plus other local government positions. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1983 Christchurch mayoral election, Background
Incumbent Mayor Hamish Hay was re-elected with an increased majority, defeating the deputy mayor Rex Lester of the Labour Party. In addition to Hay retaining the mayoralty there was a concurrent swing towards the Citizens' Association leaving the composition of the council at eleven seats to the Citizens' Association with eight to the Labour Party.


1983 Christchurch mayoral election, Background
Earlier in the day Lester's home was broken into by burglars who stole his bicycle and sporting gear.


1983 Christchurch mayoral election, Ward results
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Christchurch City Council.


1983 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
The 1983 Cincinnati Bearcats football team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Bearcats, led by first-year head coach Watson Brown, participated as independent and played their home games at Nippert Stadium.


1983 Cincinnati Bearcats football team
Due to a NCAA decision to mandate average attendance of 20,000 for Division I-A programs, Cincinnati was relegated to NCAA Division I-AA for the 1983 season due to consistently low attendance figures. Despite Nippert being the home field of the Bearcats, for this season the Bearcats played more game at the downtown Riverfront Stadium. After taking the decision to court, the Bearcats were able to return to Division I-A for the 1984 season.


1983 Cincinnati Bengals season
The 1983 season was the Cincinnati Bengals' 14th season in the National Football League, their 16th overall, and their fourth and final under head coach Forrest Gregg.


1983 Cincinnati Bengals season
The Bengals started the season by losing six of their first seven games and finished 7-9. Despite the record, the Bengals claimed the top overall defense in the NFL. In the offseason, Forrest Gregg resigned as head coach, and Sam Wyche was named as his replacement.


1983 Cincinnati Open
The 1983 Cincinnati Open (also known as the 1983 ATP Championships for sponsorship reasons) was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio in the United States that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament was held from August 20 through August 26, 1983.


1983 Cincinnati Open, Finals, Doubles
Victor Amaya /  Tim Gullikson defeated  Carlos Kirmayr /  Cássio Motta 6–4, 6–3


1983 Cincinnati Reds season
The Cincinnati Reds' 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League West. It was Johnny Bench's last season as a Red.


1983 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1983 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 Cincinnati Reds season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1983 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election
Elections to City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983, with one third of the council to be elected. The council remained under no overall control.


1983 City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:


1983 City of Lincoln Council election
The 1983 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 5 May 1983. This was on the same day as other local elections. One third of the council was up for election: the seats of the top-polling candidates at the all out election of 1979. The Labour Party retained control of the council.


1983 City of Lincoln Council election, Ward results, Boultham
Note: T. Rook had been elected as a Democratic Labour councillor in 1979


1983 Classic (snooker)
The 1983 Classic was the 4th edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 9–16 January 1983. The tournament was played at the Spectrum Arena, Warrington, Cheshire, and the tournament expanded from eight to sixteen professional players and ITV showed the coverage from the second day.


1983 Classic (snooker)
Steve Davis appeared in his third consecutive final and he regained the title beating Canada's Bill Werbeniuk by 9–5.


1983 Clemson Tigers football team
The 1983 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its sixth season under head coach Danny Ford, the team compiled a 9–1–1 record (7–0 on the field against conference opponents, but officially 0–0 ), was ranked No. 11 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 338 to 200. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.


1983 Clemson Tigers football team
Clemson was on probation for recruiting violations, and was ineligible for the ACC championship and a bowl bid. As a result, their games against ACC opponents, against whom they were an undefeated 7–0 on the field, did not count in the league standings.


1983 Clemson Tigers football team
James Farr and James Robinson were the team captains. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback Mike Eppley with 1,410 passing yards, fullback Kevin Mack with 862 rushing yards, Ray Williams with 342 receiving yards, and placekicker Bob Paulling with 90 points scored (18 field goals, 36 extra points).


1983 Cleveland Browns season
The 1983 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 34th season with the National Football League.


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Season summary
In a season which was eerily similar to the 1979 campaign, which was arguably the beginning of "The Kardiac Kids" period, seven contests were decided by seven points or less, with the Browns going 4–3. Like the '79 and '80 seasons, the Browns scored often and gave up almost as many points, with the Browns scoring 356 to their opponents' 342. Quarterback Brian Sipe, in his last season with the Browns before jumping to the USFL, had 26 touchdown passes and 23 interceptions, nearly the same ratio (28-to-26) he had had in 1979.


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Season summary
It was a good way to go out for Sipe, who had lost his starting job to Paul McDonald late in the 1982 season and then re-gained it in the '83 training camp. Fullback Mike Pruitt, in his last great season with the Browns, rushed for 1,184 yards.


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Season summary
And finally, in his last season in Cleveland before being traded to the Denver Broncos, wide receiver Dave Logan was second on the team in receptions with 37, but that was far behind the team-record 89 hauled in by Pro Football Hall of Fame tight end Ozzie Newsome in a season that could be dubbed "The Kardiac Kids' Last Hurrah".


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 2
Brian Sipe throws four touchdowns to lead the Browns to a 31-26 win at Detroit. Sipe becomes Cleveland's career leader, raising his TD total to 135 (surpassing Frank Ryan) with throws to Ricky Feacher, Mike Pruitt, Ozzie Newsome and Dave Logan. Pruitt also rushes for 137 yards.


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 4
Harry Holt, a 25-year-old NFL rookie, catches a 48-yard touchdown pass form Sipe on Cleveland's fourth play of overtime as The Browns beat The Chargers, 30-24, at San Diego. Holt catches his first NFL touchdown after Matt Bahr forces overtime with a 32-yard field goal with 18 seconds left in regulation.


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 6
Linebacker Tom Cousineau records 15 tackles, one interception and one fumble recovery while leading Cleveland to a 10-7 win over the New York Jets. His interception stops a Jets drive at the Browns' 5-yard line and his fumble recovery stops New York at the Cleveland 9. The Browns' only touchdown is scored by wide receiver Bobby Jones on a 32-yard pass from Sipe.


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 8
The Browns lose a tough one at Cincinnati, 28-21, when Bengals' cornerback Ken Riley intercepts a Sipe pass and returns it 42 yards for a touchdown midway through the fourth quarter. Riley's 60th career interception spoils a three-TD pass performance by Sipe.


1983 Cleveland Browns season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 12
After going eight seasons without a shutout, the Browns made it two straight with a 30-0 rout of the Patriots at Foxboro. One week after posting a 20-0 win over Tampa Bay, Pruitt runs for 136 yards and Matt Bahr kicks three field goals. The defensive star is linebacker Chip Banks, who returns an interception 65 yards for a touchdown and records two sacks. Cousineau and Hanford Dixon each intercept two passes.


1983 Clásica de San Sebastián
The 1983 Clásica de San Sebastián was the third edition of the Clásica de San Sebastián cycle race and was held on 17 August 1983. The race started and finished in San Sebastián. The race was won by Claude Criquielion.


1983 Coalinga earthquake
The 1983 Coalinga earthquake struck at 4:42 p.m. Monday, May 2 of that year, in Coalinga, California,


1983 Coalinga earthquake
The shock was felt from the greater Los Angeles Area north to Susanville in Lassen County, and between the Pacific Coast and western Nevada. More than 5,000 aftershocks were recorded through July 31, of which 894 had a magnitude of 2.5 or larger. It measured 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (severe).


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Earthquake
The Coalinga quake was caused by an 0.5-meter uplift of an anticline ridge northeast of Coalinga, but surface faulting was not observed. Ground and aerial reconnaissance immediately after the quake revealed ground cracks and fissures within about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) of the epicenter, none of which appeared to represent movement on deeply rooted fault structures. About five weeks later, on June 11, an aftershock caused surface faulting about 12 km (7.5 mi) northwest of Coalinga.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
The earthquake caused an estimated $10 million in property damage (according to the American Red Cross) and injured 94 people. Damage was most severe in Coalinga, where the eight-block downtown commercial district was almost destroyed. Here, buildings having unreinforced brick walls sustained the heaviest damage. Newer buildings, such as the Bank of America and the Guarantee Savings and Loan, sustained only superficial damage. The most significant damage outside the Coalinga area was at Avenal, 31 kilometers (19 mi) southeast of the epicenter.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
A disaster assessment by the American Red Cross listed the following statistics on damage in the area: almost destroyed – 309 single-family houses and 33 apartment buildings; major damage – 558 single-family houses, 94 mobile homes, and 39 apartment buildings; and minor damage – 811 single-family houses, 22 mobile homes, and 70 apartment buildings. Most public buildings, including the City Hall, hospital, schools, fire house, post office, and police station, sustained only minor damage.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
Six bridges of 60 in the area sustained measurable structural damage, which consisted of hairline cracks and spalling at the top of the support columns, fracturing and displacement of wing walls and parapets, and settlement of fill.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
All public utilities were damaged, but the water system continued to function despite many leaks in its transmission piping. Gas was shut off for several days because of broken piping and leaks, but only temporary interruptions of electric and telephone services were reported. One large section of old concrete sewerage west of the downtown area partly collapsed but continued to function.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Earthquake, Damage
In the oil fields near Coalinga, surface facilities such as pumping units, storage tanks, pipelines, and support buildings were all damaged to some degree. One oil company administration building, about 7 km (4.3 mi) north of Coalinga, sustained major structural damage, and its two brick chimneys were toppled. Subsurface damage, including collapsed or parted well casing, was observed on fourteen of 1,725 active wells.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Earthquake, Ground effects
The earthquake triggered thousands of rock falls and rock slides as far as 34 km (21 mi) northwest, 15 km (9.3 mi) south, and 26 km (16 mi) southwest of the epicenter. Only a few slope failures occurred east of the epicenter because of the absence of steep slopes in that direction.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Aftermath
The California Seismic Safety Commission investigated the temblor, provided funding and expert technical assistance for planning and reconstruction and published a report on the quake. Coalinga recovered 98 percent of its expenses in repairing and rebuilding public buildings at a time when an 85 percent recovery was considered a success.


1983 Coalinga earthquake, Aftermath
The Coalinga earthquake suggested to geologists that the state of California was in worse seismological danger than had been thought. The pace of earthquake activity along the Pacific coast was identified as a relevant subject for further study, and the investigation of earthquakes stemming from unknown faults caused concern. California officials said that a predicted great quake would do far more damage than this one and that if it struck in a densely populated area the damage would be incalculable.


1983 Code of Canon Law
The 1983 Code of Canon Law (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title Codex Iuris Canonici), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church". It is the second and current comprehensive codification of canonical legislation for the Latin Church sui iuris of the Catholic Church. It was promulgated on 25 January 1983 by John Paul II and took legal effect on the First Sunday of Advent (27 November) 1983. It replaced the 1917 Code of Canon Law which had been promulgated by Benedict XV on 27 May 1917.


1983 Code of Canon Law, History
The current Code of Canon Law is the second comprehensive codification of the non-liturgical laws of the Latin Church, replacing the Pio-Benedictine code that had been promulgated by Benedict XV in 1917.


1983 Code of Canon Law, History
Pope John XXIII, when proclaiming a new ecumenical council for the Catholic Church, also announced the intention of revising the 1917 CIC. It was not feasible to revise the Code of Canon Law until after the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council, so that the decisions of the Council could guide the revision of ecclesiastical laws. Several of the council documents gave specific instructions regarding changes to the organization of the Catholic Church, in particular the decrees Christus Dominus, Presbyterorum Ordinis, Perfectae Caritatis, and Ad gentes. In 1966, Pope Paul VI issued norms to apply these instructions through the motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae.


1983 Code of Canon Law, History
The Pontificia Commissio Codici iuris canonici recognoscendo, which had been established in 1963, continued the work of revising the Code of Canon Law through the pontificate of Paul VI, completing the work in the first years of the pontificate of John Paul II.


1983 Code of Canon Law, History, Sacræ disciplinæ leges
On 25 January 1983, with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrae disciplinae leges John Paul II promulgated the current Code of Canon Law for all members of the Catholic Church who belonged to the Latin Church. It entered into force the first Sunday of the following Advent, which was 27 November 1983. In an address given on November 21, 1983 to the participants in a course at the Gregorian University in Rome on the new Code of Canon Law, the Pope described the new Code as "the last document of Vatican II".


1983 Code of Canon Law, History, Sacræ disciplinæ leges
This apostolic constitution instituted the 1983 Code of Canon Law for the Latin Church. John Paul II later promulgated a code of canon law for the 22 sui juris Eastern Catholic Churches—the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches—by means of the Apostolic Constitution Sacri Canones of 18 October 1990.


1983 Code of Canon Law, History, Sacræ disciplinæ leges
While there have been many vernacular translations of the Code, only the original Latin text has the force of law.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Ecclesiological inspiration of the 1983 Code
The Vatican II Decree Optatam totius (no. 16), in view of the decision to reform the existing Code, laid down that "the teaching of Canon law should take into account the mystery of the Church, according to the dogmatic constitution De Ecclesia". The 1917 Pio-Benedictine Code was in fact structured according to the Roman law division of "norms, persons, things, procedures, penalties". The 1983 Code, in total contrast, was deliberately given a much more doctrinal-theological structure. John Paul II described the ecclesiological inspiration of the Code in this way:


1983 Code of Canon Law, Ecclesiological inspiration of the 1983 Code
The instrument, which the Code is, fully corresponds to the nature of the Church, especially as it is proposed by the teaching of the Second Vatican Council in general, and in a particular way by its ecclesiological teaching. Indeed, in a certain sense, this new Code could be understood as a great effort to translate this same doctrine, that is, the conciliar ecclesiology, into canonical language. If, however, it is impossible to translate perfectly into canonical language the conciliar image of the Church, nevertheless, in this image there should always be found as far as possible its essential point of reference.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Ecclesiological inspiration of the 1983 Code
Thus the 1983 Code is configured, as far as possible, according to the "mystery of the Church", the most significant books – Two, Three and Four – corresponding to the munus regendi, the munus sanctificandi, and the munus docendi (the "missions" of governance, of worship/sanctification, and of teaching) which in turn derive from the kingly, the priestly and the prophetic roles or functions of Christ.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Structure in detail
The 1983 Code of Canon Law contains 1752 canons, or laws, most subdivided into paragraphs (indicated by "§") and/or numbers (indicated by "°"). Hence a citation of the Code would be written as Can. (or Canon) 934, §2, 1°.


1983 Code of Canon Law, Structure in detail, Subdivisions
The Code is organized into seven Books, which are further divided into Part, Section, Title, Chapter and Article. Not every book contains all five subdivisions. Organized hierarchically, the subdivisions are


1983 Code of Canon Law, Structure in detail, Subdivisions
Most of the Code does not utilize all these subdivisions but one example is


1983 Code of Canon Law, Structure in detail, Subdivisions
The basic unit of the Code is the canon. Its subdivisions appear as