♥ what was happening in 1983....

for my birthday, my dear cousin jaimee sent me a fabulous list

of what was happening in 1983, so i thought i would share all

of the facts that the queen of googling came up with!

enjoy!

source.

* fred was still the baker at dunkin' donuts. (watch)

* christian bale was in his first commercial.. a hottie even then! (watch)

* there was red rain in the UK (because of the sand in the sahara deserts)

* the final episode of M*A*S*H aired and broke the record for most viewed.

* in manchester, maine school girl samantha smith is invited to visit the soviet union by it's leader, yuri andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about

nuclear war.

* vanessa williams is crowned miss america, the first african american to win. (read)

* martin luther king day was signed as a recognized federal holiday. (read)

* kellog's introduces crispix and mcdonald's introduces the mcnugget.

* william golding (author of lord of the flies) wins the nobel prize for literature.