When Captain John Gibault of Salem had visited Burma in 1793 his ship, the Astra, had been promptly commandeered and taken by her captors up the Irrawaddy River.

When he was fifteen John H. Mercer turned out his first song, a jazzy little thing he called `` Sister Susie, Strut Your Stuff ''.

When Giffen decided to charge him interest on the loan from John Palfrey, Gorham readily assented, vowing that in a matter of dollars and cents, his brothers would never have any cause to complain of him.

When his corps commander, Maj. Gen. John F. Reynolds, was killed very early in the fighting, Doubleday found himself in command of the corps.

When originally used in Olney, it is unknown what music, if any, accompanied the verses written by John Newton.

When Angelo Cardinal Roncalli was elected and became Pope John, there was some confusion as to whether he would be John XXIII or John XXIV ; he then declared that he was John XXIII to put this question to rest.

When Frederick IV of Habsburg sided with Antipope John XXIII at the Council of Constance, Emperor Sigismund placed him under the Imperial ban.

When the word ballad appears in the title of a song, as for example in The Beatles's " The Ballad of John and Yoko " or Billy Joel's " The Ballad of Billy the Kid ", the folk-music sense is generally implied.

When the UK Channel 4 television program " The Bermuda Triangle " ( c. 1992 ) was being produced by John Simmons of Geofilms for the Equinox series, the marine insurance market Lloyd's of London was asked if an unusually large number of ships had sunk in the Bermuda Triangle area.

When John Lawson Johnston died, George Lawson Johnston inherited the Bovril business.

When John the Baptist appeared and began preaching, he attracted disciples who assumed he would be announced as the Messiah, or " the one " they had been awaiting.

When Pope John XXIII abolished the limit, he began to add new churches to the list, which Popes Paul VI and John Paul II continued to do.

When announcing Vatican II, Pope John XXIII stated that the precepts of the Council of Trent continue to the modern day, a position that was reaffirmed by Pope Paul VI.

When instead we discuss human purpose and the meaning of life, Adam Smith and John Maynard Keynes are on the same side.

When Catherine of Aragon travelled to London she brought a group of her African attendants with her, including one identified as the trumpeter John Blanke.

When John Dickinson freed his slaves in 1777, he was Delaware's largest slave owner with 37 slaves.

* John R. Hale, et al., " Questioning the Delphic Oracle: When science meets religion at this ancient Greek site, the two turn out to be on better terms than scholars had originally thought ", in Scientific American August 2003

When King John II of Portugal revived the work of Henry the Navigator, he sent out Cão ( about midsummer (?

When John Stossel accused USAID of not funding DDT because it wasn't " politically correct ," Anne Peterson, the agency's assistant administrator for global health, replied that " I believe that the strategies we are using are as effective as spraying with DDT ...

When Thomas Wyatt the younger instigated what became known as Wyatt's rebellion, John Ponet, the highest-ranking ecclesiastic among the exiles, allegedly participated in the uprising.

When Allen and his men landed above St. John and scouted the situation, they learned that a column of 200 or more regulars was approaching.

When I looked up the actual date of his birth and found it to be March 15th, I realized that Roy was born under the right zodiacal sign for a watercolorist: the water sign of Pisces ( February 18 thru March 20 ).

He recalled: " When I was five I wrote a song about the rain because I loved the San Francisco drizzles, and later I wrote about a dog because I couldn't have one, and a clown because my uncle was a circus performer, and when I was eight I wrote a song in the Saddle " about a cowboy in the desert watching the stars at night and thinking about God because I often looked at the stars and tried to picture Heaven ", inspired by seeing Roy Rogers and hearing Dale Evans give her testimony at the civic auditorium.

When stalwarts such as Des Rowe and dual-Brownlow Medallist Roy Wright left, the team slumped dramatically and finished with a wooden spoon in 1960.

When Roy is residing in the Caribbean he works at his father's company, selling million-dollar mansions.

When the railroad was being built about one mile to the southeast in the area that is the modern-day town of Le Roy, some of the settlers starting making plans.

When the first train rolled into " Le Roy Station " in August 1867, it dropped off building supplies for the new town.

When it was given a Post Office, the name " Le Roy " was assigned.

When Roy Conacher moved on to the Chicago Black Hawks after the 1946 – 47 season, however, Howe was offered Conacher's # 9, which he would wear for the rest of his career ( although he had not requested the change, Howe accepted it when he was informed that " 9 " would entitle him to a lower Pullman berth on road trips ).

When a despairing Roy inadvertently sees a television news program about the train wreck near Devils Tower, he realizes the mental image of a mountain plaguing him is real.

Spielberg wanted to have " When You Wish upon a Star " in the closing credits, but was denied permission ( though the song's signature melody can be heard briefly just before Roy Neary turns to board the mothership ).

When the Sovereign is male, Le Roy is substituted for La Reyne.

* " Oh How I Laugh When I Think How I Cried About You " w. Roy Turk & George Jessel, m. Willy White

* Roy Hattersley – former Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, who once proclaimed " When socialists fall out, it is the Tories that rejoice.

When Castellano was indicted for both his connection to Roy DeMeo's stolen car ring and as part of the Mafia Commission Trial, he learned his own house had been bugged on the basis of evidence from the Ruggiero tapes and he became livid.

* When Chon Wang and Roy are entering the Jubilee party, the string quartet plays an uncredited baroque version of the Rolling Stones ' " Paint it Black " ( just before the piece by Boccherini ).

* While sitting by the fireplace in the flat they had illegally entered Roy mentions that he would like, in the future to have grandchildren, calling them Vera, Chuck, and Dave which is in reference to the Beatles song lyrics from " When I'm Sixty-Four ".

* When Roy is sitting in the hotel talking with the mayor's daughters, we hear " Ain't misbehavin " being played by the pianist in the background.

* When Roy and Chon are at the Royal Palace, the red uniforms the guards are wearing did not come around until 1904.

* When Chon and Roy are talking following being picked up by Lin on the way from Stonehenge, Chon calls Roy " Owen ".

* When Chon, Roy, and Charlie are relaxing in the fancy house, Charlie pours Roy some brandy.

* When Roy, John and Charlie are in the fancy house, the level of the brandy in the serving cup changes from shot to shot.

* When Roy is sitting with his back to the revolving fireplace, we can see a crew member actually moving the fireplace on the left-hand side.