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June 15, 1983 |
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By Melissa Roe |
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| The National Weather Service forecasts, sunny weather with warm temperatures today, June 15, 1983, in the Kansas City area (National A-1). The high is predicted to be around 80 degrees with a mostly clear night with the low in the upper 50s (National A-1). ��I was born on June 15, 1983. This day started out as an ordinary day for my parents. My dad left for his usual thirty minute drive to work. As he arrived he received a phone call. It was my mom, she was in labor. He drove thirty minutes back home, only to drive another thirty minutes back to the hospital. My mom went up to the maternity floor as my dad checked her in. When he was finished he dashed on to the elevator to go see his first child born. He got off on the wrong floor. He made it to the right place just in time to see the miracle of life.� |
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| Movies such as Psycho II, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Rocky III, and Sophies Choice could be seen at the theaters. Ticket prices were $2.00 for children and $3.75 for adults. Top songs on this day were Beat It and Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, Total Eclipse of the Heart by Bonnie Taylor, and Every Breath You Take by Police. The Academy award winner for Best picture was Terms of Endearment (dmarie). Also, on this day thousands of Canadians chant, "We want Di!"On this day Prince Charles and Princess Diana began an 18-day Canadian tour. They were scheduled to visit other countries such as New Brunswick and Newfoundland later in the year. � |
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| Space Shuttle Challenger |
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| I was three years old on June 18, 1986 Christa McAuliffe becomes Americas first teacher in space when the space shuttle Challenger launched. She was just a civilian on board. She taught social studies at a school in New Hampshire. Shortly after take off, 73 seconds to be exact, Challenger exploded killing all seven passengers, falling in pieces over the Atlantic Ocean (Bondi 1252). My mother, Teri Nicholas, says," I just remember holding you and watching TV in shock and thinking how sad." Only half of the pieces were found.� |
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| �Abortion |
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Another important issue of 1986 were the foes of abortion. In 1989 Reagan agreed not to do away with the practice, but to regulate abortion. Surveyed showed that the majority favored a womans right to choose whether to have an abortion. In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled that a state could not prevent a woman from having an abortion in the first six months of pregnancy. Some states ordered counseling prior to an abortion (Bondi 1190). �Abortion now is a very controversial issue in any conversation.� Many people protest the issue outside of abortion clinics everyday, even going as far as setting fires or planting bombs targeting various clinics.� Abortion is also an important issue in political elections.� Pro-Choice or Pro-Life is what some voters base their vote on for senate or even President.
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| Hotel Fire |
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| June 15, 1983 marked the day of the second worst hotel fire that year. The fire at the Ramada Inn in Fort Worth killed five as well as injuring 33. The fire started in a roll of carpet. Officials said that alarms failed to sound due to corroded batteries in the alarms. The areas that burned had no smoke alarms. �There are now Federal laws that enforce the use working smoke detectors in every room at every hotel.� |
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| Sports & Entertainment |
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George Brett fractured one of his toes during a game. Because of this injury he was on the disabled list for the fourth time in the last six seasons. No other player who has been with the Royals has been on the disabled list more than twice (McKenzie). Michael Jordan was a member of the U.S. basketball team that won the Olympic title in 1984. He went on to become the most exciting player in the NBA (Bondi 1233). My father, Mike Nicholas says, "You were sitting on my lap sleeping and I had to be so quiet while watching the most exciting game of basketball I've ever seen."� People who were also born on June 15 are David Bolton, Waylon Jennings, Helen Hunt, and Eileen Davidson. The President in 1983 was Ronald Reagan. The Vice-President was George Bush. Athletes of the year were Carl Lewis (track) along with Martina Navratilova (tennis). The New York Islanders won the Stanley Cup against the Edmonton Oilers 4-0. Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500. The Baltimore Orioles won the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies game 5, 4-1. The Washington Redskins won Super Bowle XVII against the Miami Dolphins 27-17. Also in 1983, Steven Spielberg?s E.T., The Extraterrestrial becomes available for the world to see (Bondi 2412).
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| Environmental Issues |
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June 15, 1983 the House approved a measure on Tuesday giving judges the option of granting joint custody of children in divorce cases. The ruling passed with a vote of 90-64 (Jefferson A-16). Peter Bird rowed 9,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to within the sight of Australia?s coastline (Beef A-14).
In January of 1983 unemployment shows more than 11.5 million people as being unemployed. The estimate should triple by the end of the year. President Reagan signed a social security bill designed to keep the system out of debt for the next 75 years. On March 2, 1983 the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that state employees would be protected by a federal law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of age. November 2, 1983 Reagan signed a bill designating the third Monday in January as Martin Luther King Day (Bondi 1290).
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| Many important events happened on the day that I was born. All of these events will go down in history to never be forgotten. |
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