Editing 1983 (section)

===March===
* [[March 1]] – The [[Balearic Islands]] and [[Community of Madrid|Madrid]] become [[Autonomous communities of Spain]].
* [[March 5]] – [[1983 Australian federal election|Australian federal election]]: The [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] led by [[Bob Hawke]] defeats the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|National]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Fraser government|government]] led by [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] [[Malcolm Fraser]]. Hawke is to be sworn in on [[March 11]]. As soon as the results become clear, Fraser resigns from the Liberal leadership; he is [[1983 Liberal Party of Australia leadership election|replaced]] by outgoing [[Minister for Industry (Australia)|Minister for Industry and Commerce]] [[Andrew Peacock]].
* [[March 9]] – The [[3D printer]] is invented by [[Chuck Hull]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://3dprint.com/72171/first-3d-printer-chuck-hull/|title=You Can Now See the First Ever 3D Printer—Invented by Chuck Hull—In the National Inventors Hall of Fame|work=3DPrint.com|date=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
* [[March 15]] – [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] rabbis in the U.S. vote to affirm both patrilineal and matrilineal descent for determining [[Jewish identity]]. While Jewish [[Matrilineality in Judaism|tradition]] defines a Jew as someone with a Jewish mother, this decision by the [[Central Conference of American Rabbis]] amends this principle to mean one Jewish "parent."<ref>{{Cite news |last=AP |date=March 17, 1983 |title=Reform Rabbis Change Rule on Who is a Jew |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/17/us/reform-rabbis-change-rule-on-who-is-a-jew.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[March 21]] – [[Yamoussoukro]] officially becomes the [[Cote d’Ivoire|Ivorian]] political capital after transfer from [[Abidjan]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=New capital grows in rural Africa: PETER BLACKBURN reports on Yamoussoukro's dramatic promotion from an obscure village buried in the bush to the capital of the Ivory Coast|last=Blackburn|first=Peter|date=May 28, 1983|work=South China Morning Post|language=en|id={{ProQuest|1553829422}}}}</ref>
* [[March 25]] – [[Sweden]] re-establishes diplomatic ties with the [[Vatican City|Vatican]] after a 450-year interruption. Sweden broke off relations in [[1534]] in keeping with the rise of [[Lutheranism]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 25, 1983 |title=Vatican and Sweden Resume Ties After a 450-Year Break |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/03/25/world/vatican-and-sweden-resume-ties-after-a-450-year-break.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>
* [[March 29]] – Germany's first elected [[Die Grünen|Green Party]] representatives take their seats in the [[West Germany|West German]] [[Bundestag]], dressed in jeans and sweaters and accompanied by [[Bongo drum|bongo]] drums.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Freudenheim |first=Milt |date=April 3, 1983 |title=The Greening of the Bundestag |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/03/weekinreview/the-world-the-greening-of-the-bundestag.html |work=New York Times}}</ref>