What Happened on April 4, 1983

• 45th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Houston, 54-52; Wolfpack win with buzzer-beating dunk by Lorenzo Charles off a desperation 30 foot shot from Dereck Whittenburg
• 6th NASA Space Shuttle Mission: Challenger 1 launches

• Angelle Tymon, American journalist and TV game show host (PlayMania Block), born in Lutcher, Louisiana
• Ben Gordon, British-American basketball player, born in London
• Doug Lynch, Canadian ice hockey player, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
• Fabian Geiser, Swiss footballer (Le Mont), born in Langenthal, Switzerland

• Bernard Vukas, Croatian soccer forward (59 caps, Yugoslavia; Hajduk Split; Olympic silver 1948, 52), dies at 55

• Jacqueline Logan, American actress and silent film leading lady (WAMPAS Baby Star), dies at 78

Holidays: Easter Monday (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Billie Jean - Michael Jackson
• #1 Song: Let's Dance - David Bowie