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Internationally reknowned Latin jazz percussionist and composer Cyro Baptista is born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America.



Luiz Oscar Niemeyer is born in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, South America. He will find success as a music promoter, arranging concerts by artists including Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, Stevie Wonder and many others.
Ben E. King, with Stan Applebaum's Orchestra, records Perfidia, Sweet And Gentle, Amor, Frenesi and Souvenir Of Mexico for Atco Records in New York City, USA.

The Beatles EP [extended player] Sally la Lunga [Long Tall Sally] is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.


The Beatles' single I Should Have Known Better is released in Argentina, South America, on Odeon Pops Records.


The thirteen-day long 1983 WOMAD Festival begins at The ICA, London, England, UK, Europe. Artists appearing over the course of the whole event include The Penguin Cafe Orchestra, The Durutti Column, Peter Hammill, Misty In Roots, Dick Gaughan, 23 Skidoo, Kanda Bongo Man, Test Dept., Rip Rig and Panic, Frank Chickens, Gaspar Lawal, The Marine Girls, Jah Wobble And The Invaders Of The Heart, Shikisha, The Malopoets, David Cunningham And Peter Gordon, Orchestra Jazira, Ritwik Sanyal, Ekome Dance Company, Dr Masateru Ando, Lakshmi Jayan, Dartington Gamelan Orchestra, Scream and Dance, Yoshi Kazu Iwamoto, Aboriginal Artists, Budha Dhitya Makharjee, Boroughloch, Amadu Jobareth, Sadi Al Hadithi and Remo Schka.
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A riot in Carandiru Penitentiary, Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America
results in 111 prisoners killed - 102 from gunshots fired by military police and nine from stab wounds apparently inflicted by other prisoners before the arrival of police. Very little effort was made by the authorities to communicate with the prisoners before the jail was stormed. The Carandiru Massacre is considered a major human rights violation in the history of Brazil, and is recorded in the songs Haiti by Caetano Veloso with Gilberto Gil, October 2, 1992 by Sepultura, and 19 Rebellions by Asian Dub Foundation.
















WorldWired tour, Metallica play at O'Higgins Park, Santiago, Chile, South America, supported by Rancid and Cage The Elephant.
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