Historian Joseph Allen recounts that on one occasion Nelson, whose eyesight was still suffering following his wound, offered toothpicks to an officer who had lost his teeth and then passed a snuff-box to an officer whose nose had been torn off, causing much embarrassment.

After British Admiral Nelson lost his right arm at the Tenerife sea-battle in 1797, he switched to using his left hand.

Columbia later lost the rights when it reached home video through Nelson Entertainment, which released the film on VHS and Laserdisc.

Finally, in what was thought to have been both his last title fight and his last fight ( he was to fight a rubber match with Nelson 12 years later ), he lost to IBF lightweight champion Phillip Holiday of South Africa by a knockout in the second round in 1996.

Even the change of government due to the French Revolution seemed to intensify rather than diminish the rivalry, and the Napoleonic Wars included a series of legendary naval battles, culminating in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, by which Admiral Horatio Nelson broke the power of the French and Spanish fleets, but lost his own life in so doing.

He lost to Brendan Nelson, in a 45 to 42 vote.

Later in 1963 after Imperial lost Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson to rival labels, Chudd sold the label to Liberty Records.

In March 2011, Vice President Joe Biden was reported as having said that if Nelson lost in 2012, “ it means President Obama and the Democratic presidential ticket won't win the key battleground state, either ....' He's a truly, truly decent guy who has the absolute respect of his colleagues, and I've heard that from both sides of the aisle ,' Biden said of his former Senate colleague .”

He lost championship matches to Max Judd ( 1890, + 3-7 = 0 ), S. Lipschütz ( 1892, + 1-7 = 7 ), Albert Hodges ( 1894, + 3-5 = 1 ), Harry Nelson Pillsbury ( twice, 1897 (+ 7-11 = 3 ) and 1898 (+ 3-7 = 2 ), and Frank Marshall ( 1909, + 2-7 = 3 ).

Liberal Party candidates played the role of spoiler by being the possible cause of the defeat of Democrat Frank D. O ' Connor in the race for governor in 1966 by naming Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. as its candidate in the race against incumbent Nelson Rockefeller ; and again in 1980 when it endorsed Javits ( who had lost in the Republican primary for United States senator to Al D ' Amato ).

Nelson however lost many chances at major championships during this year, and previous years, because of the war, and only won the 1945 PGA Championship.

On 16 September 2008, in a second contest following a spill motion, Nelson lost the leadership of the Opposition and the Liberal Party to Turnbull.

Nonetheless, the Hungaroring has been the scene of several memorable races such as the duels of Nelson Piquet and Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell's lost wheel in 1987, Mansell's win from 12th on the grid after a dramatic pass on Ayrton Senna in 1989, Damon Hill's almost victory with Arrows in 1997 and maiden wins for Hill in 1993, Fernando Alonso in 2003, Jenson Button in 2006 in the track's first ever wet grand prix, and Heikki Kovalainen in 2008.

# U. S. Sen. Gaylord A. Nelson ( D-Wis .) ( 3 terms ) lost to Republican Robert W. Kasten Jr ..

The comic series Dial H deals with Nelson Jent, a middle-aged out-of-shape man who has lost his job and his girlfriend.

If he fails to recognize that he is still Nelson Jent underneath each hero he becomes, he will be lost as well.

In 1962, Wiley lost his bid for a fifth term to Governor Gaylord Nelson.

On January 29, 2005, Sanchez attempted to win the WBO world Jr. Flyweight title, but he lost to champion Nelson Dieppa of Vieques by an eleventh round knockout.

He had an argument with the British magistrate and lost his position as a chief and his family had to move to other towns with Nelson his mothers and his three sisters moved to Qunu.

Albert was described by Del as " England's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.

He ran for governor of Arkansas in 1990 but lost in the primary election to businessman Sheffield Nelson, who in turn was defeated by Bill Clinton.

This desire is not unlike that of Admiral Nelson who during his years of service was wounded several times, lost an arm, was blinded in one eye, and eventually killed in combat.

The Yankees lost to the Florida Marlins in the World Series and once again Nelson left the Yankees.

Author Nelson Blake noted in his biography of William Mahone that, while the former General had lost control of " his " ( and wife Otelia's ) railroad and its future by 1881, he retained personal ownership of considerable land in the new coal regions.

As he had a bad temper, slaves Noah Buley, Nelson Ford, George Ford, and Joshua Hammond became afraid, and fled to the farm of William Parker, a mulatto who lived in Christiana, Pennsylvania.

Nelson then gave orders for his leading ships to slow down in order to allow the British fleet to approach in a more organised formation.

During the lull, Nelson gave orders that boats be sent to pull survivors from the water around the remains of Orient.

Interpreting Jervis ' signal loosely, and disobeying previous orders, Nelson gave orders to Captain Ralph Miller to wear ship and to take Captain out of line while engaging the smaller group.

It turns out that he did not leave Nelson deliberately ; he bit into a chocolate bar, not knowing it had peanuts and had an allergic reaction that gave him neurofibramatosis which impacted his wisdom tooth in the upper left corner with a large bone coming out of the jaw which went into his spine, covering 90 % of his body with large tumors of chronic bronchitis.

In early summer 1957, Ozzie Nelson pulled his son from Verve after disputes about royalties, and signed him to a lucrative five-year deal with Imperial Records that gave him approval over song selection, sleeve artwork, and other production details.

Crewe unsuccessfully attempted to contact Nelson several times to let him know that she was pregnant, and on February 14, 1981, she gave birth to Nelson's son, Eric Jude Crewe.

In February 1941, Lomax spoke and gave a demonstration of his program along with talks by Nelson A. Rockefeller from the Pan American Union, and the president of the American Museum of Natural History, at a global conference in Mexico of a thousand broadcasters CBS had sponsore to launch its worldwide programming initiative.

It has been alleged that FRU agent Brian Nelson gave Notarantonio's name to the UDA / UFF to protect the identity of the real spy.

Nelson had willed his estate to his brother ; he gave Merton Place to Emma, but she depleted her finances by trying to keep it up as a monument to him.

In 1875, Nelson introduced a bill – the Upper Country bill – that gave SP & P added incentives in the form of land to complete the line, but also imposed a deadline after which the rights to build the railroad were forfeited, presumably in favor of Northern Pacific, whose plans would bypass Alexandria.

Newspapers at the time gave a variety of stories of how Bud was acquired, including that he was stolen ; in a letter to his wife, Nelson said a man sold him the dog for $ 15 ($ 383 in 2010 dollars ).

Most sources ( including Sesame Street Unpaved and Sesame Street: A Celebration-40 Years of Life on the Street ) state that back problems caused by the physical stress of the performance forced him to bow out, but in a 2009 interview Jerry Nelson gave a different explanation for giving up the role: " I was not loathe to give that character up.

At the 1968 Republican National Convention ( where he gave the keynote address ) Evans refused to endorse Nixon for the presidential nomination, remaining a supporter of the unsuccessful candidacy of Nelson Rockefeller.

The deal gave Thomas Nelson & Sons the exclusive rights to print the new version for ten years.

After falling in with them, Nelson became acquainted with many local criminals, including one who gave him a job driving bootleg alcohol throughout the Chicago suburbs.

After telling his wife " I'm done for ", Nelson gave directions as Chase drove them to a safe house on Walnut Street in Wilmette.

Having secured the radar equipment and under heavy enemy fire, Major Frost gave the order for the three detachments to withdraw to the evacuation beach ; it quickly became apparent, however, that the beach had not been secured by ' Nelson ' when a machine-gun opened fire on the airborne troops, severely wounding a Company Sergeant Major.

The Nelson Mandela statue in Sandton City's Nelson Mandela Square was commissioned originally to stand on the spot where Nelson Mandela gave his inaugural address.

During World War II, Nelson gave hundreds of golf exhibitions across the country to raise money for charitable causes.

The two never played competitively, but a 14-year-old Nicklaus was in the crowd of youngsters at the 1954 U. S. Junior Amateur, when Nelson gave an exhibition hitting golf shots.

In 1993 he spoke at a tribute luncheon hosting South African President Nelson Mandela ; Delivered an address to the Los Angeles, California, based World Affairs Council, which serves as host to outstanding world and national leaders and also in 1993, he gave an Islamic prayer during the first Inaugural Interfaith Prayer Service of President Bill Clinton, and again in 1997 at the second Interfaith Prayer Service.

In the last year of his life, Woods gave his name to support an appeal to erect a statue of Nelson Mandela in Trafalgar Square outside the South African High Commission, where anti-apartheid campaigners had demonstrated during the period of the apartheid regime.