Captain Kidd and the Blessed William became part of a small fleet assembled by Codrington to defend Nevis from the French, with whom the English were at war.

Some scholars have theorized that Smith became familiar with the name " Moroni " through his study of the treasure-hunting stories of Captain William Kidd.

Billy Kidd, part Abenaki from Vermont, became the first American male to medal in alpine skiing in the Olympics, taking silver at age 20 in the slalom in the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria. Six years later at the 1970 World Championships, Kidd won the gold medal in the combined event and took the bronze medal in the slalom.

Other leading acts included Billy Fury, Joe Brown, and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, whose 1960 hit song " Shakin ' All Over " became a rock and roll standard.

He became a pirate again, buffoon style this time, in Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd ( 1952 ).

Players like the Suns ' Dennis Johnson and Jason Kidd and the Diamondbacks ' Bobby Chouinard have been traded or released after their personal problems became public.

Called to the Ontario bar in 1885, he became a junior partner in the firm of Hodgins, Kidd and Rutherford with responsibility for its Kemptville office for ten years.

He attended the anatomical lectures of Dr John Kidd and the geological lectures of Dr William Buckland and he became greatly interested both in zoology and geology.

In a 120 – 114 overtime win over the Washington Wizards, April 7, 2007, Carter and Jason Kidd became the first teammates in over 18 years to record triple-doubles in the same game since the Chicago Bulls ' Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen achieved this feat against the Los Angeles Clippers in 1989.

Highly regarded for his integrity, George Clarke became the 15th Premier in March 1914 when his predecessor, James Kidd Flemming, was forced to resign as a result of a scandal.

Following service on the and the, Kidd became the Aide and Flag Secretary to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, the first of his many flagstaff assignments.

Other leading acts included Billy Fury, Joe Brown, and Johnny Kidd & The Pirates, whose 1960 hit song " Shakin ' All Over " became a rock and roll standard.

On the DVD, Kidd also includes a deleted scene set in a cafe where Louise and F. Scott became better acquainted following their initial meeting and preceding their first sexual encounter in her apartment.

The four St Andrew ’ s College professors, Arthur Matthews, George Cory, Stanley Kidd and G. F Dingemans became founding professors of Rhodes University College.

Kidd became Technical Development Manager at Manchester City in September 2009, before becoming assistant manager to new boss Roberto Mancini on 19 December 2009, following the sacking of manager Mark Hughes.

In 1873 Tom Kidd became the first winner to be actually presented with the Claret Jug after winning the Championship.

The music videos produced by Kidd Video then became very popular in Israel, which then produced fan merchandise such as coloring books and chocolate bars with images of the band.

One of their first rock projects for Geffen Records ( which now owns the Paramount Records catalog ) was a band called City Kidd, who later became Tesla.

Kidd became the first Maverick to be elected a starter in the NBA All-Star Game, and finished second in the league in assists and fourth in steals while averaging 16. 6 ppg.

James Salmon's architectural practice, opened in 1830, eventually became Gillespie, Kidd & Coia, one of Scotland's most renowned modernist architectural firms.

Kidd and other members of the crew mutinied, ousted the captain of the ship, and sailed to the English colony of Nevis.

According to Edward Barlow, a captain employed by the English East India Company, Kidd attacked a Mughal convoy here under escort by Barlow's East Indiaman, and was repelled.

On one occasion, crew members ransacked the trading ship Mary and tortured several of its crew members while Kidd and the other captain, Thomas Parker, conversed privately in Kidd's cabin.

After realising the captain of the taken vessel was an Englishman, Kidd tried to persuade his crew to return the ship to its owners, but they refused, claiming that their prey was perfectly legal as Kidd was commissioned to take French ships, and that an Armenian ship counted as French if it had French passes.

While plotting to capture Culliford's ship most of Kidd's crew ( who had grown angry with their captain ) abandoned Kidd and signed on with Culliford.

Captain William Kidd was either one of the most notorious pirates in the history of the world or one of its most unjustly vilified and prosecuted privateers in an age typified by the rationalisation of empire.

In London, Execution Dock is located on the north bank of the River Thames in Wapping ; after tidal immersion, particularly notorious criminals ' bodies could be hung in cages a little further downstream at either Cuckold's Point or Blackwall Point, as a warning to other waterborne criminals of the possible consequences of their actions ( such a fate befell Captain William Kidd in May 1701 ).

Unknown to either Kidd or the King, Tew was already dead when the commission was issued.

Flanking Kidd on either side would be Alan Caddy ( guitar ) and Brian Gregg ( born 31 January 1939, in London ) ( bass ); and Kidd would high-kick in time to the beat.

The body of Captain William Kidd hanging in a Gibbeting | gibbet over the Thames, the result of confusion over whether Captain Kidd took prizes legally under a Letter of Marque, or illegally as a pirate.

So Kidd agreed, and won her first election after campaigning with a carload of neighborhood children, who helped her pass out flyers nightly in different sections of her Louisville district.

Kidd struggled for some time to get this bill passed, and only with the election of a new governor in 1972 did she finally succeed in seeing it signed into law.

An act of sabotage on his space craft causes time dilation during the trip, meaning that Slade arrives at the planet restored to his early 20s while the ship's pilot, Kidd, is now a cynical talking baby.

Kidd took pride in personally selecting the crew, choosing only those he deemed to be the best and most loyal officers.

To make up for the lack of officers, Kidd picked up replacement crew in New York, the vast majority of whom were known and hardened criminals, some undoubtedly former pirates.

Some of the crew deserted Kidd the next time the Adventure Galley anchored offshore, and those who decided to stay on made constant open-threats of mutiny.

Kidd sailed away during the night to preserve his crew, rather than subject them to Royal Navy impressment.

In an attempt to maintain his tenuous control over his crew, Kidd relented and kept the prize.

Here he found the first pirate of his voyage, Robert Culliford, ( the same man who had stolen Kidd ’ s ship years before ) and his crew aboard the Mocha Frigate.

According to Zacks, Kidd was unaware that Culliford had only about 20 crew with him, and felt ill manned and ill equipped to take the Mocha Frigate until his two prize ships and crews arrived, so he decided not to molest Culliford until these reinforcements came.

After the Adventure Prize and Rouparelle came in, Kidd ordered his crew to attack Culliford's Mocha Frigate.

However, his crew, despite their previous eagerness to seize any available prize, refused to attack Culliford and threatened instead to shoot Kidd.

Kidd returned to the team in 2008, and with new coach Rick Carlisle leading the crew.

Rob Kidd wrote an ongoing book series entitled Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow, following a teenage Sparrow and his crew on the Barnacle as they battle sirens, mermaids and adult pirates while looking for various treasures.

Captain William Kidd is said to have visited in 1697 to undertake repairs to his ship, and to have lost half his crew to Libertatia.

After the War of the Grand Alliance broke out, Kidd, Culliford, and their British comrades mutinied against a French prize crew, taking the ship and renaming it the Blessed William, with Kidd put in command.

Culliford and his new crew then set off in late June, 1698 leaving Kidd and his ransacked ship to fend for themselves on St. Mary's Island.