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Franz Ferdinand fended off autumn rains on September 6 in Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC, with a note-perfect but-occasionally-rote performance of their biggest hits.

Franz Ferdinand re-visit old sounds on new album Tonight - a disc filled with retro glam, pop-rock dance tunes and the singles "Ulysses" and "No You Girls".

Stylish Scottish superstars talk touring with Green Day, their newest album Tonight and changing up -- and letting loose -- during concerts.

His U.S. owners regretted selling him, but it was too late for Ferdinand. The 1986 Derby champ was "disposed of" in Japan after serving unsuccessfully at stud.

Known as Ferdinand the Catholic he would unite the peninsula with Queen Isabella and establish Spain as a world power.

Pierrot Le Fou is a Pop Art Bonnie and Clyde; written and directed with Godard's special brand of cultural criticism; and loaded with cartoon violence and comic mishaps.

The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife starts the First World War and leads to nine million deaths.

Citing his awareness of the value of Alysheba to American Thoroughbred fans, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah planned Derby victor Alysheba's generous return to U.S. soil.

Magellan is generally credited as the first man to sail around the world.

With a little persuasion, Portugal's most famous explorer was able to convince Spain's King Charles that he was the right explorer to get the spice-route-finding job done

During a time when many believed the world to be flat, the journey of Ferdinand Magellan proved the world to be round.

Isabella and Ferdinand's reign heralded in a golden age and marked the beginning of Spain's modern history with the Reconquista, Christopher Columbus and the Inquisition.

In 1914, Europe was a powder keg waiting for a spark to ignite it. The spark was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by Black Hand terrorists

The four lads from Scotland who go under the moniker of Franz Ferdinand have emerged after four years with another record to spin on the dance floor.

The reign of Isabella I brought about the Golden Age of Spain, discovery of the New World and the Spanish Inquisition.

The Volkswagen got its name when Adolph Hitler wanted a car for the common people of Germany. Ferdinand Porsche was the man behind the creation of the Volkswagen.

Franz Joseph was destined to reign for 68 years but by the end of one of the longest reigns in European history, his empire would be on the verge of total destruction.

Imelda Marcos's obsession with beauty and fashion has dominated her whole life. The former First Lady was called the Marie-Antoinette of the twentieth century.

Airborne Toxic Event's music is nearly as infectious as their name. Mikel Jollett survived a time of illness and mayhem. He scrapped a novel to make music.

June 28, 1914: a Serbian nationalist shot and killed Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife. Though many long range causes existed, this event would launch WWI.

Ferdinand Magellan died fighting on a beach in a war among nieghboring tribes.

To most people in the Americas she is best known as the Queen who financed the voyages of Columbus but Queen Isabella I was far more than a bank for explorers.

Although one Kentucky Derby win shy of Hartack and Arcaro, Bill "Willie" Shoemaker was the first jockey to earn $100 million, and collected more Eclipse Awards.

This exhibition marks the 90th anniversary of the Armistice and looks at the experiences of 90 individuals, showing how the Great War affected their lives.

Many high profile acts release new albums this year, including Lily Allen, Franz Ferdinand, Depeche Mode and Prince.

Exceller, like Ferdinand, was slaughtered years after he attained stardom on the Thoroughbbred track. He defeated Triple Crown champions Seattle Slew and Affirmed.

Many single parents exist in William Shakespeare's plays. This article compares Volumnia and Martius in Coriolanus and Prospero and Miranda in The Tempest.

The Tempest is Shakespeare's most popular comedy, touching on varied themes throughout the course of the story.

The Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty ruled Bulgaria from King Ferdinand I, through King Boris III, to King Simeon II who later became Prime Minister.

The Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen dynasty ruled Romania through the reigns of King Carol I, King Ferdinand I, King Carol II, and the split reign of King Michael I.

Backpackers travelling through Asia will not be disappointed with the scuba diving and cultural highlights on Boracay and Cebu islands.

Catherine of Aragon, Spanish princess and English queen fought for her marriage to King Henry VIII and won the hearts of the English people in the process.

The assassination on June 28, 1914 of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, sparked World War I.

city-lit books are a new kind of travel guide, showing a city through the eyes of writers new and old. The Paris title ranges from Proust and Victor Hugo to Kate Muir.

In bringing art to the masses, the Russian Constructivists created a blueprint that has continued with Andy Warhol, Nike and Franz Ferdinand.

Bosnia and Herzegovnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia are countries that once made up Yugoslavia.

It was not only silk and spice that were carried by traders along these trade routes. They put far flung communities in contact - and kept them in touch with one another.

Christopher Columbus had two sons, Diego the legitimate one, who lived off his father's connections, and illegitimate Fernando, his father's biographer.

In France in 1783 the Montgolfier brothers are the first in history to leave the earths surface in a balloon, aviation madness was born! The next step, Powered Flight!

Joan of Castile, successor to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, is best known for her infatuation with her husband and apparent madness after his death.

Elcano was captain of the carrack Victoria, the first European ship to completely circumnavigate the globe.

Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Spain with five ships on September 20, 1519.

There is a surprisingly large penguin population outside of the Antarctic. Among the non-Antarctic birds are the Magellanic penguins of South America.

Roland Barthes' "Mythologies" takes structuralist argument of linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, crafts it into a critical lens through which to critique social messaging.

Roland Barthes' "Mythologies" takes structuralist argument of linguist Ferdinand de Saussure, crafts it into a critical lens through which to critique social messaging.

Yellow fever, malaria, inadequate equipment, ill-considered techniques and corruption were some of the problems that plagued the French attempt to dig the Panama Canal.

Making the mathematical wonder known as a Mobius strip is surprisingly easy, though understanding it on a mathematical level adds a whole new complexity.

The Strokes' debut album 'Is This It?' has been named the album of the decade in a 'Top 50' poll released in this week's NME magazine.

An Homage to Fanny Mikey: From March 19 to April 4 Bogota's famed Latin American Theatre Festival brings Scottish Art Rockers Franz Ferdinand to the Colombian capital.

Granada, the world's most visited UNESCO World Heritage site, attracts over 7000 visitors daily - whose entrance fees bring in more than ten million Euros each year.