* 1983 – Diora Baird, American actress and model

* 1983 – Mehdi Ballouchy, Moroccan footballer

* 1983 – Eliza Coupe, American actress

* 1983 – Jerome Kaino, New Zealand rugby player

* 1983 – Mitsuru Nagata, Japanese footballer

* 1983 – Remi Nicole, English singer-songwriter and actress

* 1983 – Jade Seah, Singaporean model and actress

* 1983 – Dash Shaw, American writer and artist

* 1983 – Bobbi Starr, American porn actress

* 1983 – James Wade, English darts player

* 1983 – Katie Weatherston, Canadian hockey player

* 1983 – Jelena Dokić, Serbian-Australian tennis player

* 1983 – Genta Ismajli, a Kosovan-Albanian singer

* 1983 – Anthony Sedlak, Canadian chef ( d. 2012 )

* 1983 – Dwayne Smith, Indian cricketer

* 1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter ( d. 1983 )

* 1910 – Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu poet and lyricist ( d. 1983 )

* 1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger

* 1983 – Marina Tomić, Slovenian athlete

* 1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player

* 1904 – Norah Lofts, English author ( d. 1983 )

* 1983 – Wilson Chen, Taiwanese actor

* 1883 – Scott Nearing, American writer and educator ( d. 1983 )

* 1983 – Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Danish actress

* 1983 – Neil Harvey, English-Barbadian footballer

* May 11 – Aberdeen FC beat Real Madrid 2 – 1 ( after extra time ) to win the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1983 and become only the third Scottish side to win a European trophy

* Aberdeen, Scotland, since 1983

It also marked Alex Ferguson matching Cruyff's feat in 1989, having also led Aberdeen to victory in the 1983 tournament.

Cobain was shuttled between relatives until 1983 when he moved back to his mother's home in Aberdeen, Washington, the city of his birth, during his sophomore year of high school.

During the 1980s, the stadium played host to the 1983 UEFA Cup Winners Cup final which saw Scotland's Aberdeen beat Spanish giants Real Madrid 2 – 1 after extra time.

Educated at Fortrose Academy, Fortrose, The Black Isle, Highland, and at the University of Aberdeen, he was elected to the House of Commons in a by-election in 1983 following the ennoblement of William Whitelaw.

He contested Glasgow Shettleston in October 1974 and Gordon ( near Aberdeen ) in 1983.

While at Aberdeen Strachan won multiple domestic league and cup honours in the early 1980s, as well as the 1982 – 83 European Cup Winners ' Cup and 1983 European Super Cup.

He was awarded honorary doctorate degrees from Jagiellonian University Medical College ( formerly Copernicus Academy of Medicine ) in 1977, Paris Descartes University in 1978, Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 1980 and the University of Aberdeen in 1983.

Ferguson's Aberdeen side won the Scottish Cup four times, the Scottish League Cup twice, as well as the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1983 and three Premier Division titles in 1980, 1984 and 1985.

There is no BBC Local Radio in Scotland and although opt-out stations were established in Inverness ( BBC Radio Highland ) on 25 March 1976, followed by Radio Aberdeen in April 1976, BBC Radio Orkney and BBC Radio Shetland in May 1977, Selkirk ( BBC Radio Tweed ) on 11 April 1983 and Dumfries ( BBC Radio Solway ) on 16 April 1983, only the Orkney and Shetland stations still exist ; the others had all been closed by the early 1990s and are now served by Radio Scotland with four opt-out news bulletins a day.

On 11 May 1983, he scored through a penalty in the European Cup Winners ' Cup final, in a 1 – 2 loss against Aberdeen.

He was a Fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce ( FRSA ) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh ( FRSE ), Prior of the Scottish Venerable Order of St John ( GCStJ ) ( 1983 – 1995 ), and served as Her Majesty's Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland ( May 1986 – 1987 ), on the Royal Commission on Historic Manuscripts 1987-1994, and was a member of the Aberdeen University Court ( 1978 – 1984 ), and Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Farmers.

In November 1983 he returned to manage a Rangers side that, under John Greig, had consistently under-performed since Wallace's departure. In spite of capturing two League Cups, Wallace's second spell with Rangers was a frustrating one as the club failed to dent the dominance of the New Firm of Aberdeen and Dundee United, and offered only sporadic challenge to Celtic.

Johnstone was placed on the transfer list by John Greig in April 1983, and he left Ibrox after the 1983 Scottish Cup Final defeat against Aberdeen to try his luck south of the border with Chelsea, the Londoners paying a fee of £ 30, 000 to secure his signature.

David Pearce was born in Harrow, London on 11 October 1941, graduated in Politics, Philosophy, and Economics from Oxford University in 1963 and then studied economics at London School of Economics from 1963 to 1964, and held academic posts at the Universities of Lancaster, Southampton, Leicester, and Aberdeen before arriving at UCL as Professor of Political Economy in 1983.

Aberdeen won the 1983 European Cup Winners ' Cup Final and then also won the consequent 1983 UEFA Super Cup.

McGhee was part of the Aberdeen side which won the 1983 European Cup Winners ' Cup and 1983 UEFA Super Cup, as well as three Scottish Premier Division titles.

His greatest career moment came in 1983 when he was in the Aberdeen side that defeated Real Madrid 2 – 1 to lift the 1983 European Cup Winners ' Cup in Gothenburg.