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Friday, July 13, 2007

Let's Here it For 1983







1983
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
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 screens



Born in 1983...



Courtney Niemczura!



Happy Birthday Courtney!

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