🧠 Inventions of 1983
Breakthroughs and everyday innovations from the year.
1 
Cellular Telephone Commercial Launch
2 
Domain Name System (DNS)
3 
Personal Computer Mouse
4 
Compact Disc-ROM
5 
Artificial Intelligence Expert Systems
6 
Global Positioning System Deployment
7 
Portable CD Player (Discman)
8 
Medical Laser Eye Surgery
9 
Computer-Aided Drug Design
10 
Electronic Trading Systems
HEADLINES ON July 1, 1983
Full News Archive
- Headline: Engineer Leads New Real Estate Venture. Impact: By appointing Ghilaga, R.H. Sanbar Projects Inc. inadvertently triggered a global obsession with luxury condominiums. Fast forward a few decades, and we now have billion-dollar apartment complexes where the only thing separating you from your neighbor is a thin layer of overpriced marble.. Fact: Did you know that engineers were once thought to be boring? Now they’re running real estate empires and making it impossible for the average Joe to afford a shoebox in the city!.
- Headline: Wim Wender's Hammett: A Failed Experiment. Impact: Wim Wender's 'Hammett' became a cult classic for all the wrong reasons, leading to a generation of filmmakers who thought they could copy its formula and also fail spectacularly. Thank you, Wender, for the endless stream of unoriginal content!. Fact: Did you know that contrived suspense is just Hollywood's nice way of saying, 'We forgot to write a plot'?.
- Headline: 'STROKER ACE' AT WHEEL. Impact: This stock-car racer's retread status opened the floodgates for countless athletes to switch careers and pursue stock car racing, leading to a bizarre crossover between NASCAR and reality TV that we are still trying to recover from.. Fact: Did you know that 'retread' isn't just a term for tires? It's also how we describe the vast majority of Hollywood sequels!.
Wall Street Time Machine
The Right Call: If you'd invested $1,000 in any one of these companies in 1983, here's what it would be worth in 2025.
Rank #2
WMT
Walmart
Price in 1983
$0.15
Value in 2025
$784,047
Walmart - If you invested $1,000 in 1983, it would be worth $784,047 today (784.0x return)
Rank #3
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
Price in 1983
$1.11
Value in 2025
$188,194
Johnson & Johnson - If you invested $1,000 in 1983, it would be worth $188,194 today (188.2x return)
🦸 Top 5 Comics
The New Teen Titans #1
$150
Saga of the Swamp Thing #20
$50
Detective Comics #526
$15
Thor #337
$50
Miracleman #2
$1,500
🧸 Top 5 Toys
Cabbage Patch Kids
$150.00
My Little Pony
$150.00
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
$150.00
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
$175.00
Star Wars Return of the Jedi Action Figures
$150.00
🎮 Top 5 Video Games
Mario Bros.
$600.00
Dragon'S Lair
$200.00
M.U.L.E.
$182.44
Lode Runner
$115.00
Tapper
$150.00
⚾ Top 5 Trading Cards
1983 Topps Baseball Tony Gwynn Rookie Card
$2,500
1983 Topps Baseball Ryne Sandberg Rookie Card
$1,560.00
1983 Topps Baseball Wade Boggs Rookie Card
$1,500
1983 O-Pee-Chee Wrestling Hulk Hogan Card
$1,000
1983 Donruss Baseball Three’s Company - Ripken, Hrabosky, And Fingers (Card #654)
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