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.

During their most productive years, the Orioles saw three of its players named MVP: ( Frank Robinson in 1966 ; Boog Powell in 1970 ; and Cal Ripken, Jr. in 1983 ).

Additionally, Brooks Robinson was named Most Valuable Player in 1964, just two years before the 1966 – 1983 golden era began.

In 1983 L. Ron Hubbard was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in an international information infiltration and theft project called " Operation Snow White ".

* The Peggy Lee Rose is a light pink hybrid tea rose with a " touch of peach " that was introduced in 1983 and named in her honor.

Allen won the 1985 NFL MVP Award and rushing title while being named Super Bowl XVIII MVP at the conclusion of the 1983 season.

It has been named best humor strip by the National Cartoonists Society in 1971, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1983.

In 1983 it was officially named after Telesto of Greek mythology.

A video game named after the film was released for the ColecoVision in 1983.

Yes released their comeback album 90125 ( named after its catalogue serial number on Atco Records ) in November 1983.

It was discovered in 1979 in images taken by Voyager 1, and was named in 1983 after the first wife of Zeus, Metis.

In 1983 it was officially named after the mythological Metis, a Titaness who was the first wife of Zeus ( the Greek equivalent of Jupiter ).

By 1983 the band name had officially become Psyche named after the B-Side of Killing Joke's " Wardance " single as well as being chosen for the meaning of the word.

In 1983 it was officially named after Atlas of Greek mythology, because it " holds the rings on its shoulders " like the Titan Atlas held the sky up above the Earth.

A new company named Ovation Technologies announced their office suite Ovation in 1983.

In the 1983 Keeneland Sales horse auction, one of Windfields ' colts, that would eventually be named Snaafi Dancer, became the first $ 10 million yearling.

They nevertheless commissioned a ninety minute film named " Getting Sam Home ", which was broadcast on 27 December 1983, and started a trend which would continue with other British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses.

He was named to the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame in 1983.

* On Survivor's 1983 album Caught in the Game, an atmospheric song named " Santa Ana Winds " refers to a disastrous woman.

* A chapter named " Cargo Cult " is in David Attenborough's travel book Journeys to the past: Travels in New Guinea, Madagascar, and the northern territory of Australia, Penguin Books, 1983 ( ISBN 0 14 00. 64133 ).

The screensaver, named scrnsave, was published in December 1983 issue of the Softalk magazine.

The Betsey Trotwood ( named after Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens ) adopted the name in 1983, having previously been The Butcher's Arms.

In 1983 and 1984, Morris appeared in five episodes of The Jeffersons, playing a character named Jimmy.

The LST was named the Hubble Space Telescope in 1983, the original launch date.

By the time military rule ended in 1983 some 1, 500 people had been killed directly by “ death squads ”, and over 9, 000 named people and many more undocumented victims had been “ disappeared ”— kidnapped and murdered secretly — according to the officially appointed National Commission on Disappeared People ( CONADEP ).