( Before this date, the EU was excluded from the Factbook.

Before, geologists could only use fossils to date sections of rock relative to one another.

Before this date, the most precise measurement of the Imperial Standard Yard was metres.

Before that date, the only papyri known were a few surviving from medieval times.

Before that time the region between the Vaal and Limpopo was scarcely known to Europeans, but in 1829, Mzilikazi was visited at Mosega by Robert Moffat, and between that date and 1836 a few British traders and explorers visited the country and made known its principal features.

* In the scientific Before Present system of numbering years for purposes of radiocarbon dating, the reference date is January 1, 1950 ( though the use of January 1 is quite irrelevant, as radiocarbon dating has limited precision ).

Before 1970, the date chosen was 17 April.

Before that date in 1530, he was called Emperor-elect too.

Before its official release date on October 5, the band played at the Austin City Limits Music Festival and KBCO's World Class Rockfest.

Before that date it was designated a micropolitan statistical area.

* Umberto Eco's novel The Island of the Day Before ( 1995 ) ( L ' isola del giorno prima, 1994 ), a story about a 17th-century nobleman marooned across the international date line

Before that date, however, the Liberal Government of William Ewart Gladstone fell.

Before this date Husum was not situated directly on the coast.

Before a hearing date was set, the state issued a subpoena for much of the Association's records, including bank statements and leases, but most notably the names and addresses of the " agents " or " members " of the Association in Alabama.

Before the first court date in September 2001, Vreme magazine organized a mediation attempt between the two parties, with Kusturica and Srbljanović meeting face to face in the magazine's offices.

Before that date the bullrunning ended in the " castle plaza ", still not far from the present bullring.

Before and during World War II the museum was put on a shoestring budget by the Nazi party and many exhibits were allowed to get out of date with a few exceptions such as the new automobile room dedicated 7 May 1937.

Before this date the RHS had held flower shows from 1833 in their garden in Chiswick, which themselves had been preceded by fetes.

Before the handover in early April, Captain Superintendent of Police, Francis Henry May and some policemen erected a flagstaff and temporary headquarters at Tai Po and posted the Governor's proclamation of the takeover date.

Before that date, however, some rates were fixed for a trial period commencing in December 1984.

Before this date a variety of groups based around ecclesiastical parishes had responsibility for these matters, in a system of local government that originated in the feudal system of the 8th century.

Before the Revolutionary war, Rush was engaged to Sarah Eve, daughter of prominent Philadelphian, Captain Oswell Eve, Sr. Their wedding date was set for mid-December 1774.

Before this, the country was divided by the date line.

The date line is a central factor in Umberto Eco's book The Island of the Day Before ( 1994 ), in which the protagonist finds himself on a becalmed ship, with an island close at hand on the other side of the International Date Line.

Before 1914, Petrograd was known as Saint Petersburg, and in 1905 the workers ' soviet called the St Petersburg Soviet was created.

Before the introduction of the Phoenix missile, most other US aircraft relied on the smaller, less-expensive AIM-7 Sparrow ; classified as a Medium Range Missile ( MRM ).

Before 1946, children as well as adults were content in carving and shaping wooden replicas from block wood kits, often depicting enemy aircraft to help in identification in case of invasion.

Before the Soviet Union collapsed, a supersonic VTOL aircraft was developed as the Yak-38's successor, the Yak-141, which never went into production.

Before the September 11, 2001 attacks, most TFRs were in the interest of safety to flying aircraft with occasional small restrictions for Presidential movements.

Before this aircraft were put into service under their manufacturers designation.

* 30 May 1958: Before the official opening, Transair operated the first commercial air service from the new Gatwick ; a Jersey Airlines de Havilland Heron was the first scheduled aircraft to arrive at the newly reconstructed airport.

Before the present airstrip was built in the mid-1960s, wheeled aircraft landed on nearby sandbars.

Before receiving the KC-135 tanker and heavy B-52 bomber aircraft of SAC, an all-weather, heavy-duty concrete runway was built, measuring 24 inches ( 61 cm ) thick, 150 feet ( 46 m ) wide.

Before he could burn his aircraft, he was captured and the gun and propeller were sent for evaluation by the Inspektion der Fliegertruppen ( Idflieg ) at Döberitz near Berlin.

Before the United States joined World War II, Cochran was part of " Wings for Britain ", an organization that ferried American built aircraft to Britain, becoming the first woman to fly a bomber, ( a Lockheed Hudson V ) across the Atlantic.

Before leaving he made ten flights in the Bf 109 ; deeply impressed with the performance of the aircraft it persuaded him to change from a strike pilot to a fighter pilot.

Before leaving the area, the two U. S. scout aircraft attacked Shōkaku, causing negligible damage.

Before merging, SN Brussels Airlines operated the following aircraft:

Before introducing Boeing 727 jet service, National operated Lockheed L-188 Electra II turboprop aircraft from the airport.

Before World War II, Yate had an aircraft manufacturing industry ( Parnall ) with a grass aerodrome.

Before World War II, competition from passenger aircraft had not been a large threat to ocean liners.

Before he died in 1966, he was planning the design of an aircraft to travel at Mach 4, or four times the speed of sound.

Before the accidents, however, the Silver Dart made the first passenger flight aboard a heavier-than-air aircraft in Canada when McCurdy flew with his partner, F. W.

Before the establishment of the Vichy government,, an aircraft carrier, had been operating with the French forces in Dakar.

Before the 707 could reach the 757, the 757's wingtip struck the water approximately 25 minutes after emergency declaration, making the pilots realize the true altitude of the airliner ; the pilots struggled with the controls and managed to get airborne again for twenty seconds, but the aircraft crashed inverted into the water.

Before the invasion, there was a large force of torpedo aircraft: 7 Gruppi ( groups ), 41, 89, 104, 108, 130, 131 and 132nd equipped with dozens of aircraft, but this was nevertheless an underpowered force.

Before the remnants of the Harpoon convoy arrive at Malta and the Vigorous convoy turns back to Alexandria, Axis aircraft sink three merchant cargo ships, fatally damage three destroyers, a cargo ship, and a tanker, and damage the British light cruisers and.

Before it returns to the United Kingdom in March 1923, the Mission will greatly improve Imperial Japanese Navy aviation training and understanding of aircraft carrier flight deck operations and the latest naval aviation tactics and technology, and the aircraft it brings will inspire the design of a number of Japanese naval aircraft of the 1920s.