Timeline November 1983

Events in November 1983 6

• 1983 Australian Open 1983 Men: Mats Wilander · Women: Martina Navratilova
• 1983 Knopfler produces Bob Dylan's Infidels Dylan album produced by Knopfler — November 1, 1983 Mark Knopfler produced Bob Dylan's Infidels album, released on November 1, 1983, also featuring Dire Straits' Alan Clark on keyboards. The album was considered one of Dylan's best in years and further cemented Knopfler's reputation as a producer of the highest order.
• 1983 Able Archer 83 Nuclear War Scare NATO exercise nearly mistaken for real attack A NATO command post exercise simulating a nuclear release procedure was misread by some Soviet officials as cover for a genuine surprise attack, raising war readiness on the Soviet side. Declassified accounts later described it as one of the most dangerous moments of the Cold War. Tensions eased once the exercise concluded without incident.
• 1983 Stevie Wonder's campaign wins Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday signed into law President Reagan signs the holiday that Wonder campaigned for.
• 1983 Undercover Seventeenth album — November 7, 1983 Undercover was released on November 7, 1983, showing the Stones experimenting with new wave and funk. It reached number 3 in both UK and US. The video for the title track was famously violent and banned by several TV channels.
• 1983 The Day After Airs on US Television TV film depicts aftermath of nuclear war ABC broadcast The Day After, a television film depicting a fictional nuclear attack on Kansas, to an estimated 100 million American viewers. It intensified public debate over nuclear weapons policy and was reportedly watched by President Reagan, who noted its influence on his thinking. It remains one of the most-watched television films in US history.