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March 10, 1982

On March 10, 1982, syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun. The year's #1 song was "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John. Taran Killam, Andreas Thorkildsen, Andre Ethier would arrive in the same year.

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1982

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The year in brief

1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1982nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 982nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 82nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1980s decade.

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What happened

On March 10, 1982

  1. 1982 Syzygy: All nine planets recognized at this time — Mercury to Pluto — align on the same side of the Sun.

    Alignment of celestial bodies

    In astronomy, a syzygy is a roughly straight-line configuration of three or more celestial bodies in a gravitational system.

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Born on March 10, 1982

Kwame Brown 1982– American basketball player (born 1982)
Dr Disrespect 1982– American live streamer (born 1982)
Logan Mankins 1982– American football player (born 1982)

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Other moments from 1982

The class of 1982

Others born in 1982

Taran Killam 1982– American actor, voice artist, comedian, and writer
Andreas Thorkildsen 1982– Norwegian javelin thrower
Andre Ethier 1982– American baseball player
Ian Bell 1982– English cricketer[citation needed]
Peeter Kümmel 1982– Estonian skier
Nellie McKay 1982– British-American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress

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