In 1981, Parsons, Woolfson and their record label Arista, were stalled in contract renegotiations when on 5 March the two submitted an all-instrumental atonal album tentatively titled ' The Sicilian Defence ' ( the name of an aggressive opening move in chess ), arguably to get out of their recording contract.

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.

Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography ( accounts differ ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he went back to his home in Harlingen, Texas, where he died early in the morning of February 9, 1981.

During Selig's tenure as club president, the Brewers participated in postseason play in 1981, when the team finished first in the American League East during the second half of the season, and in 1982, when the team made it to the World Series, under the leadership of future Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor.

The first public demonstration was on the BBC television program Tomorrow's World when The Bee Gees ' album Living Eyes ( 1981 ) was played.

This paid off, as in August 1981, they found commercial success in Australia when their Devo Live E. P.

The present day Ecuadorian Air Force ( Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana ) saw combat-action several times in 1981 and 1995 when it gained valuable experiences against the Peruvian Air Force.

Enya played the keyboard and provided backing vocals on their album Crann Úll ( 1980 ), although she was not officially a member of the group until the 1981 release Fuaim, when she appeared on the cover.

It was later ported to the IBM PC and released when the PC was announced in 1981.

An unfortunate episode in fanzine history occurred in 1981 when Star Wars director George Lucas threatened to sue fanzine publishers who distributed zines featuring the Star Wars characters in sexually explicit stories or art.

The Marlins became the first opposing team to win a Series championship on the field at Yankee Stadium since the 1981 World Series, when the Los Angeles Dodgers did it.

Access to the ARPANET was expanded in 1981 when the National Science Foundation ( NSF ) developed the Computer Science Network ( CSNET ) and again in 1986 when NSFNET provided access to supercomputer sites in the United States from research and education organizations.

The Keyboard Component's repeated delays became so notorious around Mattel headquarters that comedian Jay Leno, when performing at Mattel's 1981 Christmas party, got his biggest titter of the evening with the line: " You know what the three big lies are, don't you?

Jetsprinting as an organised sport originated in New Zealand in 1981, and events were originally held in the same natural braided rivers that had inspired Sir William Hamilton to develop the jetboat, but when the sport was introduced to Australia in the mid-1980s permanent artificial courses were used — and this is now the norm even in New Zealand.

In a 1981 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Entwistle confessed, " A lot of times when Keith was blowing up toilets I was standing behind him with the matches.

He made his Broadway debut in 1981 as " Lennox ", in Macbeth taking the lead role when Philip Anglim withdrew after receiving negative reviews.

's research with data through 1986 to provide new estimates encompassing a period when the real ( i. e., inflation-adjusted ) value of the minimum wage was declining, because it had not increased since 1981.

Mötley Crüe was formed on January 17, 1981 when bass guitarist Nikki Sixx left the band London and began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee and vocalist / guitarist Greg Leon.

A less savoury incident occurred in 1981 when Indian batsmen Sunil Gavaskar and Chetan Chauhan walked off the field in a test against Australia.

Always protective of her husband, more controversy ensued when it was revealed in 1988 that she had consulted an astrologer to assist in planning the president's schedule after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband.

Nancy Reagan became the First Lady of the United States when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as president in January 1981.

Hess began to buy out the remaining partners in 1981 when he bought Martin's 25 % stake for $ 5 million.

The death of Bixby's only child, in 1981, drew Bixby and Cruz closer still.

The still older Cronquist system of 1981, which was not based on molecular data, placed the order in subclass Commelinidae of class Liliopsida and included the families Commelinaceae, Mayacaceae, Rapateaceae and Xyridaceae.

One of the potential helmet designs Brown rejected was a striped motif that was similar to the helmets adopted by the team in 1981 and which is still in use to this day ; however, that design featured yellow stripes on a turquoise helmet which were more uniform in width.

It was introduced in 1981 and is still being made with few changes.

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 ).

LEO series computers were still in use until 1981.

Some, primarily producing telephone bills, were still in commercial use with GPO Telephones, forerunner of British Telecom, until 1981, which remained usable through parts cannibalised from redundant LEOs purchased by the GPO.

The band's success peaked between 1980 and 1981 with a number of UK chart hits, including the classic single " Ace of Spades ", which is still a crowd favourite today and the # 1 on the live album No Sleep ' til Hammersmith.

In 1981, at age 21 and while still an undergraduate, Lin won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, beating out 1, 441 other competition submissions.

Slavery is still said to exist in Mauritania, some 100 years after slavery officially ended in the West and since it was officially abolished in the country in 1981.

With the Labour left still strong – in 1981 Benn decided to challenge Healey for the deputy leadership of the party, a contest Healey won narrowly – Foot struggled to make an impact and was widely criticised for it, though his performances in the Commons, most notably on the Falklands war of 1982, won him widespread respect from other parliamentarians, though he was criticised by some on the left who felt that he should not have supported the Thatcher government's immediate resort to military action.

The double-digit lead which had still been intact in opinion polls at the start of 1981 was swiftly wiped out, and by the end of October the opinion polls were showing the Alliance ahead of Labour.

His health declined still further after 1975, and he died of heart failure on 9 September 1981 in St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.

The 49ers ' success surprised many because they finished with a 6-10 record during the previous season, and a 2-14 record before that ( they even still had home blackouts early on in the 1981 season, the last blackouts for the 49ers to date ).

Six squadrons of Vulcans were still assigned this role with the WE. 177 weapon in 1981.

Skunk, packed in a Henny-designed green -/ pink sleeve, was supposed to be released in December 1980, but Telstar ( still not convinced that Doe Maar had quality work to offer ) postponed the album to March 1981 ( post-carnival ).

Over 3, 500 years later in God Emperor of Dune ( 1981 ), Leto still rules the universe as the Tyrant.

The rite used by the Carthusians was one of these, and still continues in use in a version revised in 1981.

British Honduras for the English and Belice for the Spaniards and Guatemalans gained its independence from Great Britain in 1981 and adopted the name " Belize ", although Guatemala still holds territorial claims over this territory.

An infamous " underarm bowling incident " occurred during a match in 1981, in which the Australian bowler, Trevor Chappell, took advantage of the fact that underarm bowling was still legal by rolling the ball along the ground.

In retrospect, she said in 1981: " I still cannot listen to it, because everything I wanted for that record, they took it away.

* In October 1981, the 3033 and 3081 processors added " extended real addressing ," which allowed 26-bit addressing for physical storage ( but still imposed a 24-bit limit for any individual address space ).

In 1981, almost 20 years after the invention of PALs, just over half of U. S. nuclear weapons were still only equipped with mechanical locks.

He married Jenny Chandler, daughter of A. Bertram Chandler, on 1 January 1971 ; has two children, Tamsin ( born 1978 ) and Matthew ( born 1981 ); and still lives on Merseyside.