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 ).

Bronski Beat formed in 1983 when Somerville, Steinbachek and Bronski shared a three-bedroom flat at Lancaster House in Brixton.

Newcomb's tables formed the basis of all astronomical ephemerides of the Sun from 1900 through 1983: they were originally expressed ( and published ) in terms of Greenwich Mean Time and the mean solar day, but later, in respect of the period 1960 – 1983, they were treated as expressed in terms of ET, in accordance with the adopted ET proposal of 1948 – 52.

On 19 October 1983 the military under Hudson Austin took power in a second coup and formed a military government to run the country.

The Golden Turkey Awards formed the basis of a 1983 television series The Worst of Hollywood hosted by Michael Medved.

In 1976, two former Improv-Inc members, Michael Bossier and John Elk, formed Spaghetti Jam, performing Short-Form improv and Harolds in San Francisco ’ s famous Old Spaghetti Factory through 1983.

The Green Party has received growing support since it was officially formed in 1983.

Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band, formed in Washington, D. C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983.

In 1983, defectors from the MMM joined with the PSM to form the Militant Socialist Movement ( MSM ) and formed a majority in coalition with the MLP.

* Psyche ( band ), a dark synthpop music group ( formed 1983 )

Phish was formed at The University of Vermont in 1983 by guitarists Trey Anastasio and Jeff Holdsworth, bassist Mike Gordon and drummer Jon Fishman.

The Stems were an alternative rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 1983 and were heavily influenced by 1960s garage rock and 1970s power pop.

The Stems formed in late 1983 when vocalist / guitarist Dom Mariani, formerly in the Go-Starts, was introduced to Richard Lane.

* Warrant ( German band ), a German speed metal band that formed in 1983

The Stone Roses are an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester in 1983.

The MMTB, along with the metropolitan railway assets of VicRail, were absorbed into the newly formed Metropolitan Transit Authority ( MTA ) on 1 July 1983, while the regional assets of VicRail were absorbed by the State Transit Authority ( STA ).

The Métis National Council was formed in 1983, following the recognition of the Métis as an aboriginal people in Canada, in Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982.

) The Nahuatl word for enchilda is chīllapītzalli which is formed of the Nahuatl word for " chili ", chīlli and the Nahuatl word for " flute ", tlapītzalli .< ref > Karttunen, F. ( 1983 ).

These boundaries continued in use until 1983, when new constituencies were formed based on the regions and districts created in 1975.

Knighted in 1983, Sinclair formed Sinclair Vehicles and released the Sinclair C5, a battery electric vehicle that was a commercial failure.

John Francis Bongiovi, Jr. ( born March 2, 1962 ), known as Jon Bon Jovi, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, best known as the founder and the lead singer of rock band Bon Jovi, which was formed in 1983.

In the 1983 municipal elections, the centre-right Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) and centrist Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) formed alliances with the FN in a number of towns.

It was formed in 1983 through the merging of the two Swiss watch manufacturers ASUAG and SSIH, and took its present name in 1998 ( formerly SMH Swiss Corporation for Microelectronics and Watchmaking Industries Ltd ).

The Flaming Lips are an American rock band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1983.

* Concerto for alphorn No. 2 ( with flute, string orchestra & percussion ) ( 1983 ) by Daetwyler

87, No. 1, Jan. 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.

42, No. 3, May, 1983. pp. 499 – 500.

42, No. 3, May, 1983. p. 505.

42, No. 3, May, 1983. p. 516.

The following year, at Childress ' suggestion, Earnhardt joined car owner Bud Moore for the 1982 and 1983 seasons driving the No. 15 Wrangler Jeans Ford Thunderbird ( Earnhardt's only full-time Ford ride in his career ).

Fernando Grillo wrote the " Suite No. 1 " for double bass ( 1983 / 2005 ).

According to Jan-Gustaf Ljunggren, in an article in the Swedish journal Läkartidningen ( 1983 ; No 32-33 ), in the 12th century, Zayn al-Din al-Jurjani, another Muslim physician, provided the first description of Graves ' disease after noting the association of goitre and exophthalmos in his Thesaurus of the Shah of Khwarazm, the major medical dictionary of its time.

76, No. 2 ( April 1983 ), pages 263 – 268.

129, No. 8, which declares 1983 as the " Year of the Bible " and lists the Ten Commandments

70, No. 2 ( Sep., 1983 ), pp. 323 – 339 in JSTOR

78, No. 4 ( 1983 ), pp. 905 – 906

The Stranglers once again had complete artistic freedom and in 1983 released their first album for Epic, Feline, which included the UK No. 9 hit " European Female ".

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 ).

44, No. 1 ( Jan .-Mar., 1983 ), pp. 55 – 73.

Eliminator, released in March 1983, featured two Top 40 singles (" Gimme All Your Lovin '" and " Legs "), four Mainstream Rock hits ( including " Got Me Under Pressure " and " Sharp Dressed Man "), and " Legs " peaking at No. 13 on the Club Play Singles chart.

" Stand Back ", which peaked at No. 5 on the pop singles chart in 1983, reached No. 2 on the " Billboard Club Chart ".

* Lewis Hyde: The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, 1983 ( ISBN 0-394-71519-5 ), especially part I, " A Theory of Gifts ", part of which was originally published as " The Gift Must Always Move " in Co-Evolution Quarterly No. 35, Fall 1982.

34, No. 4 ( Dec., 1983 ), pp. 499 – 518

Newton-John re-teamed with Travolta in 1983 for the critically and commercially unsuccessful Two of a Kind, redeemed by its platinum soundtrack ( No. 26 Pop ) featuring " Twist of Fate " ( No. 5 Pop ), " Livin ' in Desperate Times " ( No. 31 Pop ), and a new duet with Travolta, " Take a Chance " ( No. 3 AC ).