Involved for a time with Cecil Williamson, Gardner also became director of the Museum of Magic and Witchcraft on the Isle of Man, which he ran until his death.

In 1990, in a reorganization of the Lucas companies, the Games Division of Lucasfilm became part of the newly created LucasArts Entertainment Company, together with Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound.

Might and Magic ( MM ) is a series of role-playing video games from New World Computing, which in 1996 became a subsidiary of The 3DO Company.

Jordan was the first artist to be signed by Bruce Lundvall when the latter became president of Blue Note Records in 1985 and, consequently, Magic Touch was the first release ( not reissue ) of the rejuvenated label.

Large rock concerts that originated with the 1967 KFRC Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival and Monterey Pop Festival and the 1968 Isle of Wight Festival became the norm, evolving into stadium rock in the process.

In Russia, a translation by Alexander Melentyevich Volkov produced five books, The Wizard of the Emerald City series, which became progressively distanced from the Baum version, as Ellie and her dog Totoshka travel throughout the Magic Land.

Vliet joined the first Magic Band and changed his name to Don Van Vliet, while Snouffer became Alex St. Clair ( sometimes spelled Claire ).

Vliet's girlfriend Laurie Stone, who can be heard laughing at the beginning of " Fallin ' Ditch ", would also became an audio typist at the Magic Band house.

On June 27, 1989, the Magic chose Nick Anderson with the 11th pick in the first round, who became the first draft pick of the franchise.

The Magic again became the NBA's most improved franchise, as they improved by 20 games.

With the combination of O ' Neal and Hardaway, the Magic became a dominant team in the NBA, compiling the first 50 win season in franchise history with a 50 – 32 record.

In this decade Hot and Yes inserted the use of the digital set-top boxes, and with them it became possible to receive digital broadcasts ( improvement in the quality of reception of the television channels ), and additionally also enables games channels, video on demand ( V. O. D ) and nowadays they even supply digital set-top boxes which contain advanced DVR technologies which are capable of pre-recording show ( Hot Magic, Yes Max ).

In fact, Roanoke became a city so quickly that it earned the nickname " Magic City ".

A major influence on ambient house was Japan's Yellow Magic Orchestra, sometimes cited as one of the pioneers of ambient house. During the early 1990s, the term " ambient house " became synonymous with intelligent dance music in general, but was eventually replaced by several other terms.

" One of the first manufacturers to come here was the Dortch Stove works in Franklin, which later became the Magic Chef factory, producing electric and gas ranges.

He went on to play piano for a Broadway show called The Magic Show in 1974, then became a member of the house band on NBC's popular Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) television program from 1975 to 1980 ( except for a brief departure in 1977 ).

Barberton became known as the " Magic City ", due to its rapid population growth during its formative industrial years, at a time of waves of immigration from eastern and southern Europe.

In 1995, he founded Interactive Magic which later became iEntertainment Network.

Electronic pop music in Japan became a successful commodity with the " Technopop " craze of the late 70s and 80s., beginning with Yellow Magic Orchestra and solo albums of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono in 1978 before hitting popularity in 79 / 80.

While " Magic " was the band's only American top 40 hit, a later single from the band, " January " became a much bigger hit than " Magic " in the U. K., claiming the number 1 spot (" Magic " did not even make the U. K. top ten ).

( Source: Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses by Judika Illes ) After conquering China, during the Jin Dynasty, Buddhism became the prevalent religion and Daoism was assimilated as well.

The innovative Magic Theatre Company, founded in 1967 in Berkeley and which later became resident in San Francisco, takes its name from the " Magic Theatre " of the novel, and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, founded in 1974 by actors Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise, took its name from the novel.

Magic in Medicine, which depicts African culture and holistic healing, is considered one of " America's first public scenes of Africa ".

He first discussed some of these oriental practices in a series of articles entitled Magic, Mesmerism, Hypnotism, etc., Historically & Physiologically Considered.

He enrolled at UC Berkeley in 1966 ; he graduated from the university in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts in Magic, becoming the first and only person to have ever received any kind of academic degree in Magic from an accredited university.

His first book, Real Magic, was published in 1971.

In 1998 she appeared in her first film-a six part documentary called " The Legend of Atlantis " by Elia The Prophet and it wasn't until 2010 when she landed roles in the documentaries, 3 Magic Words ( 2010 ) and " In the Beginning There Was Light "( 2010 )

* 1976 – The rollercoaster Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain.

* Ultimate Might and Magic Archives ( 1998 ), includes the first five Might and Magic games, World of Xeen and the fanmade Swords of Xeen.

* Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven-Limited Edition ( 1998 ), a collector's edition of Might and Magic VI that included the first five games on CD-ROM as well.

* Might and Magic Sixpack ( 1998 ), includes the first six Might and Magic games.

The first through third games in the Heroes of Might and Magic series traces the fortunes of the Ironfists in more detail, though none of the sci-fi elements appear in the Heroes series.

The 1992 Olympic basketball Dream Team, the first to use current NBA stars, featured Michael Jordan as the anchor, along with Bird, Magic, David Robinson, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Karl Malone, John Stockton, Chris Mullin, Charles Barkley, and Christian Laettner.

Their third single " World of Magic " was not quite as successful as the first two singles ; however, it entered the Top 30 both in Germany and Sweden.

Sakamoto released his first solo album in mid-1978, Thousand Knives of Ryūichi Sakamoto, with the help of Hideki Matsutake, who would later be the " fourth member " of Yellow Magic Orchestra, and with the band's founding member Haruomi Hosono also contributing to the song " Thousand Knives ".

* 1791 – The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.

The first was Moblin's Magic Spear published in 1989 by Western Publishing, Inc. under their Golden Books range and written by Jack C. Harris.

Also in 1979, in the first revised edition of " Real Magic ", Bonewits defined " thealogy " in his Glossary as " Intellectual speculations concerning the nature of the Goddess and Her relations to the world in general and humans in particular ; rational explanations of religious doctrines, practices and beliefs, which may or may not bear any connection to any religion as actually conceived and practiced by the majority of its members.

** Magic: the Gathering undergoes its first general release.

The district soon began construction of drainage canals, and Disney built the first roads and the Magic Kingdom.

Disney's vision was not realized as funding and permission to start work on his Florida property would not be granted until he agreed to build the Magic Kingdom first.

Walt Disney was not able to obtain funding and permission to start work on his Florida property until he agreed to build the Magic Kingdom first.

Their first submission, The Magic Quest, was a short adventure intended to demonstrate the style of game.