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![]() High School Richfield, Minnesota - USA Class of 1983 |
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The Year 1983:
- Terrorist explosion kills 237 US Marines in Beirut.
- US invades Grenada.
- South Korean Boeing 747 jetliner bound for Seoul is shot down over the Soviet Union.
- The second space shuttle, Challenger, makes a successful maiden voyage.
- Sally K. Ride becomes the first US woman astronaut in space.
- The El Niņo phenomenon disrupts global weather patterns.
- The FCC authorizes Motorola to begin testing cellular phone service in Chicago.
- "Crack" cocaine is developed in the Bahamas, and soon appears in the United States.
- Tennessee Williams dies along with singer Karen Carpenter who dies of complications from anorexia nervosa.
- Vinyl records begin a steep decline as CD's are introduced.
- More than 125 million viewers tune in to the last episode of M*A*S*H.
- Michael Jackson sweeps the Grammys.
- 1996 graduates enter kindergarten.
- 2001/2002 graduates are born.
- More 1983 events
Greetings RHS Class of 1983! |
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In addition to this site, your class has a "sandbox" on the classreport.com RHS site at http://www.classreport.com/usa/mn/richfield/rhs/1983/ that Michael Larson is administering. |
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