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.

One is located at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas Strip, List of stores from the Bellagio hotel / casino website the other at the MGM Grand Casino in Macau. Press release by MGM Macau mentioning Chihuly shop ( search for " Chihuly retail ") A number of other galleries also carry his pieces. In 1983 Chihuly returned to his native Pacific Northwest where he continued to develop his own work at the Pilchuck Glass School, which he had helped to found in 1971.

The PC ( USA ) was established by the 1983 merger of the former Presbyterian Church in the United States, whose churches were located in the Southern and border states, with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, whose congregations could be found in every state.

" Keegan, writing in 1983, indicated that the northern command was located at Shendi.

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.

Kerki, one extreme inland city located on the banks of the Amu Darya River, recorded 51. 7C in July 1983.

The Big South, founded in 1983, is firmly rooted in the southeastern United States, with member institutions located in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

Bias Vineyard, near the small city of Berger, is located within the Hermann American Viticultural Area ( AVA ), designated in 1983.

The district office for Bering Strait School District has been located in Unalakleet since 1983.

) They also founded the Villa Park Orchard's Association, still a thriving business in Orange, although the packing house that was the dominant Villa Park landmark for many years, located west of the shopping center, was torn down in 1983.

Until the tracks were abandoned in 1983, the city was located at the terminus of a Milwaukee Road branch line that split from the railroad's Pacific Extension in McLaughlin, South Dakota.

Camper Van Beethoven is an American alternative rock group formed in Redlands, California in 1983 and later located in Santa Cruz and San Francisco.

* Côte d ' Ivoire: Yamoussoukro was designated the national capital in 1983, but most government offices and embassies are still located in Abidjan.

* On September 12, 1983, in an operation entitled Águila Blanca ( White Eagle ) the group assaulted the Wells Fargo depot located in West Hartford, Connecticut stealing a total of seven million dollars.

101 or from the author of Panzers in Normandy – Then and Now, located Wittmann and his crew's unmarked grave in 1983.

In 1983, having obtained more funding and outgrown its former site, it moved and is now located on Castlefield, near the site of the original Roman fort in Manchester ( Mamucium ); it incorporates Liverpool Road Station ( vacated by British Rail in 1975 ), one of the original termini of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first passenger railway.

1983: Establishes Gampo Abbey, a Karma Kagyü monastery located in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, for Western students wishing to enter into traditional monastic discipline.

Moyer Hall, opened in 1953 and remodeled in 1983, is located in the center of the campus on the edge of Tiffany Loop.

In 1983, Karl Kaiser and Inniskillin's German neighbour Ewald Reif, as well as two wineries with Austrian winemakers located in another part of Ontario, Hillebrand and Pelee Island, all left grapes on their vines in order to try to produce ice wine.

American Airlines finished moving its headquarters from Grand Prairie, Texas to a building in Fort Worth located near DFW Airport on January 17, 1983 ; the airline began leasing the facility from the airport, which owns the facility.

The film directly led to the 1983 establishment of the non-profit Roar Foundation and Hedren's Shambala Preserve, located at the edge of the Mojave Desert in Acton, California between the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley northeast of Los Angeles.

This factory is still in use, although now located off-field due to the opening of the M27 motorway in 1983.

Ilulissat Airport is located to the northeast of the town center and was built in 1983.

Kumarji's primary ashram is Siddhachalam, located in Blairstown, New Jersey, and was established in 1983.

In October 1983, after months in D. C., Gay returned to the West Adams home located at Gramercy Place where Marvin was staying with his mother.

Also located on the south side of Bradley's campus is Dingeldine Music Center, which was acquired from the Second Church of Christ, Scientist in 1983.