Prior to the Normandy landings on D-Day in June 1944, the Allies knew the locations of all but two of the 58 German divisions on the Western front.

Prior to June 2005, the Maldivian political system was based on the election of individuals, rather than the more common system of election according to party platform.

Prior to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin had been elected President of Russia in June 1991 in the first direct presidential election in Russian history.

Prior to the introduction of a new city charter on June 20, 1984, council members in Windom were referred to as alderpersons.

Between October 2008 and June 2009, Askham Bryan College of Agriculture opened its Guisborough Centre, located on the same site as Prior Pursglove College.

Prior to his arrest, Vang Pao was slated to have an elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin named after him, a proposal that met with opposition over Alfred W. McCoy's allegations that Vang had been involved in war crimes and drug trafficking, with Gary Yia Lee and other scholars strongly disputing his claims Vang's June 2007 arrest later led the Madison School to reopen discussion on the school's naming.

* Maddy Prior & June Tabor

Prior to June 1776, the New Jersey delegation in the First Continental Congress was opposed to independence.

Prior had hoped to pitch again by May or June of the 2008 season, but a shoulder tear during his rehab at the end of May 2008 required surgery that forced him to miss his second consecutive season.

On June 30, 2010, Prior returned to USC to perform a workout for major league scouts, but the workout was judged as " just all right " by a veteran scout.

In June 2009 Haendel appeared on a Channel 4 television programme entitled The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies in which she advises 16 year old British composer Alexander Prior on which children to choose to play his composition.

Prior to the introduction of electronic trading on 1 June 1990, all trading was conducted on the floor of the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building.

Prior to the establishment of the UK Statistics Authority, the statistical work of ONS, since June 2000, was scrutinized by the Statistics Commission, an independent body with its own chairman and small staff.

Prior to completion, on June 1, the Hudson River leased the Troy and Greenbush.

Prior to his election as Governor-General in June 1999, Lapli was Premier of Temotu Province.

* June 1-Richard McBride becomes Premier of British Columbia, replacing Edward Prior

Prior to this he served as Shadow Minister for Local Government from June 2002.

* The Singing of the Travels was also recorded by the Silly Sisters ( Maddy Prior and June Tabor ).

Prior to embarking in June on the trek, participants engaged in a seven-month fundraising campaign for Habitat for Humanity of Greater New Haven.

Prior to the merger, he was a Director of Southern Pacific from June 1988 to September 1996, and Non-Executive Chairman of Southern Pacific from 1993 to September 1996.

Prior to being received by the Ship on June 25, 1913, the new flag was displayed at the state capitol in January 1913, then in the ZCMI windows on Main Street and at a ball held in honor of the flag.

Prior to his EBRD service, Mr de Larosière was an able and tough-minded Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) from June 17, 1978 to January 15, 1987, and Governor of the Banque de France from 1987 to 1993.

Prior to the first full Tropfest New York competition in June 2012, Tropfest held annual New York screenings in 2006-2008.

Prior to the 1980s, there was debate over the circumstances of Globocnik's survival-some had speculated that his death in either early May or June 1945 at the hands of either partisans or a Jewish revenge squad.

* Lizbeth Neuman, 49, of Prior Lake, MN ( died October 17, 2009 )

Prior to 2005, the city survived on " fees only " for its $ 17 million budget.

Prior to 2005, the city survived on " fees only " for its $ 17 million budget.

Prior to the Croatian War of Independence, the 1991 census recorded a total population of 165, 253, composed of 110, 934 ( 67. 1 %) Croats, 33, 146 ( 20. 0 %) Serbs, 3, 156 ( 1. 9 %) Hungarians, 276 ( 0. 16 %) Germans, and 17, 741 ( 10. 7 %) people categorised as Yugoslavs or ' others '.

Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia, the administrative-territorial structure of Russia was regulated by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 17, 1982 " On the Procedures of Dealing with the Matters of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the RSFSR ".

Prior to the Second Morrill Act, 17 states excluded blacks from access to the land grant colleges without providing similar educational opportunities.

Prior to Modell's arrival, the Browns had dominated the NFL and the AAFC, winning seven championships in 17 years.

Prior to 17 January 2006, lozenges could also be used to mark bicycle-only lanes, often in conjunction with a bicycle icon.

Prior to 1984, the route known as I-880 used to be part of State Route 17.

Prior to the onset of the summer monsoon, Peers set up blocking positions from the 4th's base camp at Jackson Hole, west of Pleiku, and launched Operation Francis Marion on 17 May.

Prior to the Findhorn Foundation in 1972 there was a Findhorn Trust as more people joined Eileen Caddy, Peter Caddy and Dorothy Maclean, who had arrived at the Caravan Park at Findhorn Bay on 17 November 1962.

Prior to April 17, 2003 it was a separate company and the market leader in the United States cruise market.

Prior Centennial has 17 reservable sites and amenities include potable water, pit toilets, picnic tables and fire pits ( seasonally available ).

Prior to its launch on 17 January 1983, BBC regional radio broadcasting for Cornwall amounted to the breakfast show ' Morning Sou ' West ' on the AM frequencies of Radio 4 in Devon and Cornwall.

Prior to July 17, 1999 it was known as Pabok Regional County Municipality.

Prior to December 17, 2008, when 23 out of 30 of the United States ' largest banks changed their prime rate, the Wall Street Journal would change its published rate.

Prior to the siege, Novo Sarajevo had some 47. 6 km² ( 41. 6 % Forest, 17. 5 % Meadows, 13. 5 % Commercial / Building Land, 10. 4 % Grass-land, 8. 4 % Ploghland, 13. 5 % Gardens ).

Prior to the opening of Highway 17 and Highway 101, a road connected the port at Michipicoten with Wawa.

Prior to 1809, the Åland Islands were part of Sweden, who was forced to give them up, along with the mainland area of Finland, in the Treaty of Fredrikshamn on September 17, 1809, to Russia.

Prior to the sellout against Texas Tech, the last sellout at Amon G. Carter was on November 17, 1984, when the 12th-ranked TCU fell to 10th-ranked Texas in a regionally televised contest on ABC.

Prior to the construction of Interstate 17, State Route 69 continued south to Phoenix, Arizona as the Prescott-Phoenix Hwy or Black Canyon Highway on a different alignment, through the ghost towns of Bumble Bee and Cordes.

* January 17 – Prior to missing 2 live shows Mike Tempesta is officially no longer part of Powerman 5000 due fights with the band.

Prior to 17 March 1834, the Gentlemen-at-Arms were known as the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners.