1925 Rod Steiger - Actor (In the Heat of the Night, On the Waterfront, The Pawnbroker, Dr. Zhivago, The Longest Day, Back Water, In Pursuit of Honour)

Is there an equivalent to him now? I remember seeing him in the movie Oklahoma. I don't think he sang though.

1983 The first cordless phone, capable of operating up to 600 feet away from its base, was introduced. It was made by Fidelity and British Telcom, and sold for £170

I remember when I saw my first one and I think they were called "roam phones". They were huge.