When I answered it a voice too dignified and British to be real said, `` Is this Mr. Dale Nelson, the actor ''??

When his friend, the British publicist William T. Stead, asked him to create a new organization for the goal of a peace and arbitration society, his reply was as such:

When it fell to the British Raj, the fort was dismantled on the orders of Lord William Bentinck and was converted into a sanatorium for the British troops stationed at the garrison town of Nasirabad.

When the Union of South Africa was formed in 1910 out of the main British colonies in the region, the Bechuanaland Protectorate, Basutoland ( now Lesotho ), and Swaziland ( the " High Commission Territories ") were not included, but provision was made for

When the news became certain, the French press insisted that the defeat was the result both of an overwhelmingly large British force and unspecified " traitors.

When the German motorized forces were met with a counterattack at Arras, British tanks with heavy armour ( Matilda I & IIs ) created a brief panic in the German High Command.

When it was deployed on duty in Northern Ireland, the British Army was welcomed by Roman Catholics as a neutral force there to protect them from Protestant mobs, the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) and the B-Specials.

When the English finally regained control of New Netherland they forced, as a punishment unique in the history of the British Empire, the English common law upon all the colonists, including the Dutch.

When India became part of the British Empire, there was a break in tradition, and Hindu and Islamic law were supplanted by the common law.

When Havana surrendered, the admiral of the British fleet, George Keppel, the 3rd Earl of Albemarle, entered the city as a conquering new governor and took control of the whole western part of the island.

When the British general Caractacus was captured in 50, Claudius granted him clemency.

When Auckland refused to put the agreement in writing, Dost Mohammad turned his back on the British and began negotiations with Vitkevich.

When the British army conquered Eritrea from the Italians in spring 1941, most of the infrastructures and the industrial areas were extremely damaged.

When Tripoli fell under siege by British forces, he and his colleagues made a narrow escape by boarding a German military plane flying to Sicily.

When William of Orange, ruler of the Dutch Republic, occupied the British throne with his wife Mary in what has become known as the Glorious Revolution, gin became vastly more popular, particularly in crude, inferior forms, where it was more likely to be flavoured with turpentine as an alternative to juniper.

When Claudius successfully invaded in 43, it was in aid of another fugitive British ruler, this time Verica of the Atrebates.

When the living and working conditions of the laborers became known public opposition to the scheme grew and questions were asked in the British Parliament.

When the Taliban refused to hand over bin Laden to US authorities and to disband al-Qaeda bases in Afghanistan, Operation Enduring Freedom was launched in which teams of American and British special forces worked with commanders of the United Front ( Northern Alliance ) against the Taliban.

When war broke out between Russia and the Ottomans in 1877, Greek popular sentiment rallied to Russia's side, but Greece was too poor, and too concerned of British intervention, to officially enter the war.

When the government's enemies attacked Tirana in early 1922, Zogu stayed in the capital and, with the support of the British ambassador, repulsed the assault.

When Charleston was captured by the British in 1780, Middleton accepted defeat and status as a British subject.

When Eisenhower was appointed Supreme Allied Commander for the planned Normandy Landings he suggested that Alexander become ground forces commander, as he was popular with both British and US officers.

When World War I broke out in Western Europe, Moseley left his research work at the University of Oxford behind to volunteer for the Royal Engineers of the British Army.

When orders are issued by faceless bureaucrats to abandon and destroy the domes, the ship's botanist ( Bruce Dern ) rebels and takes over the ship, aided by three anthropomorphic " drone " robots.

When he died childless on 1 November 1783 ( of jaundice contracted on a visit to London ) his mother sold the collections to the English botanist Sir James Edward Smith, who left them to the Linnean Society of London.

When the Spanish ambassador asked Linnaeus to select a botanist for service in the American colonies, the professor at once named Loefling.

When Nan Patterson, a stunning and money-minded chorus girl who had appeared in a Floradora road show, rode down Broadway in a hansom cab with her married lover, Frank Young, she stopped the cab to disclose that Young had been shot dead, tearfully insisting that he had shot himself although experts said he could not have done so.

When Nixon left in 1973, Tom Lavery began drawing the strip, who was then followed by Frank McDiarmid in 1976.

When Hans Frank, head of the General Government in occupied Poland, heard of the meeting, he demanded to be represented and Heydrich agreed.

When Lennon was invited to play with Frank Zappa at the Fillmore on June 5, 1971, Ono joined in as well.

When L. Frank Baum proposed writing a modern fairy tale that banished stereotypical elements, he included the genie as well as the dwarf and the fairy as stereotypes to go.

When he returned to New York that spring, he met and fell in love with Frank Phillip Merlo ( 1922 – 1963 ), an occasional actor of Sicilian heritage who had served in the U. S. Navy in World War II.

When that was not forthcoming, he and three other Welsh Liberals ( David Alfred Thomas, Herbert Lewis and Frank Edwards ) refused the whip on 14 April 1892 but accepted Lord Rosebery's assurance and rejoined the official Liberals on 29 May.

When the Corporation for Public Broadcasting signed on to sponsor the program, the organization's chairperson was Frank Pace.

When the Buchenwald camp was evacuated, the SS sent the male prisoners to other camps, and the five-hundred remaining women ( including one of the secret annexe members who lived with Anne Frank, " Mrs. van Daan ", real name Auguste van Pels ) were taken by train and on foot to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and ghetto in Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.

When director Frank Capra and writer Robert Riskin adapted it for the screen in 1938, the film won the Best Picture Oscar and Capra won for Best Director.

This was never written down by Mach, but was given a graphic verbal form, attributed by Philipp Frank to Mach himself, as, " When the subway jerks, it's the fixed stars that throw you down.

When the Germans arrive, Liz and Simon are initially captured, but then escape and succeed in helping young Frank Skinner carry out Traynor's orders to destroy the secret apparatus – a prototype laser weapon – before the Germans can seize it.

Private Eye's Colemanballs column has now expanded to include occasional quotes from sportsmen themselves ( e. g. Frank Bruno's " That's cricket, Harry, you get these sort of things in boxing "), politicians ( John Major's " When your back's against the wall it's time to turn round and fight "), and malapropisms from other public figures.

When Jim and Frank sneak into Howe's office and rescue Willis, the bouncer repeats two overheard conversations between Howe and Beecher, the unscrupulous colonial administrator of Mars, detailing Beecher's plans for Willis and the colony.

When the film was first released, The New York Times film critic Frank S. Nugent praised the film, writing, " The comedy, through Mr. Douglas's debonair performance and those of Ina Claire as the duchess and Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart and Alexander Grannach as the unholy three emissaries ; through Mr. Lubitsch's facile direction ; and through the cleverly written script of Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, has come off brilliantly.

When the film was first released Frank S. Nugent, the film critic of The New York Times praised the film and the acting, writing, " And New York, unless we have miscalculated again, will endorse its film version, at the Roxy, as heartily as it has endorsed the film of the Joads.

When Virgil said he had not, Frank said if Virgil had printed the handbills it was Frank's intention to kill Virgil.

When the house became a museum, the gallery the Frank sisters created was preserved under glass.

When Frank Lloyd Wright announced plans to build a mile-high building in Chicago, the American stole the drawings and printed them.

When Yoda ( Frank Oz ) arrives with an army of clone troopers, Gunray and Haako scurry aboard their shuttle and flee from the battle.

When Bates dropped out through illness in 1976 after two series, the role of the third man of the trio was filled in various years up to the 30th series by the quirky war veteran, Foggy Dewhirst ( Brian Wilde ), the eccentric inventor, Seymour Uttherthwaite ( Michael Aldridge ), and former police officer Truly Truelove ( Frank Thornton ).

When they stop at the way station, they are mistaken for the regular stage by three outlaws, Chink, Billy Jack, and their leader, Frank Usher.

When he is ordered to fly one mission at low altitude to increase accuracy, Davenport rushes to headquarters and confronts his friend, Brigadier General Frank Savage ( Gregory Peck ), the A-3 ( Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations ) of VIII Bomber Command.

When Bakshi was 18, his friend Cosmo Anzilotti was hired by the cartoon studio Terrytoons ; Anzilotti recommended Bakshi to the studio's production manager, Frank Schudde.

" When Lake Lillian was dredged back in the ' 30s to make it more round, we picked up arrowheads by the buckets-full ," said Frank Pelot III, in a 1986 Star-Banner story by Elaine Hamaker.