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23 July 1983 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 July 1983 was a Saturday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “Flashdance... What a Feeling” by Irene Cara.
- Top Film of 1983
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1983 was Return of the Jedi.
- Best-Selling Vehicle of 1983
- Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 1983 was the Ford Falcon.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 July is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 July 1983 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for July is Ruby.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 July 1983 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 23 July
- 1980 Phạm Tuân becomes the first Vietnamese citizen and the first Asian in space when he flies aboard the Soyuz 37 mission as an Intercosmos Research Cosmonaut.
- 1983 Gimli Glider: Air Canada Flight 143 runs out of fuel and makes a deadstick landing at Gimli, Manitoba.
- 1988 General Ne Win, effective ruler of Burma since 1962, resigns after pro-democracy protests.
- 1992 A Vatican commission, led by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, establishes that limiting certain rights of homosexual people and non-married couples is not equivalent to discrimination on grounds of race or gender.
- 1992 Abkhazia declares independence from Georgia.
Famous people born on 23 July
- Woody Harrelson, American actor and activist (born 1961)
- Daniel Radcliffe, English actor (born 1989)
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director, and producer (1967–2014)
- Kathryn Hahn, American actress (born 1973)
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Events of 1983 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1983 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 14 January – Federal Opposition Leader Bill Hayden reshuffles the shadow frontbench, while a conspiracy to depose him still looms large.
- 21 February – The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) endorses the Prices and Incomes Accord drawn up jointly with the Australian Labor Party.
- 5 March – 1983 Australian federal election. The ALP, with Bob Hawke as leader wins with one of the biggest parliamentary majorities in Australian political history.
Life in Australia in 1983
Prime Minister
Bob Hawke
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.38
Loaf of Bread
$0.75
Average House
$57,000
Weekly Wage
$295.00
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