President: Ronald W. Reagan
Vice President: George Bush
Population: 231,664,458
Life expectancy: 74.5 years
Dow-Jones
High: 1,070
Low: 776
Federal spending: $745.76 billion
Federal debt: $1137.3 billion
Inflation: 6%
Consumer Price Index: 96.5
Unemployment: 7.6%
Prices
Cost of a new home: $83,900.00
Median Household Income: $20,171.00
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20
Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $1.30
Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.84
Cost of a gallon of Milk: $2.24
1. Harden My Heart - Quarterflash
2. Rosanna - Toto
3. Eye In The Sky - Alan Parsons Project
4. Gloria - Laura Branigan
5. Who Can It Be Now? - Men At Work
6. Open Arms - Journey
7. Don't Talk To Strangers - Rick Springfield
8. Maneater - Daryl Hall And John Oates
9. Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker And Jennifer Warnes
10. Centerfold - J. Geils Band
Top Albums
4 - Foreigner
American Fool - John Cougar
Asia - Asia
Beauty and the Beat - The Go-Go's
Freeze-Frame - J. Geils Band
Get Lucky - Loverboy
Tattoo You - Rolling Stones
Grammy Awards
Album of the Year: Toto IV, Toto
Best New Artist: Men at Work
Best Pop Duo or Group: “Up Where We Belong,”
Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Best Pop Female Vocal: “You Should Hear How She
Talks About You,” Melissa Manchester
Best Pop Male Vocal: “Truly,” Lionel Richie
Best Rock Duo or Group: “Eye of the Tiger,” Survivor
Best Rock Female Vocal: “Shadows of the Night,” Pat
Benatar
Best Rock Male Vocal: “Hurts So Good,” John Cougar
Record of the Year: “Rosanna,” Toto
Song of the Year: “Always on My Mind”
Football
Superbowl XVII : WASHINGTON 27
- Miami 17
Pro MVP: Mark Moseley, Washington,
PK; Joe Theismann, Washington, QB &
Dan Fouts, San Diego, QB
College Football: Penn St.
Heisman Trophy: Herschel Walker,
Georgia, RB
Rose Bowl: UCLA 24, Michigan 14
Orange Bowl: Nebraska 21, LSU 20
Cotton Bowl: SMU 7, Pittsburgh 3
Sugar Bowl: Penn St. 27, Georgia 23
Basketball
NBA Championship
Winner: LA Lakers 4-2 (WLWWLW) -
Coach: Pat Riley
Opposing Team: PHILA. 76ERS - Coach:
Billy Cunningham
NBA MVP: Moses Malone, Houston, C
Ave Score: 31.1
NCAA National Champions: North
Carolina 32-2 - Coach: Dean Smith
Baseball
World Series
Winner: ST.L. CARDINALS 4-3
(LWWLLWW) - Coach: Whitey Herzog
Opposing Team: Milwaukee Brewers -
Coach: Harvey Kuenn
National League
MVP: Dale Murphy, Atl - OF
Rookie of the Year: Steve Sax, LA - P
American League
MVP: Robin Yount, Mil - SS
Rookie of the Year: Cal Ripken Jr., Bal -
SS-3B
E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial $399,804,539
Tootsie $177,200,000
An Officer and a Gentleman $129,795,549
Rocky III $122,823,192
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas $105,186,504
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan $78,900,000
Best Actor: Ben Kingsley: Gandhi
Best Actress: Meryl Streep: Sophie's Choice
Best Director: Richard Attenborough: Gandhi
Best Picture: Richard Attenborough: Gandhi
Best Supporting Actor: Louis Gossett Jr.:
An Officer and a Gentleman
Best Supporting Actress: Jessica Lange: Tootsie
1 ) 60 Minutes
2 ) Dallas
3 ) M*A*S*H
4 ) Magnum P.I.
5 ) Dynasty
6 ) Three's Company
7 ) Simon & Simon
8 ) Falcon Crest
9 ) The Dukes of Hazzard
10 ) The Love Boat
11 ) One Day at a Time
12 ) Newhart
13 ) The Jeffersons
14 ) The A Team
15 ) The Fall Guy
16 ) The ABC Monday Night Movie
17 ) The Mississippi
18 ) 9 to 5
19 ) Too Close for Comfort
20 ) Alice
Kidnapped US General Dozier Is Rescued From Italian Red Brigade Terrorists
Argentina Invades Falkland Islands, Britain Sends Fleet And Troops
Israel Returns Sinai To Egypt
Exocet Missile Sinks HMS "Sheffield", 30 Die
Spain Joins NATO
John Hinkley Found Not Guilty on Insanity Plea, Is Sent To Mental Hospital
Poland Outlaws "Solidarity"
7 Die From Poisoned Tylenol In
In The News
Iran captures 30,000 Iraqis in war
British recapture Falklands, 255 British, 1,000 Argentines Die
Multinational Peace Keeping forces including US Marines arrive in Beirut
Princess Grace of Monaco dies in auto crash
First artificial heart is implanted in Barney Clark, 61
Died, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Fonda, "Satchel" Page, Jack Webb
Dudley Moore stars in "Arthur"
"Cats" opens on Broadway
A mysterious disease is reported that kills 40% of it's victims, AIDS
Fads, Smurf and ET stuff, Valspeak and Valley Girls ("grody to the Max")
Epcot opens
Boeing 747 introduced