William Lyon Mackenzie King greeting Barbara Ann Scott, who won a gold medal in figure skating at the 1948 Winter Olympic Games, at Ottawa

A prominent example of these were the Flemings that fought during the English civil wars, known as the Anarchy or the Nineteen-Year Winter ( AD 1135 to 1154 ), under the command of William of Ypres, who was King Stephen's chief lieutenant from 1139 to 1154 and who was made Earl of Kent by Stephen.

At the Winter Soldier Investigation in Detroit organized by Vietnam Veterans Against the War January 31-February 2, 1971, veterans including First Lieutenant William Crandell of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division expressed their outrage:

As William Shatner was unwilling to return, Nimoy and Bennett spent eight months considering a prequel concept by Ralph Winter about the characters at Starfleet Academy, before Shatner received a pay increase and signed on to star.

On the parade ground a native boulder bears a bronze plaque in memory of Eagle Scout twin brothers from Troop 2, Towanda, Pennsylvania, Air Force Lieutenants John R. and William G. Winter.

* William Winter, former governor of Mississippi.

A week later, the charter was issued, and on June 29, 1973 Governor William Winter presided over the first annual Pearl Day Celebration, with the swearing in of the city's new officials, who met for the first time on July 3, 1973.

The Aiken Winter Colony was establish by Thomas Hitchcock, Sr. and William C. Whitney.

* William C. Whitney helped establish the " Winter Colony " taking the small " Joye Cottage " and building a 69-room winter residence with 15 bathrooms a full-size ballroom and a stable to house 30 horses.

The phrase " Winter of Discontent " is from the opening line of William Shakespeare's Richard III: " Now is the Winter of our Discontent / Made glorious summer by this sun of York …", and was first applied to the events of the winter by Robin Chater, a writer at Incomes Data Report.

On 21 February 1816 at the Chapel of the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, she married the Prince of Orange, who would later become King William II of the Netherlands.

Spurred by the success of N. Scott Momaday's Pulitzer Prize winning House Made of Dawn, Native American literature showed explosive growth during this period, known as the Native American Renaissance, through such novelists as Leslie Marmon Silko ( e. g., Ceremony ), Gerald Vizenor ( e. g., Bearheart: The Heirship Chronicles and numerous essays on Native American literature ), Louise Erdrich ( Love Medicine and several other novels that use a recurring set of characters and locations in the manner of William Faulkner ), James Welch ( e. g., Winter in the Blood ), Sherman Alexie ( e. g., The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven ), and poets Simon Ortiz and Joy Harjo.

William Cowper addressed the artificiality of the fast paced city life in his poems Retirement ( 1782 ) and The Winter Nosegay ( 1782 ).

William Winter has said the Adequate Education Program is the most significant piece of education legislation in the state's history.

He handily defeated Governor William Winter in 1984, was unopposed in 1990, reelected with over 70 percent of the vote in 1996 and faced no major-party opposition in 2002.

Following the election of Governor William Winter, he returned to Mississippi to work in the governor's office, where the youthful staff – which included Mabus, Dick Molpus, John Henegan and Andy Mullins – earned the nickname " Boys of Spring " from a rival state legislator.

* Winter, William, The Wallet of Time, New York: Moffat, Yard and Company, 1913, pp. 198-214.

* William Winter, The Wallet of Time, volume i. ( New York, 1913 )

William Winter may refer to:

* William Winter ( author ) ( 1836 – 1917 ), American drama critic and author

* William Winter ( chess player ) ( 1898 – 1955 ), British chess player

* William Winter ( politician ) ( born 1923 ), Governor of Mississippi

* William Winter Payne ( 1807 – 1874 ), U. S. Representative from Alabama

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WarGames was nominated for three Academy Awards — Best Cinematography ( William A. Fraker ), Sound ( Michael J. Kohut, Carlos Delarios, Aaron Rochin, Willie D. Burton ), and Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen ( Lawrence Lasker, Walter F. Parkes ).

** William Wallace " Willie " Lincoln, third son of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln ( b. 1850 )

William George Rushton, commonly known as Willie Rushton ( 18 August 1937 – 11 December 1996 ) was an English cartoonist, satirist, comedian, actor and performer who co-founded the Private Eye satirical magazine.

* Willie Rushton's Pack Of Royals, 18 Caricature Playing Cards William Rushton ( 1995 )

William " Willie " D. Davenport ( June 8, 1943 – June 17, 2002 ) was an American athlete, born in Troy, Alabama.

William, known as " Willie " throughout his childhood, appears to have taken his Christian name from his famous uncle of Victory fame, as well as from a longstanding family tradition whereby the eldest son of every line would be baptised by that name.

A few of the many Carolina League players who have gone on to star in the Major Leagues are: Johnny Bench ( Peninsula, 1966 ), Wade Boggs ( Winston-Salem, 1977 ), Barry Bonds ( Prince William, 1985 ), Rod Carew ( Wilson, 1966 ), Dock Ellis ( Kinston, 1965 ), Dwight Evans ( Winston-Salem, 1971 ), Dwight Gooden ( Lynchburg, 1983 ), Andruw Jones ( Durham, 1996 ), Chipper Jones ( Durham, 1992 ), Willie McCovey ( Danville, 1956 ), Joe Morgan ( Durham, 1963 ), Dave Parker ( Salem, 1972 ), Tony Pérez ( Rocky Mount, 1962 ), Andy Pettitte ( Prince William, 1993 ), Jorge Posada ( Prince William, 1993 ), Darryl Strawberry ( Lynchburg, 1981 ), Bernie Williams ( Prince William, 1988 ), and Carl Yastrzemski ( Raleigh, 1959 ).

William Stephen Ian Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw, KT, CH, MC, PC, DL ( 28 June 1918 – 1 July 1999 ), often known as Willie Whitelaw, was a British Conservative Party politician who served in a wide number of Cabinet positions, most notably as Home Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister.

* Andrew Duncan as William " Willie " Mead

Hall County is also the birthplace of blues musician William Daniel McFalls, better known as Blues Boy Willie.

William, Willie, Will, or Bill Smith may refer to:

William " Willie " Sklar served as alderman and later mayor for three terms.

* William " Willie " Moretti ( 1894 – 1951 ), Mafia gangster who testified before the Anti-Crime Investigation Committee ( Kefauver Committee ) and was shot dead in a Cliffside Park, New Jersey restaurant.

* William Frederick Hoppe ( 1887 – 1959 ) known as Willie Hoppe, professional carom billiards champion

Noteworthy persons of the town have included Stanford White, architect ; William Jay Gaynor, New York State Supreme Court Justice and Mayor of New York City ; Willie Collier, actor and playwright ; Mick Foley, Professional Wrestler ; Axella Johannesson, musician ; Soledad O ' Brien, television personality ; and John Petrucci, lead guitar player for Dream Theater.

Hulon Blalock, Joel Dorsey, Winnifred Haggard, William Lawrence, Bill Dick Parker, Elgin Poole, Willie Steven, D. M Summers, Pres Young and Edd Young were elected to the board.

In spring of that same year, he fell in love with Willie Dyer ( William Fear Dyer 1843-1905 ), a Bristol choirboy three years younger.

William Edward John ( November 15, 1937-May 26, 1968 ), better known by his stage name Little Willie John, was an American R & B singer who performed in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Parnell's own newspaper, the United Ireland, attacked the Land Act and he was arrested on 13 October 1881 together with his party lieutenants, William O ' Brien, John Dillon, Michael Davitt and Willie Redmond, who had also conducted a bitter verbal offensive.

* In North Towards Home, Willie Morris quotes Sir Thomas Browne's Urn Burial from memory as he walks up Park Avenue with William Styron: "' And since death must be the Lucina of life, and even Pagans could doubt, whether thus to live were to die ; since our longest sun sets at right descensions, and makes but winter arches, and therefore it cannot be long before we lie down in darkness and have our light in ashes …' At that instant I was almost clipped by a taxicab, and the driver stuck his head out and yelled, ' Aincha got eyes in that head, ya bum?

* William Styron prefaced his 1951 novel Lie Down In Darkness with the same quotation as noted above in the remarks about Willie Morris's memoir.

William Cameron " Willie " McCool ( September 23, 1961 – February 1, 2003 ) was a United States Navy Commander, NASA astronaut and the pilot of Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107.