At age seventy-four, he became what he shyly terms a `` pupil '' of Andres Segovia, the great guitarist of the Western world.

At about the age of twelve I became a Spencerian liberal, and I have always considered myself a liberal of some kind even though the definition has changed repeatedly since Spencer became a reactionary.

At the age of 17 he became an apprentice machinist at the shop of Walcott & Harris in Valley Falls, Rhode Island, and following two or three other jobs in quick succession after graduation, he went into business for himself in 1831, making lathes and small tools.

At the age of ten, when he was working as a newsboy in the Loop, he was knocked down by a streetcar which resulted in his permanently shortened leg.

At the time the will was drawn Mr. Hohlbein mentioned to me how mentally alert she seemed for her age, knowing just what changes she wanted made and so forth ''.

At about the age of eighteen, he went to Athens to continue his education at Plato's Academy.

At the start of a new industrial age in the 18th century, it was believed that " people are the riches of the nation ", and there was a general faith in an economy that paid its workers low wages because high wages meant workers would work less.

While Miss Marple is described as ' an old lady ' in many of the stories, her age is mentioned in " At Bertram's Hotel ", where it is said she visited the hotel when she was 14 and almost 60 years have passed since then.

At the age of 30, in 1905, Schweitzer answered the call of " The Society of the Evangelist Missions of Paris " which was looking for a medical doctor.

At the age of 13, Mackenzie's father died, and he was forced to end his formal education in order to help support his family.

At the age of 16 he apprenticed as a stonemason and by the age of 20 he had reached journeyman status in this field.

At age six, young Bronson began his formal education in a one-room schoolhouse in the center of town but learned how to read at home with the help of his mother.

The school taught only reading, writing, and spelling and he left this school at the age of 10. At age 13, his uncle, Reverend Tillotson Bronson, invited Alcott into his home in Cheshire, Connecticut to be educated and prepared for college.

At age 17, Alcott passed the exam for a teaching certificate but had trouble finding work as a teacher.

At the age of eleven, he joined his father on a ship as an apprentice ; his seagoing career would be marked by headstrong disobedience.

At age 12 he was whiter than ivory, had hair lighter than gold, and could lift 10 bear skins at once.

At age 16 or 17, Johnson left his apprenticeship and ran away with his brother William.

At the age of 18, Johnson married 16-year-old Eliza McCardle in 1827 ; she was the daughter of a local shoemaker.

At the age of fourteen he entered the Camaldolese Order in the Monastery of St. Mary of the Angels in Florence, and rapidly became a leading theologian and Hellenist.

At the age of 25, he was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences, France's most elite scientific society, for an essay on street lighting and in recognition of his earlier research.

At the age of 13 he entered the Göttingen Gymnasium, residing at the home of one of the professors.

At age 18, the youth began a rapid advancement through the company, becoming the superintendent of the Pittsburgh Division.

At the age of 19 she left Haworth and worked as a governess between 1839 and 1845.

At 23, he published his first poem, “ Hymns to the Gods .” Later work was printed in literary journals like Blackwood ’ s Edinburgh Magazine and local newspapers.

At least 23 other radioisotopes are known.

At the age of 23, he received a Ph. D. in Political Science from Johns Hopkins University.

At the 23rd Congress ( 29 March – 8 April 1966 ) the survival ratio was 79. 4 percent, it decreased to 76. 5 percent at the 24th Congress ( 30 March – 9 April 1971 ), increased to 83. 4 percent at the 25th Congress ( 24 February – 5 March 1976 ) and at its peak, at the 26th Congress ( 23 February – 3 March 1981 ), it reached 89 percent.

On November 4, 2005, the Los Angeles Times reported that Rohrabacher was paid 23, 000 dollars for a thirty year old screen play of his ". At issue was whether the producer paid him for the screenplay or for the introductions to congressional and federal officials.

At certain intervals February was truncated to 23 or 24 days ; and a 27-day intercalary month, Intercalaris, was inserted immediately after February to realign the year with the seasons.

At each end is a goal 2. 14 m ( 7 feet ) high and 3. 66 m ( 12 ft ) wide measured from the inner sides of the posts and crossbar, and an approximately semi-circular area 14. 63 m ( 16 yd ) from the goal known as the shooting circle ( or D or arc ), bounded by a solid line, with a dotted line 5 m ( 5 yd 6 in — this marking was not established until after metric conversion ) from that, as well as lines across the field 22. 90 m ( 25 yd ) from each end-line ( generally referred to as the 23 m lines ) and in the center of the field.

* 2009 – At 23: 31: 30 UTC the Unix system time ( time t ) number reaches 1234567890 seconds.

At age 23, Drake made his first voyage to the New World, sailing with his second cousin, Sir John Hawkins, on one of a fleet of ships owned by his relatives, the Hawkins family of Plymouth.

At Fraunces Tavern on December 4, Washington formally bade his officers farewell and on December 23, 1783, he resigned his commission as commander-in-chief.

At the same time he argues that not everyone can speak in tongues ( 1 Cor 12: 29 ) and discourages simultaneous speaking in tongues directed at people rather than God, lest unbelievers should think that the assembled believers were " mad " ( 1 Cor 14: 23, 27 ).

* At least one copy of the book ( all 23 chapters ) is contained in most cells of our body.

* 1944 – World War II: Battle of Normandy – At Abbey Ardennes members of the SS Division Hitlerjugend massacre 23 Canadian prisoners of war.

At that point the Arctic Ocean was 23 ° C and had crocodiles in it, with the rest of the world mostly scrub and desert.

At the Supper itself his place was next to Christ on Whose breast he leaned ( John 13: 23, 25 ).

At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to 23 February 1935, it had 58 members.

At a 23 March meeting in Dresden in East Germany, leaders of " Warsaw Five " ( USSR, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria and East Germany ) questioned a Czechoslovak delegation over the planned reforms, suggesting any talk of " democratization " was a veiled critique of other policies.

At 23 he came into prominence by a vigorous criticism of Thomas Hobbes ' theory on civil power.

At the end of his reign, he left the Imperial treasury richer by 23, 000, 000 solidi or 320, 000 pounds of gold.

At 23, Clemens simply reared back and threw the ball past batters.

At 11: 23 AM Eastern Daylight Time Enterprise touched down at JFK International Airport.

At the northern solstice the subsolar point is further north than any other time: at latitude 23. 44 ° north, known as the Tropic of Cancer.

* June 23 – American Civil War: At Fort Towson in Oklahoma Territory, Confederate General Stand Watie, a Cherokee Indian, surrenders the last significant Rebel army.

* December 23 – First Anglo-Afghan War: At a meeting with the Afghan general Akbar Khan, the British diplomat Sir William Hay Macnaghten is shot dead at close quarters.