During that time, he painted nearly nonstop and created the outside walls with tile mosaics, featuring Aztec deities such as Quetzalcoatl.

During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly of material containing chemical herbicides and defoliants mixed with jet fuel in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of Operation Ranch Hand.

During the Vietnam War, between 1962 and 1971, the United States military sprayed nearly of chemical herbicides and defoliants in Vietnam, eastern Laos and parts of Cambodia, as part of the aerial defoliation program known as Operation Ranch Hand.

During Clinton's re-election campaign he said, " My 1994 crime bill expanded the death penalty for drug kingpins, murderers of federal law enforcement officers, and nearly 60 additional categories of violent felons.

During the early eighties, nearly all BASE jumps were made using standard skydiving equipment, including two parachutes ( main and reserve ), and deployment components.

During Barbarossa, massive encirclements netted nearly 3, 500, 000 Soviet prisoners along with masses of equipment.

During World War II, and for nearly a decade after the war, most milk in Britain was used for the making of one single kind of cheese nicknamed " Government Cheddar " as part of war economies and rationing.

During the time of the CCC, volunteers planted nearly 3 billion trees to help reforest America, constructed more than 800 parks nationwide and upgraded most state parks, updated forest fire fighting methods, and built a network of service buildings and public roadways in remote areas.

During the withdrawal they were attacked by Ghilzai tribesmen and in running battles through the snowbound passes nearly the entire column of 4, 500 troops and 12, 000 camp followers were killed.

During a trip to the Mediterranean, Haeckel named nearly 150 new species of radiolarians.

During a solar eclipse, the Moon can sometimes perfectly cover the Sun because its size is nearly the same as the Sun's when viewed from the Earth.

During his book sales efforts, and nearly broke, Capra read a newspaper article about a new movie studio opening up in San Francisco.

During that time his sister's family visited, and Orwell led a disastrous boating expedition which nearly led to loss of life whilst trying to cross the notorious gulf of Corryvreckan and gave him a soaking which was not good for his health.

During their second encounter in Siberia, however, the colonies are held hostage by Lady Une, who tries to force the Gundam pilots to surrender their mobile suits to OZ ; Heero, in response, self-destructs his Gundam, nearly killing himself in the process.

During the reign of Elizabeth and shortly afterward, the population grew significantly: from three million in 1564 to nearly five million in 1616.

During his reign, Hadrian traveled to nearly every province of the Empire.

During the summer and fall of 1814, many Harmonists fell sick from fever ( malaria ) and work on the new town nearly ceased.

During these eighty years the number of municipalities with more than 5, 000 inhabitants increased from only 21 to more than one hundred, concentrating nearly half of the Walloon population in this region.

During the Yugoslav Wars, nearly every single nation that had ties with Serbia, had broken off diplomacy for the wars in Yugoslavia, and the rule of Slobodan Milošević.

John Major wrote in his auto-biography that, " During my premiership interest rates fell from 14 % to 6 %; unemployment was at 1. 75 million when I took office, and at 1. 6 million and falling upon my departure ; and the government's annual borrowing rose from £ 0. 5 billion to nearly £ 46 billion at its peak before falling to £ 1 billion ".

During the Maritime Fur Trade era of the early 19th century the islands were a source of fur seal skins, and the Juan Fernández fur seal was nearly driven to extinction.

" During the same year, Jack Stillinger claimed that " Coleridge wrote only a few poems of the first rank – perhaps no more than a dozen, all told – and he seems to have taken a very casual attitude toward them ... he kept Kubla Khan in manuscript for nearly twenty years before offering it to the public ' rather as a psychological curiosity, than on the grounds of any supposed poetic merits '".

During her career, Davis served on the board of directors of the Screen Actors Guild for nearly ten years.

During most of his nearly 30 year-long tenure, Bismarck held undisputed control over the government's policies.

During 1995 season, Smith had shoulder surgery and was out nearly three months.

During the night of 30 ( 17 ) June 1913 they attacked the Serbian army at Bregalnica river and then the Greek army in Nigrita.

During the time of the so-called " Rewarding Truce ", which encompassed the 17 years from the end of the Ten Years ' War in 1878, fundamental changes took place in Cuban society.

During one stretch in May, the team went 2 – 17.

During this century the English scientist William Gilbert spent 17 years experimenting with magnetism and, to a lesser extent, electricity.

During the medieval period Saint Dionysius the Areopagite and Saint Denis of Paris were considered to be the same " Dionysius " who had been converted by Saint Paul in Acts 17: 34.

During this second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian expedition.

During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Frisch was imprisoned in Bredtveit concentration camp from 17 October 1943, then in Berg concentration camp from 22 November 1943, then in Grini concentration camp from 9 December 1943 to 8 October 1944.

During the 1994 season for San Diego, Humphries completed 264 out of 453 attempts for 3, 209 yards and 17 touchdowns, with 12 interceptions.

During their Tonsure ( religious profession ), Eastern Orthodox Monks and Nuns are given a prayer rope, with the words: Accept, O brother ( sister ) ( name ), the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God ( Ephesians 6: 17 ) in the everlasting Jesus prayer by which you should have the name of the Lord in your soul, your thoughts, and your heart, saying always: " Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner.

During elections in March 1994, power passed from Vere Bird to his son, Lester Bird, but remained within the ALP which won 11 of the 17 parliamentary seats.

* During Apollo 13, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17, the S-IVB ( the rocket's third stage ) was crashed into the Moon in order to perform seismic measurement used for characterizing the lunar core.

During parliamentary elections in 1999, the seats in Riigikogu were divided as follows: the Centre Party received 28, the Pro Patria Union 18, the Reform Party 18, the People's Party Moderates ( election cartel between Moderates and People's Party ) 17, Coalition Party 7, Country People's Party ( now People's Union ) 7, United People's Party's electoral cartel 6 seats.

During the siege, the Spaniards lost 3, 000 men to enemy action but an additional 17, 000 died of typhus.

During the six years of the First Wilson Government, spending on social services rose much faster than real personal incomes, and from 1964 to 1969, spending on social services rose from 14. 6 % to 17. 6 % of GNP, an increase of nearly 20 %.

During this period, the WWF's parent company Titan Sports was renamed World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc. ( WWFE Inc. or WWFE ) and on October 19, 1999 became a publicly traded company, offering 10 million shares priced at $ 17 each.

During his tour of duty in Europe, Stubby also participated in 17 battles and four major offensives – including the St. Mihel, Meuse-Argonne, Aisne-Marne, and Champagne Marne campaigns.

During the operation, the U. S Air Force and Navy lost 17 aircraft.

During the ensuing season, the Canucks retired their second jersey number in team history, hanging Linden's number 16 beside Smyl's number 12 in a pre-game ceremony on December 17, 2008.

He was born shortly after Livia divorced Tiberius Nero and married Augustus ( 17 January, 38 BC ), giving rise to rumours that Augustus was the real father, although this is widely discredited by modern historians as Augustus had not yet met Livia when Drusus would have been conceived ( During his reign, Claudius revived this rumor to give the impression that Augustus was his paternal grandfather in addition to being his maternal great-uncle ).

During the summer of 1967, the Newark Riots occurred July 12 – 17.

During his 8 years as CEO of ASEA followed by the 9 years as CEO of ABB, the company achieved an increase of stock value of 87 times or 30 % average per year over the 17 years.

During an August 17, 1957, game, Ashburn hit a foul ball into the stands that struck spectator Alice Roth, wife of Philadelphia Bulletin sports editor, Earl Roth, breaking her nose.

During a couple of meetings held on 17 and 21 May, the first set of rules for the game of Australian rules football were written.

During his tenure, the number of refugees worldwide decreased by almost 22 % from 21. 8 million in 2001 to close to 17. 1 million at the beginning of 2004.

During the trials, some of the disciples testified against Asahara, and he was found guilty on 13 of 17 charges, including the Sakamoto family murder, while four charges were dropped.