1. When he tossed a much-ballyhooed party in Persepolis three years ago to celebrate Persia's 2,500th anniversary, he invited virtually everybody who was anybody – but mostly nobodies showed up.

2. In 1971 Iran celebrated the 2,500th anniversary of his founding of the monarchy.

3. He is about to celebrate his 500th birthday. He is Michelangelo"s statue of David."

4. To move the cursor one pixel, you must move the mouse about 1/500th of an inch. Not easy to do.

5. The process, which uses distilled water to clean the statue, comes ahead of the statue's 500th anniversary.

6. You cannot imagine what it is like to correct the details of the 500th essay until you have done it yourself.

7. At this cinema in the heart of Mumbai, the movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is enjoying its 500th week of being on screen.

8. "It's fantastic and a great credit to the boy that he is approaching his 500th game, but for Paul that's doubly so because of what happened last year, " Ferguson said.

9. The supporters enjoyed the game. We scored five goals, Carra celebrated his 500th game and Gerrard got a hat-trick, so it was really good.

10. Rafael Benitez today paid tribute to 'complete midfielder' Steven Gerrard as the Liverpool captain prepares to make his 500th appearance for the Reds against Blackburn Rovers on Saturday.

11. Jamie Carragher today hailed Steven Gerrard as a 'symbol' for Liverpool Football Club as the captain prepares to make his 500th Reds appearance.

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12. Rafael Benitez today confirmed Jamie Carragher will captain Liverpool on his 500th appearance for the club against Luton Town tomorrow night.

13. Rafa Benitez said: "There were celebrations tonight for Carra's 500th game, but the players were concentrating on doing a professional job and did very well."

14. As of July 10, the 488th Open Skies flight had been announced and the 500th flight is expected to take off in early August.

15. It was the beginning of 1972 and that was the year Mauritz Escher died in Holland and the 500th birthday of Albrecht Durer was celebrated the year before.

16. The clash with Rovers could see Steven Gerrard make his 500th appearance for Liverpool.

17. The Reds defender, who is just two matches short of making his 500th appearance for the club, came on as a substitute in the 75th minute after replacing full-back Rob Jones.

18. Gerrard handed over the captain's armband on the night to Jamie Carragher, who was celebrating his 500th appearance for Liverpool.

19. ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. --- Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the delivery of the 500th Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) aircraft self-protection system to the U.S. Government.