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  • 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.




  • Haj Omran, Iraq
    Saturday Jul 23, 1983
    Iran–Iraq War

    Capturing the Iraqi town of Haj Omran

    Haj Omran, Iraq
    Saturday Jul 23, 1983

    During Operation Dawn-2, the Iranians directed insurgency operations by proxy in April 1983 by supporting the Kurds in the north. With Kurdish support, the Iranians attacked on 23 July 1983, capturing the Iraqi town of Haj Omran and maintaining it against an Iraqi poison gas counteroffensive. This operation incited Iraq to later conduct indiscriminate chemical attacks against the Kurds.




  • East Germany, Germany
    Thursday Jul 28, 1983
    Vladimir Putin

    Marriage

    East Germany, Germany
    Thursday Jul 28, 1983

    On 28 July 1983, Putin married Lyudmila Shkrebneva, and they lived together in East Germany from 1985 to 1990. They have two daughters, Mariya Putina, born 28 April 1985 in Leningrad, and Yekaterina Putina, born 31 August 1986 in Dresden, East Germany.




  • Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Friday Jul 29, 1983
    Iran–Iraq War

    Operation Dawn 3

    Mehran, Ilam Province, Iran
    Friday Jul 29, 1983

    The Iranians attempted to further exploit activities in the north on 30 July 1983, during Operation Dawn-3. Iran saw an opportunity to sweep away Iraqi forces controlling the roads between the Iranian mountain border towns of Mehran, Dehloran and Elam. Iraq launched airstrikes, and equipped attack helicopters with chemical warheads; while ineffective, it demonstrated both the Iraqi general staff's and Saddam's increasing interest in using chemical weapons. In the end, 17,000 had been killed on both sides, with no gain for either country.




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