Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ," it became the richest and most prosperous colony in the West Indies, with a slave society based on sugar cane production when demand for sugar was high in Europe.

Nicknamed " The King ," he is one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer, because he was the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s.

Nicknamed " The Golden Boy ," De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from James A. Garfield High School.

Nicknamed " The First Mountain City ," Jasper is located 50 miles north of Atlanta, Georgia.

Nicknamed the " Motor City Cobra " and more famously " The Hitman ," Hearns became the first boxer in history to win world titles in four divisions.

Nicknamed " the Prime Minister of the Underworld ," he became one of the most powerful and influential Mafia bosses in American history, eventually leading the Luciano crime family ( later called the Genovese crime family ), one of the Five Families that operates in New York.

Nicknamed " The Old Mongoose ," Moore holds the record for the most career knockouts ( 131 ).

Nicknamed " Dunnie ," she took piano and voice lessons, sang in local churches and high school plays before her graduation in 1916.

Nicknamed the " Pearl of the Antilles ," Saint-Domingue became the richest and most prosperous French colony in the West Indies, cementing its status as an important port in the Americas for goods and products flowing to and from France and Europe.

Nicknamed the " Lone Star Cobra ," Curry was the undisputed world welterweight champion and the WBC super welterweight champion.

Nicknamed " The Andouille Capital of the World ," the town of LaPlace, Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, is especially noted for its Cajun andouille.

* Lifelong Learning Center: Nicknamed " Media Park Ichikawa ," this center supports learning for everyone from infants to seniors.

Nicknamed " Saint Patrick ," Roy split his professional career between the Montreal Canadiens, whom he played with for 10 years, and Colorado Avalanche, whom he played with for 8 years, both of the National Hockey League.

Nicknamed " Spark ," she is the younger child of Gloria B. Lecciones and David W. Doig.

Nicknamed the " Huey ," the UH-1 ( as the HU-1 will be redesignated in September 1962 ) will become iconic of the Vietnam War.

Nicknamed the " Gentleman ," Tergat is extremely hard-working and self-motivated.

Nicknamed the " Russian Bear ," " Alexander the Great " and " The Experiment ", he went undefeated in international competition ( spanning from 1987 to 2000 ).

Nicknamed the " Baby Bombers ," the Yankees are a Short-Season A classification affiliate of the New York Yankees and play in the New York-Penn League at Richmond County Bank Ballpark along the waterfront in St. George.

Nicknamed the " Portuguese Zola ," Eça was the founder of Portuguese Naturalism.

Nicknamed " Fanny ," she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe.

Nicknamed " The Nighthawks ," they are headquartered at Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, Virginia, and maintain detachments at Naval Support Facility Anacostia in Washington, D. C. and Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility in Maryland.

Nicknamed " The Haze ," Adkins claimed a repertoire of over 9, 000 songs, including over 7, 000 original compositions ( though it has been said he has been known to have grossly exaggerated these figures ), recorded scores of small, micro-label 45s, and is responsible for the birth of Norton Records, Psychobilly, and a dance called " The Hunch ".

Nicknamed the " Cosmo Amazon ," she represents the model soldier.

Nicknamed the " Chinese Garbo ," Ruan Lingyu began her acting career when she was 16 years old and committed suicide at age 24.

Nicknamed " Murderers Row ," their batting order boasted the all-time great Babe Ruth at the top of his considerable powers, hitting. 356 with a then-record 60 home runs and 164 RBI that year.

Nicknamed " Stevie " by the family, he joined eight surviving brothers and sisters — Mary Helen, George Peck, Jonathan Townley, William Howe, Agnes Elizabeth, Edmund Byran, Wilbur Fiske, and Luther.

Nicknamed Johnny Rock by his roommates, he joined both the Glee and the Mandolin Clubs, taught a Bible class and was elected junior class president.

Nicknamed the Sky Blues owing to the colour of their strip, Coventry City were formed in 1883 as Singers F. C., and they joined the Football League in 1919.

Nicknamed " The Cuban Sylph " for his elegant and stylistic play as a third baseman, Bellán joined the Troy Haymakers in 1869, while the team was member of the NABBP and still an amateur team.

Nicknamed Black Jake, he joined the guitar duo The Searchers, which had been formed by John McNally and Mike Pender in 1959.

Nicknamed El Duce, he was best known as the drummer and lead singer of the self-described " rape rock " band The Mentors.

Nicknamed MSB by their fans, the band set several attendance records at Cleveland area venues including a record 20, 320 at the Richfield Coliseum on July 20, 1979 and a record 40, 529 for two Coliseum concerts on December 31, 1981 and January 1, 1982.

Nicknamed " Herbie " after Herb Pilhofer, the system was used for two recordings by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and one for jazz group Flim and the BB's.

Nicknamed the " Orchid Man ", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from.

Nicknamed " Velvet " Brueghel, " Flower " Brueghel, and " Paradise " Brueghel, of which the latter two were derived from his floral still lifes which were his favored subjects, while the former may refer to the velveteen sheen of his colors or to his habit of wearing velvet.

Nicknamed the " Hummingbird Capital of the United States ", bird watchers from all over the world flock to the nearby Ramsey Canyon Preserve and other local canyons to observe and photograph hundreds of different bird species.

Nicknamed the Brown Bomber, Louis helped elevate boxing from a nadir in popularity in the post-Jack Dempsey era by establishing a reputation as an honest, hardworking fighter at a time when the sport was dominated by gambling interests.

Nicknamed " the human camera ", he has gained worldwide notoriety from creating massive panoramic drawings of large cities such as Tokyo, Rome, Hong Kong, Frankfurt, Madrid, Dubai, Jerusalem and London with astounding detail and accuracy after only taking brief helicopter rides over them.

Nicknamed " Benedick ", from his use of the Latin phrase " benedicto, benedicatur " ( the second word sounding like " Benedick Carter ").

Nicknamed " The Mayor of Rush Street ", a reference to Chicago's famous tavern-dominated neighborhood and Caray's well-known taste for Budweiser, illness and age began to drain some of Caray's skills, even in spite of his remarkable recovery from the 1987 stroke.

Nicknamed " the Kid ", Superboy is distinguished from other " Supermen " who appear after the death of Superman by his youth and brash character.

Nicknamed Ducky, Henry Norwest was Métis of Cree / French origins from the Hobbema reserve in Alberta.

Nicknamed " Beauty " for his penchant for calling good pitches " beauties ", he played in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) from 1915 to 1930, for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants, Boston Braves, and Brooklyn Robins.

Nicknamed " the chameleon " from an early point in his career, Kérékou's motto was " the branch will not break in the arms of the chameleon ".

Nicknamed " Spec " for skill at speculation, Spencer Penrose amassed a fortune from mining claims at nearby Cripple Creek, and after a grand tour through Europe's finest hostelries, decided to build one, with no expense spared.

Nicknamed The Jet, Urquidez was a non-contact karate competitor who later pioneered full-contact fighting in the U. S. He made the transition from point to full-contact karate in 1974 – the year of its inception in the U. S. – frequently fighting in bouts where the rules were ambiguous and contrasts in styles were dramatic.

Nicknamed " The Ace ", he moved to US Postal ( which became the now-defunct Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team ) from Team ONCE ( also defunct ) in 2004.

The WG frame & cylinder were then shortened for the. 455 & the variant was adopted in the 1880s as the Webley Mk 1. Webley " WG " Army Model ( a. k. a. Webley Government ) Revolver cal 455 / 476 (. 476 Enfield ) Nicknamed " the British Peacemaker " in the United States, the Mk 1 was manufactured in. 450,. 455 Webley, and. 476 calibre and founded a family of revolvers that were the standard handguns of the British Army, Royal Navy, and British police constabularies from 1887 to 1918.

Nicknamed " Pep ", he played ten seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Giants from 1917 through 1926, playing right field almost exclusively.

Nicknamed The King and also The Emperor of Lang Park, Lewis represented Queensland in thirty-one State of Origin games from 1980 to 1991, and was captain for thirty of them.

Nicknamed as " Raging Reporter from Prague ", Kisch was noted for his development of literary reportage and his opposition to Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

Nicknamed " The Polish Hammer " and from GKS Tychy youth system, Krzysztof Oliwa was drafted 65th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils.

Nicknamed the " Lion of Gaza ", he reigned from 1884 to 28 December 1895, the day he was made prisoner by Joaquim Mouzinho de Albuquerque in the fortified village of Chaimite.

Nicknamed " The Trembling Lady " because of its tendency to vibrate when large numbers of people walked over it, signs at the entrances warn troops from the nearby Chelsea Barracks to break step while crossing the bridge.