* 1971 – Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U. S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.

The Archduke knew that the visit would be dangerous, knowing his uncle, Emperor Franz Josef, had been the subject of an assassination attempt by the Black Hand in 1911.

Plutarch ( AD 46 – 120 ) wrote that during his visit to Alexandria in 48 BC Julius Caesar accidentally burned the library down when he set fire to his own ships to frustrate Achillas ' attempt to limit his ability to communicate by sea.

La Pérouse did attempt to visit Norfolk Island, but only to investigate, not to take possession.

His ships, the Boussole and Astrolabe, anchored off the northern side of the island on 13 January 1788, but at the time high seas were running that made it too dangerous for the two ships ’ boats that were put out to attempt a landing: “ It was obvious that I would have had to wait maybe for a very long time for a moment suitable for a landing and a visit to this island was not worth this sacrifice ”, he recorded in his journal.

At least once in each Muslim's lifetime, they must attempt a visit to the Holy Places of Islam located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Vietnam and Russia declared a strategic partnership in March 2001 during the first visit ever to Hanoi of a Russian head of state, largely as an attempt to counterbalance China's growing profile in Southeast Asia.

Icelandic chronicles record another attempt to visit Vinland from Greenland, over a century after the saga voyages.

* May 16 – Ethiopia Coup Attempt: Senior military officers staged a coup attempt in Ethiopia hours after President Mengistu Haile Mariam left on a visit to East Germany.

Oviedo's account of the second visit ( published in 1526 ) records that they made no attempt to land because of weather.

In the midst of preparations for sending help to France, and in the atmosphere of the first wave of libelles, Holy Roman Emperor Joseph came to call on his sister and brother-in-law on 18 April 1777, the subsequent six-week visit in Versailles a part of the attempt to figure out why their marriage had not been consummated.

In 1973, having been hospitalized after a car accident during a visit to Bulgaria ( now widely considered an attempt on his life on orders from Moscow: ), Berlinguer wrote three famous articles (" Reflections on Italy ", " After the facts of Chile " and " After the Coup Chile ") for the intellectual weekly magazine of the party, Rinascita.

The Quality Desserts record beat a previous record attempt by Ipswich City Council in 2009, which was made during a visit to Australia by Lord Lamington's Great Grandson and Niece.

He wanders, is purified, and eventually marries his cousin Hermione, who lives in Sparta ( he is also said to have traveled to Crimea to visit Iphigenia, who in some stories miraculously survived her father's attempt to sacrifice her to Artemis ).

Luckily for the fate of the universe, Skagra's attempt to force the information out of Professor Chronotis coincides with a visit by the professor's old friend, the Doctor.

In an attempt to bring her out into the real world, her agent Danny Weiss arranges a part for her in a new movie and brings a former leading man — now also older, many years retired from acting and managing a chain of grocery stores — to visit her.

2009 saw an increase in the number of corporate e-presenters using green screen technology in an attempt to direct user traffic to profitable areas of web sites, e. g. ; a user logs on to a web site and an e-presenter appears, giving fast, concise information and directing users to visit customer testimonials pages, special offers or incentives to either buy or enquire online.

Dalida had contributed to his success in France and she had been the first to visit him in hospital after his first suicide attempt in November 1974.

* Nelson, Paul D., A shady Pair ' and an ' attempt on his life '- Sitting Bull and His 1884 visit to St. Paul, Ramsey County History Quarterly V38 # 1, Ramsey County Historical Society, St Paul, MN, 2003.

His mother told him she gave birth to Hank in the women's restroom at Yankee Stadium during Cotton's failed attempt to assassinate Fidel Castro during a rare American visit.

According to the GAO report, NRC officials did not visit the company or attempt to personally interview its executives.

Until early in the 19th century the Dutch remained content with their coastal trade of gold and produce, and made no attempt to visit the Minangkabau highlands.

He also brought up recent instances of assassination attempts against sitting Presidents ( including the murder of Mayor of Chicago Anton Cermak in a botched assassination attempt on then-President-elect Franklin Roosevelt ), as well as a recent attack on United Nations ambassador Adlai Stevenson in Dallas, which had resulted in extra security measures being taken for Kennedy's visit to the city.

However with confirmed in overall control of the UDA Harding Smith initially remained silent until in 1974 he declared that the West Belfast brigade of the movement was splitting from the mainstream UDA on the pretext of a visit to Libya organised by Tyrie in a failed attempt to procure arms from Colonel Qadaffi.

Carter and Tars Tarkas rescue Thuvia, a slave girl, and attempt to escape, capitalizing on the confusion caused by an attack by the Black Pirates of Barsoom upon the Therns.

The general higher education and training that takes place in a university, college, or Institute of Technology usually includes significant theoretical and abstract elements, as well as applied aspects ( although limited offerings of internships or SURF programs attempt to provide practical applications ).

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 has a level named Mind the Gap where most of the level takes place between the dockyards and Westminster while the player and a team of SAS attempt to take down cargo being shipped using London Underground.

* Red Dust ( 1993 ) by Paul J. McAuley takes place against a backdrop of a failing attempt at terraforming Mars by the Chinese.

She travels to the past and attempts to hand the past Voyager over to the Vidiians while she takes her past self home, but this attempt is thwarted.

Poe makes no attempt to describe accurately the operations of the Spanish Inquisition, and takes considerable dramatic license with the broader history premised in this story.

They do not hide the fact that communication takes place, and as such do not attempt to present the cluster as a single parallel machine.

** In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters.

* 16 February 1999 – In Uzbekistan, an apparent assassination attempt against President Islam Karimov takes place at government headquarters.

* The American minister to China takes five warships to attempt to " open up " Korea, but his forces leave after exchanges of fire result in 250 Koreans dying and the Korean government still unwilling to make any concessions.

* April 11 – Aviator Bill Lancaster takes off in England, in an attempt to make a speed record to the Cape of Good Hope, but vanishes ( his body is not found in the Sahara Desert until 1962 ).

* November 22 – The China Clipper takes off from Alameda, California in an attempt to deliver the first airmail cargo across the Pacific Ocean ( the aircraft later reaches its destination, Manila, and delivers over 110, 000 pieces of mail ).

* Die-Hard scenario-Which the story takes place in limited location ; a single building, plane, or vessel-which is seized or under threat by enemy agents, but are opposed by a single hero who fights an extended battle within the location using stealth and cunning to attempt to defeat them.

The gag originated in a sketch in which Scott Thompson played a homophobic man who took offense at another man's ( McKinney ) attempt to seduce him by taking him to a Maple Leafs game: " Every time I come to this city, some guy picks me up at the bus station, takes me to a Leaf game, gets me pissed, then tries to blow me.

Although Esmeralda does not love him, and in fact believes him a coward rather than a true man — unlike Phoebus, he failed in his attempt to rescue her from Quasimodo — she takes pity on his plight and marries him.

There are a legion of would-be screenwriters who attempt to enter the film industry but it often takes years of trial-and-error, failure, and gritty persistence to achieve success.

The story takes place about 2015 AD, against a background of an overpopulated Earth, whose dysfunctional society is clearly an attempt to extrapolate into the future the rapid social changes taking place in the U. S. during the 1960s.

In the Three Chimneys tour, singer Davey Balfour takes Dan along on an attempt to break an unofficial ( and illegal ) speed record for flying around three power station chimneys in Kent in his private plane.

The story now takes a more sinister turn, as we learn that Isis ' brother seems to have cooked up her impossible mission in an attempt to discredit her and put her out of the picture in a bid to take over the leadership of the cult.

After Uncle Remus tells a tale about Br ' er Rabbit's attempt to run away from home, Johnny takes the advice and changes his mind about leaving the plantation, letting Uncle Remus take him back to his mother.

After a failed attempt to personally kill Dooku, Ventress takes part in the Nightsisters ' plan to have her replacement apprentice, Savage, as her own secret weapon against him by having Dooku unknowingly train his killer.

Jacy invites Duane to a motel for sex, but he is unable to perform ; it takes a second attempt to alter her virginity status.

References made to Valladolid, Segovia, El Escorial and Madrid suggest the novel takes place within the build-up to the Republican attempt to relieve the siege of Madrid.

After numerous takes the band jammed some old numbers and then returned to " Get Back " one last time in an attempt to record the master take.

In an attempt to protect the fragile peace treaty, Archer takes the challenge instead and Shran is incapacitated ( but not seriously hurt ).