Light Opera Works ( Evanston, IL ) produced the work in August 1983.

This release effort resulted in yet another military coup d ' état on August 4, 1983.

On August 8, 1983, Ríos Montt was deposed by his own Minister of Defense, General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores, who succeeded him as de facto president of Guatemala.

A fifth game, a children's title called Magic Carousel, was shelved, and in August 1983 the Intellivoice system was quietly phased out.

Ira Gershwin ( December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983 ) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs of the 20th century.

He died in Beverly Hills, California, on August 17, 1983 at the age of 86.

Software-Practice and Experience 13, 8 ( August 1983 )

The MIDI Specification was published in August 1983.

Several key events occurred, which raised public awareness of the New Age subculture: the production of the musical Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical ( 1967 ) with its opening song " Aquarius " and its memorable line " This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius "; publication of Linda Goodman's best-selling astrology books Sun Signs ( 1968 ) and Love Signs ( 1978 ); the release of Shirley MacLaine's book Out on a Limb ( 1983 ), later adapted into a television mini-series with the same name ( 1987 ); and the " Harmonic Convergence " planetary alignment on August 16 and 17, 1987, organized by José Argüelles at Sedona in the U. S. state of Arizona.

In August 25, 1983, fire struck the Paramount Studios.

Falk was also a chess aficionado and was a spectator at the American Open in Santa Monica, California, in November 1972, and at the U. S. Open in Pasadena, California, in August 1983.

Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 ( with the current line up solidifying in 1985 ), the band's four members — Trey Anastasio ( guitars, lead vocals ), Mike Gordon ( bass, vocals ), Jon Fishman ( drums, percussion, vocals ), and Page McConnell ( keyboards, vocals )— performed together for over 20 years before breaking up in August 2004.

They include Last House on Dead End Street ( 1977 ), Paul Schrader's film Hardcore ( 1979 ), Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline ( 1979 ), the Ruggero Deodato film Cannibal Holocaust ( 1980 ), David Cronenberg's Videodrome ( 1983 ), the Nine Inch Nails film The Broken Movie ( 1993 ), the film Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer ( 1986 ), the Alejandro Amenábar film Tesis ( 1996 ), the film Strange Days ( 1995 ), the Anthony Waller film Mute Witness ( 1994 ), the Johnny Depp film The Brave ( 1997 ), the Joel Schumacher film 8mm ( 1999 ), the John Ottman film, Urban Legends: Final Cut ( 2000 ), and Fred Vogel's film August Underground ( 2001 ) and its sequels.

* Benigno " Ninoy " Aquino, husband of the first female president of the Philippines was shot dead at the Manila International Airport on 21 August 1983.

* August 18 – Lucienne Boyer, French singer ( d. 1983 )

* August 30 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-born actor ( d. 1983 )

* Ian Brown – lead vocals ( 1983 to August 1996, 2011 to present )

* Pete Garner – bass ( 1983 to August 1987 )

The couple had three daughters: Charlotte Janelle ( born August 8, 1981 ), Emily Claire ( born July 25, 1983 ), and Georgia Rose ( born September 3, 1984 ).

He married attorney Lisa Hoffman ( née Gottsegen ) in October 1980 ; they have four children – Jacob Edward ( born March 20, 1981 ), Rebecca Lillian ( b. March 17, 1983 ), Maxwell Geoffrey ( born August 30, 1984 ), and Alexandra Lydia ( born October 27, 1987 ).

This release effort resulted in yet another military coup d ' état on August 4, 1983.

Thomas Sankara came to power through a military coup d ' état on August 4, 1983.

Jeffreys married Sue ( née Miles ) on 28 August 1971, and they have two daughters, born in 1979 and 1983.

* Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 24 July – 10 August 1983

In August 1983 Andropov made a sensational announcement that the country was stopping all work on space-based weapons.

The band completed their third album and released it exclusively digital on August 29, 2009.

On August 2, 2011, Barrymore directed the music video for the song " Our Deal ", for the band Best Coast, which features Chloë Grace Moretz, Miranda Cosgrove, Tyler Posey, Donald Glover, Shailene Woodley and Alia Shawkat.

On August 21, 2008, the band announced an extended break from touring due to the health-related issues of Flouride and Peligro.

In August 2012, the band released a single called Don ’ t Roof Rack Me, Bro ( Seamus Unleashed ), dedicated to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's former pet dog Seamus.

The band toured in support in the US only from October 1976 to April 1977 with a break in December, then an American Music Award show appearance on 31 January 1977, plus a one-off gig in San Diego in August 1977.

Some people credit the band Bauhaus ' first single " Bela Lugosi's Dead ", released August 1979, with the start of the goth subculture, though many prior art house movements influenced gothic fashion and style, the illustrations and paintings of Swiss artist, H. R. Giger being one of the earliest.

After performing for the short-lived Washington D. C .- based band State of Alert in 1980, Rollins fronted the California hardcore punk band Black Flag from August 1981 until mid-1986.

In 1997, Kid Rock added drummer / vocalist Stefanie Eulinberg to his band, joining Kenny Olson, Jason Krause, Jimmie Bones, Uncle Kracker, Misty Love, Shirley Hayden and Joe C .. On August 18, 1998, Atlantic released Devil Without a Cause behind the single " Welcome 2 The Party.

Murat Ses left the band in August 1972.

In August 2000 he won the first prize at the contest for bands of the 25th " Plinn festival " in Bourbriac ( Brittany ) with the band " Le Bûcheron Mélomane et les Nains de la Forêt " ( The Music-loving Lumberjack and the Dwarfs of the Forest ).

The band became a top act across Canada in the following months, and Men At Work started receiving top 40 US airplay by August.

The band played a few shows in August 2011 on the east and west coast.

" The band played its first gig at CBGB on August 16, 1974, on the same bill as another new act, Angel and the Snake, soon to be renamed Blondie.

In August, Ork put out an EP recorded by Hell with his new band that included the first released version of " Blank Generation ".

The term was first used in print in the Austin American Statesman in an article about the band titled " Unique Elevators shine with psychedelic rock ", dated 10 February 1966, and theirs was the first album to use the term as part of its title, in The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, released in August that year.

Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario.

The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967.

In an August 2008 Observer interview, Gorillaz band members Albarn and Hewlett revealed the nature and title of the project, Journey to the West, a movie adaptation of the opera of the same name based on a 16th-century Chinese adventure story also known as Monkey.

In order to perform these more complex arrangements the band toured with an expanded group that included Adrian Belew and Bernie Worrell, among others, first at the Heatwave festival in August, and later in their concert film Stop Making Sense.

In August 1990, founding member Hugh Cornwell left the band to pursue a solo career.

Current band photo, at the Cropredy Festival, 13 August 2009 Photo: Brian Marks

In August 2007, Brian May, lead guitarist with the band Queen, handed in his PhD thesis Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud 36 years after starting it and then abandoning it in favour of a musical career.

* August 21 – Be Here Now, the third album from English rock band Oasis, becomes the fastest selling album in UK history.

* August 17 – Drake Levin, guitarist for the band Paul Revere & The Raiders.