At A Glance
10 April 1983 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 10 April 1983 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson.
- Top Film of 1983
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1983 was Return of the Jedi.
- Bestselling Novel of 1983
- “Return of the Jedi” by James Kahn was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1983.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “Dallas” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1983–84 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 10 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 10 April 1983 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 10 April 1983 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 10 April
- 1970 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
- 1972 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
- 1991 A rare tropical storm develops in the South Atlantic Ocean near Angola, the first to be documented by satellites.
- 1998 The Good Friday Agreement is signed in Northern Ireland.
- 2009 President of Fiji Ratu Josefa Iloilo announces the abrogation of the constitution and assumes all governance in the country, creating a constitutional crisis.
Famous people born on April 10
- Charlie Hunnam, English actor (born 1980)
- Daisy Ridley, English actress (born 1992)
- Haley Joel Osment, American actor (born 1988)
- Mandy Moore, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1984)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1983 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1983 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 25 – Rob Lowe's feature film debut The Outsiders is released.
- April 11 – The 55th Academy Awards, hosted by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor and Walter Matthau, are held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Richard Attenborough's Gandhi receives 11 nominations and wins eight awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
- April 18 – The Disney Channel is initiated on American cable TV.
Life in the US in 1983
President
Ronald Reagan
Gas (per gallon)
$1.16
Loaf of Bread
$0.59
Average House
$75,300
Weekly Wage
$308
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