* 1970 – Nine terrorists from the Japanese Red Army hijack Japan Airlines Flight 351 at Tokyo International Airport, wielding samurai swords and carrying a bomb.

One afternoon of November, 1868, in the Park at Hawarden, I was standing by Mr. Gladstone holding his coat on my arm while he, in his shirt sleeves, was wielding an axe to cut down a tree.

* 26 February: A 15 year old Palestinian girl, wielding a knife, was shot dead at an Israeli checkpoint near Tulkarm in what appeared to have been a failed attack at that checkpoint.

The evidence for this is sparse and appears to derive almost entirely from the depiction of Bishop Odo of Bayeux wielding a club-like mace at the Battle of Hastings in the Bayeux Tapestry, the idea being that he did so to avoid either shedding blood or bearing the arms of war.

The measure of wealth at this time began to have less to do with wielding urban civil authority and more to do with controlling large agricultural estates in rural regions, since this guaranteed access to the only economic resource of real value — agricultural land and the crops it produced.

On April 15, 1974, she was photographed wielding an M1 carbine while robbing the Sunset District branch of the Hibernia Bank at 1450 Noriega Street in San Francisco.

If it be not, then the race is left .. at the mercy of corporations and individuals wielding power under public authority ... What I affirm is that no state .. nor any corporation or individual wielding power under state authority for the public benefit or the public convenience, can .. discriminate against freemen or citizens ...

He is a lifelong fan of professional wrestling and self-described " wrestlemaniac ", and appeared at an Extreme Championship Wrestling event wielding an acoustic guitar as a weapon.

His third appearance is at the Frabjous Day scene, in which he stands with the other characters wielding a ladle as his weapon, nervous and somewhat ready to go to battle.

Leo was at this point the tribune of the Mattiarii, a regiment wielding the mattea ( Latin for mace ) as their weapon.

He sleeps in the Blaník mountain ( with a huge army of Czech knights ) and will emerge to protect his country at its worst time, riding on his white horse and wielding the legendary hero Bruncvík's sword.

From the back of an elephant, archers could shoot arrows at enemies below or, if he was wielding a polearm, engage in hand-to-hand combat with another mounted fighter.

He rushed among Gan Ning's troops, mighty and fierce, wielding two spiked iron maces with long poles, with two bows slung at his belt.

Trent and Linda watch as a group of townspeople arrive at the Black Church wielding shotguns and torches, demanding Cane return a missing child.

On the evening of February 7, 1898, William Place arrived at his Brooklyn, New York home and was attacked by Martha, who was wielding an axe.

Unfortunately, on more than one occasion she has come close to harming a member of the family while wielding the pistol, rarely blaming herself for the near miss ( e. g. her shooting at Ramses and an assailant in The Ape Who Guards the Balance ).

On October 28, 2006, he was murdered at a church in Norwich, Jamaica by an assailant wielding a steel pipe.

" SF Site's Rich Horton agreed that Clute is " a man known first and foremost as a critic, and moreover a man known for his formidable intelligence and vocabulary, and his enjoyment in wielding both ... anyone familiar with John Clute's critical work will know that his prose is not simple, though it is precise and at its best exhilarating.

On November 9, 2011, while participating in an Occupy movement demonstration at UC Berkeley called Occupy Cal, Hass was hit in the ribs by a police officer wielding a baton.

Censorship committees at several European Nations — i. e. United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Portugal, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Australia — censored more by having the game renamed to Zombies and ordered other changes including the replacement of the chainsaw-wielding enemies with lumberjacks wielding axes.

His constant attempts to sneak out with his old gang of boisterous, rough-edged pals, eat corned beef and cabbage ( known regionally as " Jiggs dinner ") and hang out at the local tavern were often thwarted by his formidable, social-climbing ( and rolling-pin wielding ) harridan of a wife, Maggie, and their lovely young daughter, Nora.

The officer was superintending his gun at the time and had no weapon in his hand, but Gunner Smith, wielding the hand spike of his gun, warded off the thrust of the spear, giving the lieutenant time to draw his sword and bring the assailant to his knees.

Dual wielding is holding a tool or weapon in each hand.

It is unknown when dual wielding was first used in fiction, but it was likely from early western novels before spilling over into other works.

The Metal Gear Solid series of video games has a recurring character known as Grey Fox or the " Cyborg Ninja " who is a person wearing a cybernetic exoskeleton ( either worn as a suit or grafted directly to the character's body ) and wielding a high-frequency blade.

In Revenge of the Sith, when Anakin Skywalker turned to the dark side, he is seen wielding his blue lightsaber as Darth Vader.

Luthor is quickly overwhelmed by his greed, and sets out to steal the rings of his fellow inducted Lanterns, taking Scarecrow's yellow ring and attempting to steal Mera's red one, but is held back by the Atom ( wielding the ring-staff of the Indigo tribe ) and the Flash wearing a Blue Lantern Ring.

The best player on the team is usually the Number Three player, usually wielding the highest handicap.

Bandits lay siege to the monastery, but it is saved by a lowly kitchen worker wielding a long fire poker as a makeshift staff.

The first recorded English use was in 1622, with the meaning " sacerdotal government under divine inspiration " ( as in Biblical Israel before the rise of kings ); the meaning " priestly or religious body wielding political and civil power " is recorded from 1825.

The Greco-Roman sea god Neptune is depicted as wielding a fishing trident.

This allowed to identify the depiction of a fasces on the grave stele of Avele Feluske, who is shown as a warrior wielding the fasces.

The Aes Sedai Sarene and Corele linked with the Asha ' man Damer Flinn, while Elza ( who is secretly Black Ajah ) and Merise linked with Jahar ( one of Merise's warders, wielding Callandor ).

The executioner, who is shown wielding a large hammer, strikes down on the mechanism and drives the blade down.

While Germany had a semi-presidential system during the Weimar Republic, today's presidential office is mainly supervising and ceremonial, with the Chancellor of Germany generally seen as wielding the effective power and guideline authority in everyday politics.

Gazprom Neft, the parent company, is the largest employer in the city, wielding its tax address as leverage in negotiations with municipal and regional authorities.

Jeff tries to tell the princess that HE was the one sold and should be marrying her, but he is interrupted by a sword wielding Orville.

Luigi proceeds inside the mansion and is soon assaulted by a ghost, only to be saved by a little old man wielding a vacuum cleaner.

** In Germanic mythology, Thor is specifically the god of thunder and lightning, wielding Mjolnir.

There are obvious risks associated with an entire group of people all wielding swords, while confined within a small ritual circle space nine feet in diameter ; this safety factor, as well as ease of use, may explain why the emphasis within Wicca is more on each witch's personal athame, rather than the ritual sword.

* In The House of the Dead 4, part of Sega's The House of the Dead series of light gun games, the Empress is the name of the third boss, a chainsaw wielding giant.

The art of wielding the shuriken is known as shurikenjutsu, and was mainly taught as a minor part of the martial arts curriculum of many famous schools, such as Yagyū Shinkage-ryū, Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, Ittō-ryū, Kukishin-ryū and Togakure-ryū.