Prior to the start of the 1959 – 60 season saw the arrival of arguably the club's greatest ever manager, Alec Stock.

Prior to 1959, highway traffic to and from Oklahoma largely followed US 60 through Seneca rather than the more famous Route 66 with which it joins about 15 miles west of Seneca.

Prior to 1959, Alpine was the largest city in the largest county ( by area ) in the largest state of the Union.

Prior to 1959, the Argonauts played at Varsity Stadium, on the campus of the University of Toronto.

He returned to Britain in 1956 but died in 1959 at Swaffham Prior, Cambridge, and was buried there.

Prior to Hogan's Heroes, Klemperer appeared in the 1956 episode ' Safe Conduct ' of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, along with future co-star John Banner ; twice appeared as Hugo on the syndicated romantic comedy series, How to Marry a Millionaire ( 1957 – 1959 ), with Barbara Eden and Merry Anders ; and appeared on the " Purple Gang " episode of The Untouchables.

Prior to The Wild Wild West, Ross Martin co-starred in the CBS series Mr. Lucky from 1959 to 1960, portraying Mr. Lucky's sidekick, Andamo.

Prior to independence from French West Africa, the flag of Niger was adopted by the Territorial Assembly of the Niger Colony on 23 November 1959, shortly before proclamation of the Republic within the French Community on 18 December 1959.

Prior to the Cuban revolution of 1959, there were regular ferry and airplane services between Key West and Havana.

Prior to 1959, the Roadmaster and the Roadmaster 75 constituted the upper echelon of Buick's lineup.

Prior to 1959 the Little League World Series was held at Original Little League on West Fourth Street in Williamsport.

Prior to his Gilberton stint, Morrow contributed to one of the first black-and-white horror-comics magazines, the Joe Simon-edited Eerie Tales # 1 ( Nov. 1959 ) from Hastings Associates, penciling and inking two four-page stories by an unknown writer, " The Stalker " and " Burn!

Prior to 1959, the Navy also issued a ribbon known as the Distinguished Marksmanship Ribbon.

Prior to The People's Court, popular TV courtroom shows such as Traffic Court ( 1957 ) and People's Court of Small Claims ( 1959 ) only presented recreated or fictional cases ( as did radio before that ).

Prior to 1959, cranberries were seldom consumed except during Thanksgiving and Christmas, and cranberry juice was available, but not popular.

Prior to 1962, he was the voice of the Baltimore Orioles, partnering with Ernie Harwell from 1957 to 1959, and with Bob Murphy in 1960-1961.

Prior to 1959, that position had been held by the full-size Buick Special model ; in 1959 the LeSabre replaced the Special, a nameplate that was reintroduced in 1961 for Buick's line of compact cars.

Prior to the passing of the 1959 Act, the publication of obscene materials within England and Wales was governed by the common law and the Obscene Publications Act 1857.

Prior to his arrest in New Zealand, he openly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle and according to U. S. officials owned at least 18 luxury cars — including a 1959 pink Cadillac and three cars with vanity license plates that read HACKER, MAFIA, and STONED.

Prior to that, Curran was a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1959 – 1963 and the Maryland Senate from 1963 – 1983.

Prior to the Australian government's ban on the export of Australian fauna in 1959, Gouldian Finches were exported worldwide.

Prior to the start of the 1959 – 60, Craig recovered his health and toured South Africa with a Commonwealth XI, where he scored 276 runs at 55. 20 including a century against a combined Transvaal XI.

Alastair Cook scored 189 and both Ian Bell and Matt Prior made centuries.

Prior to partition, both regions had cholera pathogens with similar characteristics.

Prior to the 1996 Australian Grand Prix, an earlier configuration of the current circuit was used for both the 1953 and 1956 Australian Grands Prix.

Prior to the introduction of the Latin term, incest was known in Old English as sibbleger ( from sibb ' kinship ' + leger ' to lie ') or mǣġhǣmed ( from mǣġ ' kin, parent ' + hǣmed ' sexual intercourse ') but in time, both words fell out of use.

Prior to the twentieth century, Laotian kingdoms and principalities encompassed areas on both sides of the Mekong, and Thai control in the late nineteenth century extended to the left bank.

Prior to the independence as a modern state in 1947, the country was both independent and under various colonial empires throughout different time periods.

Prior to 1894, both Taiwan and mainland China were ruled by the Qing Empire.

Prior to this discovery, this origin had been suspected from the similarity of the grapes ' names and the fact that Cabernet Sauvignon shares similar aromas with both grapes — such as the black currant and pencil box aromas of Cabernet franc and the grassiness of Sauvignon blanc.

Prior to 1953, a Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting combined both breaking and investigative reporting under one category.

Prior to its emergence, the activity of posing hypothetical questions that employed subjunctive reasoning had existed for a very long time ( for both scientists and philosophers ).

Prior to the film's release, executive producer and Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs stated " If Toy Story is a modest hit — say $ 75 million at the box office — we'll and Disney both break even.

Prior to their dissolutions, both Air Gabon and Gabon Express were headquartered on the grounds of Libreville International Airport.

Prior to its merger with Standard Oil of California, Gulf was one of the chief instruments of the legendary Mellon family fortune ; both Gulf and Mellon Financial had their headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

As reported by Baltasar de Ocampa and Friar Gabriel de Oviedo, Prior of the Dominicans at Cuzco, both eyewitnesses, the Sapa Inca raised his hand to silence the crowds, and his last words were ;

Prior to 1922, Doctors McCray and McClintic both died while doing research on Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

Prior to the role of ' Trapper John ', Rogers appeared on television in various roles in both dramas and sitcoms such as The Invaders, The F. B. I., Gunsmoke, Gomer Pyle, U. S. M. C., The Fugitive, and had a small supporting role in the 1967 movie Cool Hand Luke.

Prior to 1792, the region was claimed by both New York and Pennsylvania, so no county demarcations were made until the federal government intervened.

Prior to founding Mount Holyoke, Lyon contributed to the development of both Hartford Female Seminary and Ipswich Female Seminary.

Prior to 1983, canon law required banns to be announced, or " asked ", in the home parishes of both parties on three Sundays or Holy Days of Obligation prior to the marriage.

Prior to the annulment, she had been socially very active and this bothered both her and her husband considerably, although many in society were still prepared to receive her and to press her case sympathetically.

Prior to commencing the mass murder at the University of Texas ( where he was a student ), Whitman had murdered both his wife and mother in Austin.

Prior to this, only two land sales had been recorded, both for lumbering or speculative purposes.

Prior Lake is an extremely popular lake for both fishing and water sports.

The terms " abbey " and " priory " can be applied to both monasteries and canonries and distinguish those headed by an Abbot from the lesser dependent houses headed by a Prior.

a ) Religious institutes, both male and female, formally aggregated to the Order by a decree of the Prior General ( this would include the Augustinians of the Assumption, the Sisters of St Rita, etc.