1983 San Diego mayoral special election, Campaign
On March 15, 1983, O'Connor came in first in the primary with 36.8 percent of the vote, followed by Hedgecock with 31.1 percent of the vote. Cleator finished in third with 25.6 percent of the vote. Mitchell, whose campaign never really took off, trailed behind in fourth with only 5.0 percent of the vote. None of the 16 minor candidates received more than 1 percent individually.


1983 San Diego mayoral special election, Campaign
Because no candidate received a majority of the vote, O'Connor and Hedgecock advanced to a runoff election scheduled for May 3, 1983. Hedgecock ultimately prevailed in the runoff with 52.2 percent of the vote, and was elected mayor.


1983 San Francisco 49ers season
The 1983 San Francisco 49ers season was the franchise's 34th season in the National Football League and their 38th overall. The team attempted to improve on its 3–6 record from 1982. The 49ers would start the season with a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles 22–17. However, the 49ers would continue to impress, as they throttled the Vikings the next week 48-17 and then the Cardinals the following week 42–27. They would end the first half of the season 6-2 before splitting their last eight games to finish the season 10-6 and clinching the NFC West.


1983 San Francisco 49ers season
In the playoffs, the 49ers would come back to beat the Lions 24-23 after Joe Montana found Freddie Solomon in the end zone with 1:23 remaining, and kicker Eddie Murray missing a 41 yard field goal as time expired. However, in the NFC Championship game, they were not able to outlast the top-seeded Redskins, as after coming back to tie a game they trailed 21-0, they lost 24-21 after Washington took the lead on a field goal.


1983 San Francisco 49ers season, Postseason, NFC Divisional Playoff
Quarterback Joe Montana hits Freddie Solomon with a 14-yard touchdown pass with 1:23 left in the game as the 49ers hold off the Lions 24–23. Lions kicker Eddie Murray misses a 43-yard field goal with 5 seconds left in the game, one of two misses by him in the 4th quarter. Five interceptions of Lions Quarterback Gary Danielson played a major role in the 49ers win.


1983 San Francisco 49ers season, Postseason, NFC Championship Game
The 49ers overcome a 21-point 4th quarter deficit to tie the game. But two controversial calls against the 49ers set up a 25-yard field goal by Mark Moseley with 40 seconds remaining. Joe Montana was then intercepted on the last play of the game to seal the win for Washington.


1983 San Francisco Giants season
The 1983 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 101st season in Major League Baseball, their 26th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 24th at Candlestick Park. The team finished in fifth place in the National League West with a 79–83 record, 12 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.


1983 San Francisco Giants 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 San Francisco Giants 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 San Francisco State Gators football team
The 1983 San Francisco State Gators football team represented San Francisco State University during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season.


1983 San Francisco State Gators football team
San Francisco State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC). This was a new name for the conference, as it had been called the Far Western Conference (FWC) since it was started in 1925. 1983 also saw the addition of Sonoma State to the league.


1983 San Francisco State Gators football team
The Gators were led by head coach Vic Rowen in his 23rd year at the helm. They played home games at Cox Stadium in San Francisco, California. The team finished the season with a record of two wins and eight losses (2–8, 1–5 FWC). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 116–251.


1983 San Francisco State Gators football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Francisco State players were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.


1983 San Francisco mayoral election
The 1983 mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Francisco. Incumbent Dianne Feinstein, who had previously been subjected to a failed recall election on April 26 (winning with an 83-percent-favorable vote), was re-elected to her second and final term as mayor. Feinstein, winning with 80.10%, defeated Cesar Ascarrunz, Gloria E. La Riva, Pat Wright, Brian Lantz, and Carrie Drake.


1983 San Francisco mayoral election
Feinstein's strong victory in the recall election months earlier was seen as helping to ward off strong challengers to her reelection in November.


1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election
The 1983 mayoral recall election was held to determine whether mayor Dianne Feinstein should be removed from office. The recall measure was heavily defeated, and Feinstein remained in office.


1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election, Background
In 1983, Feinstein passed a handgun ban (later overturned by the state court of appeals). This angered the White Panther Party, who then organized a successful effort to force a recall election against Feinstein. The White Panther Party's efforts to collect signature were aided by recent anger (particularly in the city's gay community) over Feinstein's veto of legislation which would have extended city-employee benefits to domestic partners.


1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election, Campaign
Feinstein was considered to be a popular mayor. By the time of election day, Feinstein's victory was seen as a foregone conclusion.


1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election, Campaign
Feinstein's campaign had organized a very successful effort to encourage voters to use absentee ballots, and distributed absentee ballots to voters ahead of the election.


1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election, Campaign
Despite some disapproval of Feinstein among the gay community, they did not heavily support recalling Feinstein.


1983 San Francisco mayoral recall election, Results
Feinstein only lost a single precinct out of the city's 710 voting precincts. The precinct she failed to win (which was the home district of the White Panther Party which had organized the effort to recall Feinstein) saw her lose by only a single vote.


1983 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1983 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State University during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Jack Elway, in his fifth year at San Jose State. They played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. The Spartans finished the 1983 season with a record of five wins and six losses (5–6, 3–3 PCAA).


1983 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following finished their college career in 1983, were not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1983 San Marino Grand Prix
The 1983 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola on 1 May 1983. It was the fourth race of the 1983 FIA Formula One World Championship.


1983 San Marino Grand Prix
Frenchman Patrick Tambay took a popular victory in his Ferrari in front of a delighted Tifosi. Driving the #27 car, Tambay dedicated his win to the man he had replaced in the Ferrari team, the late Gilles Villeneuve. It was almost a perfect weekend for the Maranello-based team with René Arnoux qualifying on pole and finishing third. Renault's Alain Prost finished in second place, passing Arnoux with three laps left after the #28 Ferrari spun at the Acque Minerali chicane.


1983 San Marino Grand Prix
Brabham driver Riccardo Patrese had taken the lead from Tambay with six laps remaining, but only held the lead for half a lap before crashing at Acque Minerali. He later described the accident as "purely my mistake". Showing their love for Ferrari more than for an Italian driver in a non-Italian car, the Tifosi cheered as Patrese handed the lead back to Tambay.


1983 San Marino Grand Prix
This would be the last time that Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari saw his Formula One team score a victory in person. Enzo never attended races outside Italy at the time, and Ferrari would not win on Italian soil again until after Enzo died in 1988. Ferrari would not win at Imola again until Michael Schumacher in 1999. As of 2020, this remains the last race where all three drivers on the podium were of the same nationality.


1983 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1983 San Marino motorcycle Grand Prix was the final race of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 2–4 September 1983 at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.


1983 San Miguel Beermen season
The 1983 San Miguel Beermen season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


1983 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
The San Miguel Beermen, two-time finalist last season, will now have former national team coach Nat Canson on the bench as he took over the coaching chores from Tommy Manotoc, who moved over to Crispa Redmanizers. The Beermen missed out a berth in the semifinal round in the first two conferences.


1983 San Miguel Beermen season, Summary
In the Open Conference, their import Donnie Ray Koonce teamed up with another returnee Rich Adams, formerly of N-Rich last season. The Beermen had seven wins and seven losses after the double round eliminations and they made it this time as the last team to complete the semifinal cast following a 108-104 victory over Tanduay Rhum Makers in a knockout game on November 10. San Miguel were tied with three other teams; Crispa, Great Taste and Gilbey's, after the double round semifinals with three wins and three losses each. The Beermen lost to Grandslam-seeking Crispa Redmanizers, 120-130, in a playoff for a finals berth on November 26. They placed third with a 2-1 series win against Gilbey's Gin.


1983 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
June 23: San Miguel defeated Crispa Redmanizers, 110-99, to finally ended Crispa's amazing 21-game winning streak that dates back to the previous conference and handed the Redmanizers' first loss in the conference after nine straight wins.


1983 San Miguel Beermen season, Notable dates
July 21: Donnie Ray Koonce scored 57 points to lead San Miguel to a come-from-behind 135-132 win over his former team Toyota, thereby eliminating the Silver Coronas.


1983 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The 1983 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season.


1983 Santa Clara Broncos football team
Santa Clara competed in the Western Football Conference (WFC). The Broncos were led by head coach Pat Malley in his twenty-fifth year at the helm. They played home games at Buck Shaw Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The team finished the season as WFC co-champion, with a record of six wins and four losses (6–4, 2–1 WFC). The Broncos outscored their opponents 173–144 for the season.


1983 Santa Clara Broncos football team, Team players in the NFL
The following Santa Clara Broncos players were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.


1983 Sarawak state election
The fourth Sarawak state election was held between Wednesday, 28 December and Thursday, 29 December 1983 with a nomination date on Thursday, 8 December 1983. The two-day duration of the election was shorter than the eight-day election in 1979 state election because of improvements in transportation and communication systems. Only 45 out of 48 seats were contested. The state assembly was dissolved on 18 November 1983 by the governor of Sarawak with the advice of chief minister of Sarawak, which was one year and 15 days earlier than the expiration of the state assembly on 3 December 1984.


1983 Sarawak state election
The election was held during the peak of monsoon season. This election saw 505,872 registered voters eligible to vote, with 367,060 voters (72.56%) actually casting their votes. In this election, Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) fielded candidates for 32 seats, SNAP for 18 seats, PBDS for 14 seats, Democratic Action Party (DAP) for 7 seats, and Sarawak Democratik Bersatu (BERSATU) for 4 seats. There were 80 independents contesting for the seats.


1983 Sarawak state election, Background
The 1983 leadership crisis of Sarawak National Party (SNAP, a component party of BN) has caused the emergence of an offshoot party named Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS). However, chief minister Abdul Taib Mahmud decided to accept PBDS into the BN coalition. This has caused dissatisfaction of SNAP leadership towards Taib. Both parties SNAP and PBDS were unwilling to compromise any of their seats. Therefore, Taib decided to allow SNAP and PBDS to compete against each other by under their respective party symbols. Serious competitions occurred in state constituencies contested by PBDS and SNAP.


1983 Sarawak state election, Background
Generally, this election was carried out in a peaceful and orderly manner except for the clashes between PBDS candidate and the election officials in N 35 Machan constituency. Sarawak BN, composed of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) and Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), won 29 seats on the election day. They later accepted SNAP and PBDS into the coalition, thus securing a total of 44 of 48 seats.


1983 Scheldeprijs
The 1983 Scheldeprijs was the 70th edition of the Scheldeprijs cycle race and was held on 2 August 1983. The race was won by Jan Bogaert.


1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts
The 1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts, the Canadian women's national curling championship, was played February 26 to March 5 at the Prince George Coliseum in Prince George, British Columbia.


1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Cathy ShawThird: Christine Jurgenson (DNP; injured)Second: Sandra RippelLead: Penny Ryan


1983 Scott Tournament of Hearts, Teams
Skip : Ruby Crocker Third: Rene CrockerSecond: Barbara PinsetLead: Sandra Brawley


1983 Scottish Cup Final
The 1983 Scottish Cup Final was played on 21 May 1983 at Hampden Park in Glasgow and was the final of the 108th Scottish Cup. Aberdeen and Rangers contested the match, Aberdeen won the match 1–0, thanks to Eric Black's extra time goal. Aberdeen had already won the Cup Winners' Cup ten days earlier, making the Scottish Cup their second trophy of the season.


1983 Scottish Cup Final, Media Coverage
In Scotland the Scottish Cup Final was shown live on BBC One Scotland on their Sportscene programme and also on STV and Grampian Television on Scotsport. Live radio commentary was on BBC Radio Scotland


1983 Scottish Masters
The 1983 Langs Scottish Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 25 September 1983 at the Skean Dhu Hotel in Glasgow, Scotland.


1983 Scottish Masters
Steve Davis won the tournament by defeating Tony Knowles 9–5 in the final.


1983 Scottish Professional Championship
The 1983 Scottish Professional Championship was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament, which took place in August 1983 in Glasgow, Scotland.


1983 Scottish Professional Championship
Murdo MacLeod won the title by beating Eddie Sinclair 11–9 in the final.


1983 Sea of Japan earthquake
The 1983 Sea of Japan earthquake (Japanese: 日本海中部地震) occurred on May 26, 1983 at 11:59:57 local time (02:59:57 UTC). It had a magnitude of 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale. It occurred in the Sea of Japan, about 100 km west of the coast of Noshiro in Akita Prefecture, Japan. Out of the 104 fatalities, all but four were killed by the resulting tsunami, which struck communities along the coast, especially Aomori and Akita Prefectures and the east coast of Noto Peninsula. Images of the tsunami hitting the fishing harbor of Wajima on Noto Peninsula was broadcast on TV. The waves exceeded 10 meters (33 ft) in some areas. Three of the fatalities were along the east coast of South Korea (whether North Korea was affected is not known). The tsunami also hit Okushiri Island, the site of a more deadly tsunami 10 years later.


1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, Tectonic setting
The northwestern side of Honshu lies on the southeastern margin of the Sea of Japan, an area of oceanic crust created by back-arc spreading from the late Oligocene to middle Miocene. The extensional tectonics associated with the spreading formed a series of N-S trending extensional faults and associated basins. Currently the area is being deformed by contractional tectonics, causing inversion of these earlier basins, forming anticlinal structures. It has been suggested that the northwestern coast of Honshu represents an incipient subduction zone, but there remain significant uncertainties about the existence of the Okhotsk Plate and the nature and precise location of its boundary in the Sea of Japan, if it does exist.


1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake lasted for about 60 seconds. The focal mechanism indicates reverse faulting and the distribution of aftershocks is consistent with movement on a thrust plane dipping at 30° to the east. The rupture involved two separate faults, the more northerly of which trends NNW-SSE and the more southerly SSW-NNE. The rupture began on the southern fault before continuing on the northern fault after a delay of ten seconds. The maximum perceived intensity was V on the JMA scale (VIII on the Mercalli intensity scale).


1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, Tsunami
The first wave of the tsunami struck the coast about 12 minutes after the earthquake, with a maximum run-up height of 14.9 m (49 ft) recorded on the Oga Peninsula. The initial models of the earthquake were unable to reproduce the short time interval between the shock and the first wave arrival at the coast. The possibility that the faults dipped to the west, which would have brought the tsunami source closer to the coast, was inconsistent with seismic data and slow aseismic slip on the southern fault immediately before the mainshock has been proposed as an explanation.


1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, Tsunami
Tsunami deposits associated with this earthquake have been recognised onshore, on the coast and in the Sea of Japan. Offshore both mass failure deposits and turbidites have been observed that are dated to later than 1954 from high caesium-137 levels in the overlying sediments.


1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, Damage
Much of the earthquake damage was due to soil liquefaction, causing the collapse of houses and a number of road and rail accidents. The degree of liquefaction was the worst seen in Japan since the 1964 Niigata earthquake. The greatest effects were observed in areas underlain by loose Holocene aeolian and fluvial sands. Four people were killed by the effects of the earthquake shaking.


1983 Sea of Japan earthquake, Damage
Tsunami warnings were issued 14 minutes after the earthquake, but many parts of the nearby coast were struck before any action could be taken. Many people were struck by the first wave either on the shoreline or on offshore building sites and there were a hundred deaths. The tsunami caused widespread damage to coastal defences, which had been designed for storms rather than tsunamis. The tsunami reached the coast of South Korea about 1–1½ hours after the earthquake, causing the death of three people.


1983 Seattle Mariners season
The 1983 Major League Baseball season was the  seventh season in the history of the Seattle Mariners. They were seventh in the American League West at 60–102 (.370), 39 games behind, with the worst record in the major leagues.


1983 Seattle Mariners season
In his third season as the Mariners' manager, Rene Lachemann was fired on June 25, succeeded by Del Crandall. At the time, the Mariners were 26–47 (.356), on an eight-game losing streak, and had the worst record in the majors. A former major league manager, Crandall was managing the Triple-A Albuquerque Dukes, the Pacific Coast League affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.


1983 Seattle Mariners 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 Seattle Seahawks season
The 1983 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's eighth season with the National Football League.


1983 Seattle Seahawks season
The 1983 season was the first season head coach Chuck Knox coached the team. It was also the first season in which the Seahawks made the AFC playoffs, where they won the first two postseason games in franchise history, before losing in the AFC Championship Game. The AFC Championship game against the Raiders would be the only time the Seahawks would appear in the AFC Championship game, as they failed to appear in one from 1984 to 2001. They would not reach a conference championship again until 2005, when they were in the NFC West.


1983 Seattle Seahawks season, Offseason
The Seattle Seahawks hired Chuck Knox, a coach capable of creating comebacks for teams. They also modified their uniforms, incorporating the Seahawks logo onto the jersey's sleeves. The TV numbers were moved from the jersey sleeves to the shoulders. The helmet facemasks became blue, and the socks became all blue. The uniform would remain basically unchanged through the 2001 season.


1983 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Regular season
Divisional matchups have the AFC West playing the NFC East.


1983 Seattle Seahawks season, Schedule, Postseason
The Seahawks entered the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, after two close attempts in 1978 and 1979.


1983 Seattle Seahawks season, Game Summaries, Postseason
Seattle entered the postseason as the #4 seed in the AFC.


1983 Segunda División de Chile
The 1983 Segunda División de Chile was the 32nd season of the Segunda División de Chile.


1983 Seiko Super Tennis Wailea
The 1983 Seiko Super Tennis Wailea, also known as the Hawaii Open, was a men's tennis tournament played an outdoor hard courts in Maui, Hawaii, in the United States that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix circuit. It was the tenth edition of the tournament and was held from September 26 through October 2, 1983. Third-seeded Scott Davis won the singles title.


1983 Seiko Super Tennis Wailea, Finals, Doubles
Steve Meister /  Tony Giammalva defeated  Mike Bauer /  Scott Davis 6–3, 5–7, 6–4


1983 Seiko World Super Tennis
The 1983 Seiko World Super Tennis, also known as the Tokyo Indoor, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 24 October through 28 October 1983. It was a major tournament of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and  matches were the best of three sets. John McEnroe was the defending champion but did not participate. First-seeded Ivan Lendl won the singles title, his eighth title of the season, and earned $75,000 first-prize money.


1983 Seiko World Super Tennis, Finals, Doubles
Mark Edmondson /  Sherwood Stewart defeated  Steve Denton /  John Fitzgerald 6–1, 6–4


1983 Seiko World Super Tennis – Doubles
Tim Gullikson and Tom Gullikson were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.


1983 Seiko World Super Tennis – Doubles
Mark Edmondson and Sherwood Stewart won the title, defeating Steve Denton and John Fitzgerald 6–1, 6–4 in the final.


1983 Seiko World Super Tennis – Singles
John McEnroe was the defending champion, but did not participate this year.


1983 Seiko World Super Tennis – Singles
Ivan Lendl won the tournament, beating Scott Davis in the final, 3–6, 6–3, 6–4.


1983 Senegalese general election
General elections were held in Senegal on 27 February 1983 to elect a President and National Assembly. Incumbent Abdou Diouf, who had taken office in January 1981 following the resignation of Léopold Sédar Senghor, defeated four other candidates in the presidential election. Members of the National Assembly were elected using a mixed-member majoritarian system, with sixty members being chosen by the single-member plurality system and sixty being chosen by closed-list proportional representation. In the National Assembly election Diouf's Socialist Party won 111 of the 120 seats. Voter turnout was 56.2% in the Assembly election and 56.7% in the presidential election.


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1983 Senior League World Series
The 1983 Senior League World Series took place from August 15–20 in Gary, Indiana, United States. Pingtung, Taiwan defeated Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles in the championship game.


1983 Senior PGA Tour
The 1983 Senior PGA Tour was the fourth season since the Senior PGA Tour officially began in 1980 (it was renamed the Champions Tour in 2003 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016). The season consisted of 16 official money events with purses totalling $2,612,000, including two majors. Don January won the most tournaments, six. The tournament results, leaders, and award winners are listed below.


1983 Senior PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1983 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Senior majors are shown in bold. Golfers winning on their Senior PGA Tour debut are shown in italics.


1983 Seville City Council election
The 1983 Seville City Council election, also the 1983 Seville municipal election, was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd City Council of the municipality of Seville. All 31 seats in the City Council were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The City Council of Seville (Spanish: Ayuntamiento de Sevilla) was the top-tier administrative and governing body of the municipality of Seville, composed of the mayor, the government council and the elected plenary assembly.


1983 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
Voting for the local assembly was on the basis of universal suffrage, which comprised all nationals over eighteen, registered in the municipality of Seville and in full enjoyment of their civil and political rights. Local councillors 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 in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


1983 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
The mayor was indirectly elected by the plenary assembly. A legal clause required that mayoral candidates earned the vote of an absolute majority of councillors, or else the candidate of the most-voted party in the assembly was to be automatically appointed to the post. In the event of a tie, the eldest one would be elected.


1983 Seville City Council election, Electoral system
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.


1983 Seychellois parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Seychelles on 7 August 1983 for the People's Assembly. The Seychelles People's Progressive Front was the sole legal party at the time, and all candidates were members. Thirty candidates stood for 23 seats, 17 of them unopposed. A further two members were appointed by President France-Albert René.


1983 Sheffield City Council election
Elections to Sheffield City Council were held on 5 May 1983. One third of the council was up for election.


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


1983 Skate America
The 1983 Skate America was held in Rochester, New York. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1983 Skate Canada International
The 1983 Skate Canada International was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on October 27–29. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.


1983 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1983 Sligo Intermediate Football Championship. After two years out of the Senior grade, Eastern Harps secured their return by winning the 1983 Championship, after defeating neighbours Bunninadden in the final. Bunninadden had qualified for the final after an objection to their semi-final conquerors Enniscrone was upheld.


1983 Sligo Senior Football Championship
This is a round-up of the 1983 Sligo Senior Football Championship. St. Mary's were champions again, regaining the title they had lost to Tourlestrane the previous year. Any hopes of the Sligo town club being kept off the top spot were dashed after they gained an emphatic revenge on holders Tourlestrane in the opening round, and enjoyed a comfortable win over Tubbercurry in the final. This was the first of five successive final meetings between the two clubs.


1983 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:G. YoungT. FoleyH. GilvarryJ. McGowanT. CarrollG. FinanM. LaffeyB. JonesJohn KentD. McGoldrickJ. CrehanR. HenneberryK. O'KeeffeJim KentJ. Bird


1983 Sligo Senior Football Championship, Sligo Senior Football Championship Final
Team:B. MurphyL. GilmartinG. GilmartinJ. StensonO. WynneP. GilmartinP. McCarrickE. GilmartinJ. MurphyP. ReganJ.J. GorhamW. MurphyT. KilloranN. KilloranR. McCarrick


1983 Sokoto State gubernatorial election
The 1983 Sokoto State gubernatorial election occurred on August 13, 1983. NPN candidate Garba Nadama won the election.


1983 Sokoto State gubernatorial election, Results
Garba Nadama representing NPN won the election. The election held on August 13, 1983.


1983 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1983 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State during the 1983 NCAA Division II football season. Sonoma State competed in the Northern California Athletic Conference for the first time in 1983. They had previously played as an independent.


1983 Sonoma State Cossacks football team
The 1983 Cossacks were led by second-year head coach Tony Kehl. They played home games at Cossacks Stadium in Rohnert Park, California. Sonoma State finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 0–6 NCAC). The Cossacks were outscored by their opponents 138–304 for the season.


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


1983 South African Grand Prix
The 1983 South African Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Kyalami on 15 October 1983. It was the fifteenth and final race of the 1983 Formula One season.


1983 South African Grand Prix
Before the race, three drivers were still in a position to win the World Drivers' Championship: Alain Prost (Renault) led the championship with 57 points, followed by Nelson Piquet (Brabham-BMW) with 55 and René Arnoux (Ferrari) with 49. Piquet qualified second, behind Patrick Tambay (Ferrari) in pole position and ahead of Riccardo Patrese (Brabham), Arnoux and Prost in third, fourth and fifth. At the start Piquet passed Tambay to take the lead, with Patrese moving into second place. Arnoux retired with engine failure on lap 9.


1983 South African Grand Prix
Prost fought his way up to third place, but he also retired on lap 35 with turbo failure. Needing only to finish fourth or higher, Piquet slowed and was overtaken by Patrese, Niki Lauda (McLaren) and Andrea de Cesaris (Alfa Romeo). Lauda's engine failed on lap 71. The race finished with Patrese in first place, de Cesaris in second and Piquet in third, and Piquet won the championship by two points. Ferrari won the Constructors' Championship despite not finishing in the points in the last race for the second consecutive year. John Watson, completing his last full Formula One season, was disqualified for overtaking other cars on the parade lap.


1983 South African Open (tennis)
The 1983 South African Open was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Johannesburg, South Africa that was part of the 1983 Volvo Grand Prix. It was the 80th open tennis tournament that was held between 22 and 27 November 1983. Sixth-seeded Johan Kriek won the singles title.


1983 South African Open (tennis), Finals, Singles
Johan Kriek defeated  Colin Dowdeswell 6–4, 4–6, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3


1983 South African Open (tennis), Finals, Doubles
Steve Meister /  Brian Teacher defeated  Andrés Gómez /  Sherwood Stewart 6–7, 7–6, 6–2


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum
A referendum on a new constitution was held in South Africa on 2 November 1983 in which the white population was given the opportunity to approve or reject the Constitution of 1983. This constitution introduced the Tricameral Parliament, in which coloured and Indian South Africans would be represented in separate parliamentary chambers, while black South Africans would remain unrepresented. The referendum passed with 66.3% of voters voting "Yes"; consequently the new constitution came into force on 3 September 1984.


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum, Background
In 1981 the Senate was abolished and replaced with the President's Council, which was an advisory body consisting of sixty nominated members from the white, coloured, Indian and Chinese population groups. Following a request by Prime Minister P.W. Botha, the President's Council presented a set of proposals in 1982 for constitutional and political reform. This proposal called for the implementation of "power sharing" between the white, coloured and Indian communities.


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum, Background
The right wing of the ruling National Party (NP) rejected this proposal and a group of its MPs, led by Dr. Andries Treurnicht, a cabinet minister and the leader of the NP in the Transvaal province, broke away to form the Conservative Party (CP) in order to fight for a return to apartheid in its original form. However, Botha continued to be in favour of implementing the President's Council proposal and in 1983 the NP government introduced a new constitutional framework. A referendum was called for in order to determine public support for the reforms amongst white voters. The New Republic Party led by Vause Raw supported the new constitution, although it continued to call for black representation in Parliament.


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum, Opposition
Both the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), which objected to the exclusion of blacks, as well as the CP, which objected to the participation of coloureds and Indians, campaigned for a "No" vote. However, many PFP followers and parts of the anti-government English language press supported the new constitution as "a step in the right direction". The conservative opposition to the reforms used banners with the text "Rhodesia voted yes – vote no!" reflecting on the transformation to majority rule in Rhodesia.


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum, Opposition
The response of Coloured, Indian and black leaders were mixed. The new constitution was rejected by most Bantustan leaders and the Urban Councils Association of South Africa (representing the black township administrations) because it did not provide for black representation. Coloured and Indian parties that intended to participate in the Tricameral Parliament but also insisted on extending representation to the black majority.


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum, Opposition
The United Democratic Front (UDF) was launched as a non-racial coalition to oppose the referendum and the subsequent elections for the coloured and Indian chambers in parliament.


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum, Results
Are you in favour of the implementation of the Constitution Act, 1983, as approved by Parliament? Is U ten gunste van die inwerkingtreding van die Grondwet, 1983, soos deur die Parlement goedgekeur?


1983 South African constitutional reform referendum, Results, By region
For counting purposes the provinces of South Africa were divided into various referendum areas. The following table shows the results in each area.


1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the FIM 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 18–19 March 1983 at the Kyalami circuit which, has an elevation of 6,000 feet above sea level. It was the first Grand Prix motorcycle race held on the African continent. Because of the cost of flying Grand Prix teams and their equipment to South Africa, organizers were allowed to run just two classes rather than the three normally required by the FIM.


1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix, Summary, Qualifying
Qualifying was led by Honda's Freddie Spencer with Eddie Lawson, Takazumi Katayama, Kenny Roberts, Ron Haslam, Marco Lucchinelli and Franco Uncini filling out the front row of the starting grid.


1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix, Summary, Race
The race started with the four factory-backed Hondas leading the field with Spencer out in front. Suzuki's Randy Mamola was in fifth with Roberts closing in on the leaders. Despite an overheating motorcycle, Roberts managed to secure second place on the ninth lap when he passed Haslam but, by then Spencer had built a 10 second lead. Roberts was able to close the gap to 5 seconds but, his overheating engine prevented him from gaining any further time and he had to settle for second place behind race winner Spencer. Haslam battled Yamaha's Marc Fontan to secure third place. Katayama had made a poor tire choice and when he tried to increase his pace late in the race, he crashed while trying to pass Jon Ekerold's Cagiva. Katayama's crash promoted Mamola to fifth place.


1983 South African motorcycle Grand Prix, Summary, Race
Jean-François Baldé led teammate Didier de Radiguès across the finish line to post an impressive one-two finish in the 250cc race for Alain Chevallier's privateer Yamaha team.


1983 South American Championships in Athletics
The 1983 South American Championships in Athletics were held in Santa Fe, Argentina, between 29 September and 2 October.


1983 South American Junior Championships in Athletics
The 15th South American Junior Championships in Athletics were held in Medellín, Colombia from June 9–12, 1983.


1983 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Participation (unofficial)
Detailed result lists can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 162 athletes from about 8 countries:  Argentina (29), Bolivia (1), Brazil (50), Chile (14), Colombia (45), Peru (4), Uruguay (2), Venezuela (17).


1983 South American Junior Championships in Athletics, Medal summary
Medal winners are published for men and womenComplete results can be found on the "World Junior Athletics History" website.


1983 South American Rugby Championship
The 1983 South American Rugby Championship was the 13th edition of the competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.


1983 South American Rugby Championship
The tournament was played in Buenos Aires and won by Argentina .


1983 South American U-20 Championship
The South American Youth Championship 1983 was held in Cochabamba, La Paz and Santa Cruz, Bolivia. It also served as qualification for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1983 South American U-20 Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The three best performing teams qualified for the 1983 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1983 South Australian Open
The 1983 South Australian Open was a men's professional tennis tournament held in Adelaide, Australia. The event was part of the 1983 Grand Prix circuit and was played on outdoor grass courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament and was held from 29 December to 2 January 1984. Fifth-seeded Mike Bauer won the singles title.


1983 South Australian Open, Finals, Doubles
Craig A. Miller /  Eric Sherbeck defeated  Broderick Dyke /  Rod Frawley 6–3, 4–6, 6–4


1983 South Australian Open – Doubles
Pat Cash and Chris Johnstone were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Cash partnered Mike Bauer, losing in the quarterfinals. Johnstone partnered Wayne Hampson, losing in the quarterfinals.


1983 South Australian Open – Doubles
Craig A. Miller and Eric Sherbeck won the title, defeating Broderick Dyke and Rod Frawley 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 in the final.


1983 South Australian Open – Singles
Mike Bauer successfully defended his title, defeating Miloslav Mečíř 3–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


1983 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1983 South Carolina Gamecocks football team represented the University of South Carolina as an independent team in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Gamecocks would finish the season 5–6 overall.


1983 South Kesteven District Council election
The South Kesteven District Council elections were held in South Kesteven in 1983.


1983 South Pacific Games
The 1983 South Pacific Games, held at Apia in Western Samoa from 5–16 September 1983, was the seventh edition of the South Pacific Games.


1983 South Pacific Games, Sports
Despite swimming being a compulsory sport for the South Pacific Games, there was no facility built in Apia to host swimming events in 1983. There were thirteen sports contested at the 1983 South Pacific Games:


1983 South Pacific Games, Final medal table
New Caledonia topped the table ahead of hosts Western Samoa:


1983 South Pacific Games, Notes
Attempts to reduce the size the games were not successful and more than 2,500 athletes took part in 1983.


1983 South Pacific Games, Notes
Postage stamps depicting athletics, netball, tennis, weightlifting, boxing, soccer, golf and rugby were issued by Samoa for the 1983 South Pacific Games.


1983 South Pacific Games, Notes
Bowls: Fiji won gold in the women's pairs at Apia in 1983.


1983 South Pacific Games, Notes
The South Pacific Games Council announced in 1978 that squash would be included in the Games, and it was played in 1979, 1983, 1987, and 1991. There were four gold medals on offer in 1983, for men's and women's individual and team events. The men's individual event won by Fiji's Willie Valentine, and the women's team event won by PNG. Fiji won silver in both men's and  women's team events.


1983 South Pacific Games, Notes
Women's volleyball was played at the 1983 South Pacific Games.


1983 South Pembrokeshire District Council election
An election to South Pembrokeshire District Council were held in May 1983. An Independent majority was maintained. 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 Southeast Asian Games
The 1983 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 12th Southeast Asian Games, or informally Singapore 1983, was a Southeast Asian multi-sport event held in Singapore from 28 May to 6 June 1983. Scheduled to be hosted by Brunei in accordance to the renewed alphabetical rotation of hosting duties, the 1983 SEA Games were offered to be hosted by Singapore as Brunei prepared for its forthcoming independence from the United Kingdom. The games also marked the return of Cambodia, as People's Republic of Kampuchea after an 8-year-long absence since the Khmer Rouge seized power in 1975.


1983 Southeast Asian Games
The games was opened and closed by Devan Nair, the President of Singapore at the Singapore National Stadium. The final medal tally was led by Indonesia, followed by the Philippines, Thailand and host Singapore.


1983 Southeast Asian Games, The games, Participating nations
Brunei was a British colony at that time until independence on January 1, 1984.


1983 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1983 Southeastern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Dudy Noble Field in Starkville, MS from May 13th through May 15th. Alabama won the tournament and earned the Southeastern Conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament.


1983 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 10–12, 1983 at the Charleston Civic Center in Charleston, West Virginia. The Chattanooga Mocs, led by head coach Murray Arnold, won their third Southern Conference title and received the automatic berth to the 1983 NCAA Tournament.


1983 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's nine members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1983 Southern Illinois Salukis football team
The 1983 Southern Illinois Salukis football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Under eighth-year head coach Rey Dempsey, the team compiled a 13–1 record, finished second in the MVC, and won the NCAA Division I-AA Championship, defeating Western Carolina in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.


1983 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
The 1983 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southern Mississippi as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Jim Carmody, the team compiled a 7–4 record.


1983 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1983 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament was the league's annual postseason tournament used to determine the Southwest Conference's (SWC) automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The tournament was held from May 13 through May 16 at Disch–Falk Field on the campus of The University of Texas in Austin, TX.


1983 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament
The number 1 seed Texas Longhorns went 3-1 to win the team's 5th SWC Tournament under head coach Cliff Gustafson.


1983 Southwest Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The tournament featured the top four finishers of the SWC's 8 teams in a double-elimination tournament.


1983 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10-12, 1983 at Reunion Arena in Dallas, TX. The first round took place on March 7 at the higher seeded campus sites.


1983 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Number 1 seed Houston defeated 5 seed TCU 62-59 to win their 3rd championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament.


1983 Southwest Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of 9 teams in a single-elimination tournament. The 3 seed received a bye to the Quarterfinals and the 1 and 2 seed received a bye to the Semifinals.


1983 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was held March 10-13, 1983 at Gregory Gym in Austin, TX.


1983 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament
Number 1 seed Texas defeated 2 seed Arkansas 80-54 to win their 1st championship and receive the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament.


1983 Southwest Conference Women's Basketball Tournament, Format and Seeding
The tournament consisted of a 9 team single-elimination tournament with the 8 and 9 seeded teams playing in a play-in game to decide the 8th spot.


1983 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team
The 1983 Southwestern Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Sam Robertson, the team compiled a 4–6 record.


1983 Soviet Army Cup Final
The 1983 Cup of the Soviet Army Final was the 1st final of the Cup of the Soviet Army (as a secondary cup tournament in Bulgaria), and was contested between Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Chirpan on 1 June 1983 at Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Lokomotiv won the final 3–1.


1983 Soviet Cup
The 1983 Soviet Cup was an association football cup competition of the Soviet Union. The winner of the competition, Shakhter Donetsk qualified for the continental tournament.


1983 Soviet Cup Final
The 1983 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on May 8, 1983. The match was the 42nd Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Shakhtar Donetsk and FC Metalist Kharkiv. The Soviet Cup winner Shakhter won the cup for the fourth time. The last year defending holders Dinamo Kiev were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the competition by Zenit Leningrad.


1983 Soviet Cup Final, Road to Moscow
All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Shakhter and Metallist both qualified for the competition automatically.


1983 Soviet Cup Final, Road to Moscow
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


1983 Soviet First League
The 1983 Soviet First League was the thirteenth season of the Soviet First League and the 43rd season of the Soviet second tier league competition.


1983 Soviet Second League
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1983 Soviet Second League
1983 Soviet Second League was a Soviet competition in the Soviet Second League.


1983 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
1983 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 53rd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 25 March 1983.


1983 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
The 1983 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SKA Kiev. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Kiev did not manage to gain promotion by placing last in its group.


1983 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by Kolos Mezhyrich.


1983 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Serhiy Krakovskyi (34). Defenders: Mykola Pavlov (33 / 3), Petro Kutuzov (27), Oleksandr Lysenko (17 / 1), Yuriy Mirhorodskyi (17), Serhiy Puchkov (13), Oleksandr Chervonyi (9), Andriy Bobrikov (7), Volodymyr Ustinov (6), Anatoliy Nazarenko (5), Valeriy Zuyev (2). Midfielders: Andriy Dilay (34 / 2), Vyktor Kuznetsov (31 / 7), Volodymyr Ustymchyk (30 / 5), Oleh Serebryanskyi (26 / 1), Hennadiy Lytovchenko (24 / 5), Mykola Fedorenko (17 / 3), Volodymyr Bahmut (6), Volodymyr Kobzarev (5). Forwards: Oleh Taran (30 / 13), Volodymyr Lyutyi (24 / 9), Oleh Protasov (21 / 7), Aleksandr Pogorelov (21 / 5).


1983 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Volodymyr Ustinov (to FC Kolos Nikopol), Valeriy Zuyev (retired).


1983 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Rinat Dasayev (34), Andrei Mikhalychev (1). Defenders: Sergei Bazulev (30), Gennady Morozov (30), Yevgeni Mileshkin (29 / 1), Vladimir Sochnov (25 / 3), Boris Pozdnyakov (25), Oleg Romantsev (17), Aleksandr Bubnov (13), Sergei Savchenkov (3), Sergei Shulgin (1). Midfielders: Yuri Gavrilov (34 / 18), Yevgeni Kuznetsov (34 / 5), Fyodor Cherenkov (33 / 10), Valeri Gladilin (26 / 9), Yuri Reznik (25 / 4), Edgar Gess (18 / 2), Sergei Shvetsov (8), Mikhail Dubinin (5 / 2), Vladimir Korolyov (1), Sergei Nikitin (1). Forwards: Sergey Rodionov (16 / 5), Sergei Argudyayev (6), Mikhail Rusyayev (5), Oleg Kuzhlev (2), Oleg Smirnov (1).


1983 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Transferred out during the season: Oleg Romantsev (retired), Mikhail Dubinin (to FC Metallurg Aldan).


1983 Soviet Top League, Medal squads
Goalkeepers: Yury Kurbyko (30), Mikhail Vergeyenko (4), Arkadi Batalov (1). Defenders: Yuri Kurnenin (32 / 1), Sergei Borovsky (32), Viktor Yanushevsky (30), Viktor Shishkin (24), Liudas Rumbutis (22 / 3), Oļegs Aleksejenko (18), Igor Belov (10), Yury Trukhan (5). Midfielders: Andrei Zygmantovich (30 / 1), Sergey Gotsmanov (29 / 5), Sergei Aleinikov (29 / 2), Yuri Pudyshev (26 / 1), Aleksandr Prokopenko (12 / 2), Valeri Melnikov (9 / 1). Forwards: Igor Gurinovich (28 / 17), Georgi Kondratyev (28 / 8), Viktor Sokol (18 / 9), Pyotr Vasilevsky (17 / 1).


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident
On 26 September 1983, the nuclear early-warning radar of the Soviet Union reported the launch of one intercontinental ballistic missile with four more missiles behind it, from bases in the United States. These missile attack warnings were suspected to be false alarms by Stanislav Petrov, an officer of the Soviet Air Defence Forces on duty at the command center of the early-warning system. He decided to wait for corroborating evidence—of which none arrived—rather than immediately relaying the warning up the chain-of-command. This decision is seen as having prevented a retaliatory nuclear attack against the United States and its NATO allies, which would likely have resulted in an escalation to a full-scale nuclear war. Investigation of the satellite warning system later determined that the system had indeed malfunctioned.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
The incident occurred at a time of severely strained relations between the United States and the Soviet Union. Responding to the Soviet Union's deployment of fourteen SS-20/RSD-10 theatre nuclear missiles, the NATO Double-Track Decision was taken in December 1979 by the military commander of NATO to deploy 108 Pershing II nuclear missiles in Western Europe with the ability to hit targets in eastern Ukraine, Belarus or Lithuania within 10 minutes and the longer range, but slower BGM-109G Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) to strike potential targets farther to the east.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
In mid-February 1981, and continuing until 1983, psychological operations by the United States began. These were designed to test Soviet radar vulnerability and to demonstrate US nuclear capabilities. They included clandestine naval operations, in the Barents, Norwegian, Black, and Baltic seas and near the GIUK gap, as well as flights by American bombers, occasionally several times per week, directly toward Soviet airspace that turned away only at the last moment.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
"It really got to them," recalls Dr. William Schneider Jr., [former] undersecretary of state for military assistance and technology, who saw classified "after-action reports" that indicated U.S. flight activity. "They didn't know what it all meant. A squadron would fly straight at Soviet airspace, and other radars would light up and units would go on alert. Then at the last minute the squadron would peel off and return home."


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
From the accounts of CIA and senior KGB officers, by May 1981, obsessed with historical parallels with 1941 and Reaganite rhetoric, and with no defensive capability against the Pershing IIs, Soviet leaders believed the United States was preparing a secret nuclear attack on the USSR and initiated Operation RYaN. Under this, agents abroad monitored service and technical personnel who would implement a nuclear attack so as to be able either to preempt it or have mutually assured destruction.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
On 1 September 1983, the Soviet military shot down a South Korean passenger jet, Korean Air Lines Flight 007, that had strayed into Soviet airspace. All 269 people aboard the aircraft were killed, including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald and many other Americans. The first Pershing II missiles were reportedly deployed in late November 1983.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
Bruce Blair, an expert on Cold War nuclear strategies and former president of the World Security Institute in Washington, D.C., says the American–Soviet relationship at that time:


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
"... had deteriorated to the point where the Soviet Union as a system—not just the Kremlin, not just Soviet leader Yuri Andropov, not just the KGB, but as a system—was geared to expect an attack and to retaliate very quickly to it. It was on hair-trigger alert. It was very nervous and prone to mistakes and accidents. The false alarm that happened on Petrov's watch could not have come at a more dangerous, intense phase in U.S.–Soviet relations."


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Background
In an interview aired on American television, Blair said, "The Russians (Soviets) saw a U.S. government preparing for a first strike, headed by a President Ronald Reagan capable of ordering a first strike." Regarding the incident involving Petrov, he said, "I think that this is the closest our country has come to accidental nuclear war."


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Incident
On 26 September 1983, Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces, was the officer on duty at the Serpukhov-15 bunker near Moscow which housed the command center of the Soviet early warning satellites, code-named Oko. Petrov's responsibilities included observing the satellite early warning network and notifying his superiors of any impending nuclear missile attack against the Soviet Union. If notification was received from the early warning systems that inbound missiles had been detected, the Soviet Union's strategy was an immediate and compulsory nuclear counter-attack against the United States (launch on warning), specified in the doctrine of mutual assured destruction.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Incident
Shortly after midnight, the bunker's computers reported that one intercontinental ballistic missile was heading toward the Soviet Union from the United States. Petrov considered the detection a computer error, since a first-strike nuclear attack by the United States was likely to involve hundreds of simultaneous missile launches in order to disable any Soviet means of a counterattack. Furthermore, the satellite system's reliability had been questioned in the past.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Incident
Petrov dismissed the warning as a false alarm, though accounts of the event differ as to whether he notified his superiors or not after he concluded that the computer detections were false and that no missile had been launched. Petrov's suspicion that the warning system was malfunctioning was confirmed when no missile in fact arrived. Later, the computers identified four additional missiles in the air, all directed towards the Soviet Union. Petrov suspected that the computer system was malfunctioning again, despite having no direct means to confirm this. The Soviet Union's land radar was incapable of detecting missiles beyond the horizon.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Incident
It was subsequently determined that the false alarms were caused by a rare alignment of sunlight on high-altitude clouds and the satellites' Molniya orbits, an error later corrected by cross-referencing a geostationary satellite.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Incident
In explaining the factors leading to his decision, Petrov cited his belief and training that any U.S. first strike would be massive, so five missiles seemed an illogical start. In addition, the launch detection system was new and in his view not yet wholly trustworthy, while ground radar had failed to pick up corroborative evidence even after several minutes of the false alarm.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Aftermath
Petrov underwent intense questioning by his superiors about his actions. Initially, he was praised for his decision. General Yuri Votintsev, then commander of the Soviet Air Defense's Missile Defense Units, who was the first to hear Petrov's report of the incident (and the first to reveal it to the public in 1998), stated that Petrov's "correct actions" were "duly noted." Petrov himself stated he was initially praised by Votintsev and was promised a reward, but recalled that he was also reprimanded for improper filing of paperwork with the pretext that he had not described the incident in the military diary.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Aftermath
He received no reward. According to Petrov, this was because the incident and other bugs found in the missile detection system embarrassed his superiors and the influential scientists who were responsible for it, so that if he had been officially rewarded, they would have had to be punished. He was reassigned to a less sensitive post, took early retirement (although he emphasized that he was not "forced out" of the army, as is sometimes claimed by Western sources), and suffered a nervous breakdown.


1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, Aftermath
Oleg Kalugin, a former KGB chief of foreign counter-intelligence who knew Soviet leader Yuri Andropov well, said that Andropov's distrust of American leaders was profound. It was conceivable that if Petrov had declared the satellite warnings valid, such an erroneous report could have provoked the Soviet leadership into becoming bellicose. Kalugin said: "The danger was in the Soviet leadership thinking, 'The Americans may attack, so we better attack first.'"


1983 Soviet nuclear tests
The Soviet Union's 1983 nuclear test series was a group of 27 nuclear tests conducted in 1983. These tests  followed the 1982 Soviet nuclear tests series and preceded the 1984 Soviet nuclear tests series.


1983 Sovran Bank Classic
The 1983 Sovran Bank Classic was a men's tennis tournament and was played on outdoor clay courts. The event was part of the 1983 Grand Prix circuit. It was the 15th edition of the tournament and was held at Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C. from July 18 through July 24, 1983. First-seeded José Luis Clerc won the singles title, his second at the event after 1981.


1983 Sovran Bank Classic, Finals, Doubles
Mark Dickson /  Cássio Motta defeated  Paul McNamee /  Ferdi Taygan 6–2, 1–6, 6–4


1983 Spanish local elections
The 1983 Spanish local elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect all 67,505 councillors in the 7,781 municipalities of Spain and all 1,024 seats in 38 provincial deputations. The elections were held simultaneously with regional elections in thirteen autonomous communities, as well as local elections in the three foral deputations of the Basque Country and the ten island councils in the Balearic and Canary Islands.


1983 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Municipalities in Spain were local corporations with independent legal personality. They had a governing body, the municipal council or corporation, composed of a mayor, deputy mayors and a plenary assembly of councillors. Voting for the local assemblies was on the basis of universal suffrage, with all nationals over eighteen, registered in the corresponding municipality and in full enjoyment of all political rights entitled to vote. The mayor was in turn elected by the plenary assembly, with a legal clause providing for the candidate of the most-voted party to be automatically elected to the post in the event no other candidate was to gather an absolute majority of votes.


1983 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Local councillors 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 in each local council. Councillors were allocated to municipal councils based on the following scale:


1983 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Councillors of municipalities with populations between 25 and 250 inhabitants were elected under an open list partial block voting, with electors voting for individual candidates instead of parties and for up to four candidates. Additionally, municipalities below 25 inhabitants, as well as those having traditionally adopted it, were to be organized through the open council system (Spanish: régimen de concejo abierto), in which electors would directly vote for the local major.


1983 Spanish local elections, 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 municipality 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 ten days of the election being called.


1983 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Provincial deputations were the governing bodies of provinces in Spain, having an administration role of municipal activities and composed of a provincial president, an administrative body, and a plenary. Basque provinces had foral deputations instead—called Juntas Generales—, whereas deputations for single-province autonomous communities were abolished: their functions transferred to the corresponding regional parliaments. For insular provinces, such as the Balearic and Canary Islands, deputations were replaced by island councils in each of the islands or group of islands. For Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza–Formentera this figure was referred to in Spanish as consejo insular (Catalan: consell insular), whereas for Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Gomera, El Hierro, Lanzarote and La Palma its name was cabildo insular.


1983 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Most deputations were indirectly elected by local councillors from municipalities in each judicial district. Seats were allocated to provincial deputations based on the following scale:


1983 Spanish local elections, Electoral system
Island councils and foral deputations were elected directly by electors under their own, specific electoral regulations.


1983 Spanish local elections, Municipal elections, City control
The following table lists party control in provincial capitals, as well as in municipalities above or around 75,000. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.


1983 Spanish local elections, Provincial deputations, Deputation control
The following table lists party control in provincial deputations. Gains for a party are highlighted in that party's colour.


1983 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1983 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 1983 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 May 1983 at the Circuito Permanente del Jarama.


1983 Spanish regional elections
The 1983 Spanish regional elections were held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the regional parliaments of thirteen of the seventeen autonomous communities—Aragon, Asturias, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla–La Mancha, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and the Valencian Community—, not including Andalusia, the Basque Country, Catalonia and Galicia, which had separate electoral cycles. 764 of 1,139 seats in the regional parliaments were up for election. The elections were held simultaneously with local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Spanish regional elections
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) emerged as the largest party in 11 out of the 13 autonomous communities holding elections, reaching or nearing the absolute majority in 9 (Aragon, Asturias, Castilla–La Mancha, Castile and León, Extremadura, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia and Valencian Community) and winning a plurality in the Canary Islands and Navarre. The conservative People's Coalition (AP–PDP–UL) was victorious in the Balearic Islands and Cantabria, securing a majority of seats in the later. The Communist Party of Spain (PCE) saw an improvement of its results over those obtained in the October 1982 general election, while other minor national parties, such as the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) and the Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) failed to make significant inroads.


1983 Spanish regional elections
The elections resulted in the full institutionalization—for the first time in the history of Spain—of an administrative structure of political power between that of the state and of the local councils, represented in the figure of the new autonomous communities.


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the fourteenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place on 18 June at the Ullevi Stadium in Göteborg, Sweden.


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship
England won their sixth World Pairs Championship after Kenny Carter and Peter Collins scored 25 points. Australia, represented by Billy Sanders and Gary Guglielmi finished second on 24 points, while the two men who would go on to dominate Motorcycle Speedway for the next six years, Hans Nielsen and Erik Gundersen, rode Denmark to third place with 19 points.


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship
Heading into Heat 16 of the Final, Billy Sanders was the only unbeaten rider. He won the start from Guglielmi and out of form West German pair Egon Müller and Karl Maier when he unbelievably fell in turn 2 of the first lap. Although Guglielmi went on to win the re-run of the heat, the points lost as a result of Sanders exclusion ultimately cost Australia its first (and only) World Pairs Championship.


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship
While Australian referee Sam Bass had no hesitation in excluding Sanders, he had earlier allowed Peter Collins to re-start after video replays suggested that he fell with no help in the first turn of Heat 10 against Denmark. England went on to a 5-0 score in the heat after Nielsen was excluded from the re-start for falling off his bike over the tapes and Gundersen suffered engine failure a lap from the flag while leading the race.


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship
Defending champions Dennis Sigalos and Bobby Schwartz (USA), who had won the 1982 Pairs Championship at the Liverpool City Raceway in Sydney, Australia with a maximum score of 30 points, finished fourth with 18 points. The USA had also won the World Pairs in 1981 with Bruce Penhall and Schwartz.


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship, Semifinal 1
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship, Semifinal 2
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


1983 Speedway World Pairs Championship, World final
m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fellns - non-starter • nc - non-classify


1983 Speedway World Team Cup
The 1983 Speedway World Team Cup was the 24th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.


1983 Speedway World Team Cup
The final took place at the Vojens Speedway Center in Denmark. The host country Denmark won their third title.


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
5.Bobby Schwartz - 7 (1,2,2,2)6.Dennis Sigalos - 12 (3,3,3,3)7.Shawn Moran - 10 (2,3,3,2) 8.Kelly Moran - 9 (2,2,3,2)18.Lance King - NS


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
13.Peter Collins - 7 (2,1,1,3) 14.Kenny Carter - 8 (2,3,2,1) 15.Chris Morton - 6 (0,1,2,3) 16.Simon Wigg - 6 (0,-,3,3) 20.Dave Jessup - 0 (-,e,-,-)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
9.Larry Ross - 6 (3,2,1,0) 10.Mitch Shirra - 8 (1,3,2,2) 11.David Bargh - 1 (0,0,0,1) 12.Ivan Mauger - 5 (3,2,0,0) 19.Alan Mason - NS


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
1.Billy Sanders - 6 (3,1,1,1) 2.Phil Crump - 2 (1,0,1,0) 3.John Titman - 2 (1,0,0,1) 4.Steve Regeling - 1 (0,1,0,-) 17.Rod Hunter - 0 (-,-,-,0)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Erik Gundersen - 12 Hans Nielsen - 12 Ole Olsen - 12 Tommy Knudsen - 11


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Jan Andersson - 8 Tommy Nilsson - 7 Bjorn Andersson - 6 Hans Danielsson - 3 Lennart Bengtsson - 0


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Kai Niemi - 8Ari Koponen - 6 Pekka Hautamaki - 3Hannu Lehtonen - 1Olli Tyrväinen - 1


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Dag Haaland - 3 Tormod Langli - 1 Roy Otto - 1 Jorn Haugvalstad - 0 Dagfinn Jorgensen - 0


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Zoltán Adorján - 11 Zoltan Hajdu - 11 Janos Oresko - 7 József Petrikovics - 3 Istvan Sziraczki - 3


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Roman Jankowski - 12 Boleslaw Proch - 7 Zenon Plech - 6 Wojciech Żabiałowicz - 3 Edward Jancarz - 2


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Nikolai Manev - 8 Vesselin Markov - 8 Angel Eftimov - 4 Orlin Janakiev - 2


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Walter Nebel - 3 Siegfried Eder - 2 Adi Funk - 2 Toni Pilotto - 1 Hubert Fischbacher - 0


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12 Petr Ondrašík - 8 Milan Špinka - 8 Jiří Štancl - 8 Emil Sova - 7


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Ottaviano Righetto - 10 Armando Dal Chiele - 9 Gianni Famari - 7 Giovanni Brizzolari - 5 Valentino Furlanetto - 0


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Henny Kroeze - 5 Henk Steman - 5 Wil Stroes - 3 Leo Bathoorn - 1 Anne Elzinga - 1


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Qualification
Albert Kocmut - 3 Krešo Omerzel - 2 Zvonko Pavlic - 1 Artur Horvat - 0 Joze Zibert - 0


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
Aleš Dryml Sr. - 12 Jiří Štancl - 12 Václav Verner - 12 Antonín Kasper Jr. - 8


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
Roman Jankowski - 9 Edward Jancarz - 8 Andrzej Huszcza - 7 Jan Krzystyniak - 1 Bogusław Nowak - 1


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
Ottaviano Righetto - 6 Gianni Famari - 4 Armando Dal Chiele - 4 Valentino Furlanetto - 1 Mauro Ferraccioli - 0


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
Zoltan Hajdu - 3 Zoltán Adorján - 3 Janos Oresko - 3 Ferenc Farkas - 1 Istvan Sziraczki - 1


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
9.Ole Olsen - 1 (1,-,-,-) 10.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 11.Tommy Knudsen - 5 (0,1,2,2) 12.Hans Nielsen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 19.Finn Thomsen - 5 (-,2,1,2)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
5.Dennis Sigalos - 9 (2,1,3,3) 6.Bobby Schwartz - 6 (2,3,9,1) 7.Kelly Moran - 2 (2,f,-,-) 8.Shawn Moran - 10 (3,3,2,2) 18.Lance King - 4 (-,-,3,1)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
1.Peter Collins - 0 (0,-,-,-)2.Kenny Carter - 7 (2,2,1,2) 3.Chris Morton - 8 (3,2,2,1) 4.Simon Wigg - 3 (1,1,1,-) 17.Dave Jessup - 8 (-,2,2,3\1)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
13.Jan Andersson - 2 (1,1,0,0) 14.Lillebror Johansson - 0 (0,0,-,-) 15.Tommy Nilsson - 1 (0,0,1,0) 16.Pierre Brannefors - 1 (1,0,0,0) 20.Anders Eriksson - 0 (-,-,0,0)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
1.Peter Collins - 9 (3,3,3,e) 2.Kenny Carter - 12 (3,3,3,3) 3.Chris Morton - 5 (1,2,2,-) 4.Dave Jessup - 11 (3,3,2,3) 17.Les Collins - 3 (-,-,-,3)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
9.Antonín Kasper Jr. - 7 (2,2,3,-) 10.Jiří Štancl - 6 (f,1,3,2) 11.Aleš Dryml Sr.- 6 (3,1,1,1) 12.Václav Verner - 6 (2,1,1,2) 19.Petr Ondrašík - 2 (-,-,-,2)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
5.Egon Muller - 9 (1,3,2,3) 6.Karl Maier - 5 (2,0,2,1) 7.Josef Aigner - 3 (1,0,-,2) 8.Peter Wurtele - 0 (x,0,f,0) 18.Stefan Deser - 0 (-,-,0,-)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
13.Anatoly Maksimov - NS 14.Mikhail Starostin - 3 (0,2,1,0) 15.Rif Saitgareev - 1 (1,0,0,0) 16.Viktor Kuznetsov - 4 (2,1,0,1) 20.Valery Gordeev - 4 (0,2,1,1)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
9.Ole Olsen - 7 (2,1,2,2) 10.Erik Gundersen - 12 (3,3,3,3) 11.Finn Thomsen - 0 (0,-,-,-) 12.Hans Nielsen - 11 (2,3,3,3) 19.Peter Ravn - 7 (-,1,3,3)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
13.Kenny Carter - 8 (3,2,2,1) 14.Michael Lee - 11 (3,3,3,2) 15.Dave Jessup - 2 (e,-,-,2) 16.Chris Morton - 7 (1,2,2,2) 20.Peter Collins - 1 (-,1,0,-)


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
1.Dennis Sigalos - 9 (2,2,2,3) 2.Bobby Schwartz - 6 (3,1,1,1) 3.Lance King - 6 (2,2,1,1) 4.Kelly Moran - 6 (1,3,1,1) 17.Rick Miller - NS


1983 Speedway World Team Cup, Tournament
5.Antonín Kasper Jr. - 0 (0,0,e,-) 6.Jiří Štancl - 2 (1,0,1,0) 7.Aleš Dryml Sr. - 0 (0,0,0,0) 8.Václav Verner - 1 (1,0,0,0) 18.Petr Ondrašík - 0 (-,-,-,0)


1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
The 1983 St. Louis Cardinals season was the 64th season the team was in the National Football League. The Cardinals won eight games, including victories over both participants in that year's AFC Championship Game, the Raiders and Seahawks. However, the team also lost in meetings over both participants of the 1983 NFC Championship Game, the 49ers and the Redskins. Despite their winning record, the team failed to reach the playoffs.


1983 St. Louis Cardinals (NFL) season
The Cardinals had a winning record, despite being outscored by a total of 54 points during the regular season. In fact, St. Louis’ 428 points surrendered was, to that point, the most points given up by a team with a winning record in NFL history; it is still second-most all time.


1983 St. Louis Cardinals season
The St. Louis Cardinals 1983 season was a season in American baseball. It was the team's 102nd season in St. Louis, Missouri and the 92nd season in the National League. The Cardinals went 79-83 during the season and finished 4th in the National League East, eleven games behind the NL Champion Philadelphia Phillies. They were the first team in the Divisional play era to have a losing season one year after winning the World Series.


1983 St. Louis Cardinals season
First baseman Keith Hernandez, shortstop Ozzie Smith, and outfielder Willie McGee won Gold Gloves this year, although Hernandez was traded to the New York Mets in mid-season.


1983 St. Louis Cardinals 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 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
The 1983 Stanford Cardinal baseball team represented Stanford University in the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinal played their home games at Sunken Diamond. The team was coached by Mark Marquess in his 7th year at Stanford.


1983 Stanford Cardinal baseball team
The Cardinal won the Pacific-10 Conference South Division and the West I Regional to advanced to the College World Series, where they were defeated by the Michigan Wolverines.


1983 Stanford Cardinal football team
The 1983 Stanford Cardinal football team represented Stanford University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season and played home games on campus at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California. Led by alumnus Paul Wiggin, in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Cardinal won only one game, the program's worst record since going winless in 1960. He was fired on November 11, but was allowed to finish out the season.


1983 Stanford Cardinal football team
Stanford struggled on offense behind true freshman quarterback John Paye. Previous QB John Elway, a four-year starter, was the first selection of the 1983 NFL Draft and started as a rookie for the Denver Broncos.


1983 Stanford Cardinal football team
After the season in December, Jack Elway was hired from nearby San Jose State, where he went  35–20–1 (.634) in five seasons. His Spartans had defeated Stanford the previous three years, the first two while his son John was the Cardinal quarterback.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1983 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1982–83 season, and the culmination of the 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs. It was contested by the Edmonton Oilers in their first-ever Finals appearance and the defending champion New York Islanders, in their fourth consecutive and overall Finals appearance. The Islanders won the best-of-seven series, four games to none, to win their fourth consecutive and overall Stanley Cup championship.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals
It was also the fourth straight Finals of post-1967 expansion teams. The Oilers, a former World Hockey Association (WHA) franchise, stunned NHL loyalists by reaching the Finals just four years after the NHL-WHA merger. This is also the most recent time that an NHL team has won the Cup four years in a row, and also the first (and, to date, only) time a North American professional sports team has won four consecutive titles in any league competition with more than twenty teams.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals
Even if this standard is lowered to encompass league competitions of at least sixteen teams, the Islanders are still only the third and most recent franchise to accomplish such a dynasty after the New York Yankees in Major League Baseball (who have forged two such World Series dynasties - the first in the 1930s and the second in the 1950s) and the Montreal Canadiens (whose own such dynasty immediately preceded the Islanders' prior to the merger with the WHA).


1983 Stanley Cup Finals
Since 1983, no professional sports team on the continent has won four consecutive championships and no NHL team has won more than two consecutive championships (most recently the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2020 and 2021). This would be the first of eight consecutive Finals contested by a team from Alberta (of which the Oilers played in six and the Calgary Flames in two). Although it was not the first Stanley Cup Finals to be contested by an Albertan team (the 1923 and 1924 Finals had been contested by teams from Edmonton and Calgary respectively), 1983 saw the first Finals games played in Alberta.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals
The Oilers would credit the Islanders' subdued post-series locker room celebration—focused more on putting ice packs on their various injuries—as teaching them the level of sacrifice and dedication needed to be champions. The Oilers would go on to win four Stanley Cups in the next five seasons—and five overall by 1990.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
Edmonton defeated the Winnipeg Jets 3–0, the Calgary Flames 4–1, and the Chicago Black Hawks 4–0 to advance to the Finals. In eliminating Winnipeg, Calgary, and Chicago, the Oilers had won 11 of 12 games and had outscored their opponents 74–33, averaging over six goals a game and setting 16 scoring records in these three rounds. The 1983 Finals marked sixty years since an Edmonton team had last contested the Stanley Cup. The 1923 Edmonton Eskimos WCHL team played the NHL's Ottawa Senators in the 1923 Stanley Cup Finals, held in Vancouver. Ottawa won the two-game, total-goals series.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Paths to the Finals
New York defeated the Washington Capitals 3–1, the New York Rangers 4–2, and the Boston Bruins 4–2 to reach the Finals.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
Billy Smith limited the Oilers to just six goals in the four games, and shut them out in seven out of twelve periods. Smith was also noted for his slashes and feigned injuries in that series, which made him unpopular with the Edmonton Journal, which named him "PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1", "Mr. Obnoxious", "Samaurai [sic] Billy", "Jack the Ripper" and "a creep".


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
After a slash on Glenn Anderson's knee prevented him from practicing the next day, Oilers manager and coach Glen Sather unsuccessfully complained to the NHL that Smith deserved an attempt-to-injure match penalty, and then took his case to the press, suggesting that the Oilers could take out Smith. Smith responded, "Let's face it. If Semenko runs at me and hurts me, anything could happen, and the victim could be Gretzky. If they want blood.… " Smith did, however, earn a five-minute penalty for slashing Wayne Gretzky. In game four, Smith's dive resulted in referee Andy Van Hellemond giving Anderson a five-minute penalty.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
In his first appearance in the Finals, Gretzky assisted on four of the Oilers' six goals but failed to score himself. While no Islander was assigned to mark Gretzky, the Oilers superstar found himself checked as soon as he got the puck. The Islanders' tactics were described as a "rope-a-dope", using their experience and patience to hang on in the face of the Oilers' furious attack. The Islanders permitted Edmonton to take long shots from poor angles, but cleared the rebounds and kept the front of the net open so Smith could see. The Sutter brothers, Duane and Brent, led with seven and five points, respectively in the first three games. Duane played a particularly important role in the absence of Bossy in game one. Bossy netted his second Stanley Cup-winning goal.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Game summaries
After game four, the Oilers players walked past the Islanders' dressing room and noticed many of the Islanders players exhausted and covered in ice packs rather than wildly celebrating, with Mark Messier suggesting that this gave the Oilers inspiration that they needed in order to win next year.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Broadcasting
The series aired on CBC in Canada and on the USA Network in the United States. USA's national coverage was blacked out in the New York area due to the local rights to Islanders games in that TV market, with WOR televising games one and two, and SportsChannel New York airing games three and four.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The 1983 Stanley Cup was presented to Islanders captain Denis Potvin by NHL President John Ziegler following the Islanders 4–2 win over the Oilers in game four.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving
The following Islanders players and staff had their names engraved on the Stanley Cup


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Stanley Cup engraving
Note ^Steve Corais (Director of Public Relations) was included on all four New York Islanders team pictures 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983. Corais' name however, was not engraved on the Stanley Cup.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Members of New York Islanders 1980 to 1983 Dynasty
These players and personnel (22 in all) won four Stanley Cups as members of the Islanders, and would also be a part of the Islanders in the 1984 Stanley Cup Finals. The Islanders amassed an NHL record of 19 straight playoff series wins and again reach the Stanley Cup Finals, but lost the 1984 Finals to the Edmonton Oilers in a rematch of the 1983 series.


1983 Stanley Cup Finals, Stanley Cup engraving, Members of New York Islanders 1980 to 1983 Dynasty
† – Henning was a player on the 1980 team, a player-assistant coach on the 1981 team, and an assistant coach on the 1982 and 1983 teams. Henning assisted on 1980 Stanley Cup winning goal in overtime.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) began on April 5, after the conclusion of the 1982–83 NHL season. The playoffs concluded on May 17 with the champion New York Islanders defeating the Edmonton Oilers 4–0 to win the final series four games to none and win the Stanley Cup for the fourth consecutive season.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs
The 1983 Playoffs marked the first time that seven NHL teams based in Canada (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, Quebec, Winnipeg, and Calgary) all qualified for the playoffs in the same season. Since the 1967–68 expansion, all the Canadian teams have qualified for the playoffs on five other occasions – 1969 (Montreal and Toronto), 1975, 1976 and 1979 (Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver), and 1986 (the same seven as in 1983), the last time to date (as of 2020) that all active Canadian teams qualified. This is also the most recent time that the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings missed the playoffs in the same season.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs
In the Wales Conference, the Patrick Division champion Philadelphia Flyers were upset by the New York Rangers in the first round. The defending champion Islanders had qualified second in the Patrick Division, and defeated the Washington Capitals in the first round, and defeated the Rangers to qualify for the Conference Final. In the Adams Division, the first-place Boston Bruins defeated the Quebec Nordiques and the Buffalo Sabres (who swept the Canadiens in their opening round series) to advance to the Conference Final. In the Conference Final, the Islanders defeated Boston in six games to qualify for their fourth consecutive Cup Finals appearance.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs
In the Campbell Conference, the Smythe Division first seed Edmonton Oilers swept the Winnipeg Jets in the opening round, and defeated the Calgary Flames (who defeated the Vancouver Canucks three games to one in the opening round) in the Smythe Final. The Norris Champion Chicago Black Hawks defeated the St. Louis Blues three games to one and the Minnesota North Stars (who defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the opening round) in the Norris Final four games to one. Edmonton defeated the Norris Division champion Chicago Black Hawks in a four-game sweep in the Conference Final to advance to the Cup Finals.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
The 1983 playoffs followed the format introduced in the previous season. The four teams with the best regular-season records from each of the four divisions would secure playoff berths. The division semi-finals would see the first-place club against the fourth-place team, while the second- and third-place teams faced off. The winning clubs would then meet in the division final. Home-ice advantage for these first two rounds of the playoffs would be granted to the team with the better regular-season record. Division winners would then face one another in the conference finals.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Playoff seeds
Home-ice advantage for the conference finals had been determined by coin flips prior to the start of the previous season. That event determined that home-ice advantage would be granted to champions of the Adams and Smythe divisions this season. Similarly, a puck flip determined that home-ice advantage for the Stanley Cup finals would be granted to Campbell Conference champion this season.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A4) Quebec Nordiques
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of the previous year's Adams Division Finals, in which Quebec won in seven games.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A2) Montreal Canadiens vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
This was the third playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams split their previous two meetings. They last met in the 1975 Stanley Cup Semifinals, in which Buffalo won in six games.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P1) Philadelphia Flyers vs. (P4) New York Rangers
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Both teams have split their previous four meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Patrick Division Semifinals, in which New York won 3–1.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P2) New York Islanders vs. (P3) Washington Capitals
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (N1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N4) St. Louis Blues
This was the fourth playoff series meeting between these two teams. Chicago won all three previous meetings. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Finals, in which Chicago won in six games.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (N2) Minnesota North Stars vs. (N3) Toronto Maple Leafs
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. Minnesota won the only previous meeting in the 1980 Preliminary Round in a three-game sweep.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S4) Winnipeg Jets
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Semifinals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (S2) Calgary Flames vs. (S3) Vancouver Canucks
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Smythe Division Semifinals, in which Vancouver won in a three-game sweep.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
This was the second playoff series meeting between the two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Adams Division Semifinals, in which Boston won 3–1.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Prince of Wales Conference, (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (A3) Buffalo Sabres
Brad Park scored the game-winner in game seven on a slapshot off a rebound of his own shot just seconds earlier.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Prince of Wales Conference, (P2) New York Islanders vs. (P4) New York Rangers
This was the fifth playoff series meeting between these two teams. The Islanders won three of the previous four series, including both over the past two seasons. The latter of which the Islanders won in six games in the last year's Patrick Division Finals.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (N1) Chicago Black Hawks vs. (N2) Minnesota North Stars
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. This was a rematch of last year's Norris Division Semifinals, in which Chicago won in an upset 3–1.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Division Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (S2) Calgary Flames
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Prince of Wales Conference Final, (A1) Boston Bruins vs. (P2) New York Islanders
This was the second playoff series meeting between these two teams. New York won the only previous meeting in five games in the 1980 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Conference Finals, Clarence Campbell Conference Final, (S1) Edmonton Oilers vs. (N1) Chicago Black Hawks
This was the first playoff series meeting between these two teams.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Stanley Cup Finals
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams. Their only previous meeting was in the 1981 Stanley Cup Quarterfinals, which New York won in six games. This was the Oilers' first Finals appearance in their fourth season since entering the league in 1979–80; they also became the first former WHA team to make the Finals after the NHL–WHA merger in 1979. New York made their fourth consecutive and overall Stanley Cup Finals appearance; they won in the previous year sweeping the Vancouver Canucks in four games. The Oilers became the first team to represent Edmonton in the Finals since the 1922–23 Edmonton Eskimos who were defeated by the original Ottawa Senators. New York won all three games in this year's regular season series.


1983 Stanley Cup playoffs, Player statistics, Goaltenders
This is a combined table of the top five goaltenders based on goals against average and the top five goaltenders based on save percentage, with at least 420 minutes played. The table is sorted by GAA, and the criteria for inclusion are bolded.


1983 Star World Championships
The 1983 Star World Championships were held in Marina del Rey, United States August 9–21, 1983. The hosting yacht club was California Yacht Club.


1983 Star World Championships, Results
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; PMS – Premature start; RET – Retired; YMP – Yacht materially prejudiced;


1983 State of Origin series
The 1983 State of Origin series was the second time the annual three-game series between the New South Wales and Queensland rugby league teams was played entirely under "state of origin" selection rules.


1983 State of Origin series
After the Australian team had swept all before them in 1982, including sweeping New Zealand in the mid-season tests, before embarking on the highly successful 1982 Kangaroo tour where they became the first touring side to go through undefeated, winning all three Ashes tests against Great Britain and the two tests against France, the 1983 State of Origin series was billed as something of an unofficial World Championship. The winning state would have bragging rights over who had the best representative team in the world outside of the test team.


1983 State of Origin series, Game I
Game I of 1983 was refereed by Barry Gomersall, his second Origin fixture following Game II, 1982. Penrith's Darryl Brohman was making his Origin debut and with his ball skills and strong kicking game had been considered a strong possibility to force his way into the Australian side due to play New Zealand a few days later. Early in the first half Brohman's jaw was broken by a sickening elbow from Blues' second-rower Les Boyd which sidelined him for the rest of the season. Gomersall awarded a penalty for the high shot, but allowed Boyd to stay on the field.


1983 State of Origin series, Game I
Boyd was later cited by the judiciary and received a twelve-month suspension - the first of two massive barrings that eventually saw him relocate his career to England. It was to be Boyd's last representative appearance after 17 Tests and two Kangaroo Tours. Brohman meanwhile spent three months on the sideline nursing the injury and never represented Australia.