Thursday, March 10, 1983 · Muskogee, Oklahoma
The world the day Carrie Underwood was born
Carrie Underwood, the country singer, arrived on a Thursday in Muskogee, Oklahoma. This is what was on the radio, in the sky and on the price tags that day.
#1 that week
“Billie Jean”
Michael Jackson
The moon
waning crescent
Star sign
♓ Pisces
Year of the Pig
U.S. president
Ronald Reagan
On every radio
The song at #1 the week Carrie was born
“Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, taking over from “Baby, Come To Me”.
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Cost of living
What things cost in 1983
U.S. averages for the year Carrie Underwood was born, next to the latest figures (Sep 2026).
- Gallon of gas$1.24 → $4.48 today (3.6×)
- Loaf of white bread54¢ → $1.83 today (3.4×)
- Dozen eggs89¢ → $2.27 today (2.5×)
- Pound of coffee$2.47 → $9.33 today (3.8×)
- Postage stamp20¢ → 78¢ today (3.9×)
In the news
The year 1983
- Jan 18 · Thirty years after his death, the International Olympic Committee presented commemorative medals to the family of American athlete Jim Thorpe, who had been stripped of his gold medals for playing semi-professional baseball before the 1912 Summer Olympics.
- Jan 27 · The pilot shaft of the Seikan Tunnel, the world's longest sub-aqueous tunnel (53.85 km) between the Japanese islands of Honshū and Hokkaidō, breaks through.
- Mar 8 · Cold War: In a speech to the National Association of Evangelicals in Orlando, Florida, U.S. president Ronald Reagan described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire".
- Apr 25 · Cold War: American schoolgirl Samantha Smith is invited to visit the Soviet Union by its leader Yuri Andropov after he read her letter in which she expressed fears about nuclear war.
- Jun 13 · Pioneer 10 passed the orbit of Neptune, becoming the first man-made object to leave the proximity of the major planets of the Solar System.
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Questions
When was Carrie Underwood born?
Carrie Underwood was born on Thursday, March 10, 1983, in Muskogee, Oklahoma.
What day of the week was Carrie Underwood born?
A Thursday. March 10, 1983 fell on a Thursday.
What was the #1 song when Carrie Underwood was born?
“Billie Jean” by Michael Jackson was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 the week Carrie Underwood was born. It spent 7 weeks at #1.
What is Carrie Underwood’s zodiac sign?
Carrie Underwood is a Pisces (born Mar 10), and was born in the Chinese year of the Pig.
What was the moon like when Carrie Underwood was born?
A waning crescent moon, about 14% lit, on the night of March 10, 1983.
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