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World EventsWorld StatisticsPopulation: 4.690 billionpopulation by decade Nobel Peace Prize: Lech Walesa (Poland) More World Statistics...
U.S. EventsU.S. StatisticsPresident: Ronald W. ReaganVice President: George Bush Population: 233,791,994 Life expectancy: 74.6 years Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 51.8 Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 46.4 More U.S. Statistics...
EconomicsUS GDP (1998 dollars): $3,514.50 billionFederal spending: $808.38 billion Federal debt: $1371.7 billion Median Household Income (current dollars): $20,885 Consumer Price Index: 99.6 Unemployment: 9.6% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.20 SportsSuper BowlWashington d. Miami (27-17)World SeriesBaltimore d. Philadelphia Phillies (4-1)NBA ChampionshipPhiladelphia 76ers d. LA Lakers (4-0)Stanley CupNY Islanders d. Edmonton (4-0)WimbledonWomen: Martina Navratilova d. A. Jaeger (6-0 6-3)Men: John McEnroe d. C. Lewis (6-2 6-2 6-2) Kentucky Derby ChampionSunny's HaloNCAA Basketball ChampionshipN.C. State d. Houston (54-52)NCAA Football ChampionsMiami-FL (11-1-0)EntertainmentEntertainment AwardsPulitzer Prizes Oscars awarded in 1983 Nobel Prize for Literature: William Golding (UK) Grammys awarded in 1983 Miss America: Debra Maffett (CA) More Entertainment Awards...Events
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ScienceNobel Prizes in ScienceChemistry: Henry Taube (US), for research on how electrons transfer between molecules in chemical reactions Physics: Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar and William A. Fowler (both US), for complementary research on processes involved in the evolution of stars Physiology or Medicine: Barbara McClintock (US), for her discovery of mobile genes in the chromosomes of a plant that change the future generations of plants they produce
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