Thursday, August 11, 1983 · Melbourne, Australia
The world the day Chris Hemsworth was born
Chris Hemsworth, the actor, arrived on a Thursday in Melbourne, Australia. This is what was on the radio, in the sky and on the price tags that day.
#1 that week
“Every Breath You Take”
The Police
The moon
waxing crescent
Star sign
♌ Leo
Year of the Pig
U.S. president
Ronald Reagan
On every radio
The song at #1 the week Chris was born
“Every Breath You Take” by The Police topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 8 weeks, taking over from “Flashdance...What A Feeling”.
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Cost of living
What things cost in 1983
U.S. averages for the year Chris Hemsworth 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 Chris Hemsworth born?
Chris Hemsworth was born on Thursday, August 11, 1983, in Melbourne, Australia.
What day of the week was Chris Hemsworth born?
A Thursday. August 11, 1983 fell on a Thursday.
What was the #1 song when Chris Hemsworth was born?
“Every Breath You Take” by The Police was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 the week Chris Hemsworth was born. It spent 8 weeks at #1.
What is Chris Hemsworth’s zodiac sign?
Chris Hemsworth is a Leo (born Aug 11), and was born in the Chinese year of the Pig.
What was the moon like when Chris Hemsworth was born?
A waxing crescent moon, about 14% lit, on the night of August 11, 1983.
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