1st » A North Korean Ilyushin Il-62M jet en route to Conakry Airport in Guinea crashes into the Fouta Djallon mountains in Guinea-Bissau, killing all 23 people on board.
7th » Cold War: Samantha Smith, a U.S. schoolgirl, flies to the Soviet Union at the invitation of List of leaders of the Soviet Union known as Secretary General Yuri Andropov.
15th » Orly Airport attack is launched by Armenian militant organisation Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia named ASALA at the Paris-Orly Airport in Paris; it leaves 8 people dead and 55 injured.
16th » 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash called Sikorsky S-61 disaster: A helicopter crashes off the Isles of Scilly, causing 20 fatalities.
19th » The first Michael W. Vannier or three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a X-ray computed tomography named CT is published.
22nd » Martial law in Poland is officially revoked.
23rd » 13 Sri Lanka Army soldiers are killed after a Four Four Bravo known as deadly ambush by the militant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.
23rd » Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Rural Municipality of Gimli or Gimli, Manitoba.
24th » The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
24th » George Brett batting for the Kansas City Royals against the New York Yankees, has a game-winning home run nullified in the "George Brett known as Pine Tar Incident".
25th » Black July: Thirty-seven Sri Lankan Tamil people Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada high security prison in Colombo are Welikada prison massacre massacred by the fellow Sinhalese people Sinhalese prisoners.
27th » Black July: Eighteen Sri Lankan Tamil people Tamil political prisoners at the Welikada Welikada Prison high security prison in Colombo are Welikada prison massacre massacred by Sinhalese people Sinhalese prisoners, the second such massacre in two days.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1983
1st » Leeteuk, South Korean singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor (Super Junior)
1st » Lynsey Bartilson, American actress and producer
1st » Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and keyboard player (M2M (band) or M2M)
2nd » Michelle Branch, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress (The Wreckers)
2nd » Sammy J, Australian comedian, actor, and screenwriter