The Year: 1983 on coastfm.com

Cabbage Patch kids released.
Ronald Regan introduces American public to "Star Wars."
AIDS is seen as a "gay only" disease. Most threatening STD is herpes.
Karen Carpenter dies of anorexia at the age of 32.
Final episode of M*A*S*H airs, advertising cost more than that of advertising for Super Bowl.
Sally Ride becomes first woman in space.
Compact discs first hit the market.
Australia wins American Cup for first time in 132 years.
Fake Hitler diaries surface.
According to People Magazine...Most Intriguing People of 1983: Debra Winger, Mr. T, Joan Rivers, Matthew Broderick, Michael Jackson, and Jennifer Beals.
U.S. Embassy is bombed in Beirut, killing 40 people.
Camcorders introduced.
Dennis Wilson of Beach Boys dies of drowning accident Dec 28th, 1983.
Soviets shoot down South Korean airliner with 269 people on board claiming it was a U.S. spy plane.
Dr. Martin Luther King Day is created as a national holiday.
Paul Simon marries Carrie Fisher.
Wacky Wallwalker, a little rubber octopus like creature with sticky tentacles that walks down walls, is invented and sells millions.
Friendship pins, Jelly shoes, Ray-Ban Wayfarers and parachute pants are some of the many fashion statements of the year.
The very first Hooters restaurant opens in Atlanta, GA.
Ocean Spray introduces the very first "juice box" to America.

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