April 1983

Monday 04:

Space Shuttle Challenger makes its maiden voyage into space.

During STS-6, astronauts Story Musgrave and Don Peterson perform the first space shuttle spacewalk (duration: 4 hours, 10 minutes).

Harold Washington is elected as the first African-American mayor in Chicago's history

Tokyo Disneyland opens.

A suicide bomber destroys the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 people.

Michael Jackson's song "Beat It" hits number 1 on the Billboard music charts.

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