Events from the year 1983 in the United States.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors and lieutenant governors
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Governors
- Governor of Alabama: Fob James (Democratic) (until January 17), George Wallace (Democratic) (starting January 17)
- Governor of Alaska: Bill Sheffield (Democratic)
- Governor of Arizona: Bruce Babbitt (Democratic)
- Governor of Arkansas: Frank D. White (Republican) (until January 11), Bill Clinton (Democratic) (starting January 11)
- Governor of California: Jerry Brown (Democratic) (until January 3), George Deukmejian (Republican) (starting January 3)
- Governor of Colorado: Richard Lamm (Democratic)
- Governor of Connecticut: William A O'Neill (Democratic)
- Governor of Delaware: Pierre S. du Pont, IV (Republican)
- Governor of Florida: Bob Graham (Democratic)
- Governor of Georgia: George Busbee (Democratic) (until January 11), Joe Frank Harris (Democratic) (starting January 11)
- Governor of Hawaii: George Ariyoshi (Democratic)
- Governor of Idaho: John V. Evans (Democratic)
- Governor of Illinois: James R. Thompson (Republican)
- Governor of Indiana: Robert D. Orr (Republican)
- Governor of Iowa: Robert D. Ray (Republican) (until January 14), Terry E. Branstad (Republican) (starting January 14)
- Governor of Kansas: John W. Carlin (Democratic)
- Governor of Kentucky: John Y. Brown Jr. (Democratic) (until December 13), Martha Layne Collins (Democratic) (starting December 13)
- Governor of Louisiana: David C. Treen (Republican)
- Governor of Maine: Joseph E. Brennan (Democratic)
- Governor of Maryland: Harry R. Hughes (Democratic)
- Governor of Massachusetts: Edward J. King (Democratic) (until January 6), Michael Dukakis (Democratic) (starting January 6)
- Governor of Michigan: William Milliken (Republican) (until January 1), James Blanchard (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Governor of Minnesota: Al Quie (Republican) (until January 3), Rudy Perpich (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Governor of Mississippi: William Winter (Democratic)
- Governor of Missouri: Kit Bond (Republican)
- Governor of Montana: Ted Schwinden (Democratic)
- Governor of Nebraska: Charles Thone (Republican) (until January 6), Bob Kerrey (Democratic) (starting January 6)
- Governor of Nevada: Robert List (Republican) (until January 3), Richard Bryan (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Governor of New Hampshire: Vesta M. Roy (Republican) (until January 6), John H. Sununu (Republican) (starting January 6)
- Governor of New Jersey: Thomas Kean (Republican)
- Governor of New Mexico: Bruce King (Democratic) (until January 1), Toney Anaya (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Governor of New York: Mario Cuomo (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Governor of North Carolina: Jim Hunt (Democratic)
- Governor of North Dakota: Allen I. Olson (Republican)
- Governor of Ohio: Jim Rhodes (Republican) (until January 10), Dick Celeste (Democratic) (starting January 10)
- Governor of Oklahoma: George Nigh (Democratic)
- Governor of Oregon: Victor G. Atiyeh (Republican)
- Governor of Pennsylvania: Dick Thornburgh (Republican)
- Governor of Rhode Island: J. Joseph Garrahy (Democratic)
- Governor of South Carolina: Richard Riley (Democratic)
- Governor of South Dakota: William J. Janklow (Republican)
- Governor of Tennessee: Lamar Alexander (Republican)
- Governor of Texas: Bill Clements (Republican) (until January 18), Mark White (Democratic) (starting January 18)
- Governor of Utah: Scott M. Matheson (Democratic)
- Governor of Vermont: Richard A. Snelling (Republican)
- Governor of Virginia: Chuck Robb (Democratic)
- Governor of Washington: John Spellman (Republican)
- Governor of West Virginia: Jay Rockefeller (Democratic)
- Governor of Wisconsin: Lee S. Dreyfus (Republican) (until January 3), Tony Earl (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Governor of Wyoming: Edgar J. Herschler (Democratic)
Lieutenant governors
- Lieutenant Governor of Alabama: George McMillan (Democratic) (until January 17), Bill Baxley (Democratic) (starting January 17)
- Lieutenant Governor of Alaska: Stephen McAlpine (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas: Winston Bryant (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of California: Mike Curb (Republican) (until January 3), Leo T. McCarthy (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Lieutenant Governor of Colorado: Nancy E. Dick (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut: Joseph J. Fauliso (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Delaware: Michael N. Castle (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Florida: Wayne Mixson (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Georgia: Zell Miller (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii: John D. Waihee III (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Idaho: Phil Batt (Democratic) (until January 3), David H. Leroy (Republican) (starting January 3)
- Lieutenant Governor of Illinois: vacant (until January 10), George H. Ryan (Republican) (starting January 10)
- Lieutenant Governor of Indiana: John Mutz (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Iowa: Terry E. Branstad (Republican) (until January 14), Robert T. Anderson (Democratic) (starting January 14)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kansas: Paul V. Dugan (Democratic) (until January 10), Thomas R. Docking (Democratic) (starting January 10)
- Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky: Martha Layne Collins (Democratic) (until December 13), Steve Beshear (Democratic) (starting December 13)
- Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana: Robert "Bobby" Freeman (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Maryland: vacant (until January 19), J. Joseph Curran (Democratic) (starting January 19)
- Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts: Thomas P. O'Neill III (Democratic) (until March 6), John Kerry (Democratic) (starting March 6)
- Lieutenant Governor of Michigan: James H. Brickley (Republican) (until January 1), Martha W. Griffiths (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota: Lou Wangberg (Republican) (until January 3), Marlene Johnson (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi: Brad Dye (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Missouri: Kenneth Rothman (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Montana: George Turman (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: Roland A. Luedtke (Republican) (until January 6), Donald F. McGinley (Democratic) (starting January 6)
- Lieutenant Governor of Nevada: Myron E. Leavitt (Democratic) (until January 3), Bob Cashell (Democratic) (starting January 3)
- Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico: Roberto Mondragón (Democratic) (until January 1), Mike Runnels (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Lieutenant Governor of New York: Alfred DelBello (Democratic) (starting January 1)
- Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina: James C. Green (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota: Ernest Sands (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Ohio: vacant (until January 10), Myrl H. Shoemaker (Democratic) (starting January 10)
- Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma: Spencer Bernard (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania: William Scranton, III (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island: Thomas R. DiLuglio (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina: Nancy Stevenson (Democratic) (until January 12), Michael R. Daniel (Democratic) (starting January 12)
- Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota: Lowell C. Hansen II (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee: John S. Wilder (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Texas: William P. Hobby Jr. (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Utah: David Smith Monson (Republican)
- Lieutenant Governor of Vermont: Madeleine M. Kunin (Democratic) (until January 10), Peter Plympton Smith (Republican) (starting January 10)
- Lieutenant Governor of Virginia: Richard Joseph Davis (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Washington: John Cherberg (Democratic)
- Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin: Russell A. Olson (Republican) (until January 3), James T. Flynn (Democratic) (starting January 3)
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Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Undated
Ongoing
Sport
Births
- January 2 – Kate Bosworth, actress
- January 4 – Spencer Chamberlain, singer-songwriter
- January 5 – Sean Dockery, basketball player
- January 27 – Deon Anderson, American football player
- February 27 – Kate Mara, actress
- March 7 – Taylor Tankersley, baseball player
- March 9 – Clint Dempsey, soccer player
- March 10 – Carrie Underwood, country singer
- April 4 – Amanda Righetti, actress
- April 10
- April 24 – Will Champlin, American singer-songwriter
- May 9 – Tyler Lumsden, baseball player
- May 12 – Brett Wiesner, soccer player (d. 2014)
- May 23 – Josh Pace, basketball player
- June 5 – Bill Bray, baseball player
- June 6 – Kellen Clemens, American football player
- June 7
- June 15 – Derek Anderson, American football player
- June 19 – Jason Capizzi, American football player
- June 20 – Darren Sproles, American football player
- June 21 – Edward Snowden, government whistleblower
- June 30 – Cole Swindell, singer
- July 2 – Michelle Branch, Singer/Songwriter
- July 21 – Kellen Winslow II, American football player
- August 14 – Mila Kunis, actress
- August 16 – Colt Brennan, American football player
- August 24 – Brett Gardner, baseball player
- September 25 – Donald Glover, actor and singer/songwriter
- October 9 – Spencer Grammer, actress
- November 24 – DJ Skee, American DJ and producer
- November 28 – Tyler Glenn, American singer/songwriter
Deaths
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See also
References
External links
1983 in North America |
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Sovereign states |
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
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Dependencies and other territories |
- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Saba
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United States Virgin Islands
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