Macro Facts for 1983

The Boys Next Door, 1983 Macro facts
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1. Northern Chad seized by Libyans and Rebels Libya continued its involvement in Chad. The government requested and received aid from both US and the French governments.
2. U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon was bombed. Sixty-three people, including the CIA's Middle East director, were killed, and 120 were injured in a 400-pound suicide truck-bomb attack.
3. The Supreme Court held with an 8-1 decision that the IRS can deny tax exemptions to racial-discriminating private schools
Unemployment Rises in the US to 12 million the highest figure since 1941
5. The First Person to Receive an Artificial Heart Barney Clark US dies after 112 days
Popular Films
· Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
· Tootsie
· Trading Places
· WarGames
· Superman III
· Flashdance
· Staying Alive
· Octopussy
· National Lampoon's Vacation
· Never Say Never Again
· Terms of Endearment
· Yentl
· Educating Rita
· How Much things cost in 1983Yearly Inflation Rate USA3.22% Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 1258 Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 11.00% Average Cost of new house $82,600.00 Average Income per year $21,070.00 Average Monthly Rent $335.00 Dodge RAM 50 Truck $5665.00
6. Russia / Soviet Union Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars Yuri Andropov
7. Second space shuttle, Challenger, makes successful maiden voyage, which includes the first US space walk in nine years 8. Crack" cocaine is developed in the Bahamas, and soon appears in the United States. Background: Nationwide Trends in Drug Abuse9. First Anti-Drug Movement goes into motion.

10. Resources for Special Needs children is created.