America - 1983AD
In 1983AD:
Sally K. Ride became the first U.S. woman astronaut.
Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr. became the first black American astronaut.
President Reagan proposed a space-based Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
An Infrared Astronomical Satellite was launched to probe deep into the Milky Way.
The compact disc was introduced for recorded music.
An EPA report projected the irreversible onset of the greenhouse effect.
American zoologist Dian Fossey published her book
Gorillas in the Mist
.
American runner Joan Benoit set a world record in the Boston Marathon..
Shirley MacLaine and Jack Nicholson starred in the film
Terms of Endearment
.
American writer William Kennedy published
Ironweed
.
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