** General Motors introduces the Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser and the Buick Sport Wagon.

** The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel on what the company proclaims as " E Day ".

** The Ford Motor Company introduces the first moving assembly line, reducing chassis assembly time from 12½ hours in October to 2 hours, 40 minutes ( although Ford is not the first to use an assembly line, his successful adoption of one sparks an era of mass production ).

** The Australian government introduces a nationwide ban on the private possession of both automatic and semi-automatic rifles, in response to the Port Arthur massacre.

** NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before a midnight showing of Laramie.

** Citroën introduces the SM at the Geneva Auto Salon

** American Motors Corporation introduces the Gremlin.

** Volkswagen introduces the Golf, its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit.

** Motorola introduces the Motorola MicroTAC Personal Cellular Telephone, then the world's smallest mobile phone.

** President of the United States Warren G. Harding introduces the first radio in the White House.

** Maurice Fernez introduces a simple lightweight underwater breathing apparatus as an alternative to helmet diving suits.

** In the season 2 episode " Seven Thirty-Seven ," series protagonist Walter White introduces Jesse Pinkman to the poison and manufactures it in hopes of using it against psychopathic drug kingpin Tuco Salamanca.

** NBC introduces the Laramie Peacock before a midnight showing of Laramie.

** Less visible motion blur, thanks in large part to very high refresh rates and a faster response time, contributing to superior performance when displaying content with significant amounts of rapid motion ( Though newer LCD screens have similar refresh rates, that also introduces the soap opera effect ).

** Tuck introduces the British pinch work to Los Alamos National Laboratory ( LANL ).

** Rising threat of German offensive induces Commission of NRL to introduce state of emergency in all lands under its jurisdiction, and in a belt of 20 km from the front line it introduces martial law.

** introduces John Machin's quickly converging inverse-tangent series for π ( pi ), enabling it to be computed to 100 decimal places.

** Dolby Digital EX: introduces a matrix-encoded center rear surround channel to Dolby Digital for 6. 1 channel output.

** Liechtenstein introduces CET.

** Luxembourg introduces CET, but leaves 1918.

** Touch Bridge ( introduces sticking hands )

** President-elect Obama introduces Dr. Varmus as Co-Chair of PCAST, YouTube

** NDP: The NDP introduces its election platform, including $ 29 billion for health care, an inheritance tax, and a repeal of terrorism laws.

** Conservatives: Harper introduces his platform, " Demand Better.

** SM-65 Atlas, early model Atlas rocket

** The Wii is backward compatible with all games from the Nintendo GameCube, due to its being based on the PowerPC, the same base as the latter ; however, a " Family Edition " model released in North America and Europe in late 2011 removes GameCube support.

** IMR-2M1-Simplified model without the mine-clearing system.

** Commodore 64 ( or C64 or C = 64 ), an 8-bit home computer released by Commodore International in August 1982, the single best-selling personal computer model of all-time

** Langevin dynamics, a mathematical model for stochastic dynamics ; used in modeling molecules, yet also the stock market and other systems

** Symbolic dynamics, a method to model dynamical systems

** Filtering problem ( stochastic processes ), a mathematical model for a number of filtering problems in signal processing and the like

** model 1: 80x12

** model 2: 80 × 24

** model 3: 80 × 32 or 80x24 ( switchable )

** model 4: 80 × 43 or 80x24 ( switchable )

** model 5: 132 × 27 or 80 × 24 ( switchable )

** JK: The current version of the Wrangler, released as a 2007 model.

** WK2: The current version of the Grand Cherokee, released as a 2011 model.

** KK: The current version of the Liberty / Cherokee, released as a 2008 model.

** MK49: The current version of the Compass, released as a 2007 model.

** MK74: The current version of the Patriot, released as a 2007 model.

** Node ( linguistics ), a branch point in the Tree model, or Node Theory, of language evolution

** OSI model, a layered description for communications and computer network protocol design

** Addition of " S " model worldwide ( not available in North America until 1983 )

** Front & rear spoilers ( S model )

** Manual gearbox changed during model year requiring shorter torque tube.

** 205 " Weissach Edition " model for US market.

** 4. 5 " L " model dropped from production at end of 1982 model year.