What Happened on September 24, 1983

Historical Events

Baseball Record

Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in season

Cricket Debut

Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 6 in drawn 2nd Test v India in Jullundur; goes on to play 45 Tests

USSR performs underground nuclear test

1983 History

Famous Birthdays

Randy Foye, American basketball player, born in Newark, New Jersey

Born in 1983

Famous Deaths

Isobel Baillie, Scottish oratorio singer, dies at 88
Mohammed Roem, Indonesian politician (as Foreign Minister negotiated Roem–Van Roijen Agreement that led to independence), dies at 75

1983 Highlights