On assuming his seat he stated, " I accepted the kind invitation to enter the House of Lords as a working peer for practical political reasons.

The idea of light quanta began with Max Planck's published law of black-body radiation (" On the Law of Distribution of Energy in the Normal Spectrum ") by assuming that Hertzian oscillators could only exist at energies E proportional to the frequency f of the oscillator by E = hf, where h is Planck's constant.

On 26 January 1918, the day after assuming executive power, Lenin wrote Draft Regulations on Workers ' Control, which granted workers control of businesses with more than five workers and office employees, and access to all books, documents and stocks, and whose decisions were to be " binding upon the owners of the enterprises ".

On April 1, 2009, SGI filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announced that it would sell substantially all of its assets to Rackable Systems, a deal finalized on May 11, 2009, with Rackable assuming the name " Silicon Graphics International ".

Stephen Hawking and Christopher Langan argue that the egg came before the chicken, though the real importance of the question has faded since Darwin's On the Origin of Species and the accompanying Theory of Evolution, under which the egg must have come first, assuming the question intended the egg to mean an egg in general or an egg that hatches into a chicken.

On average, assuming there has been no surgical intervention, the first evidence of the onset of the menopause transition time is slight variations in the length of the menstrual cycle.

On April 20, he was no further north than 86 ° 30 ' latitude yet he claimed to have the next day achieved a Farthest North world record at 87 ° 06 ' and returned to 86 ° 30 ' without camping, an implied trip of at least between sleeping, even assuming undetoured travel.

On the voyage, Connie initially treats him with contempt, assuming that he is just the latest in a long line of fortune hunters after her money, but Bill gradually overcomes her suspicions.

On the other hand, the usage of standard protocols and security techniques means that standard security improvements are applicable to the SCADA systems, assuming they receive timely maintenance and updates.

On assuming office, Uthman issued a number of directives to the officials all over the dominions, ordering them to hold fast the laws made by his predecessor Umar.

On assuming office, the governor was required to assemble the people in the main mosque, and read the instrument of instructions before them.

On 28 October 1797 Brock purchased the rank of lieutenant-colonel, and became acting commanding officer of the regiment, assuming substantive command on 22 March 1798 with the retirement of Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Keppel.

On 1 January 456, Avitus took the consulate, as traditionally the Emperors always held the consulate in the first year upon assuming the purple.

On association-based systems, the filename extension is generally mapped to a single, system-wide selection of interpreter for that extension ( such as ". py " meaning to use Python ), and the command itself is runnable from the command line even if the extension is omitted ( assuming appropriate setup is done ).

On assuming power, William kept the administration which had guided his father's rule for his final years.

On 26 February 1942, a month after assuming command, his staff car skidded on a newly laid clay road surface, killing him outright.

On the contrary, Marx's statements in his March 1850 Address explicitly contradict such a view, assuming a ' period of petty-bourgeois predominance over the classes which have been overthrown and over the proletariat '.

On assuming the presidency, General Yahya Khan acceded to popular demands by abolishing the one-unit system in West Pakistan and ordered general elections on the principle of one man, one vote.

On September 30, 1861, Isami became the fourth generation master ( sōke no yondai me 宗家四代目 ) of Tennen Rishin-ryū, assuming the name Kondō Isami and taking charge of the Shieikan.

On November 5, 1945, as a way of assuming responsibility for compromising the newspaper's principles during the war, the Asahi Shimbun's president and senior executives resigned en masse.

On 6 January 2010, he was picked by Yukio Hatoyama to be the new Finance Minister, assuming the post in addition to deputy prime minister.

On 1 February 1944 the 1st Raider Regiment was redesignated the 4th Marine Regiment, thus assuming the lineage of the regiment that had garrisoned Shanghai in the interwar years and fought so gallantly on Bataan and Corrigedor.

On the change of government following the election in November 2007, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd signed the ratification immediately after assuming office on 3 December 2007, just before the meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

On 10 August, Bhutto turned over the post of president to Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, assuming the office of prime minister instead.

On the other hand, it was during Major's premiership that the British economy recovered from the recession of 1990 – 1992.

On 25 February, he made another speech at Shipley and urged a vote for Labour and saying he did not believe the claim that Wilson would renege his commitment to renegotiation, which Powell believed was ironic because of Heath's premiership: " In acrobatics Harold Wilson, for all his nimbleness and skill, is simply no match for the breathtaking, thoroughgoing efficiency of the present Prime Minister ".

On 10 May Chamberlain resigned the premiership whilst retaining the leadership of the Conservative Party.

On April 8, 1948, the military forced Khuang out of office and Phibunsongkhram assumed his second premiership.

On the day of Canning's death Goderich and the Home Secretary, William Sturges Bourne, were summoned to Windsor Castle, where the King announced his intention of appointing Goderich to the premiership.

On the fall of the Antonio di Rudinì cabinet in May 1892, Giolitti, with the help of a court clique, succeeded to the premiership.

On 28 October 2008, Mikheil Saakashvili proposed Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian Ambassador to Turkey for the premiership.

On November 14, 2008, Okalik was defeated by Eva Aariak for the premiership.

On June 26, Parliament elected Sato Kilman to the premiership, with 29 votes to Serge Vohor's 23, ending Natapei's interim duties.

On April 11, 2007, the Korean Central News Agency reported that during the 5th session of the 11th Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Pak Pong-ju was " relieved … of premiership " and Kim Yong-il elected the new premier.

On April 1 Gounaris, emboldened by the fact of his being " officially " recognized by the Allies in London, at last assumed the premiership on the resignation of Kalogeropoulos, who received the portfolio of finance.

On 29 September 2007, both Gary Jnr and Nathan contributed to Geelong winning its first flag in 44 years, capturing the premiership that proved elusive to Gary Snr in his 12 years at the club.

On 3 July 1879 Cairoli returned to power, and in the following November formed with Depretis a coalition ministry, in which he retained the premiership and the foreign office.

On 25 November 1868 Lilley became Premier of Queensland and served concurrently as Attorney-General, and then Colonial Secretary, for part of his premiership.

On 7 April 2006, Dawson announced that he would be retiring from rugby completely at the end of the season and on 14 May 2006 he played his last game of premiership rugby, when Sale denied Wasps their chance of winning the Premiership title 4 years in a row and so equalling Leicester's record.

On 4 February, Tymoshenko's premiership appointment was ratified by the parliament with an overwhelming majority of 373 votes ( 226 were required for approval ).

On 26 June, Kilman stood for the premiership, and was elected by Parliament, with 29 votes to Serge Vohor's 23.

On 28 May 1930, Ward succumbed to strong pressure from his colleagues and his family, and passed the premiership to Forbes.

On 13 May 1934, Biarritz Olympique played in the final of the French premiership ; they were however, defeated by Aviron Bayonnais 13 points to 8 at Stade des Ponts Jumeaux in Toulouse in front of 18, 000 people.

On May 9, Suchinda responded by saying he would support a constitutional amendment making individuals who had not been elected to Parliament ineligible for the premiership.

On the occasion of the coronation ( 1752 ) he resigned the premiership, and in 1754 the governorship of the young crown prince Gustavus also, spending the rest of his days at his estate at Åkerö, where he died.