* 1766 – The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College ( later renamed Rutgers University ).

* November 10 – The last Colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College ( later renamed Rutgers University ).

The orchestral premiere of The Planets suite, conducted at Holst's request by Adrian Boult, was held at short notice on 29 September 1918, during the last weeks of World War I, in the Queen's Hall with the financial support of Holst's friend and fellow composer H. Balfour Gardiner It was hastily rehearsed ; the musicians of the Queen's Hall Orchestra first saw the complicated music only two hours before the performance, and the choir for " Neptune " was recruited from pupils from St Paul's Girls ' School ( where Holst taught ).

Hadlee did not have his knighthood conferred on him while still a test cricketer: Though the honour was announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 16 June 1990, it was only conferred on 4 October 1990, some months after his last test match on 10 July 1990.

His last speech in the House of Commons, in the Debate of the 3 November 1959 on the Queen's Speech, in which Bevan referred to the difficulties of persuading the electorate to support a policy which would make them less well-off in the short term but more prosperous in the long term, was quoted extensively in subsequent years.

The last professional production to use Sean Kenny's original stage design was at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex, in 1986.

The last ever commercial ferry crossing of the Queen's Ferry left Hawes Pier, South Queensferry on the evening of 3 September 1964, and docked at North Queensferry shortly after.

Beecham's presentation of A Mass of Life at the Queen's Hall in June 1909 did not inspire Hans Haym, who had come from Elberfeld for the concert, though Beecham says that many professional and amateur musicians thought it " the most impressive and original achievement of its genre written in the last fifty years " Some reviewers, nevertheless, doubted the popular appeal of Delius's music, while others were more specifically hostile.

The two, particularly Dannay, were also responsible for co-founding and directing Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, generally considered one of the most influential English Language crime fiction magazines of the last sixty-five years.

* Was released in UK on Queen's Greatest Hits II ( which would later be included in The Platinum Collection ( 2000 and 2002 )) removing the second time David Bowie sings, " This is our last dance.

This was Princess Alice's last public appearance ( as well as the last public appearance of Princess Margaret, the Queen's younger sister, who died on 9 February 2002 ).

The last school holiday of the year is a one-or two-week May holiday around 30 April ( Queen's Day ); sometimes including Ascension Day.

His last major service to the Crown was his command of the forces sent to put down a rebellion in early 1554 by a group of disaffected gentlemen who opposed the Queen's projected marriage to Philip II of Spain.

He played his last Test in March 1974 at Queen's Park Oval against England.

Having been commissioned by the owners of the Canary Wharf Site to do the outline design prior to gaining site-wide outline planning permission, ( and because he had designed HSBC's last head office at 1 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, Sir Norman Foster ( now Lord Foster of Thames Bank ) was appointed as architect.

' " Albert and Victoria chose the names Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore: Mary after Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, the last surviving child of King George III of the United Kingdom ; Victoria after the Queen ; and Feodore after the Queen's older half-sister.

The last mounted regiment of yeomanry was the Queen's Own Yorkshire Dragoons, who were converted to an armoured role in March 1942.

Queen's Park have won the Scottish Cup the third most times of any club, behind Rangers and Celtic, although the last time they won it was in 1893.

There was also an incredible 5 – 5 draw at East Fife in Hunter's last season, with fan favourite Brian McPhee scoring four goals for Queen's.

A 4 – 0 loss to challengers Forfar towards the end of the season was quickly forgotten as Queen's won their last five matches, clinching the Championship at Cowdenbeath on the final day of 1999 / 2000.

A good start was made but after the New Year results became increasingly hard to come by and Queen's were relegated on the last day on goal difference.

Despite poor starts in their last two Third Division campaigns, on both occasions Queen's Park did enough to qualify for the end of season playoffs.

His cover of Queen's album News of the World ( 1977 ) was a pastiche of his much-admired sad robot cover illustrating Tom Godwin's " The Gulf Between " for Astounding Science Fiction ( October 1953 ).

Some of speed metal's earlier influences include Black Sabbath's " Children of the Grave ", Deep Purple's " Fireball " and Queen's " Stone Cold Crazy " ( which was eventually covered by the thrash metal band Metallica ), from their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack, and Deep Purple's song " Highway Star ", from their album Machine Head.

* " Flash " ( song ), a song on Queen's 1980 album Flash Gordon

Having attended art college, Mercury also designed Queen's logo, called the Queen crest, shortly before the release of the band's first album.

Aside from its only single, the album also included the song " The March of the Black Queen ", a six-minute epic which lacks a chorus or song structure, bearing similarity to Queen's later work, " Bohemian Rhapsody ".

The album contains 20 of Queen's biggest hits spanning their entire career and was released in four different formats: single disc, double disc ( with commentary ), double disc with feature book, and a vinyl record.

The Opus Dei album also features a cover of Queen's " One Vision " with lyrics translated into German under the title Geburt einer Nation, revealing the ambiguity of lines like " One race one hope / One real decision ".

The cover for Queen's 1989 album The Miracle featured the technique to morph the four band members ' faces into one gestalt image.

Dietrich in London, a concert album, was recorded during the run of her 1964 engagement at the Queen's Theatre.

The Nazz album cover is also rumored to have inspired that of KISS ' debut as well as Queen's Queen II.

Brian May, lead guitarist of the British rock band Queen wrote the song " Brighton Rock ", which appeared on Queen's 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack.

The UK single and album charts are revealed every Sunday on BBC Radio 1, with Elton John's " Candle in the Wind 1997 " the all-time best-selling single in the UK, and Queen's Greatest Hits the best-selling album in UK chart history.

The cover for The Miracle, rock band Queen's studio album was created on a Quantel Paintbox in 1989.

" I'm scared of Steven Berkoff " is a line in the lyrics of " I'm Scared " ( 1992 ), by Queen's guitarist Brian May, released on his first solo album Back to the Light ( 1993 ).

The Washington Post also claims the album to feature covers of songs such as Pink Floyd's " Learning to Fly ", David Bowie's " Space Oddity " and Queen's " Bohemian Rhapsody ".

" Polkas on 45 " was included in Weird Al's second album, and with the exception of Even Worse and Alapalooza ( the latter of which has a polka version of Queen's " Bohemian Rhapsody " rather than a medley ), a similar polka compilation has been included in each of his albums since.

* Ellen Reid's 2001 debut album Cinderellen features the song " In Defense of the Wicked Queen ", which tells the story from the Queen's perspective.

The awards were presented for the song " One ", a cover version of Queen's " Stone Cold Crazy ", and the album Metallica.

The song " The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke ", of Queen's second album Queen II, written by Freddie Mercury, mentions Mab in the part: " Oberon and Titania watched by a Harridan / Mab is the queen and there's a good apothecary man.

When released in November 1981, the album consisted of Queen's best-selling singles since their first chart appearance in 1974 with " Seven Seas of Rhye ", up to their 1980 hit " Flash " ( though in some countries " Under Pressure ", the band's 1981 chart-topper with David Bowie, was included ).

It is certified eight times platinum in the United States, and is Queen's most commercially successful album worldwide with over 25 million copies sold, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

After Mercury's death, Roger Taylor, John Deacon and Brian May took Mercury's piano and vocals and added their own instrumentation to form the title track of Queen's final studio album.