It was after the veteran TV globetrotter Alan Whicker and journalist Miles Kington turned down presenting the first of these, Around the World in 80 Days, that gave Palin the opportunity to present his first and subsequent travel shows.

* Miles Kington journalist, musician and broadcaster born in Downpatrick.

* Miles Kington

* Miles Kington, British journalist and musician

The humorist Miles Kington wrote a regular column Parlez vous Franglais which, for a number of years starting in the late 1970s, appeared in the magazine Punch.

* Miles Kington Columns

In a 1997 television documentary for Channel 4, British journalist Miles Kington travelled to Italy in search of the Holy Foreskin, but was unable to find any remaining example.

* Miles Kington, journalist

* 1986: When Grandmama Fell off the Boat: the best of Harry Graham inventor of ruthless rhymes ; with an introduction by Miles Kington.

Miles Kington, humorous writer and musician, translated some of Allais ' pieces into idiomatic English as The World of Alphonse Allais.

:: and essays by: Raymond Mortimer ; David Cecil ; Anthony Powell ; Edna O ' Brien ; Angus Wilson ; Roy Fuller ; David Wright ; Sean O ' Faolain ; Michael Burn ; Enoch Powell ; Noel Annan ; George Mikes ; George D. Painter ; D. J. Enright ; John Julius Norwich ; Miles Kington ; J. W. Lambert ; John Weightman ; A. E. Ellis ; Bruce Berlind ; Dorothy M. Partington ; Stanley Gillam ; Douglas Matthews ; Michael Higgins ; Oliver Stallybrass ; Charles Theodore Hagberg Wright ; Antony Farrell ; Marcel Troulay ; Colin Wilson.

* Miles Kington – writer and humorist

The Duchess featured in the 1986 documentary Steam Days with Miles Kington on a journey over the Settle to Carlisle Railway.

::— Miles Kington, " A Lowlands Holiday Ends in Enjoyable Inactivity ".

* Miles Kington

Other films shot in widescreen were the musical Happy Days ( 1929 ) which premiered at the Roxy Theater, New York City, on February 13, 1930, starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell and a 12 year old Betty Grable as a chorus girl ; Song o ’ My Heart, a musical feature starring Irish tenor John McCormack and directed by Frank Borzage ( Seventh Heaven, A Farewell to Arms ), which was shipped from the labs on March 17, 1930, but never released and may no longer survive, according to film historian Miles Kreuger ( the 35mm version, however, debuted in New York on March 11, 1930 ); and the western The Big Trail ( 1930 ) starring John Wayne and Tyrone Power, Sr. which premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on October 2, 1930, all of which were also made in the 70mm Fox Grandeur process.

His name is an Irish version of Latin Miles Hispaniae, meaning " Soldier of Hispania ", which is attested in a passage (§ 13 ) in the 9th-century pseudo-history Historia Brittonum (" The History of the Britons ").

On the June 13 episode of SmackDown !, Miles teamed with WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus to defeat Gayda and Ivory.

Miles Sindercombe ( died 13 February 1657 ) was the leader of a group that tried to assassinate Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell during the period of the British Commonwealth in 1657.

* Roe, Jill ( 2004 ) " The diaries of Miles Franklin " in theage. com. au, 13 March 2004 Accessed: 2007-09-01

* January 13 – Northwest Airlines Flight 1, a Lockheed 14H Super Electra, crashes into a ravine shortly after takeoff from Miles City Municipal Airport in Miles City, Montana, killing all four people on board.

She was born Juliet Reilly in Shreveport, Louisiana, the youngest of two daughters born to Joseph Homer Reilly ( July 26, 1877 – January 18, 1958 ) and Lily Pearl Miles ( December 19, 1877 – March 13, 1957 ) ( later known as Broadway actress Charlotte Shelby ).

During that championship he defeated reigning Champion John Spencer 13 – 8, before achieving wins over Graham Miles ( 13 – 7 ) and Fred Davis ( 18 – 16 ).

During the 1984 World Championship he had defeated Graham Miles 10 – 3 in the first round and held top seed Steve Davis to 6 – 4 in round two, before Davis pulled away to win 13 – 5.

Toured, and appears on MxBx 1998 / 13, 000 Miles at Light Velocity and Teeny Shiny.

*" Surfin ' USA "/" You're Welcome " ( The Beach Boys ) – studio – MxBx 1998 / 13, 000 Miles at Light Velocity.

* 1999 MxBx 1998 / 13, 000 Miles at Light Velocity

* The longest microlight voyage in the world: 13, 000 miles from London to Sydney with blind hang-glider pilot Miles Hilton-Barber.

* Fastest Marathon on Stilts: London Marathon 2008, 26. 2 Miles completed in 8hours 25minutes by Michelle Frost on 13 April 2008

On December 13, 2008, Miles signed with the Memphis Grizzlies.

The roster of session players became even more notable, including contributions from Roger Troutman and Miles Davis, who performed on the single " Oh Patti ( Don't Feel Sorry For Loverboy )", a UK No. 13 hit.

* Miles M. 13 Hobby, an airplane built by Miles Aircraft

In Miles ' tenure at Oregon Tech, he has achieved two nationals wins, one national runner-up, one national third place, two elite eights, 13 district or conference titles, seven district runners-up.

Miles again, reached a benchmark win at 900 on February 13, 2010 against Southern Oregon University with a final score of 101-76.

A 1955 study by Miles Tinker showed that “ all-capital text retarded speed of reading from 9. 5 to 19. 0 per cent for the 5 and 10 minute time limits, and 13. 9 per cent for the whole 20 minute period .” Tinker concluded that, “ Obviously, all-capital printing slows reading to a marked degree in comparison with Roman lower case .”

Miles, the commander-in-chief of the U. S. Army, arrived on Cuba and, on July 13, Toral, Shafter and Miles met between lines to discuss surrender terms.

Miles Dewey Davis III ( May 26, 1926 – September 28, 1991 ) was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer.

Miles Dewey Davis was born on May 26, 1926, to an affluent African American family in Alton, Illinois.

In May 2011, it was reported that Crow and longtime acquaintance Doyle Bramhall II ( musician, Sheryl Crow touring band member, and " 100 Miles From Memphis " producer ) had begun dating.

In May 1989 Chapman made an extended appearance on the Channel 4 discussion programme After Dark, alongside Tony Benn, Lord Dacre, James Rusbridger, Miles Copeland and others.

* May 26 – Miles Davis, American musician ( d. 1991 )

* May 25 – Miles Malleson, English actor ( d. 1969 )

* May 5 – American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.

* Gill Saunders and Rosie Miles Prints Now: Directions and Definitions Victoria and Albert Museum ( May 1, 2006 ) ISBN 1-85177-480-7

* Foster, P., 2001, The potential negative impacts of global climate change on tropical montane cloud forests, Elsevier Science / Earth-Science Review * Bubb, P., May, I., Miles, L., Sayer, J., 2004, Cloud Forest Agenda, UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK, http :// www. unep. wcmc. org / resouces / publicashions / UNEP_WCMC_bio_series / 20. htm

This sentiment is shared in a review by Hamish Miles in New Statesman and Nation on May 1, 1937.

However, May and Gwen are more supportive of Miles, and May gives him Peter's old web-shooters along with the formula for the web-fluid, telling him to do things his own way rather than Peter's.

With the arrival of Miles Morales, the current Spider-Man of their universe, May faints after hearing the remorse from Peter for ever showing up.

Powell's career advanced when Charlie Parker chose him to be his pianist on a quintet record date, with Miles Davis, Tommy Potter, and Max Roach in May 1947.

The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, also known as the Indianapolis 500, the 500 Miles at Indianapolis, the Indy 500 or The 500, is held annually over the Memorial Day weekend, the last full weekend in May, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.

They have a son, Miles Brockman ( born May 27, 1994 ), and a daughter, Sofia ( born August 24, 1998 ).

During the early ' 80s, Day-Lewis worked in theatre and television including Frost in May ( where he played an impotent man-child ) and How Many Miles to Babylon?

Colm J. Meaney (; Irish: Colm Ó Maonaigh ; born 30 May 1953 ) is an Irish actor widely known for playing Miles O ' Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

* A dance adaptation by the Boom Kat Dance Company premiered on 2 May 2008 at Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica, California.

William Miles Malleson ( 25 May 1888 – 15 March 1969 ) was an English actor and dramatist, particularly known for his appearances in British comedy films of the 1930s to 1960s.

* 1949: The Miles Davis and Dameron Quartet in Paris-Festival International du Jazz, May 1949 ( Columbia ; issued on LP, 1977 )

They have two sons: John " Jack " Henry ( born May 15, 1989 ) and Miles Guthrie ( born May 4, 1992 ).

" Among the better-known contributors were the writers Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Bernard O ' Dowd, Joseph Furphy, Miles Franklin, Harrison Owen, Robert Kaleski and Vance and Nettie Palmer, the cartoonists Livingston Hopkins (" Hop "), David Low, Phil May, D. H. Souter, Norman " Heth " Hetherington, and the illustrator and novelist Norman Lindsay.

A new biography by Miles Jebb was published in May 2010.