Everything Happened in 1983

Another of the superstars from the 1970s, Elton John, scored a hit album in this year with 'Too Low For Zero', his seventeenth studi...

A piece of space exploration history was made in June of 1983, when astronaut Sally Ride became the first American woman in space, when she ...

In the news this week are actors Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson, since both have been honoured as part of the Queen's Birthday Honours...

1983 was a breakthrough year for the Eurythmics, a duo comprised of singer Annie Lennox and David A. Stewart (then known simply as Dave Stew...

Within the space of about five years, power trio The Police had become one of the world's biggest bands. Comprising bassist/vocalist (an...

For yours truly, 1983's General Election was especially significant. First of all, as I had turned 18 that year I had the vote for the ...

The 1980s have gone down as the 'greed is good' decade, a time when aspiration, achievement and monetary gain were what everyone was...