What Happened on July 1, 1983

• Arbitrator Raymond Goetz rules 43 players who are on Disabled List during 1981 players' strike not entitled to salaries for that period

• Brandee Younger, American session and touring classical, jazz, soul, and funk harpist, born in Hempstead, Long Island, New York
• Leeteuk [Park Jeong-su], Korean singer (Super Junior), born in Seoul, South Korea
• Marit Larsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter (M2M), born in Lørenskog, Norway

• Erich Juskowiak, German footballer, dies at 56
• R. Buckminster Fuller, American architect and inventor (geodesic dome), dies at 87
• Sandy Mosse, American jazz tenor saxophonist, and bandleader (Pieces of Eight), dies at 54

Holidays: Canada Day (Canada)

• #1 Song: Flashdance...What A Feeling - Irene Cara
• #1 Song: Baby Jane - Rod Stewart