Married In 1983 : Anniversary Yearbook Showing the Main Events of the Year 1983 Illustrating the Political, World, Historical, Sporting, Musical and Movie ... Beginning of The 1980's

Have a loved one that was married in 1983? This is the book for you! Full of detail and in full colour this book explains all the main events of the year 1983. These events included:In the UK...... -The UK's first British breakfast time TV program, 'Breakfast Time', premiered on BBC1. -The 'Infrared Astronomical Satellite', the first space telescope able to survey the entire night sky is launched. -Vehicle seat belts become mandatory for drivers and passengers -Work starts on broadening the Piccadilly line of London Underground at Heathrow Airport to serve the new Terminal 4. -TV-am broadcasts for the first time -The Austin Metro is the UK's best selling car. -The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is launched -The compact disc (CD) goes to market -Liverpool wins the Football League Cup -Richard Attenborough's 1982 film Gandhi wins eight Academy Awards -The one pound coin is launched -Margaret Thatcher calls a general election -Jockey Lester Piggott triumphs at the Epsom Derby -The first episode of comedy Blackadder, starring Rowan Atkinson is broadcast on BBC One -A full size Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton is erected for the first time at the Natural History Museum. -ITV releases the popular TV show, 'Blockbusters' -Maze Prison escape -Neil Kinnock is chosen to head the Labour Party -British Thrust2 breaks the land speed record -CND march in London -M54 motorway opens -The Brink's-Mat robbery occurred In London -First heart and lung transplant -William Golding wins the Nobel Prize in Literature In the United States -The theatre production of Annie is performed for the last time on Broadway -The New Jersey Transit Police Department is established -Apple Inc. introduces the Apple Lisa personal computer -The spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3 is launched -The last episode of M*A*S*H airs -'The Strategic Defense Initiative', otherwise known by the media as 'Star Wars' is announced. President Ronald Reagan proposes a defensive shield that would protect the United States from incoming enemy missiles. -Michael Jackson performs the ground breaking "Moonwalk" at a celebration of Motown's 25th anniversary. -David Copperfield makes the Statue of Liberty disappear -American Sally Ride is the first American woman to go into space, on the Space Shuttle Challenger. -American Calvin Smith establishes new world record of 9.93 seconds for running 100 metres -Microsoft Word is first launched. -Martin Luther King Day is announced -Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is aired for the first time