What Happened on January 1, 1983

• 'New age music' radio program "Hearts of Space" makes its national syndication debut on U.S. National Public Radio
• 12th Fiesta Bowl: #11 Arizona State beats #12 Oklahoma, 32-21
• 49th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #13 LSU, 21-20

• 49th Sugar Bowl: #2 Penn State beats #1 Georgia, 27-23
• 69th Rose Bowl: #5 UCLA beats #19 Michigan, 24-14
• PGA inaugurates all-exempt tour
• TCP/IP protocols become the only approved protocol on the ARPANET, replacing the earlier NCP protocol
• World Communications Year begins

• Ali Bastian, English actress and model
• Emi Kobayashi, Japanese model
• Park Sung-hyun, South Korean archer (Olympics gold individual/team 2004, team 2008; women's WR in a FITA Round 1,405 points), born in Gunsan, South Korea
• Shou Zi Chew, Singaporean businessman (CEO of TikTok), born in Singapore

Holidays: New Year's Day (Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States)

• #1 Song: Maneater - Daryl Hall John Oates
• #1 Song: Save Your Love - Renee & Renato