Thousands of black men fought on the side of rebellious colonists in the American Revolutionary War, many in the new Continental Navy.

Thousands of children were recruited and used by all sides during Sierra Leone ’ s conflict ( 1993 – 2002 ), including the Revolutionary United Front ( RUF ), the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council ( AFRC ), and the pro-government Civil Defense Forces ( CDF ).

Thousands of specially trained elite fighters served in the PAVN and Viet Cong commando / sapper units which were organized as independent formations.

Thousands of League members, and many thousands more who received technical training through its publications, served in the conflict.

Thousands of British, Dutch and Australian nationals perished in the railway's prisoner of war construction camps during World War II, and the railway's construction served as the inspiration for the 1957 film The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Thousands of people are served piping hot, delicious, non-vegetarian food, complete with dessert, tender mutton and basmati rice, with a fruit thrown in sometimes, is mind-boggling.

After the collapse of the First Empire in 1815, the French public lost the rights and privileges earned since the Revolution, but they remembered the participatory politics that characterized the period, with one historian commenting: " Thousands of men and even many women gained firsthand experience in the political arena: they talked, read, and listened in new ways ; they voted ; they joined new organizations ; and they marched for their political goals.

Thousands of refugees, including Miguel O ' Hara and most of X-Nation and X-Men make new homes here.

Thousands of people swapped their cramped little apartments in Amsterdam for a family house with garden in one of Hoorn's modern new developments.

Thousands of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe flooded into the region and brought with them new customs, traditions, and culture.

Thousands of Degar fled to Cambodia after the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese Army, fearing that the new government would launch reprisals against them because they had aided the U. S. Army.

Thousands of Degar fled to Cambodia after the fall of Saigon to the North Vietnamese Army, fearing that the new government would launch reprisals against them because they had aided the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.

Thousands of people came to ride the new ride, and it can be fairly stated that The Great American Scream Machine saved the park from an untimely demise ( Ironically, The Great American Scream Machine was removed in 2010 to make room for the new Green Lantern coaster ).

Thousands of new stores were rebuilt and opened.

Thousands of Mac programs were based on the AppleTalk protocol ; in order to support these programs, AppleTalk was re-implemented as an OpenTransport " stack ", and then re-implemented as an API shim on top of this new library.

That same year, Kusama conceived her floor installation Thousands of Eyes as a commission for the new Queen Elizabeth II Courts of Law, Brisbane.

Thousands of cottars and tenant farmers from the southern counties of Scotland migrated from farms and small holdings they had occupied to the new industrial centres of Glasgow, Edinburgh and northern England or abroad.

Thousands of trees were also planted in the new mining district and it was declared the township of Benoni in 1906.

Thousands of new homes were built at Beckton, just north of the Royal Docks, and an extension of the Docklands Light Railway ( DLR ) opened in 1994 to provide direct links to the City of London and Canary Wharf.

Thousands of readers switched from the old newspaper to the new one to be able to follow the comics.

Thousands of miles of State Highways were built in this time period, together with new factories, such as Henry Ford's River Rouge Plant, and many docks, ports, buildings, and grain elevators.

Thousands of people gathered at the amusement park to say goodbye to Keiko, who was airlifted by UPS to his new home at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Oregon, United States on January 7, 1996 ending an era for the amusement park.

Thousands of workers came to the area from all parts of Britain and with the new community came new shops, pubs, clubs, and many rows of terraced " colliery houses " for the mine workers and their families.

Thousands of Greek youths formed a new political organisation called The Neolaia Lambraki ( Νεολαία Λαμπράκη – Lambrakis Youth ); the first secretary of Neolaia Lambraki was Mikis Theodorakis, one of Lambrakis's friends and fellow activists.

Thousands of documents from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics ( NACA ) were photocopied or stolen, including a complete set of design and production drawings for Lockheed Aircraft's new P-80 Shooting Star fighter jet.

Thousands of people watching from the new Boston Embankment ( the early Charles River Esplanade ) which took the place of the former tidal flats.

Thousands of political prisoners who opposed the Islamist regime were killed especially during the 1988 Massacre of Iranian Prisoners.

-- Thousands of bleacher-type seats are being erected along Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House for the big inaugural parade on Jan. 20.

Thousands of free copies are sent each month to chaplains in the Armed Forces, to prison libraries and to hospitals everywhere.

* 2005 – Cronulla riots: Thousands of White Australians demonstrate against ethnic violence resulting in a riot against anyone thought to be Lebanese ( and many who are not ) in Cronulla Sydney.

Thousands of types of cold cuts also are available.

Thousands of scientists and other experts contribute ( on a voluntary basis, without payment from the IPCC ) to writing and reviewing reports, which are reviewed by representatives from all the governments, with summaries for policy makers being subject to line-by-line approval by all participating governments.

Thousands of Acadians are sent to the British Colonies in America, France and England.

Thousands are produced annually in the town of Peel, where two kipper houses, Moore's Kipper Yard ( founded 1882 ) and Devereau and Son ( founded 1884 ), smoke and export herring.

Thousands of Saudis are employed year-round to oversee the Hajj and staff the hotels and shops that cater to pilgrims ; these workers in turn have increased the demand for housing and services.

Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.

* 1941 – World War II: Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia are killed in the Kragujevac massacre.

* 2005 – 2005 Kashmir earthquake: Thousands of people are killed by a magnitude 7. 6 earthquake in parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.

Thousands have been sold to date, and are used by both professional and amateur musicians around the globe.

Thousands, mostly monks and civilians ( primarily students ) are killed by the Tatmadaw.

Thousands of genes are activated by TLR signaling, implying that this method constitutes an important gateway for gene modulation.

Thousands of municipal jurisdictions are too small to qualify as city governments.

** Thousands of African Americans, many of them children, are arrested while protesting segregation in Birmingham, Alabama.

* August 8 – 8888 Uprising: Thousands of protesters in Burma, now known as Myanmar, are killed during anti-government demonstrations.

Thousands are killed, more are wounded, and nearly a quarter million leave the country.

* October 18 – Thousands of unemployed demonstrate in London ; 50 are injured.

Thousands of civilians are killed.

Thousands of small molecules are screened for potential antiviral properties with respect to West Nile and related viruses.

Who will plead for them if we are silent ?” Goodall has also said, “ Thousands of people who say they ' love ' animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated so with little respect and kindness just to make more meat.

* Thousands of Christians are executed at Seleucia in Mesopotamia.