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1983Apr, 15

Andreas Fransson

Andreas Fransson, Swedish skier (d. 2014)
Andreas Fransson (15 April 1983 – 29 September 2014) was a Swedish extreme skier perhaps best known for his having made descents of the hitherto un-skied specific faces of mountains. Among his inaugural descents was that of the south face of Denali in Alaska during the spring of 2011.Fransson died alongside JP Auclair in an avalanche on 29 September 2014 on Monte San Lorenzo in Aysen, Chile while filming for the webisode series Apogee Skiing.

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Events on 1983

  • 24Feb

    Japanese American internment

    A special commission of the United States Congress condemns the Japanese American internment during World War II.
  • 19Jul

    CT scan

    The first three-dimensional reconstruction of a human head in a CT is published.
  • 24Jul

    Sri Lankan Civil War

    The Black July anti-Tamil riots begin in Sri Lanka, killing between 400 and 3,000. Black July is generally regarded as the beginning of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
  • 1Sep

    Korean Air Lines Flight 007

    Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
  • 12Sep

    Los Macheteros

    A Wells Fargo depot in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by Los Macheteros.