- January 19 - Hikaru Utada, Japanese singer and songwriter is born
- January 26 - Lotus 1-2-3 is released for IBM-PC compatible computers.
- March 1 - Swatch introduces their first watches.
- February 13 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims 1983 "The Year of the Bible" (*sigh* what is wrong with these people?)
- March 8 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan calls the Soviet Union an "evil empire." (and I thought that only Bush and Fox where the "leaders" that made dumb comments)
- March 23 - The Apatosaurus (once known as the Brontosaurus) is made the official state dinosaur of Guam (I didnt know this could be possible, so what's our official state dinosaur? ;P jeje)
- April 15 - The first non-American Disney theme park opens in Japan as Tokyo Disneyland (one of two disney parks not owned by disney)
- May 9 - Pope John Paul II retracts the ban on Galileo Galilei (it took them quite a while)
- May 16 - London police begin the use of wheel clamps on illegally-parked vehicles.
- May 25 - Return of the Jedi opens in the United States.
- June 13 - Pioneer 10 becomes the first manmade object to leave the solar system.
- July 15 - The Nintendo Entertainment System goes on sale in Japan
- July 25 - Metallica releases their debut album Kill 'Em All.
- September 27 - The GNU Project is announced publicly on the net.unix-wizards and net.usoft newsgroups.
- October 25 - Microsoft Word is first released.
- October 30 - The first democratic elections in Argentina after 7 years of military rule are held.
- November 17 - The Zapatista Army of National Liberation is founded.
- McDonald's introduces the McNugget.
- The De Lorean Motor Company ceases production.
- Kellogg's introduces Crispix cereal.
So there you go, now you can check out your date of birth in Wikipedia and see what was happening... anywho... enjoy!
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