What Happened in 1983

Feb 28 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch in the US
Nov 20 100 million watch ABC TV movie "The Day After" about nuclear war

1983 in Music

May 20 "Every Breath You Take" single released by The Police (Billboard Song of the Year 1983)
Oct 11 "Can't Slow Down" 2nd studio album by Lionel Richie is released
Nov 2 "Thriller" single released worldwide by Michael Jackson

1983 in Sport

Jan 18 IOC restores Jim Thorpe's Olympic medals (Pentathlon & Decathlon victories) 70 years after they were taken from him for being paid $25 in semi-pro baseball
Sep 26 Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race - 1st non-US winner

Did You Know?

World's greatest robbery; 26 million pounds (sterling) worth of gold, diamonds and cash stolen from Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport, England

On November 26, 1983

Famous People Born in 1983

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Famous People in 1983

Robert Duvall
Oscar for Best Actor
Shirley MacLaine
Oscar for Best Actress

World Leaders in 1983

Deng Xiaoping
Paramount Leader of China
Francois Mitterrand
21st President of France
Helmut Kohl
German Chancellor
Margaret Thatcher
British Prime Minister
Ronald Reagan
US President & Actor
Yuri Andropov
Soviet General Secretary

Would You Believe?

World's lowest-ever natural temperature recorded −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F; 184.0 K) at Soviet Vostok Station, Antarctica

On July 21, 1983

Famous Weddings in 1983

Feb 13 Jerry Lewis marries 2nd wife dancer SanDee Pitnick
Mar 4 Actor Harrison Ford marries screenwriter Melissa Mathison (divorced 2004)
Jun 17 Singer and actor Glenn Frey (34) weds Janie Beggs

Famous Divorces in 1983

Mar 16 Producer Dick Wolf (36) divorces Susan Scranton after more than 13 years of marriage
Sep 20 Actor James Woods (36) divorces costume designer Kathryn Morrison after 3 years of marriage
Nov 14 Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber (35) divorces Sarah Hugill after more than 11 years of marriage

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