* Mayann Francis, First Black Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

He continues to inspire other artists: the 2007 album Bluefinger by Black Francis is based on the life and works of Brood.

Their third album, Black Flower, was rejected by Blackwell, comparing it disparagingly to Francis Lai's A Man and a Woman.

The group consists of Black Francis ( vocals, rhythm guitar ), Joey Santiago ( lead guitar ), Kim Deal ( bass, vocals ), and David Lovering ( drums ).

Black Francis is the Pixies ' primary songwriter and singer.

Joey Santiago and Black Francis ( born Charles Thompson IV ) first met when they lived next to each other in a suite while attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Unlike previous recordings, the band had little time to practice beforehand, and Black Francis wrote much of the album in the studio.

Black Francis renamed himself Frank Black, and he released several solo albums, including a string of releases with Frank Black and the Catholics.

The songwriter and musician Frank Black ( alias Black Francis of the Pixies ) penned an homage to Zubrin, " Robert Onion ", on the album Dog in the Sand.

* December 21 – Francis Garnier is attacked outside Hanoi by Black Flag mercenaries fighting for the Vietnamese.

Famous names include the physicist, Lord Kelvin, ' father of economics ' Adam Smith, James Watt, John Logie Baird, Joseph Black, Sir John Boyd Orr, Professor Sam Karunaratne, Francis Hutcheson and Joseph Lister.

Flood is quoted by Black Francis ( of Pixies fame ) as one of his favorite albums.

Charles Thompson, singer / songwriter for the alternative band the Pixies, was known in that band as Black Francis.

He was called Frank Black as a solo performer, and again called Black Francis in a reunited Pixies.

Directed by Johnson, the piece starred Francis Van Wetering as Titus, Alexandra Cirves as Tamora, Roger Casey as Aaron ( aka The Evil Black Guy ) and Lauren Huyett as Lavinia.

" Black Francis of the Pixies cited Beefheart's The Spotlight Kid as one of the albums he listened to regularly when first writing songs for the band, and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana acknowledged Van Vliet's influence, mentioning him among his notoriously eclectic range.

The French managed to keep their grip on Tonkin although, twice, their top commanders Francis Garnier and Henri Rivière, were ambushed and killed fighting pirates of the Black Flag Army hired by the mandarins.

Kilkenny's heritage is evident in the city and environs including the historic buildings such as Kilkenny Castle, St. Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House, Black Abbey, St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny Town Hall, St. Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St. John's Priory.

" While at college in Massachusetts, Thompson adopted the stage name Black Francis, and formed The Pixies along with Joey Santiago, Kim Deal, and David Lovering.

Among the Scottish thinkers and scientists of the period were Francis Hutcheson, Alexander Campbell, David Hume, Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Reid, Robert Burns, Adam Ferguson, John Playfair, Joseph Black and James Hutton.

When populations were quickly decreased by causes such as the Black Death or devastating warfare ( for example, Genghis Khan's Mongol hordes in eastern and central Europe, Thirty Years ' War in Germany ), this could lead to settlements being abandoned.

Here, the twin assumptions of rationality and market efficiency lead to modern portfolio theory ( the CAPM ), and to the Black – Scholes theory for option valuation ; it further studies phenomena and models where these assumptions do not hold, or are extended.

It was now Kelly's turn to ask the studio for a straight acting role and he took the lead role in the early mafia melodrama: Black Hand ( 1950 ).

Major and his government were responsible for the United Kingdom's exit from the Exchange Rate Mechanism ( ERM ) after Black Wednesday on 16 September 1992, after which his government never gained a lead in the opinion polls.

At the Battle of Crécy ( 1346 ), Edward III of England sent his son, Edward, the Black Prince, to lead the charge into battle and when pressed to send reinforcements, the king replied, " say to them that they suffer him this day to win his spurs.

Primary external rail links connect the republic's network with Odessa ( in Ukraine ) on the Black Sea and with the Romanian cities of Iaşi and Galaţi ; they also lead northward into Ukraine.

Santiago played lead guitar on multiple Frank Black albums, as well as on other artists ' albums.

Venice took the lead in measures to check the spread of plague, having appointed three guardians of the public health in the first years of the Black Death ( 1348 ).

The Black May uprising, in 1992, lead to more reform when promulgating the 1997 constitution – " The People's Constitution " – aiming to create checks and balance of powers between strengthened government, separately elected senators and anti-corruption institutes.

In May 2006, Roberts left the band, and The Stranglers were now back to a four-piece line-up: Burnel, Black, Greenfield and Warne, with the lead vocals shared between Warne and Burnel.

Arthur, former lead singer of the band The Chart Commandos, still continues to perform with " Big Black Bomb " and is still considered to be an innovating force on the Newcastle music scene.

In 2010, she was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards, as the lead actress of When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story, and as part of the cast of Black Swan.

Three mountain passes lead to the city, which have been key roads since antiquity, connecting the Adriatic Sea and Central Europe with the Black and Aegean Seas.

Gandalf and Aragorn lead an army to the Black Gate of Mordor and lay siege to Sauron's army.

Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13 a band from North Carolina who were fronted by now Murderdolls lead singer and solo artist Wednesday 13 also did a song about the creature naming it Creature From The Black Lagoon.

It would lead to other serious films made by black filmmakers, while a few white filmmakers followed along with more dramas about black Americans ; among the more serious works made were Black Girl and Sounder.

The Impressions's " We're a Winner ", written by their lead singer Curtis Mayfield, became a virtual anthem of the black power and black pride movements, as did James Brown's " Say It Loud-I'm Black and I'm Proud ", Collin Carlone's " Life As a ' Boro Black Boy ", and, unwittingly, Martha & the Vandellas ' " Dancing in the Street ".

In January 1364 Charles met Edward, the Black Prince at Agen in order to negotiate the passage of his troops through the English-held duchy of Aquitaine, to which the Prince agreed perhaps because of his friendship with Charles's new military adviser Jean III de Grailly, captal de Buch, who had been betrothed to Charles sister and was to lead his army to Normandy.

* Dave Muselman, lead guitarist for band Jet Black Stare grew up in Greensboro and graduated from Lucy Ragsdale High School.

Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English band Black Sabbath, whose dark and hard sound helped spawn the heavy metal genre.

* An abbreviated form of the Secret Wars storyline appeared in the animated television series Spider-Man, where the Beyonder and Madame Web selected Spider-Man to lead a team of heroes ( consisting of himself, the Fantastic Four, Captain America, Black Cat, Iron Man and Storm ) against the villains Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Lizard, Alistair Smythe, and Red Skull.

Phillips chose two musicians, lead guitarist Scotty Moore and bassist Bill Black to perform with Elvis.

In the 1987 recording and subsequent performances of the Pixies song " Levitate Me ," lead singer Black shouts " Come on Pilgrim, you know He loves you!