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  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1983
    James Bond

    Octopussy

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1983

    Octopussy is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions; it was the sixth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by John Glen and the screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson.




  • Sedgefield, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983
    Tony Blair

    1983 General Election

    Sedgefield, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983

    At the age of thirty, he was elected as MP for Sedgefield in 1983; despite the party's landslide defeat at the general election.




  • London, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983
    Margaret Thatcher

    Thatcher re-elected for a second successive term

    London, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983

    The "Falklands factor", an economic recovery beginning early in 1982, and a bitterly divided opposition all contributed to Thatcher's second election victory in 1983.




  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983
    Brexit

    The 1983 general election

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983

    The Labour Party campaigned in the 1983 general election on a commitment to withdraw from the EC without a referendum.




  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 7, 1983
    James Bond

    Icebreaker was published

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 7, 1983

    Icebreaker, first published in 1983, was the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and is the first Bond novel to be published in the United States by Putnam, beginning a long-standing association.




  • Harefield, Greater London, England
    Dec, 1983
    Magdi Yacoub

    The UK's First Heart and Lung Transplant

    Harefield, Greater London, England
    Dec, 1983

    In December 1983 Yacoub performed the UK's first heart and lung transplant at Harefield.




  • United Kingdom and U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1983
    James Bond

    Octopussy

    United Kingdom and U.S.
    Monday Jun 6, 1983

    Octopussy is a 1983 spy film and the thirteenth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions; it was the sixth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. It was directed by John Glen and the screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, and Michael G. Wilson.


  • Sedgefield, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983
    Tony Blair

    1983 General Election

    Sedgefield, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983

    At the age of thirty, he was elected as MP for Sedgefield in 1983; despite the party's landslide defeat at the general election.


  • London, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983
    Margaret Thatcher

    Thatcher re-elected for a second successive term

    London, England
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983

    The "Falklands factor", an economic recovery beginning early in 1982, and a bitterly divided opposition all contributed to Thatcher's second election victory in 1983.


  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983
    Brexit

    The 1983 general election

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Jun 9, 1983

    The Labour Party campaigned in the 1983 general election on a commitment to withdraw from the EC without a referendum.


  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 7, 1983
    James Bond

    Icebreaker was published

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Jul 7, 1983

    Icebreaker, first published in 1983, was the third novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. Carrying the Glidrose Publications copyright, it was first published in the United Kingdom by Jonathan Cape and is the first Bond novel to be published in the United States by Putnam, beginning a long-standing association.


  • Harefield, Greater London, England
    Dec, 1983
    Magdi Yacoub

    The UK's First Heart and Lung Transplant

    Harefield, Greater London, England
    Dec, 1983

    In December 1983 Yacoub performed the UK's first heart and lung transplant at Harefield.


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