Pop Culture Madness

1985 Grammy Award Winners

1984 Number One Hits

1984 Facts, History and Fun Trivia

1984 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

International Olympic Committee Established

40th Anniversary of D-Day Speech by Ronald Reagan

1984 Oscars 56th Academy Awards

1984 Grammy Award Winners

1983 Number One Hits

1983 Fun Facts, Trivia and History

1983 Music – The 100 Most Popular Songs

Deployment of Pershing II Missiles in West Germany

Thriller Video By Michael Jackson Released on December 2, 1983

The Release of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” Music Video

The Brink’s-Mat Robbery: Gold Bullion Heist in the United Kingdom

TV miniseries “The Day After” Aired November 20, 1983

The Able Archer 83 Exercise: NATO’s War Simulation and Soviet Reaction

The Release of Microsoft Word

US invasion of Grenada: Operation Urgent Fury

The Beirut Barracks Bombings: Attacks on U.S. and French Military Forces

First Hooters Restaurant Opened in Clearwater, Florida

Korean Air Flight 007: Soviet Union’s Shootdown of a Civilian Aircraft

The Assassination of Benigno Aquino Jr.

The Sri Lankan Civil War: Tamil Tigers

Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space

The Bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut

1983 Oscars 55th Academy Awards

The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

The Founding of Swatch

Final Episode of MAS*H