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Happy 40th Birthday to Mary Elizabeth Winstead!
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2024/11/28
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March 11, 1984. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (風の谷のナウシカ) was released in Japan.
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2024/03/11
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January 9, 1984 - Van Halen releases 1984
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2024/01/09
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December 16, 1983 - The Keep was released.
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2023/12/16
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November 20, 1983. An estimated 100 million people watch the controversial ABC-TV movie "The Day After" which depicted the outbreak of nuclear war. The intro warns viewers and parents of its disturbing content recommending young children not be permitted to watch.
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2023/11/20
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[18 Nov 1983] Sleepaway Camp was released 40 years ago today
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2023/11/19
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November 6, 1983. The setting of Stranger Things' pilot.
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2023/11/06
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October 25, 1983. Reagan announces the US invasion of Grenada.
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2023/10/25
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September 1, 1983. Soviets shoot down a civilian Korean Air Lines plane after it strays above Siberia.
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2023/09/01
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July 27, 1983. Madonna’s first studio album is released.
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2023/07/27
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June 18, 1983. Astronaut Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space.
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2023/06/18
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8 June 1983, Trading Places released starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy
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2023/06/08
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May 20, 1983. “In a Big Country” by Big Country was released.
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2023/05/21
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Today is the 40th anniversary of Aberdeen defeating Real Madrid in the European Cup Winners Cup final
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2023/05/11
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Monday 2nd May, New Order’s second album, Power Corruption & Lies, is released on the Factory label.
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2023/05/07
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April 18, 1983. A suicide bombing at the US embassy in Beirut leaves 63 dead.
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2023/04/18
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The space shuttle Challenger lands for the first time, completing STS-6, at Edwards Air Force Base in California, April 9, 1983.
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2023/04/09
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April 8, 1983. David Copperfield performs his ‘Statue of Liberty disappearance’ stunt.
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2023/04/08
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Automaker John DeLorean, center, and his wife Cristina Ferrare, right, walk into Federal Courthouse for a bail hearing, Monday, April 4, 1983, Los Angeles, California. DeLorean, 57, is out on bail on charges of cocaine trafficking.
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2023/04/04
19:05 UTC
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Space Transportation System mission 6, orbiter Challenger, lifts off from Pad 39A carrying astronauts Paul J. Weitz, Karol J. Bobko, Donald H. Peterson and Dr. Story Musgrave, 4 April 1983.
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2023/04/04
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April 4, 1983. Oscar-nominated actress Gloria Swanson [Sunset Boulevard] dies.
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2023/04/04
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