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- Clock (10086 bytes)
43: ...anical timekeeper had been developed that lacked only an [[escapement]] mechanism. There is a record t...
47: ...[Nuremberg]] and [[Augsburg]]. These clocks have only one hand. The dial between the hour markers is d...
124: ...ock. Suffolk, England: Antique Collector?s Club, 1981.
128: ...ssistance of Alexander Ballantyne. Paris: Tardy, 1981. - Martin Luther King Day (1734 bytes)
5: ... hosted the Rally for Peace Press Conference in [[1981]]. At the [[White House]] Rose Garden on [[Novemb... - Carthage (20744 bytes)
24: ...ew details are known. Its heads of state are commonly referred to as ''sōftīm'' "judges" (Ro...
33: ...and [[Ba`al Hammon]]. Priests were clean shaven, unlike most of the population. In the first centuries...
42: ...ndred thousand men; though these are almost certainly exaggerated, it must nonetheless have been of fo...
51: ...nded decisively, leading an expedition which not only reclaimed Motya, but also captured [[Messina, It...
58: ...ecretly led an expedition of 14,000 men to the mainland, hoping to save his rule by leading a counters... - Condor (7828 bytes)
44: ...2003]] the first bird fledged in the wild since [[1981]]. - Stag Beetle (3702 bytes)
28: ...dule 5 of the UK's [[Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981]] and the EU Habitats Directive of the [[Berne Co...
32: ...eem to fly more readily than the females. Adults only live for a few months feeding on [[nectar]] and ... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
35: [[1981 Formula One season|1981]] saw the signing of the first [[Concorde Agreeme...
45: ...sed the poorer independent teams to struggle not only to remain competitive, but to stay in business. ...
53: ...one]] tires (Ferrari, Jordan and Minardi are the only teams that don't use [[Michelin]]). Fernando Alo...
72: ...and [[NASCAR]]. In its early years, F1 teams commonly constructed their engines as well. It has since ...
74: ...], purchase their engines from larger teams. The only remaining commercial engine-manufacturer is [[Co... - World Series (40101 bytes)
7: ... leagues' standings, received such shares; today only the teams finishing in second place in their div...
9: ...rld" appellation has stuck despite the fact that only teams in the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] pa...
63: * 1896 [[Baltimore Orioles (NL)|Baltimore Orioles]]
77: ...ston AL]] defeats [[Pittsburgh Pirates|Pittsburgh NL]], 5 games to 3.
81: ... AL's [[Boston Red Sox|Boston Americans]] and the NL's [[San Francisco Giants|New York Giants]]. The G... - Atlanta Braves (20715 bytes)
5: ...kings]] of [[1869]]-[[1970]], baseball's first openly professional team. When the N.A. formed, Red Sto...
20: ...e season, winning 34 of their last 44 games. Not only did they finish first, but they ended up 10.5 ga...
37: ..., threw three complete game victories, giving up only two earned runs.
40: ...pt by the "Miracle [[New York Mets|Mets]]" in the NLCS. They would not win it again until [[1982]], u...
42: ...ell under the pressure. The next season, it was only a matter of time before he set a new record. On... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
18: ...professional team, led to a minor explosion of openly professional teams in [[1870]], each with the si...
55: ...drum after their early 1900s Glory Years, broken only by their pennant in the [[World War I|war]]-shor...
62: ...home ballpark, [[Wrigley Field]], played host to only day games until [[1988]] because the stadium own...
65: ...a Braves in the [[National League Division Series|NLDS]].
68: ...me 7 of the [[National League Championship Series|NLCS]] against the [[Florida Marlins]]. While at one... - Chicago White Sox (19057 bytes)
25: ... never entirely overcome the stigma of being the only team to take a dive in the Fall Classic. The off...
37: ...1]], [[1997 in sports|1997]], with the White Sox only 3.5 games back of the [[Cleveland Indians]] for ...
60: *[[Carlton Fisk]] 1981-93
160: **[[Mike Squires]] (1981)
180: **[[Carlton Fisk]] [3] (1981, 1985, 1988) - Cincinnati Reds (19835 bytes)
12: ...n''' (1): Had baseball's best overall record in [[1981]]
21: ...[[Cincinnati Red Stockings]], baseball's first openly all-professional team, was founded in [[1869]]. ...
23: ...ccounts, the AA team folded the same year the new NL team started, and the new team simply signed many...
29: ... then new manager [[Pat Moran]] led the Reds to a NL [[pennant]] in [[1919]]. The 1919 team had hittin...
35: ...ees]] in four straight. In 1940, they repeated as NL Champions and for the first time in 21 years, the... - Houston Astros (8294 bytes)
22: ** The Astros make the playoffs in 1981, and again in 1986, culminating in a wild 16-inni...
26: ** The Astros won another NL Central title in 2001, and were again eliminated ...
27: ...] for the third time (they were previously in the NLCS in [[1980 in sports|1980]] & [[1986 in sports|1...
28:
102: *[[Steve Finley]] - Los Angeles Dodgers (23879 bytes)
7: ... the ''Superbas'' (under manager Ned Hanlon -- "Hanlon's Superbas" was the name of an acrobatic troup ...
12: ...tles won''' (10): [[1974]], [[1977]], [[1978]], [[1981]], [[1983]], [[1985]], [[1988]], [[1994]], [[1995...
14: ...1965]], [[1966]], [[1974]], [[1977]], [[1978]], [[1981]], [[1988]]
15: ...' (6): [[1955]], [[1959]], [[1963]], [[1965]], [[1981]], [[1988]]
23: ...en known won two successive pennats under [[Ned Hanlon]] in 1899 and 1900. - Milwaukee Brewers (8926 bytes)
14: :'''Division titles won''' (2): [[1981]], [[1982]]
21: Much of the story of the Seattle Pilots' only year in existence is told in [[Jim Bouton]]'s cl...
29: ...dent [[Mandy Block]] with a bat. Block suffered only a scraped [[knee]]. Simon was arrested, charged...
141: ...982]], he managed the Milwaukee Brewers to their only [[World Series]] appearance.
145: **[[Rollie Fingers]] (1981) - Oakland Athletics (34248 bytes)
11: ...1971]], [[1972]], [[1973]], [[1974]], [[1975]], [[1981]], [[1988]], [[1989]], [[1990]], [[1992]], [[2000...
13: ...cs (with the [[St. Louis Cardinals]]) are second only to the [[New York Yankees]] in the number of Wor...
20: ...hiladelphia Phillies]]. This order, though, was only enforceable in the state of Pennsylvania. Lajoi...
30: ...Park]], blocking the view from nearby buildings, only served to irritate potential paying fans. The A...
32: ...by [[Chicago]] insurance executive [[Charles O. Finley]]), the American League owners were determined ... - Apple Macintosh (24250 bytes)
58: ...d succeeded in inventing a board design that not only utilized the 68000, but speeded it up from 5 MHz...
60: ...ntions on the project and its members. In January 1981 he completely took over the project, forcing Rask...
64: Jobs made another key move in 1981 when he combed the world for a design company for...
70: ...ned, and had far more programming code in [[Read-only memory|ROM]] than other computers; it had a non-...
74: ...shing]]. Interest in the Mac exploded, and it is only recently that it has started to lose its dominan... - List of chemists (10401 bytes)
76: *[[Odd Hassel]], (1897-1981), Norwegian chemist [[1969]][[Nobel prize in chem...
81: ...n]], (born 1937), Polish-born American chemist, [[1981]] [[Nobel Prize in chemistry]]
174: *[[Wendell Meredith Stanley]], (1904-1971), [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]], [...
185: *[[Harold C. Urey]], (1893-1981), [[1934]] [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]]. - Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
15: ...y 30 specimens had been found{{fn|1}}, including only three complete skulls. The first specimens found...
22: ...n worn or broken at the tips from heavy use but, unlike [[mammals]], were continually grown and shed t...
35: ...hair density of an elephant as it grows, or were only feathered on parts of their bodies. In general, ...
38: ...(Lambe 1917; Colinvaux 1978; Halstead and Halsted 1981; Barsbold 1983; Horner and Lessem 1993; Horner 19...
60: ...ey first. An animal the size of ''T. rex'' could unlikely hunt in this manner, although ''T. rex'' is ... - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
4: ...nt tombs in the East Valley. The West Valley has only one tomb open to the public: the tomb of [[Ay]],...
39: ... John Romer, ''Valley of the Kings'' (Henry Holt, 1981) – Covers the history of the exploration of... - Venice (22017 bytes)
10: ...dship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as [[Berga...
12: ...ist|Winged Lion of St. Mark]], symbol of Venice. Only Venetian ships could efficiently transport the m...
14: ...self. The ''[[Cavalieri di San Marco]]'' was the only order of [[chivalry]] ever instituted in Venice,...
35: Early in the [[15th century]], as new mainland territories were expanded, the first standing ...
37: ... often experienced. A civilian commissioner (not unlike a [[commissar]]) accompanied each army to keep...
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