Following the sinking of the U. S. destroyer on October 31, many of the provisions of the Neutrality Acts were repealed on November 17, 1941: merchant vessels were allowed to be armed and to carry any cargoes to belligerent nations.

Following his demise in the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, the estate passed to his son, Vincent.

Following a dispute over payment, the ship caught fire and the gunpowder magazine exploded, sinking the vessel.

Following the sinking of Eidsvold and Norge, the commander of Narvik, Konrad Sundlo, surrendered the land forces in the town without a fight.

Following the sinking of the RMS Lusitania in 1915, Cushing enlisted in the United States Army but was medically discharged for his asthma after a few weeks.

Following a spacewalk by two crew members to evaluate Hubble Space Telescope repair tools, the crew initiated rendezvous burns and Bursch recovered the SPAS using the Remote Manipulator System ( RMS ).

Following his retirement, he was a consulting architect in the design of the Cunard liner RMS Mauretania and president of the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, and the Institution of Marine Engineers.

Following the fortunes of the Vandals and Suevi into the Iberian peninsula ( Hispania, comprising modern Portugal and Spain ) in 409, the Alans led by Respendial settled in the provinces of Lusitania and Carthaginiensis: " Alani Lusitaniam et Carthaginiensem provincias, et Wandali cognomine Silingi Baeticam sortiuntur " ( Hydatius ).

Following the events of Speaker for the Dead, we find a story of another set of characters living as a member of a Brazilian Catholic human colony on Lusitania, a unique planet inhabited by the only other two known species of sentient alien life: the Pequeninos " little ones " and the Hive Queen.

Following the conquest, al-Andalus was divided into five administrative areas, roughly corresponding to Andalusia, Galicia and Lusitania, Castile and Léon, Aragon and Catalonia, and Septimania.

Following company closure, Lake continued designing maritime salvage systems including obtaining permission to partially salvage the Lusitania of the south Irish coast and then later a failed attempt to salvage gold from, a British frigate that sank in 1780 in New York's East River with his submarine, the Explorer.

Following observation of the fact that the reaction rates of supposedly identical reaction mixtures prepared on the same filling manifold and exposed under identical conditions often differed by several hundred per cent, a systematic series of experiments was undertaken to see whether the difficulty could be ascribed to the method of preparing the chlorine, to the effects of oxygen or moisture or to the effect of surface to volume ratio in the reaction tubes.

Following World War II, Alabama experienced growth as the economy of the state transitioned from one primarily based on agriculture to one with diversified interests.

Following public demonstrations against Ter-Petrosyan's policies on Nagorno-Karabakh, the President resigned in January 1998 and was replaced by Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan, who was elected President in March 1998.

Following the assassination in Parliament of Prime Minister Vazgen Sargsyan and parliament Speaker Karen Demirchyan and six other officials, on 27 October 1999, a period of political instability ensued during which an opposition headed by elements of the former Armenian National Movement government attempted unsuccessfully to force Kocharyan to resign.

Following the nomination of Maximinus as emperor, Alexander was assassinated ( on either 18 or 19 March 235 ), together with his mother, in a mutiny of the Legio XXII Primigenia at Moguntiacum.

Following this, the crew donned their spacesuits and rehearsed procedures that would be used on landing day.

Following the Backman incident, the Diamondbacks spent heavily on free agents in order to re-build.

Following the debate over Custer's Revenge, an Atari 2600 VCS title with adult themes, Atari had concerns over similar adult titles finding their way onto the 7800 and displaying adult graphics on the significantly improved graphics of the MARIA chip.

Following charges of illegal marketing, settlements by two large pharmaceutical companies in the US set records for the largest criminal fines ever imposed on corporations.

Following the proposal of the Sentinel and Safeguard decisions on American ABM systems, the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks began in November 1969 ( SALT I ).

Following Desargues ' thinking, the sixteen-year-old Pascal produced, as a means of proof, a short treatise on what was called the " Mystic Hexagram ", Essai pour les coniques (" Essay on Conics ") and sent it — his first serious work of mathematics — to Père Mersenne in Paris ; it is known still today as Pascal's theorem.

Following Foster's departure, Bronski Beat began work on their next album, Out and About.

Following the First World War, the British Battles Nomenclature Committee was formed to decide on standard names for all battles and subsidiary actions.

Following a protracted legal process culminating in a court ruling favorable to the Bahá ' ís, the interior minister of Egypt released a decree on April 14, 2009, amending the law to allow Egyptians who are not Muslim, Christian, or Jewish to obtain identification documents that list dash in place of one of the three recognized religions.

Following the uprising, Legio X Gemina was housed in a stone castra to keep an eye on the Batavians.

Following a performance at the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, Iowa, on February 2, 1959, Holly chartered a small airplane to take him to the next stop on the tour.

Following this, the prophecy is made that someday this will all be changed, that God will indeed have pity on Israel.

Following a tryst with Wallace, Isabella exacts revenge on the now terminally ill Longshanks by telling him she is pregnant with Wallace's child, intent on ending Longshank's line and ruling in his son's place.

" Following the release of the Mitchell Report, Congressman Cliff Stearns called publicly for Selig to step down as commissioner, citing his " glacial response " to the " growing stain on baseball.

Following the move on harmonisation of the standard in Europe, some British Standards are gradually superseded or replaced by the relevant European Standards ( EN ).

Following an ultimatum to the Ottoman Empire, the remaining members of the alliance entered the conflict on 17 October.

Following the 1707 union of England and Scotland, and the 1801 creation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British foreign policy, on the continent, was to contain expansion by its competitor powers such as France and Spain.

Following riots in Leopoldville between 4 – 7 January 1959, and Stanleyville on 31 October 1959, the Belgians realised they could not maintain control of such a vast country in the face of rising demands for independence.

Following privatization and tax reductions on Hungarian businesses, unemployment suddenly rose to 12 % in 1991 ( it was 1. 7 % in 1990 ), gradually decreasing until 2001.

Following his Washington visit Holt went on to London and in a speech there given on 7 July he was sharply critical of the UK, France and other U. S. allies that had refused to commit troops to the Vietnam War.

Following the tension of Game Six, the Cardinals pitching and defense came undone in Game 7 and their offense was shut down by Saberhagen leading to the lowest batting average to date (. 188 by the Cardinals, later broken by 2001 Yankees ) and fewest runs ( 13 for the Cardinals, still stands ) of any team in a 7 game series, and the Royals won 11 – 0 to clinch the franchise's only World Series title.

Following a long record of instigating localized conflicts throughout the 1930s, Japan began a full-scale invasion of China on 7 July 1937.

Following the strike-shortened 1987 season, the 8 – 7 Vikings, who had finished 8 – 4 in regular games but 0 – 3 using strike-replacement players, pulled two upsets in the playoffs by beating the two teams with the best regular season records.

Following a disappointing 7 – 9 record in the 2007 season, the Saints ended the 2008 season 8 – 8.

Following this disturbance, on 7 October the Governor instructed Coronaro to order the Sultan to surrender ; to intimidate the people he ordered the seizure of all merchant boats in the Alula area.

Following the quelling of the JVP insurrection, increased privatization, economic reform, and a stress on export-oriented growth helped improve the economic performance, increasing GDP growth to 7 % in 1993.

Following the success of their cover of The Kinks ' " All Day And All Of The Night ", a UK No. 7 hit in 1988, The Stranglers released another ' 60s cover, " 96 Tears " as their first single from 10 ; it reached No. 17 in the UK.

* July 7 – Following Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, the four conspirators condemned to death during the trial are hanged, including David Herold, George Atzerodt, Lewis Payne and Mary Surratt.

* January 7 – Following a 4-day conference in Casablanca, 5 African chiefs of state announce plans for a NATO-type African organization to ensure common defense.

Following the peace treaty, King George III issued the Royal Proclamation of 1763 on October 7, 1763, which outlined the division and administration of the newly conquered territory, and to some extent continues to govern relations between the government of modern Canada and the First Nations.

Following a successful Vietcong hit and run attack on the US installations at Pleiku on February 7, 1965 ( where 7 Americans were killed and 109 wounded ), Humphrey returned from Georgia to Washington D. C., to attempt to prevent further escalation.

Following American Beautys wins at the 57th Golden Globe Awards, DreamWorks re-expanded the theater presence from a low of 7 in mid-February, to a high of 1, 990 in March.

Following this defeat, Alexander had to make peace with Napoleon at Tilsit ( 7 July 1807 ).

Following the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Sanrio and Mercis reached an out-of-court settlement on June 7, 2011 for Sanrio to halt production worldwide of merchandise that feature Cathy.

Following behind at 7: 00 a. m. that Sunday, the Regina steamed out of Sarnia into the northwest gale.

Following R v Mitchell ( 2005 ) All ER ( D ) 74, the sentencing guidelines provided in Attorney General's References ( Nos 4 and 7 of 2002 ) ( 2002 ) EWCA Crim 127 no longer apply to street robbery involving the use of guns for which more severe deterrent sentences will almost invariably be required.

Following budget disputes and the artistic need to release the film unrated, the budget of the film was cut in half, dropping from $ 7 million to a scant $ 3. 5 million.

Following a gruelling series of physical and psychological tests, NASA selected Shepard to be one of the original group of seven Mercury astronauts. Shepard in the Freedom 7 capsule before launch

Following the disastrous Marco Polo Bridge Incident on July 7, 1937 and the Japanese occupation of Shanghai and takeover of the Chinese movie industry, Jiang left her celebrity life on the stage behind.

Following moderate real GDP growth of 1. 7 %, 2 % and 1. 2 %, respectively, in 1995, 1996, and 1997, the economy rebounded and with real GDP expansion of 2. 9 percent in 1998 and 2. 2 % in 1999.