Rowland was appointed to this office by long time friend and associate, Mayor Michael Jarjura.

In January 2008 Waterbury Mayor Michael Jarjura announced that he would hire Rowland as an economic development advisor for the city.

But Michael Sept had unmasked him, revealing he had never been a bishop, but was an Anabaptist, afraid to state his faith, because he knew John Calvin had written a book against their belief that the soul slept after death.

In its ruling, the state Board of Education upheld Dr. Michael F. Walsh, state commissioner of education, who had ruled previously that the Warwick board erred when it named Maurice F. Tougas as coordinator of audio-visual education without first finding that the school superintendent's candidate was not suitable.

Demonstrating the primitive African rhythmic backgrounds of the Blues was Michael Babatunde Olatunji, who plays such native drums as the konga and even does a resounding job slapping his own chest.

Michael and Mary was adapted to cinema in 1931.

The first Sheriff, Mr Samuel Smart, was wounded during the robbery, and on 2 May 1838 one of the offenders, Michael Magee, became the first person to be hanged in South Australia.

Kennedy's goal was accomplished on the Apollo 11 mission when astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed their Lunar Module ( LM ) on the Moon on July 20, 1969 and walked on its surface while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command spacecraft, and all three landed safely on Earth on July 24.

Alexander Jagellon never felt at home in Poland, and bestowed his favor principally upon his fellow Lithuanians, the most notable of whom was the wealthy Lithuanian magnate Michael Glinski, who justified his master's confidence by his great victory over the Tatars at Kleck ( 5 August 1506 ), news of which was brought to Alexander on his deathbed in Vilnius.

Under Michael VII Doukas Parapinakes ( 1071 – 1078 ) and Nikephoros III Botaneiates ( 1078 – 1081 ), he was also employed, along with his elder brother Isaac, against rebels in Asia Minor, Thrace, and in Epirus.

First married to Michael VII Doukas and secondly to Nikephoros III Botaneiates, she was preoccupied with the future of her son by Michael VII, Constantine Doukas.

During this time, Alexios was rumored to be the lover of Empress Maria of Alania, the daughter of King Bagrat IV of Georgia, who had been successively married to Michael VII Doukas and his successor Nikephoros III Botaneiates, renowned for her beauty.

At that point the deposed emperor was ransomed by Michael I of Epirus, who sent him to Asia Minor, where Alexios ' son-in-law Theodore I Laskaris of the Empire of Nicaea was holding his own against the Latins.

* Eirene Angelina, who married ( 1 ) Andronikos Kontostephanos, and ( 2 ) Alexios Palaiologos, by whom she was the grandmother of Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

He was the last Byzantine Emperor to reign in Constantinople before the establishment of the Latin Empire, which controlled the city for the next 57 years, until it was recovered by the Nicaean Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Andronikos III was the son of Michael IX Palaiologos and Rita of Armenia ( renamed Maria ).

He was the eldest surviving son of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina, grandniece of John III Doukas Vatatzes.

He was acclaimed co-emperor in 1261, after his father Michael VIII recovered Constantinople from the Latin Empire, but he was crowned only in 1272.

Since the passage of the Act of Settlement, the most senior member of the Royal Family to have married a Roman Catholic, and thereby been removed from the line and later lines of succession, is Prince Michael of Kent, who married Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz in 1978 ; he was fifteenth in the lines of succession at the time of his marriage.

In the British general election the following year, Michael Howard promised to work towards having the prohibition removed if the Conservative Party gained a majority of seats in the House of Commons, but the election was won by Blair's Labour Party.

In the 2001 NFL Draft, the Falcons orchestrated a trade with the San Diego Chargers, acquiring the first overall pick ( which was used on quarterback Michael Vick ) in exchange for wide receiver / return specialist Tim Dwight and the fifth overall pick ( used on running back LaDainian Tomlinson ).

In 2004, a new head coach, Jim L. Mora, was hired and Michael Vick returned for the full season.

The 2006 presidential election was hotly contested, with Mwanawasa being re-elected by a clear margin over principle challengers Michael Sata of the Patriotic Front and Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development.

In the 2010 general election, incumbent Mayor Sophie Heymann ( 1386 votes ) was re-elected to a new, four-year term over former Councilwoman Linda Albelli ( 913 votes ) while Councilman John C. Glidden, Jr. ( 1402 votes ) and Councilwoman Victoria R. Amitai ( 1401 votes ) were elected to new, three-years terms over former Councilman Michael " Jack " Kelly.

The current mayor is Michael Bloomberg, elected as a Republican in 2001, re-elected in 2005 with 59 % of the vote, and elected to a third term in 2009 with 50. 4 %.

He was re-elected in the Toronto Centre riding in the 2011 general election and was named interim leader of the Liberal Party weeks later, replacing Michael Ignatieff.

The current mayor is Michael Bloomberg, a former Democrat elected as a Republican in 2001 with 50. 3 % of the vote and re-elected as a Republican in 2005 with 58. 4 %.

Thompson was re-elected to a full four-year term in 1978 with 60 percent of the vote, defeating State Comptroller Michael Bakalis.

Michael Regan was re-elected as Mayor while his renamed ' Your Warringah ' ( From ' Wake Up Warringah ') ticket gained a majority of six seats on the council.

He was easily re-elected in the 1999 election, and fought off a closer challenge from Liberal Michael Doody, a former mayor of Timmins and broadcaster, in the election of 2003.

Though he was re-elected in the general election of October 2007, he was dropped from cabinet in a post-election cabinet shuffle and was instead on November 28, 2007, elected by his fellow members as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly on the fourth ballot, defeating Michael A.

Michael Keenan was re-elected at the 2010 Federal Election.

He was re-elected in the provincial election of 1999, defeating Liberal Adrian Heaps and New Democrat Michael Yorke in the re-distributed riding of Scarborough Southwest.

On January 23, 2006, Poilievre was re-elected with 55 % of the vote, beating Liberal challenger Michael Gaffney by over 19, 000 votes.

The House re-elected Michael O ' Neal as Speaker ; Gene Vickery as Speaker Pro Tem ; Arlen Siegfreid as Majority Leader ; and Peggy Mast as Assistant Majority Leader.

She lost her seat at the 1989 general election but was re-elected at the 1992 general election, again losing her seat at the 1997 general election to party colleague Michael D ' Arcy.

In November 2008, Corroon was re-elected to a second term as Salt Lake County Mayor over Republican challenger Michael Renckert with 66 % of the vote.

Sarlo was re-elected in 2007 by defeating Michael Guarino and in 2011 by defeating Donald DiOrio.

George was re-elected as an independent in 1889, but was defeated by Liberal candidates Michael Cashin and Daniel J. Greene in 1893.

He backed Julius Chan for the position of Prime Minister after the election, but Michael Somare was re-elected as Prime Minister in parliament on 13 August, and Morauta became Opposition Leader a few days later.

Poloncarz was first elected comptroller in 2005 and was re-elected in 2009 in a three person race by defeating Republican Phil Kadet and Independence Party candidate Michael Abramo by a 52-45-3 percentage point margin, respectively.

Following the 2010 elections, the Senate consisted of 30 Republicans and 20 Democrats, but Michael O ' Pake died shortly after being re-elected, which resulted in a vacancy.