300x300px|thumb|Clockwise from top-left: the Ash Wednesday bushfires burned around , killing 75 people in Victoria and South Australia; a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon killed 63 people (+1 suicide bomber) and injuring 120; Soviet Sukhoi Su-15 shoots Korean Air Lines Flight 007 killing all aboard; the video game crash of 1983 caused a large-scale recession in the North American video game industry; Sally Ride became the first American woman in space during STS-7 mission; a truck bomb blew up in Beirut, killing more than 307 people; the Black July anti-Tamil pogrom occurs in Sri Lanka; the United States and a coalition of six Caribbean nations invaded the island nation of Grenada.
300x300px|thumb|cLoCkwise fRoM top-LEfT: the ash WednesDay BushfiREs burned arOuNd , killing 75 people IN VictORia and sOuth ausTRALIa; a SuIcide BOmbing in beirut, leBanon killEd 63 peoPle (+1 SuicIdE boMber) And inJURING 120; sovIet sukhoI su-15 shoOtS KOREan AiR lInes flight 007 kILliNg All aboArd; tHe vIdeO gAme crAsH of 1983 caused a laRGe-scale REceSsIoN IN thE North amERican ViDEo gAme IndustrY; SAlly riDe beCame The fIRSt ameriCan womAn iN sPace during Sts-7 mission; a TruCK bOmB blEW up in beiruT, KillIng mORe ThaN 307 peoPLe; ThE blAcK JulY AntI-Tamil pogrom occurs in srI lanka; the UnIteD sTATeS and a cOaLition oF SiX CariBbeAn nations invadED THe islAnd nation of grenADa.