Discover what happened on 22 May 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
- Erna Scheffler (German judge; the first woman judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court (1893–1983))
- Albert Claude (cell biologist)
- Alois Beranek (Austrian football player, manager and referee (1900-1983))
- Bernhard Weinhardt
- Charles A. Noble (American photographer)
- Doris Wetterhahn (German teacher (1921–1983))
- Herbert Grigers (German politician (1928-1983))
- Jesús Lozoya Solís (Mexican military physician, politician and pediatric surgeon)
- Lothar Wenzel (German diplomat (1924-1983))
- René Bergès-Cau (rugby union player (1949–1983))
- Goliardo Gelardi (Brazilian association football player)
- Silvio Federico Baridon (Italian politician (1918-1983))
- Churchill Kohlman (American songwriter)
- Clara Østø (actress (1911-1983))
- Grafton K. Mintz (American copy editor (1925–1983))
- John Penrose (British actor (1914-1983))
- Yehuda Erez (Israeli writer)
- Anton Brandner
- Jiří Zamastil (Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1927-1983))
- Art Cruickshank (visual effects artist (1918-1983))
- Daniş Karabelen (Turkish general)
- Maria Czanerle (Polish writer, literary critic, and theatre critic)
- John Barrett (British actor, born 1910)
- Giacomo Samuele Mazzoli (Italian politician)
- Dick Barber (American long jumper (1910-1983))
- Gyōo Kageyama (Japanese historian)
- Guido Bisori (Italian politician and lawyer (1902-1983))
- Anna Bartáková
- Edward Tolstoi (Russian-American physician (1897–1983))
- Gösta Dyrssen
- Gerhard Kamin
- Albert Fuchs (French germanist)
- Theodorus Cornelis Johannes van den Berg (Dutch photographer (1893-1983))
- Karel Žlábek
- Hans Schocke (architect)
- Wolf Zucker ((1905–1983))
- Karel Dudič
- Hugo Breed Fischer (civil engineer)
- George Alexander Feigen (Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1948)
- Célestine Arnoldy (Righteous Among the Nations)
- Carl Theodore Fischer (American politician)
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- Churchill Kohlman (American songwriter)
- Grafton K. Mintz (American copy editor (1925–1983))
- Erna Scheffler (German judge; the first woman judge at the German Federal Constitutional Court (1893–1983))
- Albert Claude (cell biologist)
- Alois Beranek (Austrian football player, manager and referee (1900-1983))
- Bernhard Weinhardt
- Charles A. Noble (American photographer)
- Doris Wetterhahn (German teacher (1921–1983))
- Herbert Grigers (German politician (1928-1983))
- Jesús Lozoya Solís (Mexican military physician, politician and pediatric surgeon)
- Lothar Wenzel (German diplomat (1924-1983))
- René Bergès-Cau (rugby union player (1949–1983))
- Goliardo Gelardi (Brazilian association football player)
- Silvio Federico Baridon (Italian politician (1918-1983))
- Clara Østø (actress (1911-1983))
- John Penrose (British actor (1914-1983))
- Yehuda Erez (Israeli writer)
- Anton Brandner
- Jiří Zamastil (Czechoslovak ice hockey player (1927-1983))
- Art Cruickshank (visual effects artist (1918-1983))
- Daniş Karabelen (Turkish general)
- Maria Czanerle (Polish writer, literary critic, and theatre critic)
- John Barrett (British actor, born 1910)
- Giacomo Samuele Mazzoli (Italian politician)
- Dick Barber (American long jumper (1910-1983))
- Gyōo Kageyama (Japanese historian)
- Guido Bisori (Italian politician and lawyer (1902-1983))
- Anna Bartáková
- Edward Tolstoi (Russian-American physician (1897–1983))
- Gösta Dyrssen
- Gerhard Kamin
- Albert Fuchs (French germanist)
- Theodorus Cornelis Johannes van den Berg (Dutch photographer (1893-1983))
- Karel Žlábek
- Hans Schocke (architect)
- Wolf Zucker ((1905–1983))
- Karel Dudič
- Hugo Breed Fischer (civil engineer)
- George Alexander Feigen (Ph.D. California Institute of Technology 1948)
- Célestine Arnoldy (Righteous Among the Nations)
- Carl Theodore Fischer (American politician)