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January 11, 1983

On January 11, 1983, united Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three. The year's #1 song was "Every Breath You Take" by The Police. Ólafur Ingi Skúlason, Sean Taylor, Jamie Chung would arrive in the same year.

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1983

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The year in brief

1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1983rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 983rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 83rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On January 11, 1983

  1. 1983 United Airlines Flight 2885 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing three.

    1983 aviation accident

    United Airlines Flight 2885 was a scheduled cargo flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles, with stopover in Detroit. On January 11, 1983, a DC-8 operating as Flight 2885 crashed after take-off from Detroit, killing all three crew members. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation determined that the cause for the crash was pilot error.

Arrivals

Born on January 11, 1983

André Myhrer 1983– Swedish alpine skier
Ted Richards 1983– Australian rules footballer
Adrian Sutil 1983– German racing driver (born 1983)

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The class of 1983

Others born in 1983

Ólafur Ingi Skúlason 1983– Icelandic footballer
Sean Taylor 1983– American football player (died 2007)
Jamie Chung 1983– American actress
Andrew Dost 1983– American guitarist and songwriter
Ryan Merriman 1983– American actor
Hannes Sigurðsson 1983– Icelandic footballer

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