Here's What Happened The Year I was Born (1983)

TIMELINE OF 1983

·        Michael Jackson (Moonwalk Invented; Thriller Released; First Music Video)
·        Tokyo (Disneyland Opens)
·        Martin Luther King Jr. Day is Declared
·        I.M. Pie wins Pritzker Architecture Prize
·        Katsuhiro Otomo’s Domu was Published, Became a Bestseller in Japan and won the first manga to win the Science Fiction Grand Prix Award
·        Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Apple introduce Apple Lisa (First Computer with a GUI)
·        God of Manga-Anime (Osamu Tezuka) Meets God of Franco-Belgian Comics (Jean Giraud Moebius at Angouleme Comic Comic Convention in Angouleme, France)
·        Star Wars: Episode VI (Return of the Jedi) Opens in the American Box Office, grossing $475 Million
·        Fist of the North Star Premieres
·        Manga, Manga! The World of Japanese Comics is First Published
·        Miyazaki and American Studio’s joint venture co-production, Little Nemo feature is produced, but not released due to squabbling among American and Japanese staffs.
·        Scarface sees Box Office Release
·        Stephen King’s Christine horror film is released
·        A Christmas Story is released
·        Sony Introduces the CD-ROM Player or “CD Player”