After uneven commercial success in the late 1970s, Bowie had UK number ones with the 1980 single " Ashes to Ashes ", its parent album Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ), and " Under Pressure ", a 1981 collaboration with Queen.

After a series of operations during a four-month hospitalisation, his doctors determined that the damage could not be fully repaired and Bowie was left with faulty depth perception and a permanently dilated pupil.

After Kemp cast Bowie with Hermione Farthingale for a poetic minuet, the pair began dating ; they soon moved into a London flat together.

After a disastrous opening gig at the London Roundhouse, they reverted to a configuration presenting Bowie as a solo artist.

After breaking up the Spiders from Mars, Bowie attempted to move on from his Ziggy persona.

After a break in Philadelphia, where Bowie recorded new material, the tour resumed with a new emphasis on soul.

After completing Low and " Heroes ", Bowie spent much of 1978 on the Isolar II world tour, bringing the music of the first two Berlin Trilogy albums to almost a million people during 70 concerts in 12 countries.

* 1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3, 000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

After a near mutiny, Burleson sent Bowie and William H. Jack with cavalry and infantry to intercept the supplies.

After leaving politics, Agnew became an international trade executive with homes in Rancho Mirage, California ; Arnold, Maryland ; Bowie, Maryland ; and near Ocean City, Maryland.

After Camp Bowie was located on the outskirts of Fort Worth in the summer of 1917, martial law was brought to bear against prostitutes and barkeepers of the Acre.

After being adopted, Chasez was raised in Bowie, Maryland as a Mennonite.

After the game, McLain smilingly denied that he had served up an easy pitch for Mantle to hit, however, he was later reprimanded by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.

After seeing a Zappa concert, art-rock star David Bowie offered to hire Belew once the Zappa tour was finished.

After Helmet split up, Hamilton started Gandhi, toured with David Bowie and explored a variety of musical styles.

After a half-hour of heavy fighting throughout the fort, Travis, Bowie, and most of the defenders were dead.

After moving to Texas in 1830, Bowie became a Mexican citizen and married Ursula Veramendi, the daughter of the Mexican vice governor of the province.

After mustering out of the militia, Bowie settled in Rapides Parish, where he supported himself by sawing planks and lumber and floating them down the bayou for sale.

After a confrontation in Alexandria one afternoon, Wright fired a shot at Bowie.

After which Bowie resolved to carry his hunting knife at all times.

After the Sandbar Fight and subsequent battles in which Bowie used his knife to defend himself, the Bowie knife became very popular.

After obtaining permission from the Mexican government to mount an expedition into Indian territory to search for the legendary silver mine, Bowie, his brother Rezin, and nine others set out for San Saba on November 2, 1831.

After hearing that the Mexican army commander in Nacogdoches, José de las Piedras, had demanded that all residents in his area surrender their arms, Bowie cut short a visit to Natchez in July 1832 to return to Texas.

" After Congressional phone lines were flooded by organized anti-gay opposition, President Clinton backed off on his campaign promise to repeal the ban in favor of DADT.

After World War II increasing encroachment on wilderness land evoked the continued resistance of conservationists, who succeeded in blocking a number of projects in the 1950s and 1960s, including the proposed Bridge Canyon Dam that would have backed up the waters of the Colorado River into the Grand Canyon National Park.

After Finland gained independence in 1917 the currency was backed by gold.

After criticizing the approaches of his predecessors, Ptolemy argued for basing musical intervals on mathematical ratios ( in contrast to the followers of Aristoxenus and in agreement with the followers of Pythagoras ) backed up by empirical observation ( in contrast to the overly theoretical approach of the Pythagoreans ).

After the end of hostilities, many Arab states that backed the coalition cut off funds to the PLO and began providing financial support for the organization's rival Hamas as well as other Islamist groups.

After the murder of Eanfrith, his brother, Oswald, backed by warriors sent by Domnall Brecc of Dál Riata, defeated and killed Cadwallon at the Battle of Heavenfield in 634.

After Levi P. Morton backed out of the nomination to avoid a dispute, Chester A. Arthur ( a close friend to U. S. Senator Roscoe Conkling ) was subsequently chosen as Garfield's running mate by a large margin over Elihu B. Washburne.

After the events of Poznań June, they successfully backed the candidature of Władysław Gomułka for First Secretary of party, thus imposing a major setback upon Natolinians.

After giving a frustrating speech to the audience, he leaves the stage, backed by applause.

After criticizing the approaches of his predecessors, Ptolemy argued for basing musical intervals on mathematical ratios ( in contrast to the followers of Aristoxenus ) backed up by empirical observation ( in contrast to the over-theoretical approach of the Pythagoreans ).

After plans to restore city status on Perth in 2007 were backed by newly elected First Minister Alex Salmond, saying it should be granted " at the next commemorative opportunity ".

After a long legal inquiry, in July 2009 the ECHR backed the Spanish rulings banning Batasuna and its proxies.

After 1945 the term was often applied to nations ruled by dictatorships backed openly by either the United States or the Soviet Union.

While at the Chapel Road studio, in about 1981, Norman, backed by the Barratt Band, recorded songs for Before and After, a tribute album of Bob Dylan covers scheduled to be released in 1982 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Dylan's recording career.

After similar revolutionary outbursts in Salerno, south of Naples, and in the Cilento region which were backed by the majority of the intelligentsia of the Kingdom, on 29 January 1848 King Ferdinand was forced to grant a constitution patterned on the French Charter of 1830.

After Marx delivered a total of eleven tracks, Eldritch backed out of the project ' without uttering a single word '.

After the February Revolution in 1917, Ståhlberg was backed by the majority of the non-socialists members of Parliament as a candidate to become Vice-Chairman of the Economic Department of the Senate.

After the Stewarts moved to Vallejo, California, the youngest four children ( Sylvester, Freddie, Rose, and Vaetta ) formed " The Stewart Four ", who released a local 78 RPM single, " On the Battlefield of the Lord " backed with " Walking in Jesus ' Name ", in 1952.

After Jane's accession in July the ambassadors of both powers were convinced she would prevail, although they were in no doubt that the common people backed Mary.

After a record breaking two night stand at Knebworth, tension mounted between the Gallaghers when Liam backed out on Oasis ' MTV Unplugged set minutes before it was due to start.

Wings also backed Paul's brother Mike McGear on the McGear album, as well as McGear's band The Scaffold on the single " Liverpool Lou " and its B-side " Ten Years After on Strawberry Jam ".

After initial success, Serbia and especially Greece realized the true purpose of IMRO and consequently a vicious guerrilla war, the so-called Macedonian Struggle broke out between Bulgarian and Greek backed armed groups within Ottoman Macedonia.

After much disturbance, the University officials slowly backed down.

After several failed attempts at ceasefires, the U. S. backed out of the city.