* Richard Collier as Dr. Samuel Johnson

Bo Diddley performed a number of shows around the country in 2005 and 2006 with the fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Johnnie Johnson Band, featuring Johnson on keyboards, Richard Hunt on drums, and Gus Thornton on bass.

* Johnson, Richard, The Renowned History of the Seven Champions of Christendom.

* 1837 – Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.

The " Cambridge School ," led by Anil Seal, Gordon Johnson, Richard Gordon, and David A. Washbrook, downplays ideology.

* 1850 – Richard Mentor Johnson, American politician ( b. 1780 )

In 1999, Martínez became just the 8th modern pitcher to have a second 300-strikeout season, along with Nolan Ryan ( 6 times ), Randy Johnson ( third time in 1999, and three more times since ), Sandy Koufax ( 3 times ), Rube Waddell, Walter Johnson, Sam McDowell, J. R. Richard, and Curt Schilling ; Schilling would later add a third 300-K season.

Peckinpah's first big-budget film had a large cast, including Heston, Richard Harris, James Coburn, Senta Berger, Jim Hutton, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, R. G. Armstrong and L. Q. Jones.

* St. George and the Dragon, free illustrated book based on ' The Seven Champions ' by Richard Johnson ( 1596 )

The five students — Allison Reynolds ( Ally Sheedy ), Andrew Clark ( Emilio Estevez ), John Bender ( Judd Nelson ), Brian Johnson ( Anthony Michael Hall ), and Claire Standish ( Molly Ringwald )— who seem to have nothing in common at first, come together at the high school library, where they are harangued and ordered not to speak or move from their seats or sleep by the antagonistic assistant principal, Richard Vernon ( Paul Gleason ), supervising them.

In that same election no candidate for Vice President secured a majority in the electoral college as Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Richard Mentor Johnson did not receive the electoral votes of Democratic electors from Virginia, because of his relationship with a former slave.

During the campaign, Martin Van Buren's running mate Richard Mentor Johnson was accused of having lived with a black woman.

** Richard Milhous Nixon succeeds Lyndon Baines Johnson as the 37th President of the United States of America.

** Former U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson dies at his Stonewall, Texas ranch, leaving no former U. S. President living until the resignation of Richard M. Nixon in 1974.

** Richard Johnson, English romance writer ( d. 1659 )

* November 19 – Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States ( b. 1780 )

From left to right: Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Everett Dirksen, Spiro Agnew ( with hand raised ), Hubert Humphrey.

Richard Johnson played Posthumus, and Robert Harris Cymbeline.

Richard Johnson, Claire Bloom, Helen Mirren, and Robert Lindsay play Cymbeline, his Queen, Imogen, and Jachimo, respectively, with Michael Pennington as Posthumus.

The book's authors are Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides with a foreword by Grady Booch.

Richard M. Johnson offered the following resolution: " It is inexpedient, at this time, to proceed to the nomination of persons for the offices of President and Vice President of the United States.

" Martin Van Buren was nominated for vice-president on the first ballot, receiving 208 votes to 49 for Philip Pendleton Barbour and 26 for Richard Mentor Johnson.

Although Southerners disliked the New Yorker Van Buren as well as his intended running mate, Colonel Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky, Van Buren secured the nomination at a meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, at the 1835 Democratic National Convention.

Later that year, he won first prize in the International Science Fair for the invention ; he was also recognized by the Westinghouse Talent Search and was personally congratulated by President Lyndon B. Johnson during a White House ceremony.

" Search the history of American art ," wrote Ken Johnson in The New York Times, " and you will discover few watercolors more beautiful than those of Charles Demuth.

* The Search for Good Sense: Four Eighteenth-Century Characters: Johnson, Chesterfield, Boswell, Goldsmith ( 1958 )

* A scanned version of Life of Johnson available from Google Book Search.

* The TV series Felicity paid homage to " Five Characters in Search of an Exit " in the season 2 episode 11 episode " Help for the Lovelorn "; it was directed by Lamont Johnson.

In the early part of the 1990s, Hammond hosted the 1991 UK television documentary The Search for Robert Johnson, detailing the life of the legendary Delta bluesman, Robert Johnson.

In the 1991 documentary film The Search for Robert Johnson, John P. Hammond plays Robert's recording of " Love in Vain " for the elderly Willie Mae Powell, the woman for whom it was supposedly written.

It was Baker, working through Provost Marshal Enoch Crowder and Major Hugh S. ( `` Old Ironpants '' ) Johnson, who arranged for a secret printing by the million of selective service blanks -- again before the Act was passed -- until corridors in the Government Printing Office were full and the basement of the Washington Post Office was stacked to the ceiling.

Just a brief note of appreciation to Vice President Johnson and Pakistani camel driver Bashir Ahmad for providing a first-class example of `` people to people '' good will.

Johnson notes Swift ’ s obvious affinity for Tertullian and the bold stylistic and structural similarities between the works A Modest Proposal and Apology.

The American Film Institute ( AFI ) is an independent non-profit organization created by the National Endowment for the Arts, which was established in 1967 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act.

The program laid the foundation for NASA's current human spaceflight capability, and funded construction of its Johnson Space Center and Kennedy Space Center.

In 1862, Lincoln appointed Johnson military governor of occupied Tennessee, where he was effective in fighting and ending the rebellion ; he implemented Reconstruction policies in the state and transitioned for a time to a pro-emancipation policy.

The constitution was submitted for a public vote and Johnson campaigned for its adoption ; his support of the new work provided him with additional positive statewide exposure.

In 1835, Johnson made a bid for election to the " floater " seat for his district in the Tennessee House of Representatives ; he " demolished " the opposition in debate and won the election with almost a two to one margin.

In 1839, Johnson entered the race for re-election to his House seat, initially as a Whig ; when another Whig entry arose, to enhance his position in the campaign, he ran as a Democrat and was elected to his second, non-consecutive term in the Tennessee House.

In 1840 Johnson was appointed as a presidential elector for his state, giving him more statewide exposure.

In 1843, Johnson was the first Democrat to run for, and win, election as the U. S. representative from Tennessee's 1st congressional district, and joined a new Democratic majority in the House.

Johnson advocated " a free farm for the poor " bill that would give land to landless farmers.

In this term, he introduced for the first time his Homestead Bill, which sought to provide 160 acres for every poor family head " without money and without price "; Johnson did not rest until passage some years later.

Johnson, in the face of the national mania over new railroad construction, and in response to the need in his own district for additional mode of transportation, found himself moderating in his opposition to them.

In the campaign for election to his fourth term in 1849, Johnson concentrated on three issues: slavery, homesteads and judicial elections.

Though he was not enamored of the party's presidential nominee, Franklin Pierce, Johnson campaigned for him, but he failed to carry Tennessee.

When it became apparent that Johnson would lose his seat, an effort began by ally George W. Jones to put forward Johnson's name for governor.

The campaign was sure to be a struggle ; the Whigs nominated their " Eagle Orator " Gustavus Henry, and Johnson wasted no time in calling him to task for his " Henry-mandering " of the First District, as their debates made their way across the state from one county seat to the next.

Henry attacked Johnson for his voting record in denying pay increases to federal troops.

Johnson won the election by 2, 250 votes, some of which were Whig votes received in return for his promise to support Nathaniel Taylor for his prior seat in Congress.

Johnson succeeded in getting the bank appointments he wanted, in return for his endorsement of John Bell for one of the state's U. S. Senate seats.