Prior to selection to the astronaut program, Brand worked at the West German F-104G Flight Test Center at Istres, France as an experimental test pilot and leader of a Lockheed flight test advisory group.

Prior to the wreck, the suburb was known as either Brand or Long Bay.

Prior to 1947, the only definition of first-class cricket had been one in Great Britain that dated from a meeting at Lord's in May 1894 between the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) committee and the secretaries of the clubs involved in the official County Championship, which had begun in 1890.

Prior to Verdi's body's being driven from the cemetery to the official memorial service and its final resting place at the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti, Arturo Toscanini conducted a chorus of 820 singers in " Va, pensiero ".

Prior to signing the accords, Arafat — as Chairman of the PLO and its official representative — signed two letters renouncing violence and officially recognizing Israel.

Prior to the introduction of standard time, each municipality around the civilized world set its official clock, if it had one, according to the local position of the Sun ( see solar time ).

Prior to his election as FIFA President, Blatter was a senior FIFA official for 23 years.

Meanwhile, a delegation from the African Union Commission praised the election for taking place with " calm and serenity " Prior to the 2009 election, Tunisia amended its constitution to allow more candidates to run for president, allowing the top official from each political party to compete for the presidency regardless of whether they held seats in parliament.

Prior to July 1999, official estimates placed the number of Falun Gong practitioners as high as 60 to 70 million nationwide, rivaling membership in the Communist Party.

Prior to the official engagement announcement, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles, converted from Greek Orthodoxy to Anglicanism, and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his British maternal grandparents.

Prior to the invention of cardiopulmonary resuscitation ( CPR ), defibrillation, epinephrine injection, and other treatments in the 20th century, the absence of blood circulation ( and vital functions related to blood circulation ) was historically considered to be the official definition of death.

Prior to Blaze's debut, the Trail Blazers never had any official mascot.

Prior to the opening of the area, the United States platted five official townships: Randlett, Ahpeatone, Isadore, Quanah and Eschiti.

Prior to the official opening of the Burbank lot in 1940, The Walt Disney Studios was located at several different locations in Los Angeles and Hollywood.

Prior to official release on VHS and Laserdisc in 1996, the film was re-released to select theaters on March 8, 1996 taking in $ 550, 000.

Prior to the establishment of official rules by the Afghan Olympic Federation the sport was mainly conducted based upon rules such as not whipping a fellow rider intentionally or deliberately knocking him off his horse.

Prior to 1998, the official releases were handled by Vans via Uni Distribution in 1996 and Epitaph Records in 1997 respectively.

Prior to the building ’ s use as a museum, it was the site of the first official government press in the state, founded in 1821.

Prior to a game against the Philadelphia 76ers on March 24, 2012, head coach Gregg Popovich decided to give Duncan a night off by listing him on the official scorecard as ' DNP-OLD ', poking fun at his 36-year old body.

Prior to the official autopsy reports being released publicly, Haim's mother stated that the coroner had given her a " courtesy call " to state his preliminary findings that Haim died of pulmonary edema and was suffering from an enlarged heart and water in the lungs.

Prior to their early-20th century demolitions, the Province House and the Hancock Manor were also proposed as official residences.

Prior to its official April 15 opening, 60, 000 people toured the new facility during a two day open house event.

Prior to devolution, Bute House was the official residence of the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Prior to 1974, Quebec had no official language and was subject only to the requirements on the use of English and French contained in Article 133 of the British North America Act, 1867.

Prior to this, the only Tory / Conservative party in Scotland was the official Conservative Party, which had never achieved parity with the dominant Whig and Scottish Liberal Party ascendancy since the election reforms of 1832.

Prior to the dissolution of the National Assembly, the ADQ had held only five seats, and as a result did not have official party status.

Prior to the novel's publication, two excerpts were published: " Calla Bryn Sturgis " was published in 2001 on Stephen King's official site, and " The Tale of Gray Dick " was published in 2003 in McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales.

Prior to the formation of Bill Haley and the Saddlemen, which later became The Comets, Haley released several singles with other groups.

Prior to the formation of the Dallas Cowboys, there was not an NFL team south of Washington DC.

Prior to the formation of the OSS ( the American version of the British Secret Intelligence Service and Special Operations Executive ), American intelligence had been conducted on an ad-hoc basis by the various departments of the executive branch, including the State, Treasury, Navy, and War Departments.

While the legion was in battle formation, the Pilus Prior was given command of the entire cohort.

Prior to ABBA's formation, Björn and Benny were living in a Volkswagen bus and had decided to leave music and gain regular jobs, however Anderson persuaded them to start a new band, investing considerable money in the group.

Prior to withdrawing from the area in 1971, Britain delineated the internal borders among the seven emirates in order to preempt territorial disputes that might hamper formation of the federation.

Prior to the formation of The Law Society of Scotland, solicitors were in most areas organized into a local Faculty of Procurators or Faculty of Procurators and Solicitors.

Prior to the formation of Patrick County, one of the Virginia colony's first frontier forts lay within the boundaries of what was then Halifax County on the banks of the North Mayo River.

Prior to the formation of the Central Clinton School District, Grand Mound had its own junior-senior high school, which operated in the same school building as the elementary school.

( Prior to the formation of the Quabbin Reservoir, the town of Prescott was the northeast corner of the county, but its lands were absorbed by New Salem.

Prior to the formation of the Third Coalition, Napoleon had assembled an invasion force, called the Armée d ' Angleterre ( Army of England ) around six camps at Boulogne in Northern France.

Prior to the formation of the East Allegheny School District, North Versailles high school age students were able to choose to go to one of several high schools in other districts including: East McKeesport High School ( the Rams ), Westinghouse Memorial High School ( the Wildcats ), Turtle Creek High School ( the Creekers ), McKeesport Area High School ( the Tigers ), and East Pittsburgh High School ( the Shamrocks ).

Prior to the formation of Saluda County in 1896, the town was named Redbank and was renamed to match the county it became the seat of.

Prior to the formation of CSN, each member of the band had belonged to another prominent group.

Prior to the formation of Coastal Command in 1936, the role of the maritime naval operations fell to the RNAS.

Prior to the formation of the system, the position of president was more akin to what is now chancellor of the Columbia campus.

Prior to the formation of the Third Coalition, Napoleon had assembled the Army of England, an invasion force meant to strike at England, around six camps at Boulogne in Northern France.

Prior to the formation of the modern Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the native population of Nejd consisted mainly of members of several Arabian tribes, who were either nomads ( bedouins ), or sedentary farmers and merchants.

Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own Dial House based Exitstencil Press.

Prior to the formation of this ministry, and while Sir Gordon Sprigg was still in office, Hofmeyr had approached Rhodes and offered to put him in office as a Bond nominee, but the offer was declined.

Prior to the annual Yale – Princeton football game on November 18, 1916, Baker led a squadron of twelve aircraft, the most to have ever flown in military formation, from two fields over Palmer Stadium, home of the Princeton football team.

Prior to the formation of the NHL, the " Redbands " were one of the most successful teams in hockey.

Prior to the formation of the Respect-The Unity Coalition, headed by George Galloway and supported by the Socialist Workers Party, the CPB engaged in a major debate about whether to join an electoral alliance with Galloway and the SWP.

Prior to the formation of the Premier League in 1992, most of the club's successes were before 1930, when it had gained league and FA Cup trophies on several occasions.

Prior to this group's formation, another group called The Kingsmen operated in 1958 and was made up of members of Bill Haley & His Comets who were moonlighting from their regular work with Haley.