Prior to its proclamation as a British settlement in 1836, the area around Adelaide was inhabited by the indigenous Kaurna Aboriginal nation ( pronounced " Garner " or " Gowna ").

Prior to the 1900 season, the league changed its name to the American League and moved several franchises to larger, strategic locations.

Prior to achieving its independence, Cuba was a colony of Spain.

Prior to its takeover the company was headquartered in a facility in Northwest unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States that now serves as HP's United States headquarters.

Prior to the suspension, Peace Corps had more than 100 volunteers throughout the country, and the program is gradually increasing its numbers again.

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 the implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

Prior to embarking for England, Hamlet hides Polonius's body, ultimately revealing its location to the King.

Prior to 1983, the town was in an eponymous seat of its own.

Prior to the invasion of neutral Belgium by German forces, Hergé published humoristic drawings in L ' Ouest, a paper run by future collaborator Raymond de Becker and which strongly advocated that Belgium not join the war alongside its World War One allies France and Britain.

Prior to 1990 Saudi Arabia played an important role in restraining the many Islamist groups that received its aid.

Prior to its conception, laparoscopy was a surgical approach with very few applications, mainly for purposes of diagnosis and performance of simple procedures in gynecologic applications.

Prior to its expansion under Philip II, the ancient kingdom of Macedonia, to which the modern region owes its name, lay entirely within the current Greek province of Macedonia.

Prior to its acquisition by Chevron, Unocal settled a similar human rights lawsuit for a reported multi-million dollar amount.

Prior to 1991, the Soviet economy was the second largest in the world, but during its last years it was afflicted by shortages of goods in grocery stores, huge budget deficits, and explosive growth in money supply leading to inflation.

Prior to the discovery of the Rosetta Stone and its eventual decipherment, there had been no understanding of the Ancient Egyptian language and script since shortly before the fall of the Roman Empire.

Prior to his work on the saxophone, Sax made several improvements to the bass clarinet by improving its keywork and acoustics and extending its lower range.

Prior to its dissolution in 1991, the USSR had the second largest economy in the world after the United States.

Prior to its creation as the Territory of the Saar Basin by the League of Nations after World War I, the Saarland ( or simply " the Saar ", as is frequently referred to ) did not exist as a unified entity.

Prior to its formal accession to the United Nations, Switzerland had maintained an observer role at the UN's General Assembly and its Economic and Social Council.

Prior to the Omride period the site appears to have been the center of an extensive wine and oil production area, which may have accounted for its choice as the new capital.

Prior to its affiliation with The Greens – European Free Alliance, the SNP had previously been allied with the European Progressive Democrats ( until 1984 ), Rainbow Group ( 1989 – 1994 ) and European Radical Alliance ( 1994 – 1999 ).

Prior to its disestablishment, Republic Airlines ( 1979-1986 ) had its headquarters in Building C. At one time Mesaba Airlines had its headquarters in the Fort Snelling UT.

Prior to its disestablishment, Sabena had its head office in the Sabena House in Zaventem.

Prior to its disestablishment, Sobelair had its head office in Building 45 on the grounds of the airport and in Zaventem.

Prior to the disestablishment of the Church in Wales in 1920, the Anglican church in Britain operated under the jurisdiction of the Church of England throughout Wales and England.

Prior to its disestablishment, At one point Cantor Fitzgerald had an office in Chiyoda.

Prior to its disestablishment, Data East had its headquarters in Suginami.

Prior to disestablishment, Second Fleet oversaw approximately 126 ships, 4500 aircraft, and 90, 000 personnel homeported at U. S. Navy installations along the East Coast.

Prior to its disestablishment, Air Aruba had its headquarters in the Brown Invest Building in Oranjestad.

Prior to its disestablishment Afrijet Airlines had its head office in the NAHCO Building on the grounds of the airport.

Prior to its disestablishment, Air Liberté was headquartered in Rungis.

Prior to its disestablishment, AirTouch, South Pacific Air Lines and Pegasus Aviation Finance Company all had their headquarters in the Financial District.

Prior to its disestablishment, Ransome Airlines had its headquarters on the grounds of Northeast Philadelphia Airport.

Prior to the formation's disestablishment, 1TAF units helped organise the medical treatment and repatriation of thousands of Australian prisoners-of-war.

Prior to a discussion of his raids against the Japanese positions in the Marshall Islands, Halsey told the young midshipmen before him, " Missing the Battle of Midway has been the greatest disappointment of my career, but I am going back to the Pacific where I intend personally to have a crack at those yellow bellied sons of bitches and their carriers ," to the rousing applause of the assembled midshipmen.

Prior to the civil war, Somalia had only one national airline, Somali Airlines, that serviced the entire country.

Prior to its dissolution, the airline Jet America Airlines was headquartered in Signal Hill.

Prior to their dissolution, RegionsAir ( formerly Corporate Airlines ) and Capitol Air were headquartered in Smyrna.

Prior to their dissolution, Air Kazakhstan and Kazakhstan Airlines were also headquartered in Almaty.

Prior to TWA's acquisition by American Airlines, Gulfstream operated as a part of the Trans World Connection network as TWConnection.

Prior to its acquisition by AMR Corporation and its integration into American Eagle route network, Business Express linked many smaller localities directly to American Airlines expansive nation and worldwide route network.

Prior to the merger with Japan Airlines, Japan Air System had its headquarters by Tokyo International Airport in Ōta.

Prior to working for Eastern Airlines, he was a bellman at the former Alameda Plaza Hotel ( now the InterContinental Hotel ) in the Country Club Plaza section of Kansas City, Missouri.

Prior to its dissolution Western Airlines had its headquarters at LAX.

Prior to his role at Burger King, Mr. Brenneman was President and COO of Continental Airlines under Gordon Bethune.

Prior to the establishment of Caribbean Airlines, BWIA West Indies Airways was headquartered on the airport property in Piarco.

Prior to 2001 service was operated by Trans World Express ( Trans States Airlines ) using Jetstream 41 aircraft to St. Louis.

Prior to airline deregulation, carriers such as Eastern Airlines provided service.

Prior to Cape Air's service, the airport was served by Big Sky Airlines, with flights to Boston Logan International Airport ( with stops in Ogdensburg and Watertown in 2007 ).