It was initially intended to be a next generation video game machine, but was redesigned as a general purpose computer after the North American video game crash of 1983.

Arbor Day was celebrated from 1983 until 1999 in South Africa, when the national government extended it to National Arbor Week, which lasts from 1 – 7 September.

The Electron was developed during 1983 as a cheap sibling for the BBC Micro with the intention of capturing the low-cost Christmas sales market for that year.

It was announced early in 1983 with a fall introduction at the target price of $ 500 for plug-in AppleNet cards for the Lisa and the Apple II.

This was a topic of major commercial effort at the time, dominating shows like the National Computer Conference ( NCC ) in Anaheim in May 1983.

By late 1983 it was clear that IBM's Token Ring would not be ready in time for the launch of the Mac, and might miss the launch of these other products as well.

As trading became tighter in the petroleum market, and Aston Martin was requiring more time and money, Gauntlett agreed to sell Hays / Pace to the Kuwait Investment Office in September 1983.

( A revised 2-port model was released in 1983, along with a game adapter that allowed gamers to play all 2600 games.

The system had been designed in 1983 through 1984 with an intended mass market rollout in June 1984, but was canceled shortly thereafter due to the sale of the company to Tramiel Technology Ltd on July 2, 1984.

In 1963, Rowney ( now part of Daler-Rowney Ltd since 1983 ) was the first manufacturer to introduce an artist ’ s acrylic color in Europe, under the brand name Cryla.

Michigan Opera Theatre was the first major American opera company to present the work in 1983, and again in November 2009.

Aquino, a former Senator and a leading figure of the political opposition, was assassinated in 1983 at the Manila International Airport ( now the Ninoy Aquino International Airport ) upon returning home from exile.

The treaty was undisturbed until Ronald Reagan announced his Strategic Defense Initiative ( SDI ) on March 23, 1983.

This seat was abolished in the 1983 general election and replaced with the present constituency of Hyndburn ( UK Parliament constituency ).

The HARM missile was approved for full production in March 1983, and then deployed in late 1985 with VA-72 and VA-46 aboard the aircraft carrier USS America.

In 1983, the American National Standards Institute formed a committee, X3J11, to establish a standard specification of C. After a long and arduous process, the standard was completed in 1989 and ratified as ANSI X3. 159-1989 " Programming Language C ." This version of the language is often referred to as " ANSI C ", or sometimes " C89 " ( to distinguish it from C99 ).

A. Panitz's patent, was developed by Mike Miller starting in 1983 and culminated with the first prototype in 1986.

The Bronx was the setting for the 1983 film Fuga dal Bronx, also known as Bronx Warriors 2 and Escape 2000, an Italian B-movie best known for its appearance on the television series Mystery Science Theatre 3000.

The first BBS using the Apple Macintosh platform was the Austin Arts BBS, which was a dial-up system developed by Bill Hood of the School of Screenprinting in 1983.

The British strategic bombing force largely came to an end when the V bomber force was phased out ; the last of which left service in 1983.

Factional infighting developed between moderates in the CSP and radicals led by Captain Thomas Sankara, who was appointed prime minister in January 1983.

It was founded in 1983 by Niels Jensen, Ole Henriksen, Mogens Glad and Philippe Kahn.

Philippe Kahn was at all times Chairman, President, and CEO of Borland Inc. from its inception in 1983 until he left in 1995.

Fuller's last filmed interview took place on April 3, 1983, in which he presented his analysis of Simon Rodia's Watts Towers as a unique embodiment of the structural principles found in nature.

Ben Rosen provided the venture capital financing for the fledging company and served as chairman of the board for 18 years from 1983 until September 28, 2000, when he retired and was succeeded by Michael Capellas who served as the last Chairman and CEO until its merger with HP.

Its last class graduated in 1983.

Version 1 of BTNR188 ( DPNSS ) was issued in 1983 ; the last version of DPNSS to be released 6 in 1995 included compatibility with ISDN features released in V5.

Non-championship Formula One events were held for many years but, due to the increasing cost of competition, the last of these occurred in 1983.

Behind an improved defense the team would finish 7 – 9 in 1983, but it would be their last season in Baltimore.

Mayol ’ s last deep dive followed in 1983 when he reached the depth of 105m, at the age of 56.

Minor Threat, which had returned to being a four-piece group with the departure of Hansgen, played its last show on September 23, 1983, with go-go band Trouble Funk and the Big Boys, ending with " Last Song ", which was the original title of " Salad Days ".

Land growth has accelerated since the last quarter of the 20th century, from in 1972 to in 1983 to square kilometres in 1994.

* 1983 – Demolition of the radio tower Ismaning, the last wooden radio tower in Germany.

The Brewers were in contention to repeat in 1983, but the team fell on a rough September to finish in 4th place with an 87 – 75 record, their last winning season until 1987.

At the time of the last official census in Burma, 31 March 1983, the population was 35, 442, 972., this was estimated by the CIA World Factbook to have increased to 54, 584, 650 ; however, many other estimates put this much higher, at around 60 million: China's People Daily reported that Burma had a census in 2007, and at the end of 2009 has 59. 2 million people, and growing at 2 % annually, with exception for Cyclone Nargis in 2008, and Britain-based human rights agencies place the population as high as 70 million.

The last official census in 1983 occurred at a time when parts of the country were controlled by insurgent groups and inaccessible to the government.

" The last turntable-playable recording Mad packaged with its magazines was " A Mad Look at Graduation ," in a 1983 Special.

The last Canadian segregated black school ( Guysborough, Nova Scotia ) was closed in 1983.

Volkswagen Group's Australian arm, Volkswagen Group Australia ( VGA ), announced that they would be returning Škoda, last sold in Australia in 1983, to the Australian car market in October 2007. the Fabia, Octavia, Roomster, Superb and Yeti are available in Australia.

His last wife was Shelagh Sinclair, to whom he was married from 1983 to his death on 27 February 2002.

Nonetheless Feline broke the Stranglers in Europe and reached No. 4 in the UK chart in January 1983 ( their last studio album to break the UK Top 10 ).

Terry Chambers left the band shortly thereafter, during the recording of their 1983 album Mummer ( his last recording on the track " Toys ").

Since their last Cup win in 1983, they are currently the only team of the four major North American sports leagues ( NHL, NFL, NBA, & MLB ) to win 4 consecutive championships, and hold the NHL record for most consecutive playoff series ' wins at 19 ( 1980 Playoffs-1984 Playoffs ).

* November 25 – George McMillin, American admiral, last Naval Governor of Guam ( d. 1983 )

In the debate on the address shortly after the general election of 1983, Powell picked up on Thatcher's willingness, when asked, to use nuclear weapons as a " last resort ".

The last ringdown telephone exchange in the United States was located at Bryant Pond, Maine, had 400 + subscribers, and converted to dial service in October 1983.

On 31 December 1983 Andropov celebrated the New Year for the last time.