In 1981, a split-season format forced the first ever divisional playoff series, in which the New York Yankees won the Eastern Division series over the Milwaukee Brewers ( who were in the American League until 1998 ) in five games while the Oakland Athletics swept the Kansas City Royals in three games in the Western Division.

Previously, because of a players ' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the Montreal Expos won the Eastern Division series over the Philadelphia Phillies three games to two while the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros three games to two in the Western Division.

The Royals returned to the post-season in 1981, losing to the Oakland Athletics in a unique divisional series resulting from the split-season caused by the 1981 Major League Baseball strike.

In the 1981 playoffs, the Chargers managed to outlast the Miami Dolphins in the divisional round, 41 – 38, in a game that became known as The Epic in Miami.

Jackson won five consecutive American League West divisional pennants, three consecutive American League pennants and two consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland Athletics ( he did not play in the 1972 World Series due to injury ) from 1971 to 1975 ; four American League East divisional pennants, three American League pennants and two consecutive World Series titles with the Yankees from 1977 to 1981 ; and two American League West divisional pennants with the California Angels in 1982 and 1986.

MLB split the 1981 season into two halves, with the first-place teams from each half in each division meeting in a best-of-five divisional playoff series.

In an AFC divisional playoff game that 1980 season against the Raiders ( January 4, 1981 ) the Browns could've settled for a very short game winning field goal but instead decided to pass the ball.

So on August 6, the owners decided to split the 1981 season into two halves, with the first-place teams from each half in each division ( or a wild card team if the same club won both halves ) meeting in a best-of-five divisional playoff series.

Brearley retired from Test cricket in 1979 and was succeeded by Ian Botham, who started the 1981 series as England captain, by which time the WSC split had ended.

Ashes series have generally been played over five Test matches, although there have been four-match series ( 1938 ; 1975 ) and six-match series ( 1970 – 71 ; 1974 – 75 ; 1978 – 79 ; 1981 ; 1985 ; 1989 ; 1993 and 1997 ).

Bixby directed one episode of the series, " Bring Me the Head of the Hulk " in 1980 ( original airdate: January 9, 1981 ).

Later series of new Conan material include the Bantam editions ( 1978 – 1982 ), Ace Maroto editions ( 1978 – 1981 ), and Tor editions ( 1982 – 2004 ).

* On November 20, 1981, the CBC Radio series Nightfall aired an adaptation of Carmilla written by Graham Pomeroy and John Douglas.

Kane is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Simka Dahblitz-Gravas, wife of Latka Gravas ( Andy Kaufman ), on the American television series Taxi, from 1981 to 1983, and also for her role as Allison Portchnik in Woody Allen's Annie Hall.

* The 1981 BBC series The Borgias, starring Oliver Cotton as Cesare Borgia.

* Episode 25 of the 1981 anime series Superbook involves this story.

Among the commercial successes for German films of the 1980s were the Otto film series beginning in 1985 starring comedian Otto Waalkes, Wolfgang Petersen's adaptation of The NeverEnding Story ( 1984 ), and the internationally successful Das Boot ( 1981 ), which still holds the record for most Academy Award nominations for a German film ( six ).

After the genre had started to go out of fashion with mainstream audiences in 1981, the mod revival scene went underground and successfully reinvented itself through a series of clubs, bands and fanzines that breathed fresh life into the genre, culminating in another burst of creative acceptance in 1985.

* 1981 – A series of sewer explosions destroys more than two miles of streets in Louisville, Kentucky.

* The 1981 anime series Fang of the Sun Dougram focuses heavily on the exploits of a team of guerrilla fighters working to bring independence to their home planet.

* Thompson's poem was the inspiration for a series of 23 paintings by the American painter R. H. Ives Gammell ( 1893 – 1981 ).

In June 1981, the Army awarded AM General a contract for development of several more prototype vehicles to be delivered to the U. S. government for another series of tests, and the company was later awarded the initial production contract for 55, 000 HMMWVs to be delivered in 1985.

When the PC was introduced in 1981, it was designated as the IBM 5150, putting it in the " 5100 " series, though its architecture was not directly descended from the IBM 5100.

He resigned the captaincy after a loss and a draw in the first two Tests of the 1981 Ashes series.

* Giants ' Star ISBN 978-0-345-32720-8-July 1981 ( 3rd book in Giants series )

Allan Dwan ( April 3, 1885 – December 28, 1981 ) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.

Having fallen from public notice, the tunnel was rediscovered in 1981 by then 18-year-old Robert " Bob " Diamond, who entered from a manhole he located at Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, crawled a distance of underground through a filled-in section of tunnel less than two feet high, and located the bulkhead wall that sealed off the main portion of the tunnel.

-short for " The Collective Consciousness Society "-which had several hit singles produced by Mickie Most, including a version of Led Zeppelin's " Whole Lotta Love ", which was used as the theme for BBC's Top Of The Pops between 1971 and 1981.

In 1981, she became an attorney-adviser to Clarence Thomas who was then the Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.

18-bis Legge 91 / 1981 mainly for the abnormal signing in 2002 – 03 season, ( such as Davide Bombardini for € 11 million account value, which the flopped player exchange boosted 2002 – 03 season result ) and the tax payment of 2002 – 03 season was rescheduled.

After their divorce in 1981, Lerner was ordered to pay her a settlement of $ 50, 000.

Elliot also authored several off-Broadway plays, including A Nickel for Picasso ( 1981 ), which was based on and dedicated to his mother and his famous brother.

The Division Series was implemented in 1981 as a result of a midseason strike, with the first place teams before the strike taking on the teams in first place after the strike.

The Division Series was implemented in 1981 as a result of a midseason strike with first place teams before the strike taking on the first place teams after.

He was named the NFL's Coach of the Year in 1981 and 1984.

It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981.

The first convincing synthesis was in 1981 by a German research team led by Peter Armbruster and Gottfried Münzenberg at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung ( Institute for Heavy Ion Research, GSI ) in Darmstadt using the Dubna reaction.

He would retain his Council of Ministers chairmanship until 1981, when he was succeeded in office by Sultan Ali Keshtmand.

A comeback of sorts was seen during the 1960s and 1970s, but it was not until 1981, when the Liberals allied with the newly formed SDP to form the SDP-Liberal Alliance, that the party enjoyed significant electoral success.

The Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) was a centrist political party in the United Kingdom that was created on 26 March 1981 and existed until 1988.

His father, Béla Sr., considered himself thoroughly Hungarian, because on his father's side the Bartók family was a Hungarian lower noble family, originating from Borsod county ( Móser 2006a, 44 ; Bartók 1981, 13 ), though his mother was from a Roman Catholic Serbian family ( Bayley 2001, 16 ).

William John Clifton " Bill " Haley (; July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981 ) was one of the first American rock and roll musicians.

Olympia and York, of Toronto, was named as the developer for the World Financial Center in 1981, who then hired Cesar Pelli as the lead architect.

Most notably was the 1981 Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Rules for Call of Cthulhu.

In his posthumously published 1981 book The Anglo-American Establishment, Georgetown University history professor Carroll Quigley explained that the Balfour Declaration was actually drafted by Lord Alfred Milner.