Most of these, including the small code size and small data set size, were understood at the time of its publication in 1984.

The Falkland Islands Development Corporation was formed in mid 1984 and in its annual report at the end of that year it set out to increase employment opportunities by encouraging diversification, to increase population levels through selective immigration, to aim for long-term self-sufficiency and to improve community facilities.

American Motors set up the first automobile-manufacturing joint venture in the People's Republic of China on January 15, 1984.

Meanwhile, on the political front, Prime Minister Rashid Karami, head of a government of national unity set up after the failed peace efforts of 1984, was assassinated on June 1, 1987.

Rossem Enterprises re-issued a set of 13 cards from the original series in 1984.

In training for that race, the late Stefan Bellof set the all-time lap record for the Nordschleife in his Porsche 956, which is still unbeaten at 6: 11. 13, or over on average ( partially because no major racing has taken place there since 1984 ).

It was set up under the Telecommunications Act 1984 after privatisation of the nationalised operator BT.

Old school rap ( 1979 – 1984 ) was " easily identified by its relatively simple raps " according to Allmusic, " the emphasis was not on lyrical technique, but simply on good times ", one notable exception being Melle Mel, who set the way for future rappers through his socio-political content and creative wordplay.

From 1986 to 1988, Wright was married to actor Dane Witherspoon, whom she met in 1984 on the set of the soap-opera Santa Barbara.

Only two publications were ever published, the Ringworld role-playing game box set itself, and the Ringworld Companion, both in 1984 by Chaosium.

Other examples are the Peter Marlow series, beginning with The Private Sector ( 1971 ) by Joseph Hone, which is set during Israel's Six Day War ( 1967 ) against Egypt, Jordan, and Syria, and William Garner's secret agents, the fantastic Michael Jagger, in Overkill ( 1966 ), The Deep, Deep Freeze ( 1968 ), The Us or Them War ( 1969 ) and A Big Enough Wreath ( 1974 ) and the realistic John Morpurgo in Think Big, Think Dirty ( 1983 ), Rats ' Alley ( 1984 ), and Zones of Silence ( 1986 ).

* 1984 – Dwight Gooden sets the baseball record for strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 246, previously set by Herb Score in 1954.

The Strategic Defense Initiative Organization ( SDIO ) was set up in 1984 within the United States Department of Defense to oversee the Strategic Defense Initiative.

In 1984, Bob Scheifler and Jim Gettys set out the early principles of X:

The actual set of shapes was introduced in 1984 under IEEE

Although she was set to star in thirteen episodes of CBS's Falcon Crest in 1984 as Angela Channing's half-sister Francesca Gioberti, negotiations fell through at the last moment and the role went to Gina Lollobrigida instead.

The NSF established an Office of Scientific Computing in 1984 and, with strong congressional support, it quickly announced a national competition that would fund a set of supercomputer centers like the one described in the Black Proposal.

The short stories " Melville on Iapetus " ( 1983 ), " Promises to Keep " ( 1984 ), " Oculus " ( 2002 ), " The Big Downtown " ( 2005 ), " Kaminsky at War " ( 2006 ), and " Maiden Voyage " ( 2012 ) are also set in the Academy universe.

From 1983 – 1985, the only notable supplement for the Greyhawk world was a five part article by Len Lakofka in the June – October and December 1984 issues of Dragon that detailed the Suel gods who had been briefly mentioned in the boxed set.

An initial boxed set was brought out in 1984 which resembled the previous Spell Law and Arms Law / Claw Law boxed set but contained a new Spell Law, a combined Arms Law / Claw and the existing Character Law, as well as the Vog Mur campaign setting module.

In 1984 the Riverside Shakespeare Company of New York City produced a modern dress Julius Caesar set in contemporary Washington, called simply CAESAR !, starring Harold Scott as Brutus, Herman Petras as Caesar, Marya Lowry as Portia, Robert Walsh as Antony, and Michael Cook as Cassius, directed by W. Stuart McDowell at The Shakespeare Center.

In 1984, Sinclair Vehicles Ltd set up head office at the University of Warwick Science Park.

Attwood also wrote an original novel called Afterlife, which is set after the final episode and was published by Target in 1984.

Illustrated by Sergio Cariello and Curt Swan and set in 1984, Superman-The 80s # 1 tells of Destiny showing the pre-Crisis Superman images of future disasters, such as No Man's Land, Identity Crisis, his own death, and the death of Supergirl during the forthcoming Crisis.

Guest's biggest role of the first two decades of his career is likely that of Nigel Tufnel in the 1984 mockumentary film This Is Spinal Tap.

Persons who had a notable career in France returned to Corsica to write in Corsican, such as the musical producers, Dumenicu Togniotti, director of the Teatru Paisanu, which produced polyphonic musicals, 1973 – 1982, followed in 1980 by Michel Raffaelli's Teatru di a Testa Mora, and Saveriu Valentini's Teatru Cupabbia in 1984.

Lineker began his football career at Leicester City and became known as a prolific goalscorer ; despite failing to score in his first ten games, he finished as the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 and earned his first England cap.

In 1993, Polgár defeated former World Champion Boris Spassky ( pictured here in 1984 ) in an exhibition match winning the largest prize money up to that point of her career of $ 110, 000.

Varying from arcane to combative to humorous, and ranging from midshipmen to very senior naval aviators who sought command of aircraft carriers ( which sometimes lapsed into ego battles ), the content of most of these interviews has been lost to history, though some were later chronicled in the several books on Rickover's career, as well as in a rare personal interview with Diane Sawyer in 1984.

His managing career would go on to include Cleveland ( 1975 – 1977 ); the San Francisco Giants ( 1981 – 1984 ); the Orioles ( 1988 – 1991 ); and the Montreal Expos / Washington Nationals franchise ( 2002 – 2006 ).

Bogdanovich turned back to writing as his directorial career sagged, beginning with The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten ( 1960 – 1980 ), a memoir published in 1984.

Mendes came across American Beauty in a pile of eight scripts at Swofford's house, and knew immediately that it was the one he wanted to make ; early in his career, he had been inspired by how the film Paris, Texas ( 1984 ) presented contemporary America as a mythic landscape and he saw the same theme in American Beauty, as well as parallels with his own childhood.

Her distinctive colours of blue with buff stripes were carried by horses such as Special Cargo, the winner of the 1984 Whitbread Gold Cup, and Devon Loch, which spectacularly halted just short of the winning post at the 1956 Grand National and whose jockey Dick Francis later had a successful career as the writer of racing-themed detective stories.

Their career ran from 1978 to 1984 and they were one of the most successful pop bands in Dutch history.

Pertwee wrote two autobiographies: Moon Boots and Dinner Suits ( published in 1984 ), which primarily covers his life and career prior to Doctor Who, and the posthumously published Doctor Who: I Am the Doctor – Jon Pertwee ’ s Final Memoir ( published in 1996 by Virgin Publishing Ltd and co-written with David J. Howe ), which covered his life during and after the series.

In an interview in 1984, Jason claimed to have changed his name as a homage to his childhood fictional hero Jason, in Jason and the Argonauts, because when he decided to enter into a career in acting, he was told that there was already an actor called David White.

On April 13, 1984, the 21st anniversary of his first career hit, Rose doubled off of the Phillies ’ Jerry Koosman for his 4, 000th career hit, becoming only the second player in the 4000 hit club ( joining Ty Cobb ).

In the later years of her career, she made guest appearances in three different series by Aaron Spelling ; The Love Boat ( 1979 ), Glitter ( 1984 ), and Hotel ( 1987 ), which would be her final screen appearance as an actress.

He finished his career scoring 15 Test fifties and two Test centuries, and so much so that for Nottinghamshire in 1984, 1986 and 1987 he averaged over 50 ( only W. G.

Douglas ' acting career was propelled to fame when he produced and starred in the 1984 romantic adventure comedy Romancing the Stone.

In a career that spanned over 25 years, Chávez won six world titles in three weight divisions: WBC Super Featherweight in 1984, WBA Lightweight in 1987, WBC Lightweight in 1988, WBC Light Welterweight in 1989, IBF Light Welterweight in 1990, and WBC Light Welterweight in 1994.

Coinciding with the revival of his film career, Holmes and his partner and manager, Bill Amerson, were hired by VCX in 1984 where Holmes worked part-time as a line producer and director.

Anthony Kirby Puckett ( March 14, 1960 – March 6, 2006 ) was a professional Major League Baseball center fielder who spent his entire 12-year baseball career playing with the Minnesota Twins ( 1984 – 1995 ) and is the Twins franchise's all-time leader in career hits, runs, doubles, and total bases.

* Joe Kleine-member of the gold medal 1984 U. S. Olympic basketball team ; 15-year NBA career.

Born to a Kuomintang military family of Hunanese origin, Soong began his political career as a Secretary to Premier Chiang Ching-kuo ( later President ) and rose to prominence as Director-General of the Government Information Office from 1979 to 1984.

George Alexander Parks ( May 29, 1883 – May 11, 1984 ) was an American engineer who worked in Alaska Territory for most of his career.

Marvin Gaye ( April 2, 1939April 1, 1984 ), born Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., was an American singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned more than two decades.