May 9th, 1983 - kakorama

May 9th, 1983...

Today is Monday !

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 9th of May:

1147 - Minamoto no Yoritomo, Japanese shogun (d. 1199)
1439 - Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
1837 - Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (b. 1895)
1892 - Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989)
1893 - William Moulton Marston, American psychologist, writer (co-creator, Wonder Woman)
1949 - Billy Joel, American musician
1962 - David Gahan, English singer (Depeche Mode)
1968 - Marie-José Perec, French athlete

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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