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.

Following two minor heart attacks he had to undergo an emergency quadruple heart bypass in 1983, after which he was extremely weak, but he still managed to attend a 1988 Congressional hearing with old colleagues such as Jimmy Stewart and Ginger Rogers to protest media magnate Ted Turner's plan to colorize various black-and-white films from the 1930s and 1940s.

Italian composer Sylvano Bussotti, whose composing career spans from the 1930s to the first decade of the 21st century, wrote a solo work for bass in 1983 entitled Naked Angel Face per contrabbasso.

The 1983 Woody Allen film Zelig was an elaborate mix of real newsreel footage from the 1930s and fake footage mixed together with fake interviews with real actors playing themselves as well as actors playing roles to tell the story of the Allen character and presented as a documentary.

The sixth UN conference on trade and development in Belgrade, 6 – 30 June 1983 was held against the background of earlier UNCTADs which have substantially failed to resolve many of the disagreements between the developed and developing countries, and of a world economy in its worst recession since the early 1930s.

His professional career lasted from the mid 1930s until his death in 1983, and saw the creation of many plays that are regarded as classics of the American stage.

One of Us Theatrical Company's production of Last of the Red Hot Lovers at the Yachats Commons in 2009 The Yachats Commons was built in the 1930s and used as a school until 1983.

Henry Haag “ Harry ” James ( March 15, 1916-July 5, 1983 ) was an actor and musician best known as a trumpeter who led a swing band during the Big Band Swing Era of the 1930s and 1940s.

* In the 1930s Cecil Court became a well known meeting place for Jewish refugees, which in 1983 – 84 inspired R. B.

Olin Dutra ( January 17, 1901 – May 5, 1983 ) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1920s and 1930s.

* Norman Whitehead ( 1915 – 1983 ) was born and painted actively in the area during the 1930s.

Erich Warsitz ( 18 October 1906, Hattingen, Westphalia-12 July 1983 ) was a German test pilot of the 1930s.

Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr ( November 21, 1908 – July 18, 1983 ) was a leading Czech and later Soviet chess grandmaster of the mid-20th century, who became a national hero in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s.

William Raymond Nesbit ( June 1, 1899 – August 1983 ) was a 1930s jewel thief, born in Marshalltown, Iowa.

His book A Vanished World, published in 1983, made him famous and is one of the most detailed pictorial documentations of Jewish culture in Eastern Europe in the 1930s.

Amiya Kumar Deb ( 16 November 1917 – 10 January 1983 ) was an Indian sportsman active in the 1930s and 1940s who played both association football and cricket.

In the 1930s, Edwin built a small home on Milwaukee's west side at 514 S. 94th Pl ( eventually razed in September 1983 ) from which he ran a grocery store.

* Bill Hunt ( cricketer ) ( 1908 – 1983 ), Australian Test cricketer of the 1930s

Stanley Poreda ( January 30, 1909-November, 1983 ) was a Jersey City boxer considered a top heavyweight contender in the early 1930s.

Exiled in Paradise: German Refugee Artists and Intellectuals in America from 1930s to the Present was published in 1983 and updated in 1997.

The 1983 film A Christmas Story, which features various cultural artifacts of American childhood from the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, depicts a boy wearing a coonskin cap.