Before writing A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, Henry Fowler and his younger brother, Francis George Fowler ( 1871 – 1918 ), wrote and revised The King's English ( 1906 ), a grammar and usage guide later superseded by this book in the 1930s.

Before the earthquake of February 27, 2010, which measured 8. 8 on the moment magnitude scale, the last catastrophic earthquake to strike Valparaíso devastated the city in August 1906, killing nearly 3, 000 people.

Before the 1906 spelling reform ⟨ q ⟩ and ⟨ w ⟩ were common, and many family names still use them.

Before the repeal of imperial examinations in 1906, he attained the rank of Xiucai, which allowed him to qualify as a civil servant.

Before the 1906 earthquake, the house had been seven stories high, but today it is only four stories.

Before embarking on her future career in social work, she worked as a high school teacher in her hometown through 1906.

Before Boléro, Ravel had composed large scale ballets ( such as Daphnis et Chloé, composed for the Ballets Russes 1909 – 1912 ), suites for the ballet ( such as the second orchestral version of Ma Mère l ' Oye, 1912 ), and one-movement dance pieces ( such as La Valse, 1906 – 1920 ).

Before the Islamic Revolution, Majlis was also the name of the lower house of the Iranian Legislature from 1906 to 1979, the upper house being the Senate.

Before his elevation to the peerage, Cawley had been created a Baronet, of Prestwich in the County Palatine of Lancaster, in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom, in 1906.

Before the last-edition deadline on the first day, April 18, 1906, he wrote fourteen columns of copy.

The female body was his frequent motif, for example in " Before taking bath ", 1906 < sup ></ sup > or " The Melancholy Girl ", 1906 < sup ></ sup >.

Before serving as governor, Henderson was mayor of Troy, Alabama from 1886 to 1906 and played a key role in Troy ’ s business and civic development.

Before the 1906 season he announced that he would not sign a new contract unless Chicago offered him a raise in pay, and if the raise was not forthcoming he would stay home and play pool.

Before he was sidetracked by Ratatouille, Bird began work on a film adaptation of James Dalessandro's novel 1906, which would be his first live action project.

Before the word ecumenopolis had been coined, the American religious leader Thomas Lake Harris ( 1823 – 1906 ) mentioned city-planets in his verses, and science fiction author Isaac Asimov uses the city-planet Trantor as the setting of some of his novels.

Before becoming a BRT elevated line in 1906, the Canarsie Line operated as a steam dummy line.

The most remarkable traveling actuality of all is the Miles Brothers ' Trip Down Market Street Before the Fire ( 1906 ), which was shot on a San Francisco streetcar and literally dropped off for processing on the day before the earthquake and fire destroyed San Francisco.

Before 1906, although it was often called a ‘ Kingdom ’, it was debatable whether ‎ Busoga could really be classified as such.

Before Mona Lisa, Schillings had already written three operas: Ingwelde ( 1894 ), Der Pfeifertag ( 1899 ) and Der Moloch ( 1906 ).

Before U-27 came round Nicosians bow, Baralong hauled down the American flag, hoisted the Royal Navy's White Ensign, and unmasked her guns.

Before Montag can finish, Mildred gets a call from her friends about coming over to watch The White Clown on the parlor walls.

Before unveiling the logo Bob McNair described the colors as " Deep Steel Blue ", " Battle Red " and " Liberty White ".

Before White, AIDS was a disease widely associated with the male gay community, because it was first diagnosed among gay men.

* German — Beckmann, Max: Pierrot and Mask ( 1920 ), Before the Masked Ball ( 1922 ), Carnival ( 1943 ); Campendonk, Heinrich: Pierrot with Mask ( 1916 ), Pierrot ( with Serpent ) ( 1923 ), Pierrot with Sunflower ( 1925 ); Faure, Amandus: Standing Artist and Pierrot ( 1909 ); Heckel, Erich: Dead Pierrot ( 1914 ); Hofer, Karl: Circus Folk ( c. 1921 ); Leman, Ulrich: The Juggler ( 1913 ); Macke, August: Many works, including Ballets Russes ( 1912 ), Clown ( Pierrot ) ( 1913 ), Face of Pierrot ( 1913 ), Pierrot and Woman ( 1913 ); Mammen, Jeanne: The Death of Pierrot ( n. d .); Nolde, Emil: Pierrot and White Lilies ( c. 1911 ), Women and Pierrot ( 1917 ); Schlemmer, Oskar: Pierrot and Two Figures ( 1923 ); Werner, Theodor: Pierrot lunaire ( 1942 ).

Other guests included Betty White, Donny Osmond and Marie Osmond, Tim Conway and Roz Kelly as Happy Days ' Pinkie Tuscadero ; The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour ( April 23, 1977 ) with Cloris Leachman and Tony Randall ; T ' was the Night Before Christmas with Alice Ghostley, Martha Raye, George Gobel and Foster Brooks ; The Paul Lynde Comedy Hour ( May 20, 1978 ) with Juliet Prowse, Brenda Vaccaro and Harry Morgan of MASH.

Before 09: 00, small parties from F / 116 and B / 116 reached the crests just east of Dog White.

Before leaving the Moon on Apollo 11, Neil Armstrong's final task was to place a small package of memorial items to honor Komarov, Yuri Gagarin, and the Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee.

Before the signing ceremony of the Sarbanes – Oxley Act, President George W. Bush met with Senator Paul Sarbanes, U. S. Secretary of Labor | Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and other dignitaries in the Blue Room ( White House ) | Blue Room at the White House on July 30, 2002

Before leaving the colony three years earlier, White had left instructions that, if the colonists left the settlement, they were to carve the name of their destination, with a Maltese cross if they left due to danger.

Before he had left the colony, White had instructed them that if anything happened to them, they should carve a Maltese cross on a tree nearby, indicating that their disappearance had been forced.

Before being renamed in Mr. Archbald's honor, the name of the settlement was White Oak Run.

Before he had left the colony, White had instructed them that if anything happened to them, they should carve a Maltese cross on a tree nearby, indicating that their disappearance had been forced.

She studied filmmaking at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and has directed, written, and acted in more than 30 films, including Europa Europa ( 1990 ), The Voyager ( 1991 ), Three Colors: White ( 1993 ), Before Sunrise ( 1995 ), Before Sunset ( 2004 ), and 2 Days in Paris ( 2007 ).

Before Christmas 1999, GTR released Christmas All Over The World, his first seasonal album, with half being Christmas standards such as " Jingle Bells ", " White Christmas ", " Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer ", " What Are You Doing New Year's Eve ", " The Christmas Song ( Chestnuts Roasting )", and " Joy to the World ", on which his daughter Elizabeth accompanied him.

Before she began the advice column, she was a journalist, covering social events at the White House and embassies ; she then became a theater and film critic.

Before 1920 Johnson had gained a reputation as a pianist on the East coast on a par with Eubie Blake and Luckey Roberts and made dozens of superb player piano roll recordings for Aeolian, Perfection ( the label of the Standard Music Roll Co., Orange, NJ ), Artempo ( label of Bennett & White, Inc., Newark, NJ ), Rythmodik, and QRS during the period from 1917 – 1927.

Before the Acts of Union 1707 united the English and Scottish parliaments, there was a Heritable Usher of the White Rod who had a similar role in the Estates of Parliament in Scotland.

Before Hong Taiji was emperor, he controlled the two White banners.

Before 1870, the State of New Jersey Census had only three racial or ethnic categories for residents: White, Black ( free ), and Black ( slave ), the same categories as were used in the slave states.

Before Highfields School was founded in 1982, when the tripartite education system in Matlock ended, there were two secondary schools in Matlock ; Charles White Secondary Modern School ( founded in 1956, and named after two local MPs, father and son, the latter of who died in 1956 ) and Ernest Bailey's Grammar School ( founded in 1924 and named after its wealthy founder ).

Before the Polish – Soviet war, Jan Kowalewski, a polyglot and amateur cryptologist, managed to break the codes and ciphers of the army of the West Ukrainian People's Republic and General Anton Denikin's White Russian forces during his service in the Polish – Ukrainian War.

Before the signing ceremony of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, President George W. Bush meets with Senator Sarbanes, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao and other dignitaries in the Blue Room of the White House July 30, 2002.