1983 #1 HIT FROM FLASHDANCE SOUNDTRACK TRIAL
The law for mandatory back seat seatbelts won’t be passed until 1989 for children and ’91 for adults.įebruary 4: Singer and drummer of The Carpenters, Karen Carpenter dies from complications caused by eating disorder anorexia nervosa, age 32.įebruary 6: Gestapo and SS officer, Klaus Barbie, the “Butcher of Lyon” faces trial in France and is convicted of crimes against humanity.įebruary 8: London born Eric Peters completes his sail from the Canary Islands to Guadeloupe.
1983 #1 HIT FROM FLASHDANCE SOUNDTRACK DRIVERS
January 31: Law is passed that all drivers and front seat passengers must wear a seatbelt when driving in the UK. Miami Dolphins are beaten by Washington 17-27. January 29: Though originally released as a B-side in 1981, Men at Work’s single Down Under tops the UK chart. Construction began in 1971 after being planned since 1939 and incorporates the world’s longest stretch of tunnel underneath the seabed. January 27: The Seikan Tunnel first connects the North Island of Honshu and South Island of Hokkaido in Japan. On this date, the sand within the rain is so dense, the droplets appear red in color. This sand is then carried back to earth within raindrops. The weather phenomenon has been dubbed blood rain and is caused by winds in the Sahara Desert causing sand to enter the atmosphere. These included six new comets and evidence of other solar systems centering around the stars Vega and Fomalhaut. This is the first satellite telescope to survey the sky using infrared resulted in some unexpected discoveries. January 25: Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) is launched. January 24: 25 Red Brigades are sentenced to life for kidnapping and murdering Italian Christian Democrat politician Aldo Moro in 1978. It continues erupting until 2018 making it the longest observed eruption since records began. January 3: Kīlauea, one of Hawaii’s active volcanoes erupts. January 3: Original production of musical Annie plays its final show on Broadway after 2,377 shows, making it the third-longest running musical of the ’70s. January 1: The Internet takes another step towards its creation as ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) is moved to TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol).
Below are just a few significant events, with more to be found in our 1983 newspapers. Technological advances were occurring almost every day, with the development of Compact Disc players and frequent space missions launched by NASA and the Soviet Space program science took a massive leap forward in 1983. Nuclear cruise missiles owned by America and Russia began arriving in Europe, and the IRA was terrorizing the UK. 1983 was a turbulent time, with the rise in tensions surrounding nuclear weaponry the Cold War was on everybody’s minds.