Discover what happened on 20 February 1983 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Al Donahue (American musician and bandleader (1904-1983))
- Tomás Ojeda (Chilean footballer (1910-1983))
- Raoul Couvert (French ice hockey player (1903–1983))
- Robert Ganssen (German university teacher (1903-1983))
- Dick Loef (Dutch sculptor (1924-1983))
- Charles Bluhdorn (American industrialist)
- Vladimir Rogovoy (Soviet film director (1923-1983))
- Caryl Lincoln (American actress (1903-1983))
- Fred Fairweather (Australian rules footballer)
- Fritz Köberle (Austrian-Brazilian physician)
- Rosanna Falasca (Argentinian singer (1953-1983))
- John Tucker (American football player and coach (1901-1983))
- Julian Gibbs (American academic administrator)
- Morgan W. Walker, Sr. (American banker and businessman (1893-1983))
- Peter Glaze (comedian (1917–1983))
- Watty Friend (Australian rugby union player (1898-1983))
- Seizaburō Kawazu (Japanese actor)
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- Haji Mahadi (Malaysian actor, film director and preacher (1914-1983))
- Georges Hubert (French actor (1906-1983))
- Riccardo Castagnone
- Mikhail Zhestev (Soviet writer, children’s writer and journalist (1902-1983))
- Ronald Clark (English cricketer (1895-1983))
- Aniela Miszczykówna (Polish actor)
- Toshirō Hayano
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- Kurt Oligmüller (actor (1922-1983))
- Ray Vitte (American actor (1949-1983))
- Jitske van den Berg (Dutch photographer)
- Werner Lohmann (German astronomer)
- Eino Heinonen (Finnish journalist)
- Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia (Roman Catholic bishop)
- Doris Marie Verrières ((died 1983))
- Allen Stonex (New Zealand racing cyclist (1917-1983))
- Bohuslav Ševčík
- Josef Broul
- Sebastian Barkann Littauer (Sc.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1930)
- Sofie Quast