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1983
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POLITICS
and HISTORY
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President
Reagan dubs the Soviet Union the Evil Empire
and proposes a revolutionary new anti-missile defense system...the strategic
defense initiative, nicknamed 'Star Wars'
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Israel
and Lebanon sign
a peace treaty, yet civil war in Lebanon continues
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Australia
wins the America's Cup
after 132 years of unbroken American victory
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M*A*S*H
ends after 251 episodes
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A
bomb planted by Shi'ite Muslims destroys the U.S embassy in Beirut (87
people killed)
MUSIC
- 99
Luftballoons by Nena
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1999
by Prince
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Total
Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
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Send
me an Angel by Real Life
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Love
Cats by The Cure
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Every
Day I write the Book by Elvis Costello
TV
and at the MOVIES
- M*A*S*H
closed the operating room for good
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Kevin
Costner gave his best acting performance ever in
The Big Chill
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William
Hurt gave us the chills in Gorky Park
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Babs
became a boy in Yentl
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Michael
Caine was Educating Rita
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Hill
St Blues policed our tv screens
People
who died in 1983
- Karen
Carpenter (b.1951) American singer
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William
Demerest (b.1892) Uncle Charlie in 'My Three
Sons', actor
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Ira
Gershwin (b.1897) American lyricist
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David
Niven (b.1910) English actor
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Muddy
Waters (b.1914) American Blues singer
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Slim
Pickens (b.1919) American westerns film actor
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Gloria
Swanson (b.1899) American silent film actress
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