Leif also converted to Christianity, and was given the mission of introducing the religion to Greenland.

Dawn and Leif also guest-starred in an episode of Gunsmoke as well as Wonder Woman.

It was also during this time in the lead-up to the millennium that Newfoundland undertook an aggressive tourism marketing campaign which focused on important anniversaries such as the 500th year since John Cabot's voyage of discovery ( 1997 ), as well as the 1000th year since Vikings, such as Leif Ericson, made landfall on the province's shores ( 2000 ).

The composers are accompanied by a large number of great conductors such as Mikko Franck, Esa-Pekka Salonen ( also a notable composer ), Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Susanna Mälkki, Leif Segerstam and Sakari Oramo OBE.

The psychological thrillers of Anders Bodelsen also appear in English as do some of the novels of intrigue by Leif Davidsen.

** also including Jonathan Kane, Arnold Dreyblatt, Zeena Parkins, Tony Conrad, Tony Conrad with Faust, Rhys Chatham, Leif Inge

Meanwhile, at Swix, chief chemist Leif Torgersen was also looking for something to repel dirt.

He carved the marble eagles at Penn Station in New York designed by artist Adolph A. Weinman ( who also designed the Standing Liberty Eagle half dollar for the U. S. Mint ), the granite Leif Erikson memorial in Providence, Rhode Island, the animals seen in relief on the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and made thousands of tombstones.

Later in 2005, Chapman, Vermillion and Childres left the group and guitarist Leif Andersen, of Common Heroes, and bassist Jeff Rouse, of Alien Crime Syndicate and Loaded were added to the group with Andersen also performing on keyboards for the tour.

The museum also exhibits The North Sea Traffic and features Leif Larsen, who as a central person in this traffic became known as " Shetland-Larsen ".

In 2001, Roberts also had a role in Leif Tilden's 10-minute short bigLove, and was an uncredited extra in some scenes featuring her aunt Julia Roberts in America's Sweethearts.

His father, Leif Johansson, was also a tennis player and represented Sweden in the Davis Cup in the 1970s.

Farmer not only introduced the daily feature, she also frequently interviewed visiting celebrities, people as diverse as Mitch Miller, Dan Blocker, Marsha Hunt, Marge Champion, and her ex-husband Leif Erickson.

He would also participate and be managed by his father at the WWF's United Kingdom-exclusive pay-per-view event One Night Only on September 20, 1997, facing off against and defeating Leif Cassidy.

Leif Künzel also has a sideproject called NORM which has had two releases so far ( Zeithain in 2003 and Was der Mensch braucht in 2004 ) on Hands.

Leif has also collaborated live with rhythmic noise act MS Gentur as MS Mono in the past, resulting in some tracks on samplers.

Leif Garrett ( American singer ) also recorded a version in 1978.

The film also stars Rod Taylor, Mary Peach, Barry Sullivan, Kevin McCarthy, Henry Silva, Robert Lansing, Leif Erickson, and Richard Anderson.

She also played in a duo with her husband Leif Christensen.

In 1971, he originated the role of Leonard Unger, the son of Felix Unger ( Tony Randall ), on the ABC-TV series The Odd Couple, a part that was later played by Leif Garrett.

Other uncredited and bit players included Richard Beymer, who played the lead in West Side Story a few years later, Willard Waterman as a hotel clerk, future Broadway star Janice Rule, and character actors Leif Erickson and John Randolph.

Previously Haugland had played in a number of bands, including Trilogy, where Candlemass bassist Leif Edling sang, and Yngwie J. Malmsteen's band Rising Force.

Pridham played his first professional match in March 1985 at the Montreal Challenger, going down in 3 sets to World No. 60 Leif Shiras 3-6, 6-3, 3-6.

The movie shows Dickie interacting with numerous former child stars, played by over two dozen actual former stars lampooning their careers, such as Leif Garrett, Barry Williams, Dustin Diamond and Danny Bonaduce.

* Leif Ericsson, discoverer of Vínland, son of Erik the Red.

* Leif Eiriksson, Norwegian explorer, son of Erik the Red, made the first European attempt to settle in America.

Leif Ericson, the famous Icelandic explorer, was Erik's son.

Erik himself remained a follower of Norse paganism, unlike his son Leif and Leif's wife, who became Christians.

Leif invited his father on the voyage, but according to legend, Erik fell off his horse on his way to the ship and took this as a bad sign, leaving his son to continue without his company.

After Bjarni had made his official report in Norway, Leif Ericson ( Old Norse: Leifr Eiríksson, the son of Greenland leader Eric the Red ) bought the ship that Bjarni had used for the voyage, hired a crew of 35 people and set out to find the land.

It is believed that Leif was born around the 970s — the son of mother Thjodhild and father Erik the Red, an explorer and outlaw from Western Norway.

Leif was the son of Erik the Red and his wife Thjodhild, and the grandson of Thorvald Asvaldsson.

Leif is last mentioned alive in 1019, and by 1025 he had passed on his chieftaincy of Eiriksfjord to another son, Thorkell.

He is son to Leif Amble-Næss and Maritta Marke.

According to both Sagas, Gudrid then married Thorstein Eiriksson, Leif Eiriksson ’ s younger brother and Eirik the Red ’ s son.

However, as Erik attempted to join his son Leif on the voyage towards these new lands, he fell off his horse as it slipped on the wet rocks near the shore, thus he was injured and stayed behind.

* c. 985-1014 AD: Norsemen led by Leif Ericson, son of Erik the Red, set up outposts in North America like L ' Anse aux Meadows and encounter Eskimos, Beothuks, and Micmacs.

Famous early Icelanders were Erik the Red ( Eiríkur Thorvaldsson ), who discovered and colonized Greenland in 982, and his son Leif Ericsson, who introduced Christianity to Greenland and discovered the North American continent ( c. 1000 ).

Williams is the adopted son of Virginia and Lewis Williams, and is one of seven children ; Lewis IV, Virginia II, Carla, Leif Eric I, Kimberly, and Loris.

Thorvald Eiriksson (; ) was the son of Erik the Red and brother of Leif Erikson.

They had the son Leif Størmer.

He is the son of the influential fiddler Leif Stinnerbom, who co-founded the Nordic folk band Groupa.