1983 Los Angeles Raiders season, Postseason, Schedule, Super Bowl XVIII
On the next Raiders possession, the last play of the third quarter, Plunkett handed the ball off to Allen, who started to run left. But then he saw a lot of defenders in front of him so he cut back to the middle and took off for a then Super Bowl record 74-yard touchdown run, increasing Los Angeles' lead to 35–9.


1983 Los Angeles Raiders season, Postseason, Schedule, Super Bowl XVIII
In the final period, the Raiders sacked Theismann 3 times, forcing him to fumble once, and intercepted a pass. Meanwhile, a 39-yard run from Allen set up a 21-yard field goal from kicker Chris Bahr to make the final score of the game 38–9.


1983 Los Angeles Rams season
The 1983 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 46th year with the National Football League and the 38th season in the city of Los Angeles. The franchise drafted a future Hall of Fame Running Back in Eric Dickerson. The season saw the team attempt to improve on its 2–7 record from 1982. The team started out 5–2 before splitting their next 4 games and then lost at home to Washington to sit at 7–5. They would split their last 4 games to finish 9–7 and make the playoffs for the first time since 1980 after a 2-year absence.


1983 Los Angeles Rams season
In the playoffs, they defeated the Cowboys 24–17 in Dallas to advance to the Divisional Round. However, in the game, the Rams were annihilated 7–51 by the Redskins, who would move on to the Super Bowl, only to lose to the other Los Angeles NFL team, the Los Angeles Raiders, 38–9.


1983 Los Angeles Rams season, Regular season, Eric Dickerson
While he considered going to the Los Angeles Express in the United States Football League, Dickerson decided to go into the National Football League at the advice of his mother because the NFL had been around longer. He was selected second overall in the 1983 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams. An immediate pro success, he established rookie records for most rushing attempts (390), most rushing yards gained (1,808) and most touchdowns rushing (18), including another two receiving touchdowns. His efforts earned him All-Pro, Pro Bowl, Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year honors.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup
The 1983 Louis Vuitton Cup was held in Newport, Rhode Island, United States in 1983. The winner, Australia II, went on to challenge for the 1983 America's Cup.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Australia II (AUS)
Owned by Alan Bond and helmed by John Bertrand,  Australia II featured an innovative winged keel design developed by Ben Lexcen which helped to make it point higher, sail faster and be quicker in coming about. The boat was innovative in a number of ways, but the winged keel was the most striking design advance and the distinguishing feature of the boat. The New York Yacht Club challenged the legality of the keel design, but it was ruled to be legal. Australia II dominated the Louis Vuitton Cup and took the trophy, earning the right to compete in the 1983 America's Cup.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Australia II (AUS)
The Australia II team was: William Baillieu, Colin Beashall, Ken Beashall, John Bertrand, Alan Bond, Rob Brown, Peter Costello, Damian Fewster, John Fitzhardinge, Michael Fletcher, Lesleigh Green, James Hardy, Stephen Harrison, Laurie Hayden, Warren Jones, Kenneth Judge, Phillip Judge, Ben Lexcen, Cole (Skip) Lissiman, John Longley, Scott McAllister, Ken O'Brien, Michael Quilter, Glenn Read, David Rees, Mark Reid, Brian Richardson, Newton Roberts, Tom Schnackenberg, Edward Silbereisen, Grant Simmer, Phillip Smidmore, Hugh Treharne and David Wallace.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Victory (GBR)
Peter de Savary funded the Royal Burnham Yacht Club's Victory Syndicate. The team used three skippers over the Cup: Phil Crebbin, Lawrie Smith and Rodney Pattisson. The crew included Chris Law, Robin Fuger, Harold Cudmore, who quit the campaign before the start of the Cup, and future America's Cup Hall of Famer Dean Phipps, racing in his first America's Cup.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Victory (GBR)
Two boats were constructed; Victory of Burnham (K 21), Victory '83 (K 22), although K 22 was ultimately used in the Cup. The team also purchased two boats from the 1980 Herbert Pell Cup to use in trials; Australia (renamed as Temeraire) and Lionheart.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Challenge 12 (AUS)
Owned by a number of Australian businessmen from Victoria headed by Dick Pratt. Challenge 12 was also designed by Lexcen and sold to the Victorian challenge after the Bond syndicate selected Australia II. She was a fast, traditional 12 Meter, and lacked the winged keel of her sister boat  Australia II. John Bertrand favored her initially, but was talked into sailing the new design by Alan Bond. She may have been superior to Australia II in heavy winds, and was a real threat to the men from the West of Australia.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Challenge 12 (AUS)
During the Louis Vuitton Cup, Challenge 12 was skippered by John Savage and the crew included Graeme 'Frizzle' Freeman, Michael Fletcher (later Australia II's sailing coach) and Damian Fewster (who later sailed with Australia II in the America's Cup victory as a replacement crew member).


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Challenge 12 (AUS)
Challenge 12 was later used to prepare Australia II for the America's Cup and was skippered by James Hardy.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Azzurra (ITA)
Managed by Luca Cordero di Montezemolo and funded by Aga Khan IV and Gianni Agnelli, Azzurra was formed in 1982. Ambrosini was involved with the construction of the yacht Azzurra (I-4), and they proved to be a competitive new challenge. Skippered by Cino Ricci and with Mauro Pelaschier on the helm, the original Azzurra team won 24 of 49 races and developed a large and loyal following in Italy.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, France 3 (FRA)
France 3, skippered by Bruno Troublé, returned for its second challenge for the America's Cup. The syndicate was financed by Yves Roussert-Rouard who had purchased the boat from Marcel Bich who had financed the first four French challenges. The syndicate was hampered by money problems and an inexperienced crew.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Canada (CAN)
Canada returned to the Cup as a challenger for the first time in over a hundred years. Their boat Canada would be completely revamped and compete again three years later at the 1987 Cup as Canada II.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, The teams, Advance (AUS)
A Sydney challenger owned and run by Australian sailing legend, Syd Fischer. A very radical but ultimately slow design by Alan Payne, the designer of Gretel I and II. Skippered by 18-foot skiff champion, Iain Murray.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, Finals, Semi-finals
11 – 24 AugustIn the semi-finals the four qualifiers sailed against each other competitor three times. Australia II and Victory '83 advanced to the finals.


1983 Louis Vuitton Cup, Finals, Final
28 August – 8 SeptemberAustralia II defeated Victory '83 4–1 in the final to win the Louis Vuitton Cup and go on to compete in the America's Cup.


1983 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
The 1983 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana Tech University as a member of the Southland Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their first year under head coach A. L. Williams, the team compiled a 4–7 record. Williams was hired as head coach in December 1982 following the resignation of Billy Brewer who left to become head coach at Ole Miss.


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election
The 1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Louisiana. Incumbent Republican Governor Dave Treen lost re-election to a second term, defeated by former Democratic Governor  Edwin Edwards. Edwards became the first governor since Earl Long to win non-consecutive terms. He also became the first to serve three full terms (later a fourth in 1991).


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election
Under Louisiana's jungle primary system, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party, and voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. A runoff would be held if no candidate received an absolute majority of the vote during the primary election. On October 12, 1983 Edwards and Treen took the two highest popular vote counts, but a runoff election was not held as Edwards won over 50% of the vote in the primary.


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Background
In this election, the first round of voting was held on October 22, 1983. Since Edwards won more than 50% of the votes on the first round, no runoff was needed. The runoff for other statewide offices which required one was November 19, 1983.


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Background
Treen became the first of three consecutive Louisiana governors to be denied re-election. Edwards himself was defeated by north Louisiana U.S. Representative Buddy Roemer in 1987, refusing to contest the runoff after trailing Roemer in the primary. Edwards came back in 1991, and along with former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, combined to oust Roemer in the primary before Edwards routed Duke in the runoff to win a fourth gubernatorial term.


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Background
This was the first time that any contestant for the governors election in Louisiana received at least one million votes. Edwards also won 62 out of 64 parishes against Treen. Treen only carried Jefferson Parish, where he resided at the time; and St. Tammany Parish, where he would eventually move following completion of his term.


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Videos
(3) Election Special from LPB on October 21, 1983 detailing in-depth report on the statewide primary elections


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Videos
(5) Profile of Edwin Edwards from WWL-TV New Orleans on October 22, 1983


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Videos
(6) Edwards Victory Speech after winning landslide re-election to third term on WWL-TV New Orleans on October 22, 1983


1983 Louisiana gubernatorial election, Videos
(7) LPB Coverage on the Primary Recap from October 28, 1983


1983 Louisville Cardinals football team
The 1983 Louisville Cardinals football team represented the University of Louisville in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Cardinals, led by fourth-year head coach Bob Weber, participated as independents and played their home games at Cardinal Stadium.


1983 Lucanamarca massacre
The Lucanamarca massacre was a massacre of 69 peasants in and around the town of Lucanamarca, Peru, that took place on 3 April 1983. The massacre was perpetrated by the Shining Path, the Maoist guerrilla organization that launched the internal conflict in Peru.


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, Background
On 17 May 1980 the Shining Path went to war against the Peruvian state. The Shining Path was based in the Ayacucho Region. In March 1983, ronderos killed Olegario Curitomay, a Shining Path commander in Lucanamarca, a small town in the Huanca Sancos Province of Ayacucho. The ronderos took Curitomay to the town square, stoned him, stabbed him, set him on fire, and finally shot him.


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, The massacre
In April 1983 Shining Path militants responded to the death of Olegario Curitomay by entering the province of Huancasancos and the towns of Yanaccollpa, Ataccara, Llacchua, Muylacruz, and Lucanamarca, and killing 69 people. Of those killed by the Shining Path, eighteen were children, the youngest of whom was only six months old. Also killed were eleven women. Eight of the victims were between fifty and seventy years old. Most of the victims died by machete and axe hacks, and some were shot in the head at close range.


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, The massacre
This was the first massacre committed by the Shining Path against members of the peasant community. Abimael Guzmán, the founder and leader of the Shining Path, admitted that the Shining Path carried out the massacre and explained the rationale behind it in an interview with El Diario, a pro-Shining Path newspaper based in Lima. In the interview, he said:


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, The massacre
In the face of reactionary military actions ... we responded with a devastating action: Lucanamarca. Neither they nor we have forgotten it, to be sure, because they got an answer that they did not imagine possible. More than 80 were annihilated, that is the truth. And we say openly that there were excesses, as was analyzed in 1983. But everything in life has two aspects. Our task was to deal a devastating blow in order to put them in check, to make them understand that it was not going to be so easy.


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, The massacre
On some occasions, like that one, it was the Central Leadership itself that planned the action and gave instructions. That is how it was. In that case, the principal thing is that we dealt them a devastating blow, and we checked them and they understood that they were dealing with a different kind of people's fighters, that we were not the same as those they had fought before. This is what they understood. The excesses are the negative aspect ...


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, The massacre
If we were to give the masses a lot of restrictions, requirements and prohibitions, it would mean that deep down we did not want the waters to overflow. And what we needed was for the waters to overflow, to let the flood rage, because we know that when a river floods its banks it causes devastation, but then it returns to its riverbed ... [ T]he main point was to make them understand that we were a hard nut to crack, and that we were ready for anything, anything.


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, Aftermath
Ultimately, the Shining Path's war against the Peruvian state faltered, and Abimael Guzmán and several other high-ranking Shining Path members were captured in Lima in 1992. On 10 September 2002, Abimael Guzmán told the Truth and Reconciliation Commission "We, doctors, reiterate that we will not avoid our responsibility [for the Lucanamarca massacre]. I have mine, I'm the first one responsible, and I will never renounce my responsibility, that wouldn't make any sense."


1983 Lucanamarca massacre, Aftermath
On 13 October 2006, Guzmán and Elena Iparraguirre were sentenced to life imprisonment on a number of charges that included ordering the Lucanamarca massacre. Guzmán was additionally ordered to pay S./250,000 to the victims. In January 2008, the Supreme Court of Peru confirmed that Guzmán had ordered the killings and upheld his life sentence.


1983 Luzon earthquake
The 1983 Luzon earthquake struck the Philippines at 20:17 PST (UTC+08:00) on August 17. The shock had a surface wave magnitude of 6.5 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong), killing 16 people and injuring 47. Seven towns were damaged, several buildings collapsed, and electricity was cut off in Laoag. Features like sand volcanoes and cracks formed during the quake.


1983 Luzon earthquake, Damage and casualties
The earthquake struck at 8:18 PM and surface wave magnitude of 6.5. It was the most powerful earthquake to strike the Philippines in seven years. Shaking lasted 20 seconds and damaged seven towns extensively, its greatest damage occurring near Pasuquin, Laoag, Sarrat, and Batac in the Ilocos Norte province.


1983 Luzon earthquake, Damage and casualties
Early reports claimed that 17 were killed and 80 were injured, but these numbers were later revised to 16 and 47, respectively. A four-storey building collapsed, and the salesmen inside waited as long as 17 hours to be rescued; one man was rescued only to die in the hospital. Two or three other buildings also collapsed, including one filled with people in San Nicolas. Churches were damaged in Bacarra, Vintar, and Sarrat; the Sarrat church was the site of the wedding of Ferdinand Marcos' daughter Irene, and it toppled, destroying its altar and the orchestra loft from the wedding. A 300-year-old statue of Saint Monica fell apart, and its head landed on the ground intact. Electricity was cut off in Laoag, and downed a bridge elsewhere.


1983 Luzon earthquake, Damage and casualties
Sand volcanoes and cracks as long as 24 m (79 ft) formed, and as it ruptured, soil liquefaction and landslides occurred. A tsunami was reported but never confirmed. Tremors also extended to Manila.


1983 Luzon earthquake, Geology
The earthquake occurred exactly seven years after the 1976 Moro Gulf earthquake, which measured 7.9 Ms and caused about 8000 deaths.


1983 Luzon earthquake, Geology
PAGASA listed its magnitude at 5.7, but the United States Geological Survey still lists it at 6.5. It was assigned a Rossi–Forel scale rating of VII (Very strong tremor), indicating the potential to be damaging.


1983 Luzon earthquake, Aftermath
In the destroyed church in Bacarra, church members wrote notes asking God for forgiveness and believing it was his warning. Reports from Manila's radio stations claimed many casualties, and a news agency reported that there were at least 100 people trapped in a downed building. The wrecks of collapsed buildings were searched, and the dead were removed from the rubble. There were two aftershocks following the main shock.


1983 Lynda Carter Maybelline Classic
The 1983 Lynda Carter Maybelline Classic (also known as the Lynda Carter Classic) was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Deerfield Beach, Florida in the United States that was part of the 1983 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The tournament was held from November 7 through November 13, 1983. First-seeded Chris Evert-Lloyd won her fourth consecutive singles title at the event and earned $22,000 first-prize money.


1983 Lynda Carter Maybelline Classic, Finals, Doubles
Bonnie Gadusek /  Wendy White-Prausa defeated  Pam Casale /  Mary-Lou Daniels 6–1, 3–6, 6–3


1983 Macau Grand Prix
The 1983 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 30th Macau Grand Prix race to be held on the streets of Macau on 20 November 1983. It was the first edition for Formula Three cars.


1983 Madrid City Council election
The 1983 Madrid City Council election, also the 1983 Madrid municipal election, was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 2nd City Council of the municipality of Madrid. All 57 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 Madrid City Council election
The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) won with an absolute majority of 30 councillors and 48.7% of the vote, the only time to date it would do so. The People's Coalition, the electoral alliance led by the People's Alliance (AP) and including the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), consolidated its gains made in the 1982 Spanish general election and emerged as the second political force in the city, with 38.0% and 23 seats in the City Council.


1983 Madrid City Council election
Meanwhile, the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) vote fell as a result of PSOE's growth, losing over half of its councillors down to 4. The Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) had collapsed in the October general election and was disbanded in early 1983. Several UCD split parties such as Liberal Democratic Party (PDL) or former Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez' Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) contested the election but failed to win any representation.


1983 Madrid City Council election
As a result of the election, Enrique Tierno Galván, was re-elected as Mayor of Madrid for a second term in office. Tierno Galván would die halfway throughout his term of natural causes, being substituted by party colleague Juan Barranco.


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


1983 Madrid 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 Madrid 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 Madrid 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 Madrid 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 Madrid City Council election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 29 seats were required for an absolute majority in the City Council of Madrid.


1983 Madrilenian regional election
The 1983 Madrilenian regional election was held on Sunday, 8 May 1983, to elect the 1st Assembly of the Autonomous Community of Madrid. All 94 seats in the Assembly were up for election. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve other autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.


1983 Madrilenian regional election
The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), the only time to date the party has achieved this in a Madrilenian regional election. The People's Coalition, an electoral alliance formed by the People's Alliance (AP), the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and the Liberal Union (UL), emerged as the second largest group in the Assembly, whereas the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) improved on its 1982 results in the region and secured 9 seats with 8.8% of the vote. The result ensured Socialist Joaquín Leguina would become the first President of the Community of Madrid, though the PSOE showed a willingness in collaborating with the PCE.


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


1983 Madrilenian regional election, Overview, Electoral system
All members of the Assembly of Madrid were elected using the D'Hondt method and a closed list proportional representation, with an electoral threshold of five percent of valid votes—which included blank ballots—being applied regionally. The Assembly was entitled to one member per each 50,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 25,000.


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


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


1983 Madrilenian regional election, Opinion polls
The table below lists voting intention estimates in reverse chronological order, showing the most recent first and using the dates when the survey fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. Where the fieldwork dates are unknown, the date of publication is given instead. The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed with its background shaded in the leading party's colour. If a tie ensues, this is applied to the figures with the highest percentages. The "Lead" column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the parties with the highest percentages in a given poll. When available, seat projections are also displayed below the voting estimates in a smaller font. 48 seats were required for an absolute majority in the Assembly of Madrid.


1983 Madrilenian regional election, Results, Elected legislators
The following table lists the elected legislators sorted by order of election.


1983 Madrilenian regional election, Aftermath
Investiture processes to elect the President of the Community of Madrid required for an absolute majority—more than half the votes cast—to be obtained in the first ballot. If unsuccessful, a new ballot would be held 48 hours later requiring of a simple majority—more affirmative than negative votes—to succeed. If none of such majorities were achieved, successive candidate proposals could be processed under the same procedure. In the event of the investiture process failing to elect a regional President within a two-month period from the first ballot, the Assembly would be automatically dissolved and a snap election called.


1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships
The 1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships was the ninth edition of the international athletics competition between the countries of the Maghreb. Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya were the competing nations. Organised by the Union des Fédérations d'Athlétisme du Maghreb Uni (Union of Athletics Federations of the United Maghreb), it took place in Casablanca, Morocco from 15–17 July. A total of 39 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 16 for women.


1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships
Morocco and Algeria each won fifteen gold medals at the competition, with Morocco edging the top spot through its haul of 16 silver medals. Tunisia was a comfortable third, while Libya won two gold medals in the men's horizontal jumps. It was the third and last time that Libya attended the Maghreb Championships. The competition was staged one month prior to the wider regional 1983 Arab Athletics Championships.


1983 Maghreb Athletics Championships
The event was part of a flourish of athletics championships in the mid-1980s in Casablanca, Morocco's largest city. The Mediterranean Games was held two months after the Maghreb event. This was followed by the 1984 Arab Junior Athletics Championships, and finally the 1985 Pan Arab Games.


1983 Maine Black Bears football team
The 1983 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Ron Rogerson, the Black Bears compiled an overall record of 4–6 with a conference mark of 0–5, placing last out of six teams in the Yankee Conference.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The 1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 54th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on Wednesday, July 6, 1983, at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois, the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League. The game resulted in the American League defeating the National League 13-3. The game celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the All-Star Game, and occurred exactly 50 years to the date of the first All-Star game. This was the 54th game as no game was held in 1945, while two were held each year from 1959 through 1962.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
This was the fifth All-Star Game to be played in Chicago, and the third to be hosted by the White Sox at Comiskey Park (the other two being hosted by the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field). This would be the last time the All-Star Game would be hosted in the stadium where the annual exhibition began. When the White Sox next hosted the All-Star Game in 2003, they had moved across the street to their new home at U.S. Cellular Field.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The game was the first American League win since 1971, and only their second win since 1963. The 13 runs scored by the American League set a new record for one team in All-Star Game history. The ten-run margin of victory was the largest since the 12-0 American League victory in 1946.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
The game is perhaps best remembered for Fred Lynn's third inning grand slam off Atlee Hammaker. As of 2021, it is still the only grand slam in the history of the Midsummer Classic. During that third inning, the American League set All-Star Game records for the most hits (6) and runs (7) by a single team in their half-inning - all off Hammaker.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Prior to the start of the game, Chuck Mangione played the Canadian National Anthem, while the Oak Ridge Boys sang the United States National Anthem. The colors presentation was by the Great Lakes Naval Training Center Color Guard, which previously presented the colors at the 1947, 1950 and 1963 All-Star Games and would do the honors again in 1990 and 2003.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
In 1983, there was also an "Old Timer's Game," played the day before the actual All-Star game.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Rosters
Players in italics have since been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Umpires
George Maloney was the last home plate umpire to work an All-Star game wearing the outside chest protector long favored by umpires in the American League. Maloney was one of only four active umpires in 1983 still using the outside protector. He and Russ Goetz retired following the 1983 season. Bill Kunkel soldiered on while battling cancer, succumbing in May 1985. Jerry Neudecker, the last outside protector holdout, retired after the 1985 season.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The first inning gave notice this would be one of the sloppiest All-Star games in history. Steve Sax led off the game by reaching on an error by AL starting pitcher Dave Stieb. Sax stole second and scored when next batter Tim Raines grounded to Stieb and Stieb threw wildly past Rod Carew at first. Raines reached third, but couldn't score as Stieb struck out the side; Andre Dawson, Dale Murphy, and Mike Schmidt all fanned.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The AL tied it in their half of the first on a sacrifice fly by George Brett and took the lead in the second on another sac fly by Robin Yount. The Giants' Atlee Hammaker came in to pitch for the NL in the bottom of the third and promptly had one of the worst innings by a pitcher in All-Star Game history. Jim Rice led off with a homer, followed by a Brett triple. Dave Winfield singled home Brett. Manny Trillo singled, and Carew drove home Winfield with a two-out single.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
Hammaker then intentionally walked right-handed hitter Yount to face Fred Lynn, a left-handed hitter. Lynn made the NL pay for the move with the only grand slam hit in All-Star game history. When the dust cleared, the AL had a 9-1 lead and Hammaker had given up six hits and seven runs in an inning, both All-Star game records that still stand.


1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Game, Game summary
The NL gamely fought back on RBI singles by Murphy in the fourth and Sax in the fifth, but that was all they would get. In the seventh, Lou Whitaker had an RBI triple and Willie Wilson an RBI double for the AL. The AL capped off the scoring when Brett scored on a fly ball hit by Whitaker that Pedro Guerrero dropped and Rickey Henderson drove in Cecil Cooper with a groundout.


1983 Major League Baseball draft, First round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1983 Major League Baseball draft.


1983 Major League Baseball season
The 1983 Major League Baseball season ended with the Baltimore Orioles defeating the Philadelphia Phillies in the fifth game of the World Series. Rick Dempsey was named MVP of the Series. The All-Star Game was held on July 6 at Comiskey Park; the American League won by a score of 13–3, with California Angels outfielder Fred Lynn being named MVP.


1983 Malagasy parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Madagascar on 28 August 1983, having originally been scheduled for 1982, but delayed by the presidential election and the "economic difficulties facing the country". Only parties affiliated with the AREMA-dominated National Front for the Defense of the Revolution were allowed to compete in the election. AREMA was the only party to field candidates in all 137 constituencies, and won 117 of them with over 65% of the vote.


1983 Malawian general election
General elections were held in Malawi on 29 and 30 June 1983. As the country had become a one-party state in 1966, the Malawi Congress Party was the sole legal party at the time. The number of seats was increased to 101, whilst President-for-life Hastings Banda was able to appoint as many additional members as he saw fit to "enhance the representative character of the Assembly, or to representparticular minority or other special interests in the Republic." Ultimately, an additional 11 members were appointed.


1983 Malawian general election
In 21 constituencies there was only a single MCP candidate, who was elected unopposed. In the remaining 80 seats there were between two and five candidates, all of which were for the MCP.


1983 Maldivian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on 30 September 1983. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was the sole candidate nominated by Parliament. His candidacy was approved by 95.6% of voters.


1983 Manchester City Council election
Elections to Manchester Council were held on Thursday, 5 May 1983. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 1987. The Labour Party retained overall control of the council.


1983 Manchester City Council election, Election result
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


1983 Manitoba municipal elections
The 1983 Manitoba municipal elections were held in October 1983 to elect mayors, councillors, and school trustees in various communities throughout Manitoba, Canada.


1983 Manitoba municipal elections, Footnotes
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1983 Maroubra state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Maroubra on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the resignation of Bill Haigh (Labor) who had been dropped as Minister for Corrective Services in October 1981.


1983 Maroubra state by-election
The Maroubra by-election was held the same day as the by-elections for Kogarah, Marrickville and Riverstone. All were safe Labor seats and while there was a swing against Labor in each seat (7.2% to 11.8%), all were retained by Labor.


1983 Marrickville state by-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Marrickville on 22 October 1983. It was triggered by the death of Tom Cahill (Labor).


1983 Marrickville state by-election
The Marrickville by-election was held the same day as the by-elections for Kogarah, Maroubra and Riverstone. All were safe Labor seats and while there was a swing against Labor in each seat (7.2% to 11.8%), all were retained by Labor.


1983 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
The 1983 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University in the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In its fifth season under head coach Sonny Randle, the team compiled a 4–7 record (3–4 against conference opponents) and played its home games at Fairfield Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.


1983 Marshallese Compact of Free Association referendum
A referendum on the Compact of Free Association was held in the Marshall Islands on 7 September 1983. Voters were asked whether they approved of the Compact of Free Association with the United States, and if not, what status they preferred. The Compact was approved by 58.0% of voters, rendering the outcome of the second question irrelevant.


1983 Marshallese Compact of Free Association referendum, Results, Free Association with the USA
Do you approve of the Compact of Free Association and its related Agreements?


1983 Marshallese Compact of Free Association referendum, Results, Status
If the Compact of Free Association is not approved, I recommend to the government that it negotiate an agreement with the government of the United States consistent with my preference for the following political status:[   ] Independence[   ] A relationship with the United States other than Free Association. You may describe that status.


1983 Maryland Terrapins football team
The 1983 Maryland Terrapins football team represented University of Maryland in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Terrapins offense scored 316 points while the defense allowed 253 points. Led by head coach Bobby Ross, the Terrapins appeared in the Florida Citrus Bowl.


1983 Maryland Terrapins football team, Schedule
Clemson was under NCAA probation and was ineligible for the ACC title. Therefore, this game did not count in the league standings.


1983 Maryland Terrapins football team, 1984 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 1984 NFL Draft.


1983 Masters (snooker)
The 1983 Benson & Hedges Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place between from Sunday 23 January to Sunday 30 January 1983 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The event was increased to 16 players and extended from 6 to 8 days. Although there were 16 players they were not the top 16 ranked players that would compete in the following years. BBC Television coverage did not start until 26 January and so only two of the eight first round matches were televised.


1983 Masters (snooker)
Cliff Thorburn of Canada became the first overseas player to win the competition beating Ray Reardon in the final to win the first of his three titles. The first round match between Bill Werbeniuk and Alex Higgins made a record crowd at the Conference Centre of 2,876. The highest break of the tournament was 128 made by Terry Griffiths.


1983 Masters (snooker), Field
For the first time there were 16 players in the event. Alex Higgins, the World Champion was the number 1 seed with Steve Davis, the defending champion seeded 2. Places were allocated to the leading 8 players in the world rankings. 6 players qualified (Bill Werbeniuk (ranked 9), John Virgo (ranked 19), Dean Reynolds (ranked 22), Tony Meo (ranked 24), Joe Johnson and Mark Wildman) and there were 2 wild-card entries, Jimmy White (ranked 10) and Terry Griffiths (ranked 14). Joe Johnson, Dean Reynolds and Mark Wildman were making their debuts in the Masters.


1983 Masters Tournament
The 1983 Masters Tournament was the 47th Masters Tournament, held April 7–11 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Seve Ballesteros won his second Masters and third major title, four strokes ahead of runners-up Ben Crenshaw and Tom Kite. Play on Friday was postponed due to heavy rain, and the final round was completed on Monday for the first time since 1973.


1983 Masters Tournament
Defending champion Craig Stadler was tied for the 54-hole lead with 1976 champion Raymond Floyd, with Ballesteros one stroke back, and two-time champion Tom Watson an additional stroke behind. Ballesteros got off to a fast start in the final round on Monday with a birdie-eagle start. With another birdie at the difficult par-3 fourth, he added four pars and another birdie at the ninth for a five-under 31 on the front nine. Ballesteros cruised to a 69 (−3) and a comfortable win as neither Stadler, Floyd, nor Watson broke par.


1983 Masters Tournament
During the postponement of Friday's round, the possibility was raised that the tournament would not complete the entire 72 holes, as the southeastern U.S. was experiencing heavy rains and flooding and forecasts were not favorable.


1983 Masters Tournament
Saturday's second round went off from split tees (1st and 10th) and six players did not complete their rounds until early Sunday morning. With this extension, the tournament committee did not attempt to complete the final two rounds on Sunday, opting for the third round only on Sunday and the fourth on Monday.


1983 Masters Tournament
Four-time champion Arnold Palmer, 53, opened with a 68 on Thursday and made the cut at the Masters for the final time. In his 29th Masters, he stated that the conditions on Saturday were the worst he had ever seen at Augusta. Five-time winner Jack Nicklaus 43, withdrew before his second round start time due to back spasms experienced while warming up. Nicklaus had shot a first round of 73. It was only his second withdrawal as a pro, the first was three years earlier at the 1980 World Series of Golf. Nicklaus had missed only one cut in the previous 23 Masters and made ten consecutive after this year, including his record sixth green jacket in 1986.


1983 Masters Tournament
It was the final major championship for Sam Snead, 70, a three-time Masters champion. He withdrew after a first round 79 as he assessed he could not make the cut.


1983 Masters Tournament, Caddie policy change
This was the first year that players were allowed to use their own caddies, rather than those of Augusta National. Twelve players continued to use caddies from the club, including Nicklaus. The first female caddie at the Masters appeared this year as George Archer, the 1969 champion, employed his 19-year-old daughter Elizabeth. She had carried the bag for her father for twenty previous events since the summer of 1980. Archer finished tied for twelfth, one of his better finishes at Augusta.


1983 Masters Tournament, Field
Tommy Aaron, George Archer, Seve Ballesteros (3,8), Gay Brewer, Billy Casper, Charles Coody, Raymond Floyd (4,8,10,11,12,13), Doug Ford, Bob Goalby, Jack Nicklaus (2,3,4,8,9,11,12,13), Arnold Palmer, Gary Player (8), Sam Snead, Craig Stadler (8,11,12), Art Wall Jr., Tom Watson (2,3,8,9,12,13), Fuzzy Zoeller (8,9,12)


1983 Masters Tournament, Field
Rick Fehr (a), Jim Hallet (a), Jay Sigel (6,7,a), David Tolley (a)


1983 Masters Tournament, Field
Andy Bean (12), Ben Crenshaw (13), Danny Edwards (9,12), Bob Gilder (10,11,12), Morris Hatalsky, Mark Hayes, Peter Jacobsen (12), Tom Kite (11,12,13), Wayne Levi (11,12), Bruce Lietzke (11,12,13), Jodie Mudd, Dan Pohl (9), Jack Renner, John Schroeder, Jim Simons (10), Curtis Strange (12), Tom Weiskopf (11,12)


1983 Masters Tournament, Field
Chip Beck, Bobby Clampett (11,12), Jay Haas (10,11,12), Gary Koch (11), Lyn Lott, Calvin Peete (10,11,12), Larry Rinker, Scott Simpson (12), J. C. Snead, Lanny Wadkins (10,11,12)


1983 Masters Tournament, Field
Keith Fergus (12), Gary Hallberg, Scott Hoch (12), Johnny Miller (12,13), Gil Morgan (12), Mike Nicolette, Tim Norris, Ed Sneed (12), Payne Stewart, Hal Sutton (12)


1983 Masters Tournament, Field
Isao Aoki (11), Bruce Devlin (9), Nick Faldo, David Graham (2,4,8,9), Yutaka Hagawa (8), Hsieh Min-Nan, Sandy Lyle, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Greg Norman (10), Peter Oosterhuis (8), Philippe Ploujoux (6,a), Bob Shearer (11), Martin Thompson (6,a)


1983 Masters Tournament, Round summaries, Second round
Play on Friday was completely washed out due to rain and the second round started on Saturday;six players did not finish the second round until Sunday morning.


1983 Mauritian general election
General elections were held in Mauritius on 21 August 1983. The result was a victory for an alliance of the Militant Socialist Movement, the Labour Party and the Mauritian Social Democrat Party, which between them won 46 seats. The Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) won 32 seats, whilst the Labour Party secured 9 seats and PMSD five. This alliance allowed Jugnauth to continue as Prime Minister while bringing Seewoosagur Ramgoolam and Gaetan Duval back into the government after their severe defeat in the 1982 elections. Shortly after, Ramgoolam was appointed as Governor General, Duval became Deputy Prime Minister and Satcam Boolell (new leader of the labour Party) became Minister of Foreign Affairs.


1983 Mauritian general election
The Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) suffered after the departure of Anerood Jugnauth (who resigned as Leader of the MMM in 1983 to form the MSM) and the Mauritian Socialist Party (the MMM's coalition party since 1982) from the government. The party's leader, Paul Berenger, was not popularly elected in his own constituency. However, under the best loser system, he secured his seat through the representational system. Berenger was afterwards appointed as Leader of the Opposition, a post he held until 1987.


1983 Mauritian general election, Electoral system
The voting system involved twenty constituencies on Mauritius, which each elected three members. Two seats were elected by residents of Rodrigues, and up to eight seats were filled by the "best losers". Voter turnout was 81.1%.


1983 McDonald's All-American Boys Game
The 1983 McDonald's All-American Boys Game was an All-star basketball game played on Saturday, April 9, 1983 at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta, Georgia. The game's rosters featured the best and most highly recruited high school boys graduating in 1983. The game was the 6th annual version of the McDonald's All-American Game first played in 1978.


1983 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 1983 game
The East team could count on the two top guards from the state of New York: Kenny Smith and Dwayne "Pearl" Washington, and also had several of the top 10 players of the class. The West had top-ranked forward Winston Bennett and center Joe Wolf. The East dominated the first half and at halftime led the score 73 to 62. The West came back during the second half, guided by two Kentucky commits: James Blackmon and Winston Bennett. With 4:31 remaining, the West was still 11 points behind, but an 11-0 run tied the score.


1983 McDonald's All-American Boys Game, 1983 game
The decisive layup was scored by Blackmon with 9 seconds remaining on the clock: Dwayne Washington scored a layup with 1 second left, but the officials called a charge and the basket did not count. The West won the game 115 to 113: Washington (11 points and 8 assists) was named MVP together with Bennett, who scored 21 points. Other players who had good performances were Tom Sheehey (the top scorer of the game with 22 points), Blackmon (21 points), Bruce Dalrymple (16) and Michael Smith (15). Of the 25 players, 12 went on to play at least 1 game in the NBA.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
The 1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship is the 57th edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for intermediate graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 20 teams. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
This was St. Michael's first year ever in this grade as they were promoted from the J.F.C. after claiming the 1982 Meath Junior Football Championship title. It was also just their 4th year in existence after the two clubs Kilbeg and Carlanstown amalgamated in 1980.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
From this season onwards, the Division II (now known as Junior B) club Kilmessan and Intermediate club Dunsany amalgamated. The football section of the new club was called Dunsany and the hurling section was named Kilmessan.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
For the 1983 season, Junior club St. Louis Blues and Intermediate club Rathkenny amalgamated under the name Grove Emmets, but were relegated at the end of the season.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
On 23 October 1983, Moynalvey claimed their 1st Intermediate championship title when they defeated St. Mary's Donore 1-8 to 0-6 in the final at Pairc Tailteann. This was their first time ever to be awarded a place in the S.F.C.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship
Grove Emmets, Kilcloon and Kilbride were relegated to the J.F.C.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1982 championship season.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Group stage
There are 3 groups called Group A, B and C. The top finishers in Group A and C will qualify for the semi finals. First place in Group B along with the runners-up in all the groups qualify for the quarter finals.


1983 Meath Intermediate Football Championship, Knock-out Stages, Finals
The teams in the quarter-finals are the second placed teams from each group and the Group A winner. The teams in the semi finals are Group B and C winners along with the quarter final winners.


1983 Meath Senior Football Championship
The 1983 Meath Senior Football Championship is the 91st edition of the Meath GAA's premier club Gaelic football tournament for senior graded teams in County Meath, Ireland. The tournament consists of 14 teams, with the winner going on to represent Meath in the Leinster Senior Club Football Championship. The championship starts with a group stage and then progresses to a knock out stage.


1983 Meath Senior Football Championship
Walterstown were the defending champions after they defeated Summerhill in the previous years final, and they successfully defended their title when beating Navan O'Mahonys 0-10 to 1-4 in the final in Pairc Tailteann on 25 September 1983. This was their 4th S.F.C. success. Gerry McLoughlin raised the Keegan Cup for Walterstown while Frank O'Sullivan claimed the 'Man of the Match' award.


1983 Meath Senior Football Championship
This was Kilmainhamwood's second period in the senior grade after claiming the 1982 Meath Intermediate Football Championship title.


1983 Meath Senior Football Championship
After winning the Meath S.F.C. Walterstown went on to win the Leinster S.C.F.C. for the second time in their history and the third time for a Meath club to win, beating Walsh Island of Offaly in the final. They also reached their second All-Ireland S.C.F.C. final but lost out to Nemo Rangers of Cork. Walterstown are the only Meath side to have ever reached the All-Ireland final.


1983 Meath Senior Football Championship, Team Changes
The following teams have changed division since the 1982 championship season.


1983 Meath Senior Football Championship, Knock-out Stages
The winners and runners up of each group qualify for the semi finals.


1983 Mediterranean Games
The IX Mediterranean Games – Casablanca  1983 (Arabic: ألعاب البحر الأبيض المتوسط 1983), commonly known as the 1983 Mediterranean Games, were the 9th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Casablanca, Morocco, from 3 to 17 September 1983, where 2,192 athletes (1,845 men and 347 women) from 16 countries participated. There were a total of 162 medal events from 20 different sports.


1983 Mediterranean Games, Participating nations
The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1983 Mediterranean Games:


1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election
The 1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election was held on 17 February 1983. No party secured a majority of seats and no women were elected. A coalition named the Meghalaya United Parliamentary Party was formed by the All Party Hill Leaders Conference (AHL), the Hill State People's Democratic Party, the Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC) and two independent members. On 2 March 1983 the coalition presented B. B. Lyngdoh from AHL as Chief Minister. However, the coalition only lasted 29 days and on 2 April a new coalition, the Meghalaya Democratic Forum, was formed with the Indian National Congress (INC) in the lead. W. A. Sangma of the INC was appointed Chief Minister.


1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Results
In the 1978 election, two candidates from the PDIC were elected, but the party had not obtained registration in time for the election; at that time, the party's representatives were recorded as independents in the official results.


1983 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election, Results
Does not include the two PDIC candidates elected as independents in 1978.


1983 Melbourne dust storm
The 1983 Melbourne dust storm was a meteorological phenomenon that occurred during the afternoon of 8 February 1983, throughout much of Victoria, Australia and affected the capital, Melbourne. Red soil, dust and sand from Central and Southeastern Australia was swept up in high winds and carried southeast through Victoria. The dust storm was one of the most dramatic consequences of the 1982/83 drought, at the time the worst in Australian history and is, in hindsight, viewed as a precursor to the Ash Wednesday bushfires which were to occur eight days later.


1983 Melbourne dust storm, Background
In late 1982 and early 1983, the El Niño weather cycle had brought record drought to almost all of eastern Australia, with Victoria's Mallee and northern Wimmera severely affected.


1983 Melbourne dust storm, Background
During the morning of Tuesday 8 February 1983, a strong but dry cold front began to cross Victoria, preceded by hot, gusty northerly winds. The loose topsoil in the Mallee and Wimmera was picked up by the wind and collected into a huge cloud of dust that heralded the cool change. At Horsham in western Victoria, raised dust was observed by 11:00am. Within an hour, it had obscured the sky.


1983 Melbourne dust storm, Background
Fed by the strong northerly, the temperature in Melbourne rose quickly and by 2:35pm it had reached 43.2 °C (109.8 °F), at that time a record February maximum. Around the same time, a dramatic red-brown cloud could be seen approaching the city.


1983 Melbourne dust storm, Background
The dust storm hit Melbourne just before 3:00pm, accompanied by a rapid drop in temperature and a fierce wind change that uprooted trees and damaged houses. Within minutes, visibility in the capital had plunged to 100 metres (330 ft). City workers huddled in doorways, covering their mouths from the choking dust, and traffic came to a standstill.


1983 Melbourne dust storm, Background
The worst of the storm was over by 4:00pm, when the wind speed dropped. The dust cloud was approximately 320 metres (1,050 ft) high when it struck Melbourne, but in other areas of Victoria it extended thousands of metres into the atmosphere.


1983 Melbourne dust storm, Background
It was estimated that about 50,000 tonnes of topsoil were stripped from the Mallee (approximately 1,000 tonnes of it being dumped on the city). The combined effect of drought and dust storm inflicted damage on the land that, according to the then President of the Victorian Farmers and Graziers' Association, would take up to 10 years and tens of millions of dollars to repair.


1983 Melbourne dust storm, Background
The exact weather pattern that had caused the dust storm was repeated one week later, when the Ash Wednesday fires caused enormous destruction and loss of life.


1983 Memorial Cup
The 1983 Memorial Cup was held May 7–14 at the Memorial Coliseum in Portland, Oregon. It was the 65th annual Memorial Cup competition and determined the major junior ice hockey champion of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Participating teams were the host team Portland Winter Hawks along with the Oshawa Generals, Verdun Juniors and Lethbridge Broncos who had won the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and Western Hockey League (WHL) championships respectively. Portland won their first Memorial Cup, defeating Oshawa in the final game.


1983 Memorial Cup
1983 was the first time the Memorial Cup tournament featured four teams; it had previously involved three teams playing in a neutral host city since the round robin tournament format was adopted in 1972. The Winter Hawks were the first team to host the tournament, and the first to both participate and win the title despite failing to capture their league championship; they were eliminated by Lethbridge in the WHL finals. The Winter Hawks were also the first American team to win the Memorial Cup.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Lethbridge Broncos
The Lethbridge Broncos represented the Western Hockey League at the 1983 Memorial Cup. During the 1982-83 season, the Broncos finished in fifth place in the East Division, as they finished with a 38-31-3 record, earning 79 points. The Broncos scored 284 goals during the regular season, which ranked them last in the entire league. Lethbridge allowed 271 goals, which ranked them with the second fewest goals against in the WHL. In the first round of the post-season, the Broncos swept the Winnipeg Warriors in three games, advancing to the East Division semi-finals.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Lethbridge Broncos
In the Divisional semi-finals, the Broncos upset the top ranked team in the league, the Saskatoon Blades, winning the series four games to two. In the East Division finals, Lethbridge upset the favoured Calgary Wranglers four games to two, setting up a final series with the West Division winning Portland Winter Hawks. In the Ed Chynoweth Cup finals, the Broncos easily defeated the Winter Hawks, winning the series four games to one, to win the WHL championship and earn a berth into the 1983 Memorial Cup.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Lethbridge Broncos
The Broncos offense was led by Ivan Krook, who scored 34 goals and a team high 88 points in 72 games. Krook added 12 goals and 24 points in 20 post-season games. Ron Sutter was second in team scoring during the regular season, scoring 35 goals and 83 points in 58 games, after he was returned to Lethbridge following beginning the season with the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League. Sutter followed up with 22 goals and 41 points in 20 playoff games, leading the club in post-season scoring.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Lethbridge Broncos
Rich Sutter, the twin brother of Ron, scored a team high 37 goals and 67 points in 64 games with the Broncos after beginning his season with the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. In the post-season, Rich scored 14 goals and 23 points in 17 games. On defense, the Broncos were led by Bob Rouse, who was acquired by the Broncos from the Nanaimo Islanders in an early season trade. In 42 games with Lethbridge, Rouse scored eight goals and 38 points to lead the defense in scoring. In goal, the Broncos were led by Ken Wregget, who posted a 26-17-1 record with a 3.49 GAA and a .893 save percentage in 48 games.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Lethbridge Broncos
The 1983 Memorial Cup was the first appearance at the tournament by the Lethbridge Broncos in team history.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Oshawa Generals
The Oshawa Generals represented the Ontario Hockey League at the 1983 Memorial Cup. The Generals finished the 1982-83 season in third place in the Leyden Division, earning a record of 45-22-3, while getting 93 points. Oshawa had the third best offense in the OHL, scoring 380 goals, while the club allowed a league low 255 goals. The Generals opened the post-season with a match-up against the Peterborough Petes in the Leyden Division semi-finals, as the Generals swept the Petes in four games.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Oshawa Generals
In the Leyden Division finals, the Generals defeated the first place Ottawa 67's four games to one, earning a berth into the J. Ross Robertson Cup finals against the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. In the championship round, the Generals swept the Greyhounds in four games to clinch the OHL championship and earn a berth into the 1983 Memorial Cup.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Oshawa Generals
The Generals offense was led by Dave Gans, who scored 41 goals and a team high 105 points in 64 games after beginning the season with the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League. In 17 post-season games, Gans scored 14 goals and 38 points. John MacLean led the Generals with 47 goals, while adding 51 assists for 98 points in 66 games. MacLean followed up with 18 goals and 38 points in 17 post-season games, and emerged as a top prospect for the upcoming 1983 NHL Entry Draft.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Oshawa Generals
Don Biggs scored 22 goals and 75 points in 70 games with the Generals. Dave Andreychuk, who spent most of the season with the Buffalo Sabres, was assigned to the Generals late in the regular season. The Generals defense was led by Norm Schmidt, who scored 21 goals and 70 points in 61 games. Fellow defenseman Joe Cirella returned to Oshawa after beginning the season with the New Jersey Devils. In 55 games with the Generals, Cirella scored 13 goals and 68 points. Dale DeGray scored 20 goals and 50 points from the blueline during the regular season. In goal, the Generals were led by Peter Sidorkiewicz, who posted a 36-20-3 record and a 3.61 GAA in 60 games. Sidoriewicz and his backup, Jeff Hogg, shared the Dave Pinkney Trophy, which is awarded to the club with the fewest goals against.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Oshawa Generals
The 1983 Memorial Cup was the Generals eighth appearance in club history and first since losing to the Edmonton Oil Kings at the 1966 Memorial Cup. The Generals won the Memorial Cup in 1939, 1940 and 1944.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Portland Winter Hawks
The Portland Winter Hawks represented the Western Hockey League as the host team at the 1983 Memorial Cup. The Winter Hawks finished the 1982-83 season with the best record in the West Division, as they club had a record of 50-22-0, earning 100 points. Portland had the highest scoring offense in the WHL, scoring 495 goals. The club allowed 387 goals, which ranked them ninth in the league. The Winter Hawks opened the post-season by sweeping the Seattle Breakers in the West Division semi-finals in four games.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Portland Winter Hawks
In the West Division finals, Portland defeated the Victoria Cougars four games to one, advancing to the Ed Chynoweth Cup finals. In the final round, the Winter Hawks were upset by the Lethbridge Broncos in five games. Despite the loss, Portland advanced to the Memorial Cup as the host team of the tournament.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Portland Winter Hawks
The Winter Hawks offense was led by Ken Yaremchuk, who scored 55 goals and a team high 160 points in 66 games. Yaremchuk's 160 points ranked him fifth in WHL scoring. Randy Heath scored a league-high 82 goals, while earning 69 assists, to finish the season with 151 points in 72 games. Heath ranked just behind Yaremchuk in WHL scoring, as he finished in sixth place. Cam Neely emerged as a top prospect for the upcoming 1983 NHL Entry Draft, as he scored 56 goals and 120 points in 72 games.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Portland Winter Hawks
Grant Sasser scored 54 goals and 119 points in 70 games, as Portland had four 50+ goal scorers on the club. Alife Turcotte, who was acquired by Portland in a trade with the Nanaimo Islanders, scored 26 goals and 77 points in 39 games. In 14 playoff games, Turcotte scored 14 goals and a team high 32 points. Brad Duggan led the Winter Hawks defense, as in 72 games, he scored 16 goals and 100 points. Jim Playfair and John Kordic provided toughness on the blue line. In goal, Bruno Campese emerged as the starter in the post-season. In 35 regular season games, Campese earned a 21-9-0 record with a 5.47 GAA and a .864 save percentage.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Portland Winter Hawks
The 1983 Memorial Cup was the second appearance by the club in team history. At the previous Memorial Cup in 1982, the Winter Hawks finished in third place.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Verdun Juniors
The Verdun Juniors represented the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the 1983 Memorial Cup. The Juniors finished the regular season in second place in the Lebel Division, as their record was 50-19-1, earning 101 points. During the regular season, the Juniors were the highest scoring club in the league, as Verdun scored 486 goals. The club allowed 303 goals, which ranked them second in the QMJHL. In the QMJHL quarter-finals, the Juniors swept the Trois-Rivières Draveurs in four games. In the QMJHL semi-finals, the Juniors defeated the Shawinigan Cataractes four games to two, advancing to the President's Cup. In the championship round, Verdun defeated the Longueuil Chevaliers four games to one to win the QMJHL championship and earn a berth into the 1983 Memorial Cup.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Verdun Juniors
The Juniors offense was led by Pat LaFontaine, who led the QMJHL in scoring. LaFontaine scored 104 goals and 234 points in 70 games, winning the Jean Beliveau Trophy awarded to the highest scorer in the league. In 15 post-season games, LaFontaine scored 11 goals and 35 points, earning the Guy Lafleur Trophy, awarded to the Playoff MVP.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Verdun Juniors
LaFontaine also was awarded the Frank J. Selke Memorial Trophy, awarded to the Most Sportsmanlike Player in the QMJHL; the Michel Bergeron Trophy, awarded to the Offensive Rookie of the Year in the league; the Mike Bossy Trophy, awarded to the Best Pro Prospect in the league; and the Michel Briere Memorial Trophy, awarded to the MVP of the QMJHL. Lafontaine emerged as a top prospect for the upcoming 1983 NHL Entry Draft. Jean-Maurice Cool scored 65 goals and 149 points in 70 games, finishing second in team scoring and sixth in league scoring.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Verdun Juniors
Late in the season, the Juniors acquired Gerard Gallant from the Saint-Jean Castors. In 29 games with the Juniors, Gallant scored 26 goals and 75 points. In 15 playoff games, Gallant scored a team high 14 points, and recorded 33 points. On defense, Bill Campbell scored 35 goals and 99 points in 67 games. In goal, Gilles Heroux saw the bulk of playing time, earning a 39-18-1 record with a 4.41 GAA in 59 games. Backup Michel Campeau took over starting duties in the post-season.


1983 Memorial Cup, Teams, Verdun Juniors
The 1983 Memorial Cup was the first time in club history that the club took part in the tournament.


1983 Memorial Cup, Tournament
Since the adoption of the round robin tournament format in 1972, the Memorial Cup tournament had been held in a pre-selected, and often neutral, host city. Beginning in 1983, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association chose to make the tournament a four team affair with a host team guaranteed to participate. The Portland Winter Hawks, who won the WHL championship in 1981–82, were chosen before the season to host the 1983 tournament. It was the first time Memorial Cup games were held outside of Canada, though Winter Hawks General Manager Brian Shaw had proposed the tournament return to its original east vs. west format.


1983 Memorial Cup, Tournament
Portland nearly won the WHL's President's Cup again in 1983, but lost in the finals to the Lethbridge Broncos who earned a trip to the tournament as the WHL champions. The Oshawa Generals won the J. Ross Robertson Cup as OHL champions by defeating the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds while the Verdun Juniors defeated the Trois-Rivières Draveurs to win the QMJHL's President's Cup.


1983 Memorial Cup, Tournament
The tournament was held as a single round-robin format, with the top team earning a place in the final, and the second and third place teams playing a semi-final. Oshawa opened the tournament with an 8–2 victory over Lethbridge on the strength of three goals in six minutes in the third period. In the second game, Portland held a 7–2 lead over Verdun after two periods, but surrendered four goals in the third, managing to hold on for a 7–6 victory. Verdun then defeated Lethbridge 4–3, eliminating the Broncos from the playoff round. Portland routed Oshawa 10–5 before losing to the Broncos in a game that had no impact on either team's future in the tournament. Oshawa defeated Verdun 5–1 in the final game of the round robin.


1983 Memorial Cup, Tournament
While all three teams had 2–1 records, the Generals and Juniors met again in the semi finals, while the Winter Hawks advanced to the final on the basis of most goals scored. Verdun emerged from the first period with a 4–1 lead but were unable to hold off the Oshawa attack, falling 7–5 in the semi-final. The final was never in doubt, as the hometown Winter Hawks defeated Oshawa 8–3 on the strength of three goals by Cam Neely. In doing so, they became the first American team to win Canada's national junior championship.


1983 Memorial Cup, Tournament
The tournament was success at the gate. The championship game drew 9,527 fans for a tournament total of 54,090; second only to the 1977 Memorial Cup held in Vancouver.


1983 Memorial Cup, Players
Goaltender Mike Vernon was the subject of controversy during the tournament. While he was a player for the Calgary Wranglers, he joined the Winter Hawks for the Memorial Cup tournament via a rule that allowed each team to add an extra goaltender from their league. Vernon turned down Lethbridge before agreeing to play with Portland, a decision that infuriated the Broncos who had lost their starting goaltender, Ken Wregget, to injury.


1983 Memorial Cup, Players
Several players from the Winter Hawks went on to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). Cam Neely played 13 seasons and was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. Vernon won the Stanley Cup with both the Calgary Flames and Detroit Red Wings during his career. As did Oshawa's John MacLean with the New Jersey Devils. The Sutter twins, Rich and Ron played for the Broncos, as did Mark Tinordi and Gerald Diduck. Also from Lethbridge, both Wregget and Troy Loney won the Stanley Cup with the Pittsburgh Penguins.


1983 Memphis State Tigers football team
The 1983 Memphis State Tigers football team represented Memphis State University (now known as the University of Memphis) as an independent during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its third and final season under head coach Rex Dockery, the team compiled a 6–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 274 to 205. The team played its home games at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium in Memphis, Tennessee.


1983 Memphis State Tigers football team
The team's statistical leaders included Danny Sparkman with 1,390 passing yards, Punkin Williams with 546 rushing yards, Derrick Crawford with 594 receiving yards, and Don Glosson with 71 points scored (29 extra points, 14 field goals).


1983 Men's African Volleyball Championship
The 1983 Men's African Volleyball Championship was in Port Said, Egypt, with 7 teams participating in the continental championship.


1983 Men's British Open Squash Championship
The 1983 Davies and Tate British Open Championships was held at the Carrington Club with the later stages being held at the Derby Assembly Rooms from 4–11 April 1983. Jahangir Khan won his second consecutive title defeating Gamal Awad in the final.


1983 Men's British Open Squash Championship, Seeds
Glen Brumby - seed 10 Ahmed Safwat - seed 11 Stuart Davenport - seed 13  Chris Dittmar - seed 15  Magdi Saad  Lars Kvant  Aly Abdel Aziz


1983 Men's British Open Squash Championship, Draw and results, Section 2
Gogi Alauddin & Karimullah Khan of Pakistan both failed to attend their first round matches and were disqualified.


1983 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 1983 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the fourth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 18 to 28 August 1983.


1983 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The hosts the Netherlands won their first title by defeating the Soviet Union 8–6 in penalty strokes after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. The defending champions West Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 3–1.


1983 Men's European Volleyball Championship
The 1983 Men's European Volleyball Championship was the thirteenth edition of the event, organized by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in several cities in East Germany from September 17 to September 25, 1983.


1983 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy
The 1983 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the fifth edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It took place from 28 October - 4 November in Karachi, Pakistan.


1983 Men's Junior World Handball Championship
The 1983 Men's Junior World Handball Championship was the fourth edition of the IHF Men's Junior World Championship, held in Finland from 3 to 12 December 1983.


1983 Men's Junior World Handball Championship, Main round
All points and goals against the team from the same preliminary round were carried over.


1983 Men's South American Volleyball Championship
The 1983 Men's South American Volleyball Championship, the 15th tournament, took place in 1983 in São Paulo ( Brazil).


1983 Men's World Open Squash Championship
The 1983 Canadian Club Men's World Open Squash Championship is the men's edition of the 1983 World Open, which serves as the individual world championship for squash players. The event took place in Munich in West Germany from 1 December to 6 December 1983. Jahangir Khan won his third consecutive World Open title, defeating Chris Dittmar in the final.


1983 Men's World Team Squash Championships
The 1983 Men's World Team Squash Championships were held in Auckland and Hamilton, New Zealand and took place from October 13 until October 21, 1983.


1983 Men's World Team Squash Championships, Results, Pool 1
Note* = New Zealand Youth ineligible for qualification to next round.


1983 Mercedes Cup
The 1983 Mercedes Cup, was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts and held at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, West Germany that was part of the 1983 Grand Prix circuit. It was the sixth edition of the tournament and was held from 11 July until 17 July 1983. First-seeded José Higueras won the singles title.


1983 Mercedes Cup, Finals, Doubles
Mike Bauer /  Anand Amritraj defeated  Pavel Složil /  Tomáš Šmíd, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2


1983 Mestaruussarja, Overview
Preliminary Stage is performed in 12 teams, and higher 8 teams go into Championship Group. Lower 4 teams fought in Promotion/Relegation Group with higher 4 teams of Ykkönen.


1983 Mestaruussarja, Championship group
The points were halved (rounded upwards in uneven cases) after the preliminary stage.


1983 Mestaruussarja, Promotion/Relegation Group
The teams obtained bonus points on the basis of their preliminary stage position.


1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 10–12 at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio.


1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Louisville defeated Tulane in the championship game, 66–51, to win their fourth Metro men's basketball tournament.


1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Cardinals received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament, and would go on to reach the Final Four. Memphis State received an at-large bid.


1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All seven of the conference's members participated. They were seeded based on regular season conference records, with the top team earning a bye into the semifinal round. The other six teams entered into the preliminary first round.


1983 Metro Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
This was the first tournament for Southern Miss, who joined the Metro Conference after playing as an Independent. They replaced Saint Louis, who departed for the Midwestern City Conference prior to the season.


1983 Metro Manila Film Festival
The 9th Metro Manila Film Festival was held in 1983. Only eight movies participated.


1983 Metro Manila Film Festival
Cine Suerte's Karnal won the Best Picture and four other awards. The major individual awards, however, was garnered by Lea Productions' Bago Kumalat ang Kamandag including Best Actor and Best Actress for Anthony Alonzo and Coney Reyes respectively, Best Director and Best Screenplay for Willie Milan among others. Other awardees include the films Hot Property and Tengteng de Sarapen.


1983 Metro Manila Film Festival
RVQ Productions' Tengteng de Sarapen was the top grosser of the festival.


1983 Metro Manila Film Festival, Controversies
During the awards night, many were surprised after Coney Reyes won the Best Actress award for the movie Bago Kumalat ang Dugo and Anthony Alonzo is given the Best Actor award for the same movie, besting acting greats Charito Solis, Phillip Salvador, and Vic Silayan, who were all in the movie Karnal. In addition, juror's standards of giving Willie Milan the Best Director award against Lino Brocka is questioned.


1983 Miami Dolphins season
The 1983 season was the 18th season in football for the Miami Dolphins and they sought to return to the Super Bowl after losing to the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVII. It was also a turning point in the team's history, as in the 1983 NFL Draft a young quarterback slipped to deep in the opening round, being passed over by such teams as division rivals New York who drafted Ken O'Brien and New England who drafted Tony Eason. With the 27th pick, the Dolphins decided to take a chance on Dan Marino. In the draft's eighth round the Dolphins also selected receiver Mark Clayton.


1983 Miami Dolphins season
David Woodley started the team's first five games but despite wins over Buffalo, New England and Kansas City the offense didn't move to Don Shula's liking. So in Week Six, with the Dolphins hosting the Bills the rookie Marino started. Marino had completed two touchdown passes in relief of Woodley in a 27–14 loss to the Raiders and then replaced Woodley during a 17–7 loss to the Saints with a touchdown and an interception, so the game against Buffalo was the third game of his career but his first start.


1983 Miami Dolphins season
The game proved to be a wild affair as Robb Riddick of the Bills fumbled the opening kickoff at his own 17 but Marino was intercepted by Steve Freeman on the next play. The Bills clawed to a 14–7 halftime lead but the Dolphins behind Marino stayed toe to toe as Marino threw for 370 yards and four touchdowns while handing off to Mark Clayton on an option pass for a touchdown to Mark Duper. The Bills tied the game in the final seconds and two Uwe von Schamann field goal attempts missed before Joe Danelo ended the game in a 38–35 Bills win.


1983 Miami Dolphins season
Despite the loss Marino's performance cemented his role as the team's starter, and the Dolphins raced to win nine of their last ten games. Marino finished with 2,210 passing yards, 20 touchdowns and six interceptions. With the division wrapped up following a 26–17 win over the Oilers at the Astrodome Marino sat for the final two games of the season as Don Strock quarterbacked the Dolphins to wins over the Falcons and New York Jets.


1983 Miami Dolphins season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoff
The Seahawks converted three turnovers in the second half into 13 points, while running back Curt Warner rushed for 113 yards and 2 touchdowns. Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino threw two touchdown passes in the second quarter: A 19-yard pass to Johnson and a 32-yard pass to wide receiver Mark Duper. Seattle's only score in the first half was quarterback Dave Krieg's 6-yard touchdown pass to running back Cullen Bryant. In the third quarter, a fumble led to Warner's 1-yard touchdown. A fourth quarter interception from Marino then led to Norm Johnson's 27-yard field goal to give Seattle a 17–13 lead.


1983 Miami Dolphins season, Postseason, AFC Divisional Playoff
After the Dolphins regained the lead off running back Woody Bennett's 3-yard touchdown, Seattle responded with Warner's 2-yard touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, Miami returner Fulton Walker fumbled, setting up Norm Johnson's 37-yard field goal. Barely enough time remained for the Dolphins to tie the game, but Fulton Walker fumbled the next kickoff as well, which sealed the game for the Seahawks.


1983 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1983 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 58th season of football, the independent Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Howard Schnellenberger and played their home games at the Orange Bowl.


1983 Miami Hurricanes football team
Unranked, Miami lost their opener at Florida by 25 points, but finished the regular season at 10–1, ranked fifth, and were invited to the Orange Bowl. Playing at home on January 2, the underdog Hurricanes upset top-ranked Nebraska 31–30, denying a two-point conversion attempt with less than a minute remaining. They climbed to first in the final polls to win the school's first national championship.


1983 Miami Redskins football team
The 1983 Miami Redskins football team was an American football team that represented Miami University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its first season under head coach Tim Rose, the team compiled a 4–7 record (3–5 against MAC opponents), finished in seventh place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 189 to 152.


1983 Miami Redskins football team
The team's statistical leaders included Todd Rollins with 1,262 passing yards, Jay Peterson with 842 rushing yards, and Tom Murphy with 610 receiving yards.


1983 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1983 Michigan State Spartans football team represented the Michigan State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans offense scored 162 points while the defense allowed 233 points.


1983 Michigan Wolverines baseball team
The 1983 Michigan Wolverines baseball team represented the University of Michigan in the 1983 NCAA Division I baseball season. The head coach was Bud Middaugh, serving his 4th year. The Wolverines finished the season in 3rd place in the 1983 College World Series.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team
The 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan in the 1983 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 15th season under head coach Bo Schembechler, the Wolverines compiled a 9–3 record (8–1 against conference opponents), lost to Auburn in the 1984 Sugar Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 355 to 160.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team
The team's statistical leaders included tailback Rick Rogers with 1,002 rushing yards, quarterback Steve Smith with 1,420 passing yards and 2,087 yards of total offense, Sim Nelson with 494 receiving yards, and placekicker Bob Bergeron with 76 points scored.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team
Steve Smith was selected as the most valuable player on the Michigan team. Two Michigan offensive linemen, guard Stefan Humphries and center Tom Dixon, received first-team All-America honors. Six Michigan players (Humphries, Dixon, defensive linemen Al Sincich and Kevin Brooks, defensive back Evan Cooper, and placekicker Bob Bergeron) received first-team honors on the 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team
Prior to the season, head coach Bo Schembechler delivered the famous "The Team" speech which would go on to become an integral part of Michigan football lore.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Washington State
On September 10, 1983, Michigan, ranked No. 1 preseason by Sports Illustrated, defeated Washington State, 20–17, before a crowd of 103,256 at Michigan Stadium. The game was played in extreme heat with the temperature reaching 100 degrees on the field. Washington State took a 17–14 lead with 9:42 left in the game after a 63-yard, 11-play drive capped by a two-yard touchdown run. The Wolverines responded with a 75-yard drive that included a 52-yard run by Rick Rogers. Rogers rushed for 124 yards on 19 carries. Quarterback David Hall scored the winning touchdown on a four-yard option run with 6:10 left in the game.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, at Washington
On September 17, 1983, Michigan lost to Washington, 25–24, before a crowd of 60,638 at Husky Stadium in Seattle. After trailing 24-10 early in the fourth quarter, Washington scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns and successfully passed for a two-point conversion in the final minute of play. Washington quarterback Steve Pelluer completed 15 of 15 passes in the fourth quarter. Todd Schlopy missed what would have been a game-winning 32-yard field goal with four minutes remaining in the game.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Wisconsin
On September 24, 1983, Michigan defeated Wisconsin, 38–21, before a crowd of 77,708 at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin. Michigan led, 32–7, at the end of the third quarter before Wisconsin mounted a fourth-quarter comeback. Michigan rushed for 351 yards in the game. Kerry Smith led with 107 yards on 22 carries. Brian Mercer added 64 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries, and Rick Rogers rushed for 59 yards and two touchdowns. The Wolverines passed for only 42 yards on five completions. Steve Smith also threw two interceptions.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Indiana
On October 1, 1983, Michigan defeated Indiana, 43–18, before a crowd of 104,126 at Michigan Stadium. Tailback Kerry Smith rushed for three touchdowns. Steve Smith rushed for 130 yards on 14 carries and completed six of 17 passes for 82 yards. Rick Rogers also rushed for 101 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Indiana quarterback Steve Bradley passed for 246 yards, but he also gave up four interceptions.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Michigan State
On October 8, 1983, Michigan defeated Michigan State, 42–0, before a crowd of 78,033 at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. It was Bo Schembechler's 100th Big Ten coach victory and George Perles' first year as head coach of the Spartans.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Northwestern
On October 14, 1983, Michigan defeated Northwestern, 35–0, before a crowd of 103,914 at Michigan Stadium. Rick Rogers scored two rushing touchdowns. Steve Smith also rushed for two touchdown and threw for another on a two-yard pass to Dan Rice.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Iowa
On October 22, 1983, Michigan, ranked No. 10, defeated No. 12 Iowa, 16–13, before a homecoming crowd of 104,559 at Michigan Stadium. Bob Bergeron kicked three field goals, including the game-winning 45-yard field with eight seconds left in the game. The game-winning drive began when Michigan linebacker Rodney Lyles recovered an Owen Gill fumble with 90 seconds left in the game. Rick Rogers also scored a touchdown on a four-yard run in the third quarter.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Illinois
On October 29, 1983, Michigan lost to Illinois, 16–6, before a crowd of 76,127 at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Illinois. It was the first time Illinois had beaten Michigan since 1966. Illinois quarterback Jack Trudeau completed 21 of 37 passes for 271 yards, including touchdown passes of nine yard to Thomas Rooks and 46 yards to David Williams. Steve Smith completed 12 of 25 for 111 yards. Michigan was limited to two field goals by Bob Bergeron. Illinois went on to win the Big Ten championship.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Purdue
On November 5, 1983, Michigan defeated Purdue, 42–10, before a crowd of 104,946 at Michigan Stadium. Steve Smith completed 11 of 13 passes for 159 yards, and also rushed for 126 yards on 12 carries. Purdue's quarterback Scott Campbell was held to 118 passing yards and was intercepted three times.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Minnesota
On November 12, 1983, Michigan defeated Minnesota, 58–10, before a crowd of 40,945 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis. Despite being pulled early in the third quarter, Steve Smith accounted for six touchdowns (three rushing, three passing) and compiled 327 yards in total offense (147 rushing, 180 passing).


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Ohio State
On November 19, 1983, Michigan defeated Ohio State, 24–21, before  crowd of 106,115 at Michigan Stadium. Steve Smith ran for a touchdown and passed for two others, a 67-yard completion to Triando Markray in the first quarter and an eight-yarder to tight end Eric Kattus in the fourth quarter. Ohio State turned the ball over four times. Michigan drove to the one-yard line in the second quarter, but the Ohio State defense held, and Michigan missed a field goal attempt on fourth down. The Wolverines trailed at the start of the fourth quarter, but rallied for two touchdowns in the fourth quarter. The go-ahead touchdown followed a Brad Cochran interception at midfield which he returned to Ohio State's 28-yard line.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, 1984 Sugar Bowl
On January 2, 1984, Michigan lost to Auburn, 9–7, in the 1984 Sugar Bowl, played before a crowd of 77,893 at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. Michigan took the lead on a four-yard touchdown run by Steve Smith in the first quarter. Michigan was unable to score again, and Auburn came back on three field goals by Al Del Greco. Del Greco's final field goal occurred with 23 seconds remaining in the game. Bo Jackson rushed for 130 yards on 22 carries and was selected as the game's most valuable player.


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Award season
Two Michigan players received first-team honors on the 1983 All-America team:


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Game summaries, Award season
Six Michigan players received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and/or United Press International (UPI) on the 1983 All-Big Ten Conference football team: offensive guard Stefan Humphries (AP-1, UPI-1), center Tom Dixon (AP-1, UPI-1), placekicker Bob Bergeron (AP-1), defensive lineman Kevin Brooks (AP-2, UPI-1), defensive lineman Al Sincich (AP-1, UPI-2), and defensive back Evan Cooper (AP-1, UPI-2). Four others received second-team honors: linebacker Mike Mallory (AP-2, UPI-2); linebacker Carlton Rose (AP-2, UPI-2); running back Rick Rogers (UPI-2); and offensive guard Jerry Diorio (AP-2).


1983 Michigan Wolverines football team, Personnel, Professional football
Fifteen members of the 1983 football team went on to play professional football.


1983 Micronesian Compact of Free Association referendum
A referendum on the islands' status was held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 21 June 1983. Voters were asked two questions. The first was on whether they approved of the Compact of Free Association between the FSM and the United States. The second was what their preference was if Free Association was rejected. Voters were presented with the option of independence or an alternative which they had to fill in on the ballot form.


1983 Micronesian Compact of Free Association referendum
The first question was approved by 76.88% of voters, rendering the outcome of the second question (58.04% in favour of independence) moot.


1983 Micronesian Compact of Free Association referendum, Results, Compact of Free Association with the USA
Do you approve of the Compact of Free Association and its related Agreements?


1983 Micronesian Compact of Free Association referendum, Results, Alternative status
If the Compact of Free Association is not approved, I recommend to the government that it negotiate an agreement with the government of the United States consistent with my preference for the following political status:[   ] Independence[   ] A relationship with the United States other than Free Association. You may describe that status


1983 Micronesian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 8 March 1983. All candidates for seats in Congress ran as independents.


1983 Micronesian parliamentary election, Aftermath
Following the elections, Tosiwo Nakayama was unanimously re-elected president. Bailey Olter was elected vice president, defeating incumbent Petrus Tun.


1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election
Elections to Mid Bedfordshire District Council were held on 5 May 1983. All 53 seats were up for election.


1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Result
Gains and losses in the results table are compared with the 1979 district council election.


1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Ward Results
Figures on turnout were taken from Plymouth University's Elections Centre, which gives the number of registered voters, and the percentage turnout for each ward. The number of ballots cast for each ward was calculated from these. Percentage change in turnout is compared with the same ward in the 1979 District Council election.


1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Ward Results
The percentage of the vote for each candidate was calculated compared with the number of ballots cast in the ward. Note that in a ward with more than one seat, voters were allowed to place as many crosses on the ballot paper as seats. The percentage change for each candidate is compared with the same candidate in the 1979 District Council election.


1983 Mid Bedfordshire District Council election, Ward Results
Candidates who were members of the council before the election are marked with an asterisk.


1983 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1983 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 19 through May 21. The top two regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Hyames Field in Kalamazoo, Michigan. This was the third Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Miami won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1983 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top two finishers from each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the other division in the double-elimination tournament.


1983 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team
The 1983 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season


1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament (now known as the Horizon League Men's Basketball Tournament) was held March 10–12 at Roberts Municipal Stadium in Evansville, Indiana.


1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Xavier defeated Loyola-Chicago in the championship game, 82–76, to win their first MCC/Horizon League men's basketball tournament.


1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Musketeers received an automatic bid to the 1983 NCAA Tournament as the #12 seed in the Midwest region. Xavier lost the play-in game to fellow #12 seed Alcorn State.


1983 Midwestern City Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
Six of eight conference members participated in the tournament and were seeded based on regular season conference records.


1983 Milan–San Remo
The 1983 Milan–San Remo was the 74th edition of the Milan–San Remo cycle race and was held on 19 March 1983. The race started in Milan and finished in San Remo. The race was won by Giuseppe Saronni of the Del Tongo team.


1983 Miller High Life 500
The 1983 Miller High Life 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on October 9, 1983.


1983 Miller High Life 500
During the early 1980s, the NASCAR Winston Cup Series was plagued with top teams running big engines and finishing in third place to avoid inspection.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Background
The race was held in Concord, North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval paved track. The race was the second to be held at the track during the 1983 Winston Cup Series, with the other being the 1983 World 600. Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner began building the track in 1959, and despite numerous delays, the track was finished in 1960 for the inaugural World 600.


1983 Miller High Life 500, Race report
There were 40 drivers on the grid; 39 of them were American while Trevor Boys was the only Canadian. Sterling Marlin would rack up a last-place finish due to an engine failure on lap 53 out of the 334 being raced that day. Richard Petty defeated Darrell Waltrip by 3.1 seconds in front of 118,000 spectators in a time of three hours and thirty-four minutes; making him have 94 more wins than the next driver on the all-time wins list. There were 30 different lead changes and eight caution periods for 35 laps.