Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

On 19 August 1982 Boeing handed the first 767 (N606UA, ninth off the line) to United Airlines at its Everett plant. United put it into service on 8 September as flight UA1767 from Chicago to Denver.

In September 1982, Volvo Trucks built the first Volvo-branded truck ever assembled in North America, a Volvo F7, at its newly acquired New River Valley plant in Dublin, Virginia. The factory has produced every Volvo truck sold in North America ever since.

The FAA approved the Boeing 757-200 on 21 December 1982 after an engine-icing problem found in testing pushed the schedule back a month. Eastern Air Lines took its first 757 the next day and started service on 1 January 1983.

The Antonov An-124 Ruslan, still one of the largest cargo aircraft ever built, first flew over Kyiv on 26 December 1982, years before it entered airline service.

The first Spago opened in 1982 on the Sunset Strip and made Wolfgang Puck a name outside kitchens, largely by putting the wood-fired pizza oven where the dining room could see it and topping the pizzas with smoked salmon rather than tomato. The restaurant later moved to Beverly Hills, where it still trades, and the brand grew into a group.

An established Tianyuan Lane restaurant known for its four traditional dishes of liver, kidneys, eggs and meatballs.

German heavy-vehicle maker Scheuerle Fahrzeugfabrik developed and launched the Self-Propelled Modular Transporter (SPMT), the modular, multi-axle hauler that became the industry standard for moving exceptionally heavy loads. Its name is now used generically across the heavy-transport industry.

Sierra Nevada Brewing first released Bigfoot, a 9.6% ABV, 90 IBU American barleywine-style ale, in the winter of 1983 as a vintage-dated annual special release.

At the 25th Annual Grammy Awards on 23 February 1983 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, Toto won Record of the Year for "Rosanna" and Album of the Year for Toto IV, Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind" took Song of the Year and Men at Work won Best New Artist.

Swatch introduced its first collection of twelve plastic quartz watches on 1 March 1983 in Zürich, priced from CHF 39.90 to CHF 49.90, a launch credited with helping rescue the Swiss watch industry.

The Airbus A310-203 and A310-221 received their initial type certificates on 11 March 1983, a month before the first airline services with Swissair and Lufthansa.

The second boiling-water reactor enters commercial service.

Casio launched the DW-5000C in April 1983, the first G-Shock, a shock-resistant digital watch that began a line now past 100 million sales.

The 18th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on 9 May 1983 at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, hosted by Jerry Reed, John Schneider and Tammy Wynette; Alabama won Entertainer of the Year for the second straight year and Willie Nelson's "Always on My Mind" took Album and Single.

The prototype DHC-8 Dash 8-100, registered C-GDNK, flew for the first time on 20 June 1983, launching the twin-engine 37-seat turboprop that replaced the four-engine Dash 7 concept.

The improved Airbus A300-600, with an A310-style two-crew cockpit and rear fuselage, made its first flight on 8 July 1983.

Commercial operation begins. This dates the original generating unit, before the later shutdown and recovery described in this thread.

Embraer's pressurised 30-seat EMB 120 Brasilia turboprop prototype PT-ZBA flew for the first time in July 1983 at São José dos Campos, the airliner that opened the US commuter market to Embraer.

Sweet glaze over a savory rice cracker; light and crisp. Saltiness is described here because it is not a separate radar axis.

Commercial operation begins. This dates the original generating unit, before the later shutdown and recovery described in this thread.

The prototype 737-300, the first re-engined 737 with CFM56 turbofans, flew for the first time on February 24, 1984, starting a nine-month certification program for the second-generation 737 Classic.

At the 26th Grammy Awards on 28 February 1984 at the Shrine Auditorium, Michael Jackson won a then-record eight awards from 12 nominations, including Album of the Year for Thriller and Record of the Year for "Beat It".

Lotte's Koala's March, a hollow biscuit filled with milk chocolate and printed with koala designs, went on sale in Japan in March 1984 with 12 hand-brushed designs.

Airbus launched the A320 on 2 March 1984 with orders from five airlines, committing to a 150-seat twinjet that would bring digital fly-by-wire to a civil airliner.

The Airbus A300B4-620, first of the -600 series, received its initial type certificate on 9 March 1984, three months before entering service with Saudi Arabian Airlines.

Topcraft's Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind releases in Japanese theaters, Hayao Miyazaki's post-apocalyptic adventure adapting his own manga about Princess Nausicaä's struggle to bridge humanity and a poisoned, insect-guarded wilderness.

The first generating unit of Itaipu Binacional on the Paraná River was synchronised on 5 May 1984, starting the plant that grew into one of the world's largest hydropower stations.

The 19th Academy of Country Music Awards were held on 14 May 1984 at Knott's Berry Farm's Good Time Theater, hosted by Mac Davis, Crystal Gayle and Charley Pride; Alabama won Entertainer of the Year for the third straight time, and Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton took Single and Duet with "Islands in the Stream".

Swiss regional airline Crossair put the Saab-Fairchild SF340 into scheduled service on 15 June 1984 between Basel and Paris, nine days after taking delivery of the first aircraft.

Commercial operation begins. This dates the original generating unit, before the later shutdown and recovery described in this thread.