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Over the years, several other books, films and plays have made additional references to this infamous penal colony.
The Guiana Space Centre ( as per CNES ) also holds the Îles du Salut, a former penal colony including the infamous Devil's Island.
Green Island was home to an infamous penal colony used for political prisoners during the " White Terror " period of Chinese Nationalist ( KMT ) rule ( from 1947 until the end of martial law in 1987 ).
Dr. Oskar Paul Dirlewanger ( 26 September 1895, Würzburg – 7 June 1945, Altshausen ) was a German military officer and the founder and commander of the Nazi SS infamous penal unit " Dirlewanger " during World War II.

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Mipps then joined Syn in his quest for revenge, pursuing Tappitt and Imogene throughout the thirteen American colonies ( supposedly preaching the gospel to the Indians ) and around the world ( as part of a whaling voyage ) afterwards, and was with him in the Caribbean when Dr. Syn turned again to piracy, assuming the name of Captain Clegg ( taking the name " Clegg " from a certain vicious biting fly he had encountered in America ), hijacking his enemy Tappitt's own ship and crew and sailing off with them ( renaming the ship the Imogene ) to become the most infamous pirate of the day.
It is named after James Rivington, who under cover of writing one of the most infamous Loyalist newspapers in the American colonies, secretly ran a spy ring that supplied George Washington with information.
The slaves were held captive in the castle before exiting through the castle ’ s infamous “ Door of No Return ” to be transported and resold in newly colonized Brazil and other Portuguese colonies.

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The infamous Wansee Conference called by Heydrich in January 1942, to organize the material and technical means to put to death the eleven million Jews spread throughout the nations of Europe, was attended by representatives of major organs of the German state, including the Reich Minister of the Interior, the State Secretary in charge of the Four Year Plan, the Reich Minister of Justice, the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs.
The program faced a number of problems including the collapse of the fisheries and the shoddy construction of many of the buildings, particularly the infamous Blok P, and produced a number of problems of its own, including continuing unemployment and alcoholism.
These men included soldiers who would become infamous in England for their uncivilised behaviour, including Falkes de Breauté, Geard d ' Athies, Engelard de Cigongé and Philip Marc.
Despite undercover collaboration with Ronald Reagan on his Contra war in Nicaragua ( including the infamous Iran-Contra Affair ), which had planes flying arms as well as drugs, relations between the United States and the Panama regime worsened in the 1980s.
There have been several famous ( and infamous ) cases of head taxes in history, notably a tax formerly required for voting in parts of the United States that was often designed to disenfranchise poor people, including African Americans, Native Americans, and white people of non-English descent ( e. g., the Irish ).
It phased out the politicised stories of the 1980s, shifting the emphasis to controversial and sensationalist stories such as child rape, sibling incest, religious cults, and drug addiction, including the infamous ' body under the patio ' storyline which ran from 1993 – 95, and gave the serial its highest ever viewing figures of 9 million.
He wrote about 200 poems, including his infamous " The Tay Bridge Disaster ", which are widely regarded as some of the worst in English literature.
In pursuit of the former, Beiderbecke took the train into Chicago to catch the hot jazz bands at clubs and speakeasies, including the infamous Friar's Inn, where he listened to and sometimes sat in with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings.
MTV Raps and directed other projects for them, including the infamous black-and-white rants starring then-unknown chain-smoking comedian Denis Leary.
In a 2002 op-ed, alter-globalisation activist and critic of Israel Naomi Klein criticised Indymedia for perpetuating conspiracy theories about the Jews, including supposed involvement with the September 11 attacks and re-posting from the infamous hoax The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
The universal quantifier y will include every single element in the domain, including our infamous barber x.
Amongst the most infamous of drow are the members of House Baenre, whilst Abeir-Toril is also home to some famous benevolent drow including Drizzt Do ' Urden and his deceased father Zaknafein ( both of House Do ' Urden ), Liriel Baenre ( formerly of Menzoberranzan's aforementioned House Baenre ), and Qilué of the Seven Sisters.
locations including The Four Seasons Restaurant, the Seagrams Building, Mies van der Roheʼs infamous Lake Shore Drive, and Chicagoʼs Newberry Library.
The prison was home to a number of infamous Americans, including: former heavyweight champion Sonny Liston, assassin James Earl Ray, and bank robber Charles " Pretty Boy " Floyd.
The decision must be authorized by the Director of Civil Status, and requires a valid reason for changing the name, including long-term use of the new name ( in the Montreuil case cited below, the Quebec appeals court has considered five years ' use to be a sufficient reason ), difficulty of use due to spelling or pronunciation, or bearing a name that another person has made infamous.
In Jim Butcher's book of the Dresdenverse Dead Beat, the central plot behind the book has to do with Harry Dresden's search for an infamous necromancer's book containing the enchantment with which to summon the Erlking and begin the Wild Hunt, but the Hunt is extended to include any animal, including humans.
Many older homes survive alongside newer ones, and there are many inexpensive rental units in the neighborhood, including the infamous Court House Hill Inn Apartments, in the old hospital.
He had to support the widely reviled measures taken by Sidmouth and the others, including the infamous Six Acts, in order to remain in cabinet and continue his diplomatic work.
VAM has been implicated in many serious crimes in Sweden, including the infamous Police-murders in Malexander ( Malexandermorden ), car bombings of political journalists and murders of perceived opponents.
The increasing amount of political repression, including the use of torture, at the infamous Nyayo House torture chambers had been deliberately overlooked.
It has been estimated that Trujillo's dictatorial rule was responsible for the death of more than 50, 000 people, including 20, 000 to 30, 000 in the infamous Parsley Massacre.
On October 25, 1854 the battle of Balaklava including the famous or infamous " charge of the light brigade ," was fought.

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The largest was called Royal Island, another St. Joseph ( after the patron saint of the expedition ), and the smallest of the islands, surrounded by strong currents, Île du Diable ( the infamous " Devil's Island ").
Devil's Island and associated prisons eventually became one of the most infamous prison systems in history.
The Schöllenen Gorge in the Reuss Valley between Andermatt and Göschenen is the location of the infamous Devil's Bridge.
However, he was not a handwriting expert, and his convoluted and flawed evidence was a significant contributing factor to one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice-the condemnation of the innocent Dreyfus-to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
The area became infamous in the late 1960s with the Manson Family headquartered at the Spahn Ranch, near the top of the stage road's Devil's Slide.
Unable to navigate save for with a compass, the ship is thought to have become lost near Newcastle and hit the Devil's Horseblock, an infamous rock column that lay just beneath the water's surface until after the Speedy's disappearance.
The Schöllenen Gorge in the Reuss Valley between Andermatt and Göschenen is the location of the infamous Devil's Bridge.
One of the most famous elements of Haystack is the infamous " Devil's Half Mile ".

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In 1915, schooner Annie Larsen, infamous for her role in the Hindu-German Conspiracy, was stranded at Malden Island.
An infamous location in the strait for shipwrecks during the age of sail, St. Paul's Island, came to be referred to as the " Graveyard of the Gulf " ( of St. Lawrence ).
However, the combination of elements recalls an infamous episode from Frobisher's 1576 voyage to Baffin Island and the tragic fate of an unnamed Inuit paddler who was lured aboard the explorer's ship, Gabriel, and kidnapped for transport back to England as proof of the expedition's success in reaching the New World.
His book Lost Ships of Guadalcanal locates and photographs many of the vessels sunk in the infamous Ironbottom Sound, the strait between Guadalcanal Island and the Floridas in the Solomon Islands.
To Houseman's horror, Treasure Island was abandoned in favor of Bram Stoker's Dracula, with Welles playing the infamous vampire.
It is sometimes referred to as Oak Beach Island, and the former home of the infamous Oak Beach Inn.
* Amy Fisher, the infamous “ Long Island Lolita ,” who in 1992, at the age of 17, had shot and seriously injured the wife of her 36 year old lover Joey Buttafuoco, in 2007 made a number of sex tapes with her husband Louis Bellera.
Barton became infamous for fighting duels on Bloody Island ( Mississippi River ).
An infamous occasion which led to the Revel gardens and later a trip to Nargen Island.
Russell Island is known for the infamous land scams of the early 1970s, when many of the islands farms were divided into over 20, 000 blocks.
Clear on the other hand ( released on the Stoned Heights imprint of Island Records ), bore heavy references to the writings-and infamous lifestyle-of William Burroughs: the cover was an homage to the advert poster of the Naked Lunch movie ; Bug Powder Dust was a mish-mash of Burroughs references and mirror of the author's cut-up writing method ; whilst the constant references to drug use, and the reliance on spoken word across most of the albums tracks would suggest an updated return to the Beat marriage of music and poetry.
The northernmost inhabated area of the district, Akpatok Island in Ungava Bay, was infamous for its widespread cannibalism, which ended around 1900 as the inhabitants moved to the mainland.
Bomb's gimmick was that of a survivor of the infamous Three Mile Island accident and was further emphasized by his ring name being a pun on the " atom bomb ".
Under the Apartheid regime, Mandela was regarded as a terrorist and jailed on the infamous Robben Island for his role as a leader of the then-outlawed ANC.
Sarah Island / The infamous prison island in Macquarie Harbour, Van Dieman's Land.
They have become infamous for their participation in audacious performances in unlikely locations, including subway trains, the Staten Island Ferry, and unannounced street events.

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