This is a list of important events the occured during 1983. Exact dates are listed when known.

• Cabbage Patch kids are released.
• Ronnie introduces 'Star Wars'
• "Just Say No" is the new tool to combat growing drug use in the US.
• Thatcher's second term as PM
• USSR shoots and destroys South Korean flight 007.
• Camcorders are introduced.
• US invades Grenada after coup on the island, more medals are handed out during the invasion than during the entire Vietnam war.
• Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia nervosa at the age of 32, February 4th.
• The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, advertising cost more than during the Super Bowl that year, and surpassing the record Dallas set for most viewers.
• Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space, June 18th on the Challenger
• Compact discs are first released.
• U.S Embasy is bombed in Beirut, killing 40 people.
• Hackers invade sensitive military computers such as Los Alamos National Labratory.
• Australia wins the America's Cup for the first time in 132 years.
• Fake Hitler diaries surface.
• The Tylenol Murders happen in Chicago.
• Last DeLoreans produced
• Bob Hawke becomes Prime Minister of Australia. The first Labor PM in nine years.
• French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier discovered HIV.
• The Tylenol murders happened in the fall of 1982, not 1983.