How many years ago was 1983?

How long ago was 1983?

To put into perspective how long ago 1983 was:

• The teenagers that existed in 1983 are now 55–61 years old.
• Four decades have passed since then.
• People were still listening to music on portable cassette players called Walkmans.
• The Nintendo Entertainment System still hadn't been released in the United States.
• Movies came on VHS tapes.
• Mullets were "everywhere".
• Most offices were still using typewriters. It wasn't until the nineties that PCs began to take over.
• Motorists had to rely on printed maps and directions to get to places. GPS systems didn't appear until more than a decade later.
• The Moon is moving away from Earth at roughly 1.49 inches per year. That means that it has moved away by about 63 inches since 1983.
• There have been roughly 2,184 weekends since then.
• Names such as Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Oprah Winfrey, Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson, Demi Moore, Tom Hanks, and Hulk Hogan were not famous at the time.
• Popular songs that year included the likes of "Maneater" by Hall & Oates, "Down Under" by Men at Work, "Africa" by Toto, "Baby Come To Me" by Patti Austin & James Ingram, "Billie Jean" by Michael Jackson, and "Come On Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners.
• Films such as "Tootsie", "High Road to China", "Spring Break", "Lone Wolf McQuade", "Flashdance", and "Blue Thunder" were playing at movie theaters in 1983.
• Ronald Reagan was still the President of the United States.
• Margaret Thatcher was still the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
• The Earth has travelled 189 billion miles through space since 1983.
• Most cars didn't have electric windows.
• Although TV remote controls existed, many homes did not have them.
• Microwave ovens were only starting to become a common fixture in kitchens.
• There was no such thing as "Gangsta rap".
• Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 105 centimeters since 1983.
• A person who was born that year has had roughly 84–126 colds in their lifetime.
• The world has gone through 168 seasons of weather.
• "The A-Team", "Manimal", and "Scarecrow and Mrs. King" were among the TV shows that started airing that year.