Growing up in the 80's - Relive events, songs and T.V. memories right here

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POLITICS and HISTORY

• 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'
• Israel and Lebanon sign a peace treaty, yet civil war in Lebanon continues
• Australia wins the America's Cup after 132 years of unbroken American victory
• M*A*S*H ends after 251 episodes
• A bomb planted by Shi'ite Muslims destroys the U.S embassy in Beirut (87 people killed)

MUSIC

• 99 Luftballoons by Nena
• 1999 by Prince
• Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Tyler
• Send me an Angel by Real Life
• Love Cats by The Cure
• Every Day I write the Book by Elvis Costello

TV and at the MOVIES

• M*A*S*H closed the operating room for good - for real this time
• Kevin Costner gave his best acting performance ever in The Big Chill
• William Hurt gave us the chills in Gorky Park
• Babs became a boy in Yentl
• Michael Caine was Educating Rita
• Hill St Blues policed our tv screen

People that Died in 1983

• Karen Carpenter (b.1951) American singer
• William Demerest (b.1892) Uncle Charlie in 'My Three Sons', actor
• Ira Gershwin (b.1897) American lyricist
• David Niven (b.1910) English actor
• Muddy Waters (b.1914) American Blues singer
• Slim Pickens (b.1919) American westerns film actor
• Gloria Swanson (b.1899) American silent film actress