19XX: 1983

-United States invades Grenada

-President Ronald Reagan proposes the 
Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).

-The video game Mario Bros. 

was first released as a Nintendo arcade game in Japan

-The US deploys Cruise Missiles in 

Europe at the Greenham Common Air Force Base in England

-Brinks Mat warehouse robbery at Heathrow Airport making off with three tons of gold bars valued at $37.5 million

-IRA Bomb Exploded outside Harrods on December 17th during the pre Christmas Shopping Season

-The first mobile phones, are introduced to the public by the Motorola Company.

-ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.

--Final Episode of MAS*H airs, record 125 million watch

-Cabbage Patch Dolls are sold in 

shops and become a success

-Pat Benatar releases "Love is a battlefield"

-Welcome to 1983