Timeline of the 80s, 1983

This is a list of important events the occured during 1983. Exact dates are listed when known.

  • Cabbage Patch kids are released.
  • Ronnie introduces 'Star Wars'
  • "Just Say No" is the new tool to combat growing drug use in the US.
  • Thatcher's second term as PM
  • USSR shoots and destroys South Korean flight 007.
  • Camcorders are introduced.
  • US invades Grenada after coup on the island, more medals are handed out during the invasion than during the entire Vietnam war.
  • Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia nervosa at the age of 32, February 4th.
  • The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, advertising cost more than during the Super Bowl that year, and surpassing the record Dallas set for most viewers.
  • Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space, June 18th on the Challenger
  • Compact discs are first released.
  • U.S Embasy is bombed in Beirut, killing 40 people.
  • Hackers invade sensitive military computers such as Los Alamos National Labratory.
  • Australia wins the America's Cup for the first time in 132 years.
  • Fake Hitler diaries surface.
  • The Tylenol Murders happen in Chicago.
  • Last DeLoreans produced
  • Bob Hawke becomes Prime Minister of Australia. The first Labor PM in nine years.
  • French scientist Dr. Luc Montagnier discovered HIV.
  • The Tylenol murders happened in the fall of 1982, not 1983.