'83 Trivia

This page contains some historical events that happened during the time while we were seniors (August of '82 through May of '83). It's just for fun, but be honest, how many of you actually remember these things happening?

	Ronald Reagan is the President of the United States.
08/--/1982	Comic strip "Marvin" debuts.
08/05/1982	Go-Gos are on the cover of Rolling Stone.
08/07/1982	"Jack & Diane" by John Cougar enters the Top 40 Chart.
08/07/1982	"Who Can it Be Now" by Men at Work enters the Top 40 Chart.
08/12/1982	The Dow Jones Industrial Average hits bottom, closing at 776.92.
08/12/1982	"Bosom Buddies" and "Mork & Mindy" both last air on ABC.
09/--/1982	Cybill Shepherd and David Ford divorce.
09/02/1982	"Police Squad", a TV comedy starring Leslie Nielsen, last aired on ABC after only 6 episodes.
09/04/1982	"Abracadabra" by The Steve Miller Band reaches #1 on the pop singles chart.
09/08/1982	Cher begins filming "Silkwood".
09/14/1982	Princess Grace of Monaco, age 52, dies from injuries suffered when her car plunged off a mountain road in Monaco.
09/20/1982	"I Love Rock 'n Roll" by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts becomes certified Platinum.
09/22/1982	"Family Ties" starring Michael J. Fox debuts on NBC.
09/28/1982	The first reports of deaths appear in the Chicago area from Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. Seven people die, which results in tamper-proof packaging for consumer products.
09/30 - 10/02/1982	Federal Government shut down.
09/30/1982	"Cheers" debuts on NBC.
10/01/1982	Disney's Epcot Center opens in Orlando, Florida.
10/05/1982	Johnson & Johnson recalls all Tylenol capsules after contamination deaths.
10/07/1982	The Andrew Lloyd Weber musical "Cats" opens on Broadway.
10/12/1982	The 1982 World Series opens in St. Louis with the Cardinals playing the Milwaukee Brewers. Milwaukee shuts out St. Louis with a 10-0 win.
10/13/1982	Game 2 of the World Series. The Cardinals even the series by beating the Brewers 5-4.
10/14/1982	In Seoul, South Korea 5,837 couples marry in mass wedding ceremony.
10/14/1982	John Lennon and Yoko Ono are on the cover of Rolling Stone.
10/15/1982	Game 3 of the World Series. Center fielder, Willie McGee hit a 3 run homer in the 5th inning, then a solo shot in the 7th, leading St. Louis to a 6-2 victory over Milwaukee.
10/16/1982	Game 4 of the World Series. Brewers defeat Cardinals 7-5, bringing the series to 2 games a piece.
10/17/1982	Milwaukee defeats St. Louis 6-4 in game 5 of the World Series.
10/19/1982	St. Louis brings the World Series to 3 games a piece by winning 13-1 over the Brewers.
10/19/1982	John DeLorean is arrested in Los Angeles and charged in a $24 million cocaine scheme allegedly aimed at salvaging his bankrupt sports car company. He was later tried and acquitted.
10/20/1982	Game 7 of the World Series. The Cards trail 3-1 in the bottom of the 6th. After a single, a double, a pitching change and a walk, Hernandez's 2 run single tied the game. George Hendrick followed with another single to put St. Louis ahead 4-3. The Cards added a pair of runs in the 8th and held the lead to bring them to a 6-3 victory and the World Series Championship.
10/22/1982	"First Blood" starring Sylvester Stallone opens in theatres.
10/25/1982	Bob Newhart returns to series TV when "Newhart" debuts on CBS.
10/26/1982	The Reagan Administration shows a record budget deficit of more than $110,000,000,000 for the fiscal year of 1982.
11/01/1982	The Playboy channel is launched.
11/05/1982	Elizabeth Taylor divorces John Warner (her seventh divorce).
11/10/1982	The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opens in Washington, DC.
11/20/1982	Drew Barrymore hosts "Saturday Night Live" at the age of 7.
12/01/1982	Michael Jackson's album "Thriller" is released by Epic Records.
12/02/1982	Barney B. Clark, retired dentist, is the recipient of the first artificial heart.
12/06/1982	Senator Ted Kennedy and his wife Joan divorce.
12/08/1982	Norman D. Mayer, demanding an end to nuclear weapons, held the Washington Monument hostage, threatening to blow it up with explosives he claimed were in his van. After ten hours he was shot to death by police, and no explosives were found in the van.
12/13/1982	The Sentry armored car company in New York discovered an overnight theft of $11 million from its headquarters. This was the largest money theft in United States history.
12/15/1982	Lou Rawls becomes the 1,756th celebrity honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
12/17 - 12/21/1982	Federal Government shut down.
12/17/1982	"Tootsie" starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange and Teri Garr opens in theatres.
12/22/1982	A severe storm blasts across the Western states and causes power outages in parts of California, Arizona and Nevada. This storm forces the closure of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco for two hours due to high winds.
12/24/1982	A Christmas Eve blizzard sweeps across Colorado and Wyoming, leaving behind up to 40 inches of snow and stranding thousands of holiday travelers.
01/03/1983	Times Beach, MO is declared a disaster area due to dioxin contamination.
01/07/1983	Reagan ends US arms embargo against Guatemala.
01/13/1983	The AMA urges ban on boxing. Sites Muhammad Ali's deteriorating condition.
01/15/1983	Meyer Lansky, reputed mobster, dies in Miami Beach, FL at 81 .
01/23/1983	"A-Team" premiers on NBC starring Mr. T.
01/26/1983	Paul "Bear" Bryant, college football coach for Alabama, dies at 69.
01/30/1983	The Washington Redskins beat The Miami Dolphins 27-17 in Super Bowl XVII.
02/04/1983	Karen Carpenter, drummer/singer for The Carpenters, dies at 32 of anorexia.
02/24/1983	Tennessee Williams, US playwright (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof), dies at 71.
02/26/1983	Michael Jackson's "Thriller" album goes to #1 and stays at #1 for 37 weeks.
02/28/1983	Final TV episode of "MAS*H" airs on CBS. A record 125 million viewers watch.
03/08/1983	IBM releases PC DOS version 2.0.
03/14/1983	OPEC cut oil prices for the first time in 23 years.
03/16/1983	Arthur Godfrey, TV host of the "Arthur Godfrey Show", dies at 79.
03/23/1983	Barney B. Clark, 1st artificial heart recipient, dies after 112 days.
04/04/1983	Gloria Swanson, actress (Airport 1975), dies at 84 of a heart ailment.
04/15/1983	Tokyo Disneyland opens.
04/18/1983	A lone suicide bomber kills 63 at US Embassy in Lebanon.
04/20/1983	President Reagan signs a $165 billion bail out for Social Security.
04/23/1983	Buster Crabbe, Olympic swimmer/actor, dies at 75 in Scottsdale AZ.
04/26/1983	The Dow Jones Industrial Average breaks 1200 for the first time.
04/27/1983	Nolan Ryan becomes the strikeout king (3509), passing Walter Johnson.
04/29/1983	Harold Washington is sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor.
05/02/1983	An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale injures 487 in Coalinga CA.
05/17/1983	Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty.
05/21/1983	David Bowie's "Let's Dance," single goes #1.
05/25/1983	"Return of the Jedi" (Star Wars 3) released in theatres.
05/31/1983	Jack Dempsey, heavyweight boxing champ, dies at 87.

AND FOR SOME LOCAL TRIVIA:

Dec. 2, 1983 (From the yearbook)

"Around December wouldn't you think there would be lots of snow on the ground? Well, things can change! On December 2, 1982, there was 11 inches of rain, not snow, on the ground. There were 150 people and some teachers stranded at the school until almost 8:30 P.M. Students made sandwiches for everybody and they sold potato chips for 10 cents and soda was free. This is a time to remember and reflect back to in years to come."

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