Around 1960, O ' Brien came up with a proposed treatment, King Kong vs. Frankenstein, where Kong would fight against a giant version of Frankenstein's monster in San Francisco.

Around 100, 000 Goths were reportedly killed in battle, and Ariaricus, son of the King of the Goths, was captured.

Around 713 BC, the semi-mythical successor of Romulus, King Numa Pompilius, is supposed to have added the months of January and February, allowing the calendar to equal a standard lunar year ( 354 days ).

Around 1119, the French knight Hugues de Payens approached King Baldwin II of Jerusalem with the proposal of creating a monastic order for the protection of these pilgrims.

Around that time, Robert Stillington, the bishop of Bath and Wells, informed Richard that Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville had been invalid due to an earlier union by the King with Eleanor Butler, making Edward V and his siblings illegitimate.

Around 1046 BC, Wen's son, King Wu of Zhou, led an army of 45, 000 men and 300 chariots across the Yellow River and defeated the Shang King Di Xin at the Battle of Muye, marking the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty.

" Around 853 AD, Æthelwulf and his son-in-law, Burgred, King of Mercia, defeated Cyngen ap Cadell of Wales and made the Welsh subject to him.

Around nine in the morning of 16 June, King Henry's forward troops, commanded by the Earl of Oxford, encountered the Yorkist army assembled in a single block, on a brow of a hill surrounded on three sides by the River Trent at the village of East Stoke.

Around Lent of 1314, Edward Bruce, brother of the Scottish King, began the siege of Stirling Castle, which was commanded by Sir Philip Mowbray.

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Around 1324 Basarab became a vassal of King Charles I of Hungary ( 1308 – 1342 ), but later the king called him ‘ unfaithful ’ on the pretext that Basarab had occupied crown territories.

In 1983, the Police released their last studio album, Synchronicity, which spawned the hit singles " Every Breath You Take ", " Wrapped Around Your Finger ", " King of Pain " and " Synchronicity II ".

Around 1810 Hampshire Terrace, Landport Terrace, King ’ s Terrace, Jubilee Terrace and Bellevue Terrace were built adjacent to the town walls.

Around 1127, Harald went to Norway and declared he was an illegitimate son of the former King Magnus Barefoot, who had visited Ireland just before his death in 1103.

Around 1218 his father arranged his marriage with Princess Anna, daughter of King Ottokar I of Bohemia ; this union with the royal Přemyslid dynasty allowed Henry II to participate actively in international politics.

Around the end of the fifteenth century, King James IV ( ruled 1488 – 1513 ) built Holyroodhouse, by the abbey, for his principal Edinburgh residence, and the castle's role as a royal home subsequently declined.

Around the time of the birth of their younger son, Richard, the Prince was lured into a war on behalf of King Peter of Castile.

Around 1835 a monument to King George IV was built at the junction of Gray's Inn Road, Pentonville Road and New Road, which later became Euston Road.

Around the same period King Edward III ’ s wife, Queen Philippa is said to have dined on fish caught by Blakeney ’ s fishermen.

Around 1199, King Otto gave three golden crowns made for the three wise men as a present to the church of Cologne: " Otto rex coloniensis curiam celebrans tres coronas de auro capitibus trium magorum imposuit "; MGSS 17, 292.

She followed it up with a version of Nat " King " Cole's " Unforgettable ", and then two highly successful duets in 1960 with Brook Benton, " Baby ( You've Got What It Takes )" ( Number 5 pop, Number 1 R & B ) and " A Rockin ' Good Way ( To Mess Around and Fall in Love ) (# 7 pop, # 1 R & B ).

Around 1989, inspired by Afrika Bambaata, Barnes decided to try his hand at electronic music production, the result of which was the track Not Forgotten, released on the Rhythm King label, and More Than I Know.

Around this time, Belew also met King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp at a Steve Reich concert.

Around this same time, the Protestant Reformation, led in France mainly by John Calvin, was challenging the power of the Catholic Church in France.

Around this time, Scott Miller of Apogee Software learned of the group and their exceptional talent, having played one of John Romero's Softdisk games, Dangerous Dave, and contacted Romero under the guise of multiple fan letters that Romero came to realize all originated from the same address.

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Around this time Major – who in an unfortunate phrase denounced the Labour Leader John Smith as " Monsieur Oui, the poodle of Brussels " – tried to demand an increase in the Qualified Majority needed for voting in the newly-enlarged European Union ( i. e. making it easier for Britain, in alliance with other countries, to block federalist measures ).

Around the same time the Derby-based clockmaker John Whitehurst became a friend, first of Boulton and subsequently of Darwin, through his business supplying clock movements to Boulton's ormolu manufacturing operation.

Around 1844, she married a free black man named John Tubman.

Around 600, however, Sophronius of Jerusalem noted that " two epistles bearing his name ... are considered by some to be the work of a certain John the Elder " and, while stating that Revelation was written by John on Patmos, it was “ later translated by Justin Martyr and Irenaeus ”, presumably in an attempt to reconcile tradition with the obvious differences in Greek style.

Around 1711, Pope made friends with Tory writers John Gay, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Parnell and John Arbuthnot, who together formed the satirical Scriblerus Club.

According to the Haley biographies Bill Haley by John Swenson and Rock Around the Clock by Dawson, the song was offered to Haley in the wake of his first national success " Crazy Man, Crazy " in 1953, after being copyrighted with the U. S. Library of Congress on March 31.

( This event is cited in the Haley biographies Sound and Glory by John Haley and John von Hoelle, and Bill Haley by John Swenson and in Still Rockin ' Around The Clock, a memoir by Comets bass player, Marshall Lytle.

Around 1555 Southwark St Thomas was split off from St Olave and Southwark St John Horsleydown was split off in 1733.

Around the beginning of the twentieth century, a gambler named John McCabe arrives in the town of Presbyterian Church ( named after its only substantial building, a largely unfrequented chapel ), in the northwest United States.

Around Monte Rosa, the Vincent family, Josef Zumstein ( 1783 – 1861 ), and Giovanni Gnifetti ( 1801 – 1867 ) did good work during the half century between 1778 and 1842, while in the Eastern Alps the Archduke John ( 1782 – 1850 ), Prince F. J. C. von Schwarzenberg, archbishop of Salzburg ( 1809 – 1885 ), Valentine Stanig ( 1774 – 1847 ), Adolf Schaubach ( 1800 – 1850 ), above all, P. J.

Around 1890, John Dexter established a trading post that became the center for swapping prospecting information for the entire Seward Peninsula.

Around the same time, Josias Joesler, a Swiss architect, was retained to implement John Murphey ’ s vision.

Around 1836, James Crawford and John Hayes saw that a town was springing up and donated ten acres of land, at a point where their farms met, to be used for educational and religious purposes.

Around the turn of the century, Mr. McCoy sold the mill to John Wesley Britain, who operated it for a few years, and was succeeded by his son, Wash Britain.

Around 1926, Dr. John Dunning and his father built radio station KGBY.

Around the time of its incorporation Driftwood was at the center of the lumber industry and was a boomtown, with three hotels, two banks, two churches and numerous places of business, including a weekly newspaper, the Driftwood Gazette, owned by John T. Earl who was also the editor.

Around 1220 Alexander II of Scotland granted the lands to Sir John Maxwell, making him Warden of the West March.