On August 18, 2009, after months of speculation and negotiations, twice-retired veteran quarterback Brett Favre, who until 2007 played 16 years for division arch rival Green Bay Packers, signed a two-year, $ 25 million deal with the Vikings, starting what many Vikings fans refer to as " The Brett Favre Era ".

Generally he was a long serving veteran from a lower social status than the tribunii whom he outranked, and who previously had served as primus pilus and finished his 25 years with the legions.

Van Slyke was a veteran of the War of 1812 and died on September 25, 1834.

The Massachusetts General Court granted the township in 1789 to Colonel Jonathan Holman of Sutton, Massachusetts ( now Millbury ), an American Revolutionary War veteran, together with 25 others.

C .” Pinckney ( February 25, 1746August 16, 1825 ), was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention.

Each veteran was to receive a dollar for each day of domestic service, up to a maximum of $ 500, and $ 1. 25 for each day of overseas service, up to a maximum of $ 625 ( 2010: $ 7, 899 ).

Fitzpatrick's camp was being guarded by 25 of his men under Captain William Drummond Stewart, a former British officer ( and veteran of Waterloo ) and no pushover.

In 2008, he faced Republican Toni Gilhooley, a retired Pennsylvania State Trooper and 25 year veteran of the force, whom he defeated with 64 % of the vote ( one percent less than the previous election ).

Sergeant Vince Phillips, a nineteen year veteran of the British Armed Forces, and eight year veteran of the Special Air Service, was 36 when he died of hypothermia in the evening of 25 January 1991 in North Western Iraq.

Political historian Ervand Abrahamian credits the victory of Abadgaran and other conservatives in the 2004 elections ( as well as the 2003 and 2005 elections ) to the conservatives ' retention of their core base of 25 % of the voting population ; their recruiting of war veteran candidates ; their wooing of independents using the issue of national security ; and most of all " because large numbers of women, college students, and other members of the salaried middle class " who make up the reformists ' base of support " stayed home ".

Congress ( O ) veteran and Janata candidate Neelam Sanjiva Reddy won the presidential election to become the 6th President of India on July 25, 1977.

He ended the year as number one, winning a total of six tournaments and holding a winning streak of 25 matches, achieving the record of being the only player in history to be No. 1 in the world as a junior, professional and veteran.

A veteran of four space flights, Buchli has orbited the earth 319 times, traveling 7. 74 million miles in 20 days, 10 hours, 25 minutes, 32 seconds.

Dr. Barry has worked on primary payload development, the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory ( SAIL ), portable computing issues for Space Shuttle, Chief of Astronaut Appearances, flight clinic ombudsman, source board member for the NASA Space Biomedical Research Institute ( NSBRI ), Astronaut Office representative to NASDA, the Japanese Space Agency, and a tour of duty with the Office of Biological & Physical Research, NASA Headquarters, Washington D. C. A veteran of three space flights, STS-72 ( 1996 ), STS-96 ( 1999 ) and STS-105 ( 2001 ), Barry logged over 734 hours in space, including 4 spacewalks totaling 25 hours and 53 minutes.

Steve Smith is a veteran of four space flights covering 16 million miles and seven space walks totaling 49 hours and 25 minutes.

Oliver Prince Smith ( October 26, 1893 – December 25, 1977 ) was a General in the United States Marine Corps and a highly decorated combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War.

On 25 April 2011 Ricardo Quaresma and veteran player Nihat Kahveci had spat on the pitch.

His character, Adam Troy, was a Korean War veteran who purchased the twin-masted 82-foot ( 25 m ) schooner Tiki, and sailed the South Pacific.

On 25 April 1995 Reinhold Elstner a World War II veteran committed self-immolation in front of Feldhernhalle to protest against " the ongoing official slander and demonization of the German people and German soldiers ".

Political historian Ervand Abrahamian credits the victory of Abadgaran and other conservatives in the 2003, 2004, and 2005 elections to the conservatives ' retention of their core base of 25 % of the voting population, their recruiting of war veteran candidates, their wooing of independents using the issue of national security, and most of all " because large numbers of women, college students, and other members of the salaried middle class " who make up the reformists ' base of support " stayed home ".

KQRS has been programmed by award-winning programming veteran ( and former DJ ) David Hamilton, for over 25 years.

He is a 15-year veteran with four wins and 25 top-five finishes.

The Nehra's intended upon meeting with Robert to interpret how they could work with the 25 plus year veteran that had been singing in Detroit's Eastern Market for a couple of decades.

For the last two years, this frontier of the arts has produced a number of so-called `` non-dramas '' which have left indelible, bittersweet impressions on the psyche of this veteran theatregoer.

The injured German veteran was a former miner, twenty-four years old, who had been wounded by shrapnel in the back of the head.

Another veteran telephone operator was Edith Fleming Blackmer, who had been in the office forty years at the time of her death in 1960.

To Rickards, a 52-year-old veteran 30 years in the air, it was an old story: His plane was being hijacked in mid-flight again much as it had happened in 1930, when Peruvian rebels made him land a Ford tri-motor at Arequipa.

Sir Harry Hinsley, a Bletchley veteran and the official historian of British Intelligence during the Second World War, said that Ultra shortened the war by two to four years and that the outcome of the war would have been uncertain without it.

Edward was a veteran of the battle of Crécy, at which he had fought when he was only sixteen years old.

In the offseason they signed Alfonso Soriano to the richest contract in Cubs history at 8 years for $ 136 million, and replaced unpopular skipper Dusty Baker with fiery veteran manager Lou Piniella.

Under previous general manager Gebhard, the Rockies had largely neglected their farm system and mostly relied on signing veteran free agents from other clubs ; this was possible due to the high attendance numbers in the club's first few years of attendance.

On June 15, 2007, the Jaguars released veteran strong safety Donovin Darius, who had seen diminished playing time in previous years due to mounting injuries.

The Brewers first significant free-agent signing in many years was veteran catcher Damian Miller, a Wisconsin native, and to address a need for better run production, the Brewers traded speedy outfielder Scott Podsednik and relief pitcher Luis Vizcaino to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for slugging outfielder Carlos Lee.

The years 2009 to 2011 have seen the fall of America's veteran soaps.

Dallas also signed veteran tight end Jay Novacek away from Phoenix, who went on to make the Pro Bowl in five of his six years with the Cowboys.

* 1181 BC: Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus.

* 1147 BC: Demophon, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son Oxyntes.

Saying of the famous war veteran, " I met him years ago when he first came back from Vietnam.

* 1147 BC — Demophon, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 33 years and is succeeded by his son Oxyntes.

* 1181 BC — Menestheus, legendary King of Athens and veteran of the Trojan War, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by his nephew Demophon, a son of Theseus.

Commander William S. Donaldson III ( 1944 – August 22, 2001 ) was a United States Navy pilot with more than 24 years of experience in nearly all phases of naval aviation and Vietnam War veteran.

roving reporters, and illustrators of the Stars and Stripes were veteran reporter or young soldiers who would later become such in the post-war years.

It was available to every veteran who had been on active duty during the war years for at least ninety days and had not been dishonorably discharged.

Although the syndicated Match Game was not a direct cause of the ratings problems Love of Life facedthe 4: 00 PM timeslot, the last network daytime slot, had been a problem for CBS, NBC, and ABC for years and Love of Life had seen a precipitous drop in ratings since the April 1979 move to the late afternoon many stations ran the syndicated series against the veteran soap opera and, in the case of some CBS affiliates and owned-and-operated stations, preempted Love of Life in favor of the new Match Game.

Unlike most other expansion teams ' general managers, Islanders GM Bill Torrey made few trades for veteran players in the early years, as he was committed to building through the draft.

Scheer preferred a roster of veteran players, hoping to put together a competitive team as soon as possible, with a goal of making the playoffs in five years.