Tuesday, May 17, 1983

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The Headlines

U.S. HELP FOR PRIVATE ROCKETS

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Let's Dance

David Bowie

#1 at the box office

$7,053,016

The must-have

Cabbage Patch Kids

On This Day

• Lebanon, Israel, and the United States sign an agreement on Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon.

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• The U.S. Department of Energy declassifies documents showing world's largest mercury pollution event in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (ultimately found to be 4.2 million pounds [1.9 kt]), in response to the Appalachian Observer's Freedom of Information Act request.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Enya (1961)
• Edward Jenner (1749)
• Henri Barbusse (1873)
• Erik Satie (1866)
• Alfonso XIII (1886)

Slang

Tech Check

Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, Internet (TCP/IP Standard) & Microsoft Word.

Cost of Living (1980)