May 18th, 1983 - kakorama

May 18th, 1983...

Today is Wednesday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson In the UK: "True" by Spandau Ballet

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Reagan and Central America

(TIME Cover: May the 9th, 1983)

Famous people born on the 18th of May:

1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1131)
1868 - Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov , Nicholas II, Last Emperor of Russia. (d. 1918)
1897 - Frank Capra, American producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
1914 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (d. 1982)
1920 - Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
1950 - Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
1960 - Yannick Noah, French tennis player

The Nobel Peace Prize 1983

Lech Walesa
1943-

Poland
Trade union leader (Solidaritet)

Photo: nobelprize.org

Average price of a dozen eggs in 1983 (USA)
	$0.86

Oscar of the best picture in 1983

Terms of Endearment
directed by James L. Brooks
with John Lithgow (Sam Burns), Jack Nicholson (Garrett Breedlove) and Shirley MacLaine (Aurora Greenway)

Designed in 1983

The Silver tea and coffee service
by Michael Graves

Rolling Stone Magazine cover

Joan Baez / Rolling Stone Magazine Vol. 393, April 14, 1983

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