Following another playoff upset in 1953 at the hands of the Bruins, the Red Wings won back to back Stanley Cups in 1954 ( over Montreal, when Habs defenseman Doug Harvey redirected a Tony Leswick shot into his own net ) and 1955 ( also over Montreal in the full seven games ).

Following the season, head coach Tony Dungy announced his retirement after seven seasons as head coach, compiling an overall record of 92 – 33 with the team.

Following Apollo 18, Flansburgh and Linnell decided to move away from the guitar & accordion ( or sax ) plus backing tracks on tape nature of their live show, and recruited a supporting band that consisted of live musicians ( Kurt Hoffman of the Ordinaires on reeds and keyboards, longtime Pere Ubu bassist Tony Maimone and drummer Jonathan Feinberg ).

Following this accident he was unable to lift his left arm for some time and almost fainted during a speech in Almedalen on 10 July 2002 and after a meeting with British Prime Minister Tony Blair on 15 July 2002.

Following the playoff loss, Tony DiLeo returned to his front office job, creating a head coaching vacancy.

Following the 1997 general election he became a member of the government of Tony Blair as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Lord Chancellor's Department, being promoted to the rank of Minister of State in the same department in 1998.

Following this, he released three pop music albums in 1957 and 1958 on Epic and RCA as " Tony Perkins ".

Following Lyons's death in 1986 Taylor formed the Feel Trio in the early 1990s with William Parker ( bass ) and Tony Oxley ( drums ); the group can be heard on Celebrated Blazons, Looking ( The Feel Trio ) and the 10-CD set 2 T's for a Lovely T. He has also performed with larger ensembles and big-band projects.

Following this the Valiants lost the services of veterans Tony Naylor and Allen Tankard, and a disappointing 14th place finish followed in 2001 – 02.

Following the death of Tony Miles in 2001, Short wrote an obituary in the Sunday Telegraph in which he claimed that during the 27th Chess Olympiad in Dubai he had slept with Miles's then-girlfriend.

Following the 2006 local elections, Tony Blair demoted Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, and appointed Margaret Beckett as his successor.

Following Labour's return to government in 1997, Reid held numerous posts in the cabinet of Tony Blair, his first being Secretary of State for Scotland in 1999.

Following a referendum in 1997, in which the Scottish electorate gave their consent, a Scottish Parliament and devolved Scottish Government were established by the Labour government of Tony Blair.

Following the election of Tony Blair as UK Prime Minister in 1997 the UK formally subscribed to the Agreement on Social Policy, which allowed it to be included with minor amendments as the Social Chapter of the 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam.

Following the 2004 event, Dr. Tony Tether, the director of DARPA, announced that the prize money had been increased to $ 2 million for the next event, which was claimed on October 9, 2005.

Following the departure of editor-in-chief Tony Livesey in August 2006, the paper moved towards more showbiz content spiced with sex, glamour and unique humour.

Following Labour's decisive victory at the 1997 general election, he entered the government of Tony Blair as the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions, in which role he was closely involved in establishing the English Regional Development Agencies.

Following the 1997 election, with Labour in power, Field joined the government of Tony Blair as the Minister of Welfare Reform at the Department of Social Security with the rank of Minister of State.

Following those two setbacks, he won the World Doubles Championship title with partner Tony Meo.

Following Smith's death in 1994 he was moved by Tony Blair to become the Deputy shadow Leader of the House of Commons and spokesman on John Major's citizens ' charter.

Following the initial court result, Woolas received goodwill messages from former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown and from Cherie Blair, wife of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair.

Following Tony Blair's election in May 1997, she was appointed Special Adviser to Donald Dewar when he became Secretary of State for Scotland.

Following a lengthy court battle over Wang's estate, the court ruled on 2 February 2010 that, while the court accepted Tony Chan's claim that he and Wang had been secret lovers, the alleged 2006 will presented by Chan bore a forged signature.

Following their last place in the 1997 season, Tony Gilbert was appointed as coach.

Following Smith's death in 1994, Mowlam, alongside Peter Kilfoyle, became a principal organiser of Blair's campaign for the Labour leadership.

* 1911 – Following the resignation and death of William P. Frye, a compromise is reached to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the United States Senate.

Following Zuma's accession to the ANC leadership in 2007 and Mbeki's resignation as president in 2008, the Mbeki faction of former ministers led by Mosiuoa Lekota split away from the ANC to form the Congress of the People.

Following the resignation of Labor MP Alison Anderson in 2009 to become an independent which then resulted in 2011 to become a member of the CLP, this increased to CLP's margin to 12 in the Assembly, leaving the incumbent Henderson Government to govern in minority with the support of Independent MP Gerry Wood.

Following the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, and the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, executive power was assumed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which dissolved the parliament, and suspended the constitution.

Following the 11 February 2011 resignation of president Hosni Mubarak, Egypt came under the authority of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, commonly referred to as the Military Council.

Following the resignation of Díaz from the presidency on the 25th May 1911 after the signing of the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez, Madero became the highest political leader of the country.

Following his enforced resignation, Madero and his Vice-President José María Pino Suárez were kept under guard in the National Palace.

Following his resignation as president of the Senate in 1985, Cossiga was elected President of Italy ( Head of State ).

Following the 1998 resignation of Suharto, on 30 August 1999, the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence in a UN-sponsored referendum.

" Following the Indonesian riots of May 1998 and the resignation of President Suharto, several political reforms were set in motion via amendments to the Constitution of Indonesia, which resulted in changes to all branches of government.

Following a government crisis, Prodi submitted his resignation on 21 February 2007.

Following his resignation as Prime Minister, Major briefly became Leader of the Opposition, and Shadow Foreign Secretary ( as Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who was Foreign Secretary prior to the election, had lost his seat ), and remained in this post until the election of William Hague as leader of the Conservative Party in June 1997.

Following Bakker's resignation as PTL head, he was succeeded in late March, 1987, by Jerry Falwell.

Following Kulov's resignation, Akayev dismissed the government and called upon the last communist premier, Apas Djumagulov, to form a new one.

Following Stephen ’ s resignation in November 2011, Freddie Pitcher became President.

" Following Bruning's resignation in May 1932 Pacelli, like the new Catholic chancellor Franz von Papen, wondered if the Centre Party should look to the Right for a coalition, " that would correspond to their principles '.

Following a resignation in other circumstances, or the death of a prime minister, the governor-general will generally appoint as prime minister the person voted by the governing party as their new leader.

Following the resignation of centrist members from this Junta, the FSLN took exclusive power in March 1981.

* August 8 – American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sends a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis ( Davis refuses the request upon receipt ).

Following Golda Meir's resignation in April 1974, Rabin was elected party leader, after he defeated Shimon Peres.

Following his resignation and Labour Party defeat at the elections, Likud's Menachem Begin was elected in 1977.

Following his resignation, the party began the " Anti Bourgeois Liberalization Campaign ", taking aim at Hu, political liberalization, and Western-inspired ideas in general.

Following his resignation Bishop Belo traveled to Portugal for medical treatment.

Following the resignation for health reasons of President pro tempore William P. Frye, a Senate divided among progressive Republicans, conservative Republicans, and Democrats reached a compromise by which each of their candidates would rotate holding the office from 1911 to 1913 ( see Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate, 1911-1913 ).

Following the resignation of Michael Reiss, the director of education at the Royal Society — who had controversially argued that school pupils who believed in creationism should be used by science teachers to start discussions, rather than be rejected per se — Polkinghorne argued in The Times that there is a distinction between believing in the mind and purpose of a divine creator, and what he calls creationism " in that curious North American sense ," with a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 and the belief that evolution is wrong, a position he rejects.