* Mayann Francis, First Black Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia

He continues to inspire other artists: the 2007 album Bluefinger by Black Francis is based on the life and works of Brood.

Their third album, Black Flower, was rejected by Blackwell, comparing it disparagingly to Francis Lai's A Man and a Woman.

The group consists of Black Francis ( vocals, rhythm guitar ), Joey Santiago ( lead guitar ), Kim Deal ( bass, vocals ), and David Lovering ( drums ).

Black Francis is the Pixies ' primary songwriter and singer.

Joey Santiago and Black Francis ( born Charles Thompson IV ) first met when they lived next to each other in a suite while attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Unlike previous recordings, the band had little time to practice beforehand, and Black Francis wrote much of the album in the studio.

The songwriter and musician Frank Black ( alias Black Francis of the Pixies ) penned an homage to Zubrin, " Robert Onion ", on the album Dog in the Sand.

* December 21 – Francis Garnier is attacked outside Hanoi by Black Flag mercenaries fighting for the Vietnamese.

Famous names include the physicist, Lord Kelvin, ' father of economics ' Adam Smith, James Watt, John Logie Baird, Joseph Black, Sir John Boyd Orr, Professor Sam Karunaratne, Francis Hutcheson and Joseph Lister.

Flood is quoted by Black Francis ( of Pixies fame ) as one of his favorite albums.

Charles Thompson, singer / songwriter for the alternative band the Pixies, was known in that band as Black Francis.

He was called Frank Black as a solo performer, and again called Black Francis in a reunited Pixies.

Directed by Johnson, the piece starred Francis Van Wetering as Titus, Alexandra Cirves as Tamora, Roger Casey as Aaron ( aka The Evil Black Guy ) and Lauren Huyett as Lavinia.

" Black Francis of the Pixies cited Beefheart's The Spotlight Kid as one of the albums he listened to regularly when first writing songs for the band, and Kurt Cobain of Nirvana acknowledged Van Vliet's influence, mentioning him among his notoriously eclectic range.

The French managed to keep their grip on Tonkin although, twice, their top commanders Francis Garnier and Henri Rivière, were ambushed and killed fighting pirates of the Black Flag Army hired by the mandarins.

Kilkenny's heritage is evident in the city and environs including the historic buildings such as Kilkenny Castle, St. Canice's Cathedral and round tower, Rothe House, Shee Alms House, Black Abbey, St. Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny Town Hall, St. Francis Abbey, Grace's Castle, and St. John's Priory.

" While at college in Massachusetts, Thompson adopted the stage name Black Francis, and formed The Pixies along with Joey Santiago, Kim Deal, and David Lovering.

Among the Scottish thinkers and scientists of the period were Francis Hutcheson, Alexander Campbell, David Hume, Adam Smith, Dugald Stewart, Thomas Reid, Robert Burns, Adam Ferguson, John Playfair, Joseph Black and James Hutton.

* Black Francis, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Pixies

( Note: Dixon rewrote The Traitor as The Black Hood ( 1924 ) and Steve Hoyle was renamed George Wilkes.

Alexander Falconbridge was sent to Sierra Leone in 1791 to collect the remaining Black Poor settlers, and they re-established Granville Town ( later on renamed Cline Town ) near Fourah Bay.

Later they decided to make the concept more international, as HRT would only operate in the US, and renamed it " Black Ops " and incorporated operators from all over the world.

This arrangement was issued on their second LP, In the Wake of Poseidon, although for copyright reasons it was renamed " The Devil's Triangle " and Robert Fripp claimed authorship, with Holst receiving no composer credit. A third progressive-rock band, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, performed an arrangement of " Jupiter " with lyrics which they entitled " Joybringer ". Black Metal / Viking Metal band Bathory arranged a section of " Jupiter " as the melody of the song " Hammerheart ", from the album Twilight of the Gods.

Alexander Falconbridge was sent to Sierra Leone in 1791 to collect the remaining Black Poor settlers, and they re-established Granville Town ( later on renamed Cline Town, Sierra Leone ) near Fourah Bay.

" Shortly after it was founded, it was renamed Le Chat Noir ( The Black Cat ).

Black Stache is renamed Captain Hook in the second installment, Peter and the Shadow Thieves.

Beginning as the " Whitman Famous Classics ," and later renamed the " Golden Press " imprint, Western published a series of ( public domain ) classics, such as Little Women, Little Men, Black Beauty and Heidi.

In 1838, the fort of Alexandria, renamed Navaginsky a year later, was founded at the mouth of the Sochi River as part of the Black Sea coastal line, a chain of seventeen fortifications set up to protect the area from recurring Circassian resistance.

In 1896, the Dakhovsky Posad was renamed Sochi Posad ( after the name of local river ) and incorporated into the newly formed Black Sea Governorate.

* HMS Invincible was to have been the world's second ocean-going iron-hulled armoured frigate, and sister to HMS Warrior, but she was renamed HMS Black Prince before her launch.

When the Union Pacific developed its subsidiary Omaha, Niobrara and Black Hills Railroad, he directed that it cross the Loup River at Lost Creek, the site of present-day Oconee, then run south to join the Union Pacific's main line at Jackson ( since renamed Duncan ), bypassing Columbus.

The village began to take form about 1820, primarily through the efforts of pioneer settler John S. Reid, and expanded by his son and sons-in-law who renamed the village " Charleston " in 1836, but it was shortly later again name-changed to simply " Black River " village.

The town soon became known as Black's Station in honor of John G. Black and was renamed Blacksburg in 1888.

Originally known as Reno Junction ( descendants of Major Reno from Custer's troop resided in the area ), the town was renamed " Wright " after the owner of the Long Branch Bar, Dale Wright, who agreed to sell land to Atlantic Richfield Corporation, the developer of the Black Thunder Mine, who planned to build the town to accommodate the work force that would be hired to operate the mine.

Minas Ithil was later conquered by orcs from Mordor and was renamed Minas Morgul, " The Tower of Black Sorcery ".

2002, the White City's companion city, Minas Ithil, Tower of the Moon ( Moontower ), on the borders of Mordor, was captured by the Nazgûl and renamed Minas Morgul, Tower of Black Sorcery ( Dead City, accursed tower ).

Breedlove's vehicle, renamed the " Sonic Arrow ", was rolled out on the Black Rock Desert for a photo opportunity on October 15, 2007.

Pace Phonograph Corporation was renamed Black Swan Phonograph Company in the fall of 1922.

Canada ( from 1862 ) has its own Black Watch, being raised as the 5th Battalion of the Canadian Militia, being renamed by 1914 as the 5th Regiment ( Royal Highlanders of Canada ).

Frutiger Black was renamed to Frutiger Next Heavy, and Frutiger Ultra Black was changed to Frutiger Next Black.