Göran Bror Benny Andersson () ( born 16 December 1946 ), known professionally as Benny Andersson, is a Swedish musician, composer, former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA ( 1972 – 1983 ), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia !.

Robert James Lee " Bob " Hawke AC GCL ( born 9 December 1929 ) is a former Australian politician who served as the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from 1983 to 1991.

The lead editorial in the December 1983 issue of Compute!

* On Stars, Their Evolution and Their Stability, Nobel Prize lecture, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, December 8, 1983.

One was recorded in 1812 ; one measuring 7. 6 on the Richter Scale hit on November 30, 1983 at 21: 46 local time and lasted 142 seconds, resulting in a small tsunami which raised wave height in the lagoon to 1. 5 metres ( 5 ft ), and another on December 2, 2002, an earthquake measuring 4. 6 on the Richter Scale struck the island at 12: 21 a. m.

In December 1983, Plato moved in with rock guitarist Lanny Lambert ; the couple married in April 24, 1984.

When US troops withdew from Grenada in December 1983 Nicholas Braithwaite of the National Democratic Congress was appointed Prime Minister of an interim administration by the Governor General Sir Paul Scoon until elections could be organised.

Irina Krush ( born December 24, 1983 ) is an American chess player who has won the U. S. Women's Chess Championship in 1998, 2007, 2010, and 2012.

The Baltimore Colts played their final home game in Baltimore final on December 18, 1983 against the then Houston Oilers.

Ira Gershwin ( December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983 ) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

Johnny Lee Bench ( born December 7, 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma ) is a former professional baseball catcher who played in the Major Leagues for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983 and is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Mullis succeeded on demonstrating PCR December 16, 1983.

However, the thousand-line ping, which he wrote in December 1983 while working at the Ballistic Research Laboratory, is the program for which he is most remembered.

* Insignificance ( The Actress )-Bristol New Vic ( 25 October 1983 / 19 December 1983 )

Argentina's defeat led to the fall of the Junta, and Raúl Alfonsín became president in December 1983, thus initiating the democratic transition.

In December 1983, the new Major General Muhammadu Buhari regime announced that Nigeria could no longer afford an activist anti-colonial role in Africa.

In December 1983, the new Major General Muhammadu Buhari regime announced that Nigeria could no longer afford an activist anti-colonial role in Africa.

On December 10, 1983 the Jets played their final game at Shea and lost to the Steelers 34 – 7.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ( SIPRI ), states are considered a party to the convention, which entered into force as international law in December 1983, if they ratify at least two of the five protocols.

In 1982, the so-called TTAPS team ( Richard P. Turco, Owen Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman, James B. Pollack and Carl Sagan ) undertook a computational modeling study of the atmospheric consequences of nuclear war, publishing their results in Science in December 1983.

The ping utility was authored by Mike Muuss in December 1983 as a tool to troubleshoot problems in an IP network.

In December 1983 the headquarters of Bandai Visual moved to Roppongi.

* Engineer Mashhour Ahmed Mashhour ( 14 October 1965 – 31 December 1983 )

In December the Astros traded OF Luke Scott, RHP Matt Albers, RHP Dennis Sarfate, LHP Troy Patton, and minor-league 3B Mike Costanzo, to the Baltimore Orioles for SS Miguel Tejada.

* December 6 – Stefanie Scott, American actress

* December 30 – Discovery Expedition: Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point reached thus far by man, south of 82 ° S.

* December 21 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer ( b. 1896 )

* December 10 – Scott Capurro, American comedian

* December 16 – Scott Storch, American hip-hop producer

" Clay presided at the founding meeting of the ACS on December 21, 1816, at the Davis Hotel in Washington, D. C. Attendees included Robert Finley, James Monroe, Bushrod Washington, Andrew Jackson, Francis Scott Key, and Daniel Webster.

Norwegian Roald Amundsen finally reached the Pole on December 14, 1911, following a dramatic race with the Englishman Robert Falcon Scott.

On the same day, 19 December 1846, in Dumfries Royal Infirmary, Scotland, a Dr. Scott used ether for a surgical procedure.

On December 30, 1990, Scott Skiles racked up 30 assists in the 155 – 116 victory over the Denver Nuggets, breaking Kevin Porter's NBA single-game assists record ( 29 ).

Bill Cartwright was fired as head coach in December and replaced with former Phoenix coach Scott Skiles.

The Bulls started the 2007 – 08 NBA season by losing 10 of their first 12 games and on December 24, 2007, after a 9 – 16 start, the Bulls fired head coach Scott Skiles.

John Alexander Scott Coutts ( 9 December 1902 – 5 August 1962 ), better known as John Willie, was a pioneering fetish photographer, illustrator, and bondage artist.

* Booknotes interview with A. Scott Berg on Lindbergh, December 20, 1998.

The second county formed in Missouri ’ s Southeast Lowland Region, Scott County was created by the Missouri state legislature on December 28, 1821.

Harrison County was formed on December 21, 1793 from portions of Bourbon County and Scott County.

It was formed on December 17, 1794, from sections of Scott, Harrison and Mason counties.

On January 1, 1797, the county of Bullitt-named after Thomas Bullitt's nephew and Kentucky's first Lieutenant Governor Alexander Scott Bullitt-was created from land given by Jefferson and Nelson counties through an act approved on December 13, 1796 by the Kentucky General Assembly.

The residents of the new town petitioned the Clerk of the County Court of Scott County, Missouri to incorporate the area into the fourth-class city of Chaffee on August 6, 1906 and the petition was granted on December 8, 1909.

In December 2009, former Police Chief Scott Uhrig was arrested for sexual misconduct with a child under 15.

* Mark Kelly ( born 1964 ), astronaut who first went into space as the pilot for STS-108 Endeavour ( December 5 – 17, 2001 ), and returned to space with STS-121 in 2006 as the pilot ; His twin brother, Scott Kelly, is also in the Astronaut Corps.

, the Mayor of Florham Park is Scott Eveland, whose term of office ends December 31, 2015.

, Montville's Township Committee consists of Mayor Tim Braden ( term ends December 31, 2013 ), Deputy Mayor Donald Kostka ( 2012 ), Scott Gallopo ( 2013 ), Deborah Nielson ( 2014 ) and James Sandham, Jr. ( 2014 ).

Mayor H. Scott Rosenbush ( whose term ends December 31, 2009 ),