What Happened in 1983
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U.S. Embassy and U.S. Marine Corps Bombed
Imad Mugniyah is responsible for the bombing of U.S. Embassy and Marine Corps. This suicide car bombing occurred in Beirut, where over 300... Read more
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The North American Video Game Crash of 1983
The North American video game crash of 1983 (sometimes known as the video game crash of 1984 because it was in that year that the full effects of... Read more
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Social Distortion releases Mommy's Little Monster
Mommy's Little Monster is the first album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, released in 1983. The album was critically-acclaimed but... Read more
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Red Hot Chili Peppers are formed
Red Hot Chili Peppers (originally Tony Flow and the Majestic Masters of Mayhem) were formed by Fairfax High School alumni Anthony Kiedis, Hillel... Read more
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Suicide Car Bombing on US Embassy and US Marine Corps
After bin Laden had decided that there was only one main enemy, the West, he was able to bring together the two main groups of Islam to destroy it.... Read more
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Rod Blagojevich Begins Work as Clerk for Chicago Alderman Ed Vrdolyak
Immediately after college, Blagojevich, insinuated himself into the upper echelon of Chicago’s Democratic machine. His first job was with city... Read more
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Mercury Grand Marquis is First Produced
The Mercury Grand Marquis is a full-size rear-wheel drive sedan sold by the Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company. The nameplate has been in... Read more
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Oprah Winfrey Moves To Chicago
In 1983, Winfrey relocated to Chicago to host WLS-TV's low-rated half-hour morning talk-show, AM Chicago. The first episode aired on January 2,... Read more
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Chuck Schuldiner forms his first band Mantas
Schuldiner formed Death as Mantas in 1983 when he was 16 years old. Original members were Schuldiner (guitar), Rick Rozz (guitar) and Kam Lee... Read more
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Nissan Z31 is First Produced
The Z31 chassis designation was first introduced in 1983 as a 1984 Datsun/Nissan 300ZX. This continued until 1985 when Nissan standardized their... Read more
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Ford Telstar is First Produced
The Ford Telstar was an automobile sold by the Ford Motor Company in Asia, Australasia and Africa, comparable in size to the European Ford Sierra... Read more
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Ford Orion is First Produced
The Ford Orion is a saloon car built by the automaker Ford for the European market from 22 July 1983 until 19 September 1993. A total of 534,239... Read more
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Ford Bantam is First Produced
The Ford Bantam is a "bakkie" (pickup truck or "ute") sold by the Ford Motor Company in South Africa. It is based on the Ford Fiesta, and is a... Read more
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Elena Kagan Earns a Masters of Philosophy from Oxford University’s Worcester College
At Princeton, Kagan was awarded the Daniel M. Sachs Memorial Scholarship — a top honor — which took her to Great Britain where she eventually... Read more
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Madoff Elected to NASD Advisory Council
[Madoff] serves on the council for four years; he also sits on numerous NASD committees and task forces, chairing several. Several sources later... Read more
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"Heat And Dust" Is Released
Heat and Dust (1983) is a Merchant Ivory Productions award winning film, with a screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala based upon her novel, Heat and... Read more
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Dave Mustaine Leaves Metallica
In 1981, Dave Mustaine saw an ad in a newspaper for a band called Metallica. The band needed a guitar player, and he accepted the dutie of it.... Read more
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U2 releases "New Year's Day" single
"New Year's Day" is the third song and lead single from U2's 1983 album, War. The song is driven by Adam Clayton's distinctive bassline and The... Read more
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Bad Religion releases Into the Unknown
Into the Unknown is the second album by Bad Religion, which was released in 1983. The album was a major change from their previous style,... Read more
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Chrysler Executive is First Produced
The Chrysler Executive was a car offered by the American automobile producer Chrysler from 1983 through 1986. The Executive was a stretched version... Read more
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Bad Brains release Rock for Light
Rock for Light is the second official full-length album by hardcore punk pioneers Bad Brains. It was produced by Ric Ocasek of The Cars. The 1991... Read more
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Chrysler Fifth Avenue is First Produced
Fifth Avenue was a name used by Chrysler Corporation on its largest models from 1979 to 1993. The title "Fifth Avenue" refers to a street in New... Read more
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Alice Walker Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author. She has written at length on issues of race and gender, and is most famous... Read more
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"Weird Al" Yankovic releases his self-titled debut album
"Weird Al" Yankovic is the eponymous debut album by American parodist Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic. Mostly recorded in March 1982, the album... Read more