* 1609 – Richard Bennett, English Governor of the Colony of Virginia ( d. 1675 )

* Best Film Music – Richard Rodney Bennett ( lost to Backbeat )

The original score was composed by British classical composer Richard Rodney Bennett.

* 1870 – Richard Bedford Bennett, Canadian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Canada ( d. 1947 )

* 1980 – Richard Bennett, American guitarist and producer ( The Notorious Cherry Bombs )

* Patrick Kerwin ( as Chief Justice, 1 July 1954 – 2 February 1963 ; appointed a Puisne Justice under Prime Minister Richard Bennett, 20 July 1935 )

His aunts included Hollywood film stars Constance and Joan Bennett, from whom he was estranged, and his maternal grandfather was the celebrated matinée idol Richard Bennett.

* 1926 – Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole ( later discovery of Byrd's diary seems to indicate that this did not happen ).

The first claimed flight over the Pole was made on 9 May 1926 by US naval officer Richard E. Byrd and pilot Floyd Bennett in a Fokker tri-motor aircraft.

Andy Bennett and Richard A. Peterson ( Nashville, Tenn .: Vanderbilt University Press ), pp. 168 – 83.

Still, Richard Bennett was in 1941, six years after he stepped down as prime minister, elevated to the peerage by King George VI as Viscount Bennett, of Mickleham in the County of Surrey and of Calgary and Hopewell in the Dominion of Canada.

Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC ( July 3, 1870 – June 26, 1947 ) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist.

The Liberals lost the election of 1930 to the Conservative Party, led by Richard Bedford Bennett.

** Admiral Richard E. Byrd and Floyd Bennett claim to have flown over the North Pole ( later discovery of his diary seems to indicate that this did not happen ).

* July 3 – Richard Bedford Bennett, eleventh Prime Minister of Canada ( d. 1947 )

* July 28 – Richard Bennett defeats William Lyon Mackenzie King in federal elections and becomes the Prime Minister of Canada.

** Richard Bennett becomes Canada's eleventh prime minister.

* August 6 – Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia ( d. 1675 )

* April 12 – Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia ( b. 1609 )

The link was nevertheless popularised by a children's opera All the King's Men by Richard Rodney Bennett, first performed in 1969.

* The First Orchestrations – Dudley Moore & Richard Rodney Bennett – Played by John Bassett and his Band – Harkit Records HRKCD 8054

Parliament appointed Protestant commissioners loyal to their cause to subdue the colonies, and two of them, the Virginian William Claiborne and Puritan leader Richard Bennett, took control of the colonial government in St. Mary's City in 1652.

It is the hometown of two of New Brunswick's premiers during the 20th century: Hugh John Flemming and Richard Hatfield.

A desk made for Robichaud by the Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company and given to him in 1966, which he used during his last years as premier and which was used by his successor Richard Hatfield was returned to the Premier's Office by Shawn Graham in 2006.

Waikato won the first encounter against Auckland with a crew that contained three former Olympic representatives, Nigel Atherfold, Greg Johnson and Chris White, with the rest of the crew consisting of Waikato Rowing Club oarsmen, Andy Mahon, Nik Posa and Richard Kirke, and Stephen Hatfield and Chris Spanninga from the Hamilton Rowing Club, and coxswain Russell Robson.

Other prominent figures in the GOP's Rockefeller wing included Pennsylvania Governor Raymond P. Shafer, Illinois Senator Charles H. Percy, Oregon Senator Mark Hatfield, Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller, Nelson's younger brother ( who was somewhat of an aberration in a conservative, heavily Democratic Southern state ) and President Richard Nixon.

* Premier of New Brunswick-Louis Robichaud then Richard Hatfield

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

* September 25-The Premier of New Brunswick Richard Bennett Hatfield is accused of drug possession ( 35 grams of cannabis was found in his bag ) during the official visit of Queen Elizabeth II in the province.

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield then Frank McKenna

* October 27-Frank McKenna becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Richard Hatfield.

He was the son of Dr Richard Lee, a Presbyterian clergyman who was rector of Hatfield and held many preferments under the Commonwealth.

He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in 1978 and served as in the government of Richard Hatfield as Minister of Natural Resources from November 21, 1978 until he resigned from the Legislature on June 10, 1982.

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

* Premier of New Brunswick: Richard Hatfield

He was New Brunswick's longest serving premier until his tenure was surpassed by Richard Hatfield nearly a century later.

Former Senator Eugene McCarthy, Governor Tom McCall, Senator Mark Hatfield and Oregon House Speaker Richard Eymann were all in attendance.

* Richard Hatfield, New Brunswick politician and long time Premier of the province ( 1970 – 1987 ).

However, Richard Hatfield and the governing Progressive Conservatives also promoted a platform that promised to increase the role of the Acadian people and culture within the province.

Richard Bennett Hatfield, PC, ONB ( April 9, 1931 – April 26, 1991 ) was a New Brunswick politician and long time Premier of the province ( 1970 – 1987 ).

The youngest of five children of Heber Hatfield and Dora Robinson, Richard was brought up with politics in the household.

Fred Hatfield, who was managing the potato shipping and processing operation since Heber died, agreed and Richard became vice-president of sales.