WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1983
Find out what all happened November to December 1983

In Nigeria a coup d'état led by Major General Muhammadu Buhari ends the Second Nigerian Republic. (31. December 1983)

The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded in Mexico. (17. November 1983)

Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is founded. Recognized only by Turkey. (15. November 1983)

The AT&T Bell System is broken up by the United States Government. (31. December 1983)

Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín. (10. December 1983)

Dissolution of the Military Junta in Argentina. (5. December 1983)

The third Congress of the Communist Youth of Greece starts. (14. December 1983)

Provisional IRA members detonate a car bomb at Harrods Department Store in London, England, United Kingdom. Three police officers and three civilians are killed. (17. December 1983)

Byford Dolphin diving bell accident kills five and leaves one severely injured. (5. November 1983)

Avianca Flight 011: A Boeing 747 crashes near Madrid's Barajas Airport, killing 181. (27. November 1983)

The Australian Labor government led by Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Treasurer Paul Keating floats the Australian dollar. (12. December 1983)

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. (2. November 1983)

Pope John Paul II visits Mehmet Ali Ağca in Rebibbia's prison and personally forgives him for the 1981 attack on him in St. Peter's Square. (27. December 1983)

An Iberia Airlines Boeing 727 collides with an Aviaco DC-9 in dense fog while the two airliners are taxiing down the runway at Madrid–Barajas Airport, killing 93 people. (7. December 1983)

Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0 (10. November 1983)

The original FIFA World Cup trophy, the Jules Rimet Trophy, is stolen from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football Confederation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (19. December 1983)

Brink's-MAT robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-MAT vault at Heathrow Airport. (26. November 1983)

1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused. (7. November 1983)