Derby Charts

1983

World History

Terrorist explosion kills U.S. Marines in Beirut.

First U.S. woman astronaut, Sally Ride, rides the Space Shuttle Challenger.

U.S. and Caribbean Allies invade Grenada.

Churchill Downs History

Pat Day finishes a brilliant year by burying old records with 169 winners in the Summer meet and 54 in the Fall. Five times he rode five winners in a single day.

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