Editing 1983 (section)

===February===
* [[February 2]] – [[Giovanni Vigliotto]] goes on trial on charges of [[polygamy]] involving 105 women.
* [[February 3]] – [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Malcolm Fraser]] is granted a [[double dissolution]] of both houses of parliament, for [[1983 Australian federal election|elections on March 5, 1983]]. As Fraser is being granted the dissolution, [[Bill Hayden]] resigns as leader of the [[Australian Labor Party]], and in the subsequent [[Australian Labor Party leadership spill, 1983|leadership spill]] [[Bob Hawke]] is elected as Hayden's successor unopposed.
* [[February 5]]–[[February 6|6]] – The team of [[A. J. Foyt]], [[Preston Henn]], [[Bob Wollek]] and [[Claude Ballot-Léna]] win the [[24 Hours of Daytona]] automobile race in a [[Porsche 935]].
* [[February 12]] – 100 women protest in [[Lahore]], Pakistan, against military dictator [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]]'s proposed Law of Evidence. The women are tear-gassed, baton-charged and thrown into lock-up but are successful in repealing the law.
* [[February 16]] – The [[Ash Wednesday bushfires]] in [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] and [[South Australia]] claim the lives of 75 people, in one of Australia's worst bushfire disasters.
* [[February 18]]
** The [[Venezuelan bolívar]] is devalued and exchange controls are established in an event now referred to as ''Black Friday'' by many Venezuelans (the Bolívar had been the most stable and internationally accepted currency).{{clarify|date=September 2018}}
** [[Nellie massacre]]: Over 2,000 people, mostly Bangladeshi Muslims, are massacred in [[Assam]], India, during the [[Assam agitation]].
** [[Wah Mee massacre]]: 13 people are killed in an attempted robbery in the Chinatown area of [[Seattle]], United States.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/02/19/13-slain-in-Chinatown-gambling-club-robbery-2-suspects-in-custody/3467414478800/ |title=13 slain in Chinatown gambling club robbery; 2 suspects in custody |date=February 19, 1983 |work=UPI |access-date=22 March 2019}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – The final episode of the TV series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'', entitled [[Goodbye, Farewell and Amen]], airs on [[CBS]], to a total audience of 121.6 million.