" In 1983 there was a corporate sweep at Warner's, coming from upstairs, and they needed to trim the fat ," Raitt recalled in 1990.

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.

On the European stage Roma won an Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1960 – 61, coming close to European Cup victory in 1983 – 84 ( lost the one-legged final played at home against Liverpool after a penalty shootout ), and finishing as runners-up in the UEFA Cup for 1990 – 91 ( two-legged aggregate defeat against Internazionale ).

Following their two playoff years, the club quickly retreated to the bottom of the standings, never finishing higher than fifth ( out of seven ) in their division from 1983 to 1986.

Henderson made MLB history in 1983 with his 3rd 100 runs / 100 stolen bases / 100 bases on balls season ( no modern player, post 1900 has done it once ), when he led the AL with 108 stolen bases & 103 walks while finishing 4th scoring 103 runs.

He served as Budget Minister under Prime Minister Raymond Barre and President Valéry Giscard d ' Estaing from 1978 to 1981, before finishing his mayoral mandate in 1983 and renouncing political activity.

One author, Elwood Carlson, locates the American generation, which he calls " New Boomers ," between 1983 and 2001, because of the upswing in births after 1983, finishing with the " political and social challenges " that occurred after the terrorist acts of September 11, 2001, and the " persistent economic difficulties " of the time.

The 1983 Wrangler defense gave up a league worst 442 points and the 1984 Blitz were equally as challenged defensively finishing 2nd to last in the league with 466 points allowed.

At the 1983 general election, Baird contested the constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed, finishing in third place behind the victor Alan Beith.

He unsuccessfully contested Luton North at the 1983 General Election finishing in second place some 11, 981 votes behind the sitting Conservative MP John Carlisle.

He unsuccessfully contested the Central Scotland seat of Clackmannan at the 1983 general election where he was beaten into third place, finishing some 9, 988 votes behind the sitting Labour MP Martin O ' Neill.

Under player-manager Jon Chambers ( ex Aston Villa ) in 1983 Harriers were promoted to the Alliance Premier League ( now the Conference ) after finishing second to AP Leamington, who were refused entry on ground facility issues.

Under Will's progressive leadership City found their feet in the First Division and challenged near the top in the 1983 – 84 season before finishing in a creditable fifth place.

Essendon won four premierships during Sheedy's time as coach in 1984, 1985, 1993 and 2000, as well as finishing runner-up three more times in 1983, 1990 and 2001.

) Salazar was also the U. S. national cross country champion in 1979 and fared well at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing second in 1982 and fourth in 1983.

The film earned over US $ 90 million during its theatrical run in the United States, finishing as the fourth highest earning film of the year and the second highest earning R-rated film of 1983.

The series peaked during the 1983 – 84 season with a 20. 8 rating ( finishing in 11th place ) and a 20. 0 rating for the 1984 – 85 season ( when it finished 9th ).

The junior team has also achieved success on the international stage, finishing third at the 1983 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final, fourth at the 1979 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final and fourth at the 1993 FIFA U-17 World Cup Final.

Toynbee stood for the party at the 1983 General Election in Lewisham East, garnering 9351 votes ( 22 %), and finishing third.

In 1983 rock radio station ( and still current ) KGB 101. 5 FM hosted the KGB Skyshow 8 with Uruah Heep, Eddy Money, Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard finishing the show.

After finishing the 1983 season making a small profit, the Gold went into the 1984 campaign with a bare-bones payroll.

1983 would be one of the worst in club's history, finishing 18th of 19.

During the time of the former Yugoslavia, FK Željezničar were champions once in 1971 – 72 season, finishing as the runner-ups in 1970 – 71 season, both under the command of Milan Ribar, and also finishing third two times in 1962 – 63 and 1983 – 84 season.

In the following year, 1983, Hammarby continued to play strongly, finishing fifth in the highest league and qualifying to the playoffs, however losing the derby versus AIK.