* 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

* The Samban-Lei Sekpil in Manipur, India, begun in 1983 and recently measuring in height, is the world's tallest topiary, according to Guinness Book of World Records.

The Transco Tower, the tallest building in the world outside of a central business district, was completed in 1983.

When it was constructed in 1983, it was also the world's tallest skyscraper outside of a city's central business district.

The Petro-Canada Centre's west tower overtook the Calgary Tower as the tallest structure in Calgary in 1983.

Since 1983, the tree at Fashion Island has generally been the nation's tallest.

When topped-off in August 1983, it was the tallest building south of New York City and east of the Mississippi River, taking away the same title from the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Until its own demolition, the tower was the tallest wooden structure on Earth after the demolition of the wooden radio tower of Transmitter Ismaning on March 16th, 1983.

It surpassed Hotel de México in 1983 and remained the tallest building in Mexico for almost 20 years, until August 2003, when the 55-story Torre Mayor was topped out only half a mile away.

The two companies underwent a name change to Sambi Co., Ltd. in September 1981, while Capcom Co., Ltd. itself was first established on June 11, 1983, for the purpose of taking over the internal sales department.

He was Chairman of his department from 1983 – 1985 and in 1985 became the Dean of Yale College for four years.

The department existed under various titles prior to July 5, 1983, when County Council officially created the County's Emergency Preparedness Division.

" In 1983 the department became a Fire District and the name was changed to Black Canyon Fire District.

They created the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in response and in 1983 were successful in obtaining a $ 600, 000 grant from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development.

He taught at Tufts University, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and was chairman of the holistic studies department at Antioch University until 1983.

A 1983 document found in the " CyberCemetery: OTA Legacy " section of University of North Texas Libraries Government Documents department.

Kurt Waldemar Tank ( February 24, 1898 – June 5, 1983 ) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945.

In 1983, a high-rise building, Acty Osaka, which housed a department store and a hotel, was added to the south of the station.

* The Aerospace Science Engineering department is an EAC / ABET accredited program started in 1983.

* Townsend & Wall, principal department store in downtown St. Joseph, Missouri from 1866 to 1983, now used for apartments

A White Paper was released in 1983, becoming the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985, which established the CPS under the direction of the Director of Public Prosecutions, consisting of a merger of his old department with the existing police prosecution departments.

He completed a post-doctoral fellowship with Ross Parke at the psychology department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1983.

He returned to the Central Conservatory of Music in 1983 as head of the Chinese music department.

In 1983, Weis took a staff job in TSR's book department.

In 1983, he was given a high-level position in Moscow as an instructor in the Communist Party propaganda department.

Myer grew by developing its own stores ( becoming one of Australia's major property owners and developers in the process ) and acquiring other department stores, including Adelaide's Marshall's, Western Australia's Boans in 1984, Queensland's Barry and Roberts and in New South Wales they acquired Western Stores, Farmers & Co in 1961 and Grace Brothers in 1983.

He took a new position with the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) department of the United Nations in Lesotho from 1981 to 1983, then worked again for SIDA from 1984 to 1987 in Bangladesh.

Gordon Centre was originally built as a Farmers & Co department store, now part of Myer, but Myer closed it in 1983.

In 1983 – 1984, the museum received a donation of half of a downtown city block, the former J. C. Penney department store on the west side of Second Avenue between Union and Pike Streets.

Armey served on the economics faculty at the University of Montana from 1964 to 1965, was an Assistant Professor of economics at West Texas State University from 1967 to 1968, an Assistant Professor of economics at Austin College from 1968 to 1972, an Associate Professor of economics at North Texas State ( now the University of North Texas ) from 1972 to 1977 and Chairman of the economics department at North Texas State from 1977 to 1983.

In 1983, A & P bought Kohl's Food Stores ( originally part of the Kohl's department store chain ) in Wisconsin from BATUS, enabling A & P to reenter Wisconsin and Illinois.

In 1983, it was sold to the Carson Pirie Scott department store chain of Chicago, who bought County Seat for $ 71 million.

In June 1983, the boarding department was closed.