The Hellenistic Jewish philosopher Philo in the early 1st century AD wrote about the destruction of Atlantis in his On the Eternity of the World, xxvi.

On the battlefield, it is probably fair to say, Charles was comparable in skill and style to Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington-quite conservative and yet exceedingly competent.

On graduation he joined the 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment in September 1908 as a second lieutenant, and first saw service later that year in India.

Most accounts incorrectly attribute this story to Herodotus ; actually, the story first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD, who quotes from Heracleides of Pontus's lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.

On 18 October, he was created 1st Earl Beatty, Viscount Borodale and Baron Beatty of the North Sea and Brooksby.

On 29 June, he ordered XXX Corps — South African 1st, Indian 5th and 10th Infantry Divisions — to take the coastal sector on the right of the front and XIII Corps — New Zealand and Indian 5th Divisions — to be on the left.

The 1st of Nisan is the new year for kings and feasts ; the 1st of Elul is the new year for the tithe of cattle ... the 1st of Tishri is the new year for years, of the years of release and jubilee years, for the planting and for vegetables ; and the 1st of Shevat is the new year for trees-so the school of Shammai ; and the school of Hillel say: On the 15th thereof.

On 10 December 1916, Alexander took second-in-command of 1st Battalion Irish Guards as acting major.

However, the earliest known idea to indicate the possibility of diseases spreading by yet unseen organisms was that of the Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro in a 1st century BC book titled On Agriculture in which he warns against locating a homestead near swamps:

* On October 4, 1955, early in his career, Elvis Presley performed at the Boys Club Gymnasium at 1530 1st Street Northeast in Paris as a member of the Louisiana Hayride Jamboree tour.

On 7 May 1940 further modifications to rationalise the ranks system were made on the proposal by Marshal Voroshilov: the ranks of " General " and " Admiral " replaced the senior functional ranks of Combrig, Comdiv, Comcor, Comandarm in the RKKA and Flagman 1st rank etc.

On October 1st 2012 California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the first bill banning gay conversion therapy.

On the eve of the 1st century AD, the settlement was seized by the Romans and became a military camp.

On May 1st, 2012, Amos announced the formation of her own record label Transmission Galactic, which she intends to use to develop new artists.

On 16 October 1551, John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, overthrew the Duke of Somerset to become the new regent of the young King.

On August 3, Patton was visiting wounded patients from the recent Sicilian campaign at the 15th Evacuation Hospital near Nicosia when he encountered 27-year-old Private Charles H. Kuhl of the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, sitting slouched on a stool midway through a tent ward filled with injured soldiers.

* On April 22, 2009, Ross Perot was made an Honorary Green Beret at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, that also honored the OSS, Alamo Scouts and the First Special Service Force, elite World War Two units that were inducted into the " 1st Special Forces " Regiment.

The earliest extant use of the term monastērion is by the 1st century AD Jewish philosopher Philo in On The Contemplative Life, ch.

On 30 September 1642 Parliamentarians led by Sir Robert Harley and Henry Grey, 1st Earl of Stamford occupied the city without opposition.

On 31 July 1645 a Scottish army of 14, 000 under Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven besieged the city but met stiff resistance from its garrison and inhabitants.

The account of the run near Marathon to Athens first appears in Plutarch's On the Glory of Athens in the 1st century AD, which quotes from Heraclides Ponticus ' lost work, giving the runner's name as either Thersipus of Erchius or Eucles.

On their return to the battlefield, Oxford's men were erroneously shot at by his allies commanded by John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu.

On his return Montgomery antagonised the War Office with trenchant criticisms of the command of the BEF and was briefly relegated to divisional command.

On Queen Victoria's death, they did not have a general staff, a permanent divisional and corps organization, or enlistment by conscription.

On the 29th divisional front two battalions of the 116th Infantry Regiment cleared the last defenders from the bluffs while the remaining 116th battalion joined the Rangers in their move west along the coast.

On mobilization, these nine commands would convert to a divisional headquarters commanding mobile militia, stationary militia, and other independent units.

On 21 May 1916, after shelling both forward trenches and divisional artillery positions from no less than 80 out-of-sight batteries on the reverse slope of the ridge, the German infantry attacked the British lines along a front in an effort to eject them from positions along the ridge.

On 1 February 2003, UDA divisional leader John Gregg was shot dead along with another UDA member, Robert " Rab " Carson, on returning from a Rangers FC match in Glasgow.

On 6 February 1922, a detachment of 20 enlisted men from Luke Field, proceeded to Schofield Barracks, under Lieutenant William Agee, to clear the flying field and construct housing for the divisional air service.

On 23 March 1958 a divisional parade was conducted at Puckapunyal, bringing together all of the division's Victorian-based units in a concentration of force not seen in the division since 1916.

On January 11, 2009, Akers kicked three field goals in three attempts during a divisional playoff win over the New York Giants.

On taking over responsibility for the Frontier area on 2 December 1941 the divisional order of battle, as part of the 8th Army was ::

On September 26, Custer was promoted to divisional command and Colonel James H. Kidd of the 6th Michigan assumed direct command of the Michigan Brigade.

On 18 June, when command of the allied forces fighting in the Syria-Lebanon Campaign on the southern front were reorganised, the divisional HQ was placed under Australian I Corps to command the remnants of Gentforce ( 5th Indian Infantry Brigade and 1st Free French Light Division ).

On January 14, 2006, in a divisional playoff game against the New England Patriots, he broke the record for the longest non-scoring play in NFL history at the time.

On January 15, 2006, Bettis was the center of one of football's most memorable endings in a divisional playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts.

On April 27, 2006, Macy's announced that the Marshall Field name would not be retained on the State Street store, instead renaming it " Macy's on State Street ", a specialized divisional flagship store with some features unique to this single location, including the continuation of certain Marshall Field's traditions under the Macy's name.

On the back of the propaganda success, Orde Wingate, the eccentric commander of the Chindits, was given the resources to increase his command to divisional size and the USAAF supplied the 1st Air Commando Group to support his operations.

On 1 November three new brigade headquarters were raised ( taking the total in the New Zealand Army to seven ), and three divisional headquarters were established to coordinate the units located in the Northern, Central and Southern Military Districts.

On 12 October, 13 hours after Jensen's death, at 4: 39am, Constables Tynan and Eyre were operating a divisional van from Prahran police station when called to an abandoned Holden Commodore left in Walsh Street, South Yarra.

On 3 August, he attended another divisional conference regarding the planned attack near Amiens scheduled for 8 August.

On January 13, 2008, during the 2007 divisional playoff round, he caught a 52 yard touchdown pass, his longest since a 77 yard touchdown on November 30, 2003.

On January 7, 1990, during a divisional playoff game, the Rams won the coin toss after taking the New York Giants to overtime.

On April 5, documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphilon released audio of a meeting Williams held with his defense before their 2012 divisional playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers.

On January 16, 2010, in the NFC divisional playoff game against the Arizona Cardinals, Bush had one of the best games of his pro career.

On 26 April 1944 the divisional commander, Generalmajor Heinrich Kreipe, was abducted by a British Special Operations Executive team led by Major Patrick Leigh Fermor and Capt Bill Stanley Moss.