It's May 1983. The 100th Kentucky Derby is won by Sunny's Halo.

 An earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale hits the San Joaquin Valley in California.

 The 18th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards are held at Knotts Berry Farm in California. Willie Nelson wins for Single of the Year (Always on my Mind) and album of the year. Alabama wins for Top Vocal Group and Entertainer of the Year.

 The New York Islanders win their 4th Stanley Cup.

 Miss California, Julie Lynne Hayek, is chosen Miss USA.

 Three commercial airliners are hijacked to Cuba.

 Pope John Paul II celebrates his 63rd birthday.

  The 100th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge is celebrated.

 The movie Return of the Jedi sets a new opening day record of $6,219,629.

 Boxer Jack Dempsey, who was the heavyweight champion in the 1920s, dies at age 87.

 Tom Sneva wins the Indy 500. In Tioga County, a tornado touches down in the 
Towns of Barton, Tioga, and Owego, destroying several homes, and downing trees and power lines.

 Tony Bennett appears at the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena. Tickets Cost $10 and $12.

 The Newark Valley High School Drama Club performs Godspell.

 The residents of the Town and Village of Nichols finally get hooked up to cable TV.

 The owners of Hiawatha Island put it up for sale. They want $227,000 for the 100-acre island and a 24-acre parcel on Marshland Road. 

 Voters in the Owego-Apalachin School District approve a $11,055,310 budget.

 Newchannels adds the Disney Channel to its lineup in the Southern Tier.

 Top selling books include Christine by Stephen King, White Gold Wielder by Stephen R. Donaldson, and The One Minute Manager by Kenneth Blanchard and Spencer Johnson.

 Star Wars fans begin lining up at 11:00 am for tickets to the first show of Return of the Jedi at the theater in the Oakdale Mall. By 6:30 pm, more than 600 people are in line for tickets, the price of which has been increased to $4.50.

 ABC cancels Laverne and Shirley, Too Close for Comfort, Tales of the Gold Monkey, Joanie Loves Chachi, The Greatest American Hero, The New Odd Couple, It Takes Two, and The Quest.

 Movies playing in local theaters include Blue Thunder, Dr. Detroit, Flashdance, King of Comedy, Local Hero, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, Spring Break, Stuck on You, Tootsie, and Return of the Jedi. 

 Top tunes include Let's Dance by David Bowie, Beat It by Michael Jackson, Flashdance . . . What a Feeling by Irene Cara, and Overkill by Men At Work. 

 The Ford Concept 100 car features a sonar-detection system and a satellite-navigation system which uses a nine-inch TV screen in the dashboard.

 New products include Halfsies, a Quaker cereal with half the sugar of other sugar coated cereals, and decaffeinated versions of Coke, Diet-Coke, and TAB.