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1983 in Canada

Explore 7 historical events and records for Canada in 1983.

Historical records for Canada in 1983

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September

Meeting with Margaret Thatcher

Mulroney, Brian ยท Party Leader of PCP ยท Politics / Progressive Conservative Party

Meets Margaret Thatcher

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Trudeau, Pierre Elliot ยท Quebec ยท Prime Minister of Canada ยท Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Visited by Margaret Thatcher who tries to persuade him to tighten his links with NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott ยท Quebec ยท Prime Minister of Canada ยท Government / Government of Canada

Visited by Margaret Thatcher who tries to persuade him to tighten his links with NATO

Visited by Margaret Thatcher

Trudeau, Pierre Elliott ยท Quebec ยท Prime Minister of Canada ยท Government / Government of Canada

Visited by Margaret Thatcher who tries to persuade him to tighten his links with NATO

Other events (month unknown)

Cuts Like a Knife

Adams, Bryan ยท Arts / Art

Adams releases the Album, "Cuts Like a Knife", with 4 hits, most notably with the title track

Hawking-Page Transition

Page, Don ยท Physicist ยท Science / Physics

With Stephen Hawking, identifies the thermodynamic phase transition now called the Hawking-Page transition in anti-de Sitter space.

Party Leader

Mulroney, Brian ยท Party Leader of PCP ยท Politics / Progressive Conservative Party

Brian Mulroney replaces Joe Clark as leader of the Progressive Conservatives

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