1983 facts uk - EAS
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MP's vote 361–245 against the reinstatement of the death penalty, 18 years after its abolition. 15 July – Much of the country embraces a heatwave as temperatures reach 33 °C in London. 16 July – Twenty people are killed in the 1983 British Airways Sikorsky S-61 crash in the Celtic Sea. See more
Events from the year 1983 in the United Kingdom. See more
January
• 1 January – The British Nationality Act 1981 comes into effect creating five classes of British nationality. See more• 1 January – Calum Davenport, footballer
• 17 January – Christopher Stalford, Northern Irish politician (died 2022) See more• 2 January – Dick Emery, comedian and actor (born 1915)
• 22 January – Walter Citrine, 1st Baron Citrine, trade unionist (born 1887)
• 23 January – Fred Bakewell, cricketer (born 1908) See more• Barbara Cartland writes 23 romantic novels.
• Andrew Hodges' biography Alan Turing: The Enigma.
• Howard Jacobson's first novel Coming from Behind.
• Terry Pratchett's first Discworld novel The Colour of Magic. See morePeople mentioned in the articleWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license 1983 in the UK - UK 1980s Nostalgia and Fun