1983: Cold N.E.W World - And That's The Way It Is! - Spcl Gst, Ed, Terrence, & Barbara

Topics: The Cold War, Run-DMC, New Edition, Bill Cosby (Himself), Eddie Murphy (Delirious). (Bonus Artist: Luck Pacheco) 1983 Notes 1. Ronald Reagan President 2. Feb - The final episode of M*A*S*H airs, setting a record for most-watched television broadcast in American history. 3. Mar - Strategic Defense Initiative: U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles. The media dub this plan "Star Wars". 4. Mar - Michael Jackson performs the dance move that will forever be known as the "moonwalk" at Motown 25. 5. Apr - The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut kills 63 people. 6. Sep - Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace. All 269 on board are killed including U.S. Congressman Larry McDonald. 7. Sep - Vanessa Lynn Williams becomes the first African American to be crowned Miss America, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. 8. Oct - United States troops invade Grenada at the behest of Eugenia Charles of Dominica, a member of the Organization of American States. 9. Oct - Microsoft Word is first released. 10. Nov - The first United States cruise missiles arrive at Greenham Common Airbase in England amid protests from peace campaigners. 11. Dec - Michael Jackson's music video for "Thriller" is broadcast for the first time. It becomes the most often repeated and famous music video of all time, increasing his own popularity and record sales of the album "Thriller". 12. Misc.: McDonald's introduces the McNugget and The Cabbage Patch Kids dolls make their national debut, their popularity leads to the Cabbage Patch riots. 13. Top 3 Pop Songs 14. 1 - "Every Breath You Take", The Police 15. 2 - "Billie Jean", Michael Jackson 16. 3 - "Flashdance... What a Feeling", Irene Cara 17. Record of the Year: "Beat It" – Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones 18. Album of the Year: Thriller – Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones 19. Song of the Year: "Every Breath You Take" – The Police Sting (songwriter) 20. Best New Artist: Culture Club 21. Top 3 Movies 22. 1 - Return of the Jedi 23. 2 - Terms of Endearment 24. 3. Flashdance 25. Top 3 TV 26. 1 - Dallas 27. 2 - 60 Minutes 28. 3 - Dynasty 29. Debuts: The A-Team / Webster 30. Black Snapshots 31. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female: Chaka Khan – Chaka Khan 32. Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male: "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson 33. Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: "Ain't Nobody" – Chaka Khan & Rufus 34. Best R&B Instrumental Performance: "Rockit" – Herbie Hancock 35. Best Rhythm & Blues Song: "Billie Jean" – Michael Jackson 36. Best Comedy Recording: "Eddie Murphy", Comedian – Eddie Murphy (Also shows up in TV) 37. Apr - Harold Lee Washington became the first African American Mayor of Chicago. 38. Aug - STS-8: Space Shuttle Challenger carries Guion S. Bluford (Col, USAF, Ret.), the first African American astronaut, into space. 39. Nov - Reagan signed a bill, proposed by Representative Katie Hall of Indiana (a black woman), to create a federal holiday honoring MLK Jr. Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe the holiday at the state level until 1991. 40. Nov - Jessie Jackson announced his campaign for President of the United States in the 1984 election, becoming the second African American (after Shirley Chisholm) to mount a nationwide campaign for president. 41. Sept - Vanesa Williams becomes the first African American recipient of the Miss America title. 42. Misc.: The Color Purple wins the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction. 43. The Women of Brewster Place is the debut novel of American author Gloria Naylor. It won the 1983 National Book Award for "First Novel". 44. "Shaker, Why Don't You Sing?", Maya Angelou's fourth volume of poetry, is published. 45. Nikki Giovanni publishes her 9th poetry collection, "Those Wh