1983

From Wikipedia

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s

Years: 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 - 1983 - 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988

Births

Deaths

Buckminster Fuller, American architect

Events

Barbara McClintock receives Nobel Prize in Medicine for discovery of the first transposons in corn (zea mays) in 1940.
Democratic reform in power in Argentina.

Sport

January 30 - Super Bowl XVII Washington Redskins (27) def. Miami Dolphins (17)

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, William Alfred Fowler
Chemistry - Henry Taube
Medicine - Barbara McClintock
Literature -William Golding
Peace - Lech Walesa
Economics - Gerard Debreu

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