What is 1983?
{{Year nav|1983}} {{Year in various calendars|1983}} '''1983''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLXXXIII]]) was a [[common year]] [[Common year starting on Saturday|starting on Saturday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], {{Year article header/year number|1983}} == Events == === January – June === * [[January 3]] – [[Kilauea]] on the island of [[Hawaii]] begins erupting. * [[February 16]] – The [[Ash Wednesday]] bushfires hit [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]]. * [[February 28]] – The TV Show, ''[[M*A*S*H]]'' ends with 125 million people watching the last show. * [[April 3]] – In Mexico, the 2nd festival of the popular Juguemos a Cantar series begins, it ends five weeks later on May 1. * [[April 4]] – The [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] is launched on its maiden voyage: [[STS-6]]. * [[April 11]] – Spain's [[Seve Ballesteros]] won the 47th PGA [[Masters Tournament]] * [[April 13]] – Minnesota's largest retailer [[Target Corporation]] expands into California, opening 11 stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://flowingdata.com/2009/10/22/target-store-openings-since-the-first-in-1962-data-now-available|title=Target Store Openings Since the First in 1962 – Data Now Available|author=Nathan Yau|work=FlowingData|date=22 October 2009 |author-link=Nathan Yau}}</ref> * [[April 18]] ** The [[1983 United States embassy bombing]] in [[Beirut]] kills 63 people. ** Channel broadcasting is founded by the [[Disney Channel]]. * [[April 22]] – A reactor shut-down due to failure of fuel rods occurs at [[Kursk Nuclear Power Plant]], Russia. * [[April 25]] – [[Cold War]]: [[Manchester, Maine]], U.S., schoolgirl [[Samantha Smith]] is invited to visit the [[Soviet Union]] by its leader [[Yuri Andropov]], after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about [[Nuclear warfare|nuclear war]]. * [[May 1]] {{Endash}} [[Jack Catain Jr.]], an American [[Businessperson|businessman]], marries his third and final wife, [[Phyllis Sherwood]], an American [[Performing arts|performer]], [[singer]] and [[Actor|actress