Omega Point

A blog by Catherine Winters

26 Sep

Events of September, 1983


From Wikipedia:

  • Sep­tem­ber 16 — Donna Grif­fiths of Per­shore in Eng­land stops sneez­ing after a con­tin­ual series of sneezes for 978 days (since Jan­u­ary 13, 1981).
  • Sep­tem­ber 17 — Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African-American to be crowned Miss Amer­ica, in Atlantic City, New Jersey
  • Sep­tem­ber 25-September 26 — Soviet mil­i­tary offi­cer Stanislav Petrov averts a world­wide nuclear war.
  • Sep­tem­ber 26 — Aus­tralia wins America’s Cup

But you know, whatever.


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