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.

Phyllis Pearce ( Jill Summers ) was hailed as the new Ena Sharples in 1982, the Duckworths moved into No. 9 in 1983 and slipped into the role once held by the Ogdens, while Percy Sugden ( Bill Waddington ) appeared in 1983 and took over the grumpy war veteran role from Albert Tatlock.

* Chimera, a 1983 solo album by Bill Nelson

Defenseman Brad Park, acquired from the Boston Bruins in the 1983 free-agent market, also helped the Wings reach the postseason and ended up winning the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy the same season.

In 1983, Democrats Bill Bradley and Dick Gephardt had offered a proposal ; in 1984 Reagan had the Treasury Department produce its own plan.

The band embarked on their first tour of the U. S. in April 1983, joined by Bill Sullivan, a young security guard, as roadie, who approached the band after a show at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.

Up to version 3. 7 of vi, created in October, 1981, UC Berkeley was the development home for vi, but with Bill Joy's departure in early 1982, to join Sun Microsystems, and AT & T's UNIX System V ( January, 1983 ) adopting vi, changes to the vi codebase happened more slowly and in a more dispersed and mutually incompatible ways.

Warriors ( 1983 ) further developed Numan's jazz-influenced style and featured contributions from avant-garde musician Bill Nelson ( who fell out with Numan during recording and chose to be uncredited as the album's co-producer ) and saxophonist Dick Morrissey ( who would play on most of Numan's albums until 1991 ).

In a ceremony on January 18, 1983, the IOC presented two of Thorpe's children, Gale and Bill, with commemorative medals.

In April 1983, Joseph Bonanno and his son, Bill Bonanno appeared on the CBS News TV program 60 Minutes to be interviewed by correspondent Mike Wallace.

* In 1983, real-life escape artist Bill Shirk played himself in a film called The Escapist.

Lamb County was the home of the Texas House Speaker Billy Wayne " Bill " Clayton, who served from 1975 until 1983.

* The Greatest American Hero ( 1981 – 1983 ): Most of Ralph Hinkley, Bill Maxwell, and Pam Davidson's encounters with the aliens, or " little green guys ", take place in Palmdale, with the exception of the episode " Don't Mess Around with Jim ".

* Bill Saul and his twin brothers Rich Saul and Ron Saul, professional football players during the 1960s and 1970s, were born and raised in Butler – Bill played 9 years ( 1962 – 1970 ) as a linebacker for the Colts, Steelers, Saints and Lions, Rich played 12 years ( 1970 – 1982 ) at center for the Los Angeles Rams and Ron played 13 years ( 1970 – 1983 ) for the Houston Oilers and Washington Redskins.

Wizards ed Bill Fawcett, Mayfair Games, 1983 contains the character biography entitled " Shadowjack ".

* In 1983, Labour MP John Golding talked for over 11 hours during an all-night sitting at the committee stage of the British Telecommunications Bill.

* Bill Gaither ( 1983 )

The first Boland Amendment was to the House Appropriations Bill of 1982, which was attached as a rider to the Defense Appropriations Act of 1983, named for the Massachusetts Democrat, Representative Edward Patrick Boland, who authored it.

In 1983, during his final year as a student at UCL ( University College London ), Gervais and Bill Macrae formed the New Wave pop duo, Seona Dancing.

At the suggestion of the National Viewers ' and Listeners ' Association, the Conservative MP Graham Bright introduced a Private Member's Bill to the House of Commons in 1983.

A list of past honorary degree recipients, include: Beverly Sills ( 1975 ), Roy Lichtenstein ( 1977 ), Twyla Tharp ( 1978 ), Gordon Davidson ( 1980 ) Haskell Wexler ( 1981 ) Mischa Schneider ( 1981 ), Bella Lewitzky ( 1981 ), Henry Mancini ( 1983 ), Jan de Gaetani ( 1983 ), Ravi Shankar ( 1985 ), John Cage ( 1986 ), Frank O. Gehry ( 1987 ), Trisha Brown ( 1988 ), Donn B. Tatum ( 1989 ), Luis Valdez ( 1989 ), Paul Taylor ( 1989 ), Ornette Coleman ( 1990 ), Beatrice Manley ( 1990 ), Lulu May Von Hagen ( 1990 ), Ustad Ali Akbar Khan ( 1991 ), Pearl Primus ( 1991 ), Adrian Piper ( 1992 ), Ray Bradbury ( 1992 ), Yvonne Rainer ( 1993 ), Steven Bochco ( 1993 ), Stan Brakhage ( 1994 ), Vija Celmins ( 1994 ), Betye Saar ( 1995 ), Carolyn Forche ( 1995 ), Laurie Anderson ( 1996 ), Elvin Jones ( 1996 ), Chantal Akerman ( 1997 ), Lee Breuer ( 1998 ), Ed Ruscha ( 1999 ), Bill Viola ( 2000 ), Steve Reich ( 2000 ), Ry Cooder ( 2001 ), Faith Hubley ( 2001 ), Bruce Nauman ( 2001 ), Alice Coltrane ( 2002 ), Roy E. Disney ( 2003 ), Anna Halprin ( 2003 ), Carolee Schneemann ( 2003 ), Christian Wolff ( 2004 ), Daniel Nagrin ( 2004 ), James Newton ( 2005 ), Harrison “ Buzz ” Price ( 2005 ), Julius Shulman ( 2005 ), Rudy VanderLans ( 2006 ), Rudy Perez ( 2006 ), Alonzo King ( 2007 ), Harry Belafonte ( 2008 ), Herbert Blau ( 2008 ), Terry Riley ( 2008 ), Elizabeth LeCompte ( 2009 ), Morton Subotnick ( 2009 ), William M. Lowman ( 2010 ), Trimpin ( 2010 ), Annette Bening ( 2011 ), Donald McKayle ( 2011 ), and Peter Sellars ( 2012 ).

* 1983 – Owen Fussey, Canadian ice hockey player

She contested the seat of Burnley in Lancashire in the 1979 general election and then, against David Owen, the Plymouth Devonport seat in the 1983 general election.

In 1982, the so-called TTAPS team ( Richard P. Turco, Owen Toon, Thomas P. Ackerman, James B. Pollack and Carl Sagan ) undertook a computational modeling study of the atmospheric consequences of nuclear war, publishing their results in Science in December 1983.

He led the new party from March 1982 until after the 1983 general election, when Owen succeeded him unopposed.

The program began emanating from New York City on a regular basis in September 1983, at which time Bill Owen replaced Bill Rice as announcer for a year.

Owen led the SDP from 1983 to 1987, and the continuing SDP from 1988 to 1990.

Owen blamed the SDP's demise on the reforms which had been taking place in the Labour Party since the election of Neil Kinnock as leader in 1983.

:* 1983 – 1995: Owen Bieber

The company was founded in 1983 by brothers Richard Garriott and Robert Garriott, their father Owen, and Chuck Bueche because of the trouble they had collecting money owed to Richard for his games released by other companies.

* The Grey and Simcoe Foresters, Owen Sound, Ontario, 1983

In 1983, Bueche, along with Richard Garriott, Robert Garriott, and Owen Garriott, founded the software company Origin Systems Inc.

Owen Kay Garriott, Ph. D. ( born November 22, 1930 ) is a former NASA astronaut who spent 60 days aboard the Skylab space station in 1973 during the Skylab 3 mission, and 10 days aboard Spacelab-1 on a space shuttle mission in 1983.

Their replacements were Anne Diamond ( 1983 – 1992 ) and Nick Owen ( 1983 – 1986 ).

* Nick Owen, 1983 – 1986, presented Good Morning Britain alongside Anne Diamond.

* Interview of Owen Lattimore by Caroline Humphrey 21st May 1983 ( film )

This prefigured the period 1983 – 1987 when Owen and Steel were Leaders of the SDP / Liberal Alliance and tension grew over whether their deal was a prelude to a merger of the parties or merely a temporary electoral pact.

* Doomsday, Britain after Nuclear Attack, Stan Openshaw, Philip Steadman and Owen Greene, Basil Blackwell, 1983 ISBN 0-631-13394-1

* 1983 Owen Chadwick — Religion and Society

* Quintessence ( book ), a 1983 book by Betty Cornfeld and Owen Edwards

" Love Will Tear Us Apart " was first covered by New Order ( at the Edgbaston Tower Ballroom, Birmingham on 9 May 1983 ) and has been covered by many artists including Paul Young, Adrian Borland, Thom Yorke, Mark Owen, Björk, Nerina Pallot, Hawksley Workman, Calexico, Bloc Party, The Cure, Swans, Unbroken, Broken Social Scene, Nouvelle Vague, Human Drama, Heavens, Fall Out Boy, José González, Red Mecca, Yat-Kha, Stanton Miranda, U2, David Gahan, Adam Green, John Frusciante, Arcade Fire, Revere, Squarepusher, Honeyroot, Chris Edwards, Susanna and the Magical Orchestra, Moonspell, The Blood Divine, Simple Minds, Oysterband with June Tabor, Paul Young, Centre Excuse, Jamie Cullum, Evelyn Evelyn, Bis, In the Nursery, Apoptygma Berzerk and The Mulhollands.

* Owen Wansbrough-Jones ( 1906 – 1983 ), British chemist and soldier

Spike Dee Owen ( born April 19, 1961 in Cleburne, Texas ) is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners ( 1983 – 86 ), Boston Red Sox ( 1986 – 88 ), Montreal Expos ( 1989 – 92 ), New York Yankees ( 1993 ) and California Angels ( 1994 – 95 ).

On June 25, 1983 Owen went 1 for 4 against the Toronto Blue Jays in his major league debut in with the Mariners.