1983
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"Ze tightness of your shorts equals ze square route of your age." Einstein.
Meanwhile, in the real world,
1983
was a helluva year because...
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Cabbage Patch kids
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Thatcher's second term as PM
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USSR shoots and destroys South Korean flight 007.
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Camcorders are introduced.
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The final episode of M*A*S*H airs.
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Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space, June 18th on the Challenger
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Compact discs are first released.
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U.S Embasy is bombed in Beirut, killing 40 people.
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Fake Hitler diaries surface.
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Bob Hawke becomes Prime Minister of Australia. The first Labor PM in nine years.
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French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier discovered HIV.
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South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Seoul apparently strays into Soviet airspace and is shot down by a Soviet SU-15 fighter after it had tracked the airliner for two hours; all 269 aboard are killed
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Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage, which includes the first US space walk in nine years
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Introduction of noise-free compact discs, vinyl record begins a steep decline.
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The Right Stuff. The Big Chill, Terms of Endearment, Fanny & Alexander
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Ooohhh be still my dancing feet..
They don't make em like they used to..
Cartoons: Inspector Gadget, He-Man (Gay)
Movies: A Christmas Story, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Flashdance, The King of Comedy, National Lampoon's Vacation, Rumble Fish, Sudden Impact, Yentl, Terms of Endearment
Cartoons: Inspector Gadget
He-Man (Gay)
A Christmas Story
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
Flashdance
The King of Comedy
National Lampoon's Vacation
Rumble Fish
Sudden Impact
Yentl
Terms of Endearment