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A compilation of Hail to the Thief B-sides, remixes and live performances, Com Lag (2plus2isfive), was released in April 2004. [62] Hail to the Thief reached number one in the UK Albums Chart and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks, [63] selling 114,320 copies in its first week. [64]
Cnut ( / kəˈnjuːt /; [ 3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈknuːtr]; [ a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [ 4][ 5][ 6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. [ 1] The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule ...
Herod the Great. Herod I[ 2][ 3][ a] or Herod the Great ( c. 72 BCE – c. 4 BCE) was a Roman Jewish client king of the Herodian Kingdom of Judea. [ 4][ 5][ 6] He is known for his colossal building projects throughout Judea. Among these works are the rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem and the expansion of its base [ 7][ 8][ 9] —the ...
Idi Amin Dada Oumee (/ ˈ iː d i ɑː ˈ m iː n, ˈ ɪ d i-/ ⓘ, UK also /-æ ˈ m iː n /; 30 May 1928 [1] – 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979.
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199), known as Richard Cœur de Lion ( Norman French: Quor de Lion) [ 1][ 2] or Richard the Lionheart because of his reputation as a great military leader and warrior, [ 3][ 4][ 5] was King of England from 1189 until his death in 1199. He also ruled as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony; Lord of ...
Rhampsinit. Rhampsinit (also called Rhampsinitos, Rhampsinitus, Rampsinitus, Rampsinit, derived from Herodotus ' Greek Ῥαμψίνιτος Rhampsínitos) is the hellenized name of a fictitious king ( pharaoh) from Ancient Egypt. [citation needed] He is named by the ancient Greek historian Herodotus as a literary figure in his Historiae.
In the history of motion pictures in the United States, many films have been set in New York City, or a fictionalized version thereof.. The following is a list of films and documentaries set in New York, however the list includes a number of films which only have a tenuous connection to the city.
November 19, 1909. (1909-11-19) (aged 26) Bali District, New Taipei City. Occupation. criminal. Liao Tianding ( Chinese: 廖添丁; pinyin: Liào Tiāndīng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Liāu Thiam-teng; Hepburn: Ryō Tentei; 1883–1909; sometimes romanized as Liao Tien-ting) was a legendary Taiwanese Robin Hood figure who foiled oppressive rulers when ...