Prior to the season, the league declined to approve the Raiders ' proposal to move from Oakland, California to Los Angeles.

Prior to joining the BPP, Shakur had met several of its members on a 1970 trip to Oakland, California.

Prior to the adoption of the California Job Case, the capital letters were stored in a separate drawer or case that was located above the case that held the other letters ; this is why capital letters are called " upper case " characters while the non-capitals are " lower case ".

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.

Prior to the establishment of ICANN for this purpose, IANA was administered primarily by Jon Postel at the Information Sciences Institute ( ISI ) of the University of Southern California ( USC ), under a contract USC / ISI had with the United States Department of Defense, until ICANN was created to assume the responsibility under a United States Department of Commerce contract.

Prior to serving as Governor, Davis served as Chief of Staff to Governor Jerry Brown ( 1975 – 1981 ), a California State Assemblyman ( 1983 – 1987 ), California State Controller ( 1987 – 1995 ) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California ( 1995 – 1999 ).

Prior to its incorporation, the City of Calimesa existed as an unincorporated census designated town that straddled the Riverside – San Bernardino County line at the location where Interstate 10 climbs the San Gorgonio Pass going eastward from Redlands, California.

Prior to 1949 the fire protection for the valley was provided by the California Department of Forestry at the Avenue A station, which today is the office of County Service Area 63 in Yucaipa.

Prior to signing with Columbia, the group had recorded several tracks in Oakland, California produced by Dwayne Wiggins of Tony!

Prior to 1958, all Revue's shows were filmed at the old Republic Pictures studio lot in Studio City, California.

Prior to the release of the 2008 Elise SC, the limited production California Edition arrived at dealerships.

Prior to forming The Offspring, Kriesel was also on the track and field team at Pacifica High School in Garden Grove, California, along with bandmate Holland, and was also in the Math Club.

Prior to Prohibition in the United States, Malbec was a significant variety in California used mainly for blended bulk wine production.

Prior to elected service, she was appointed by then-California Governor Pat Brown to serve as a member of the California Women's Parole Board.

Prior to 2006, there had only been two confirmed sightings of Bryde's whale in the eastern North Pacific north of Baja California -- one in January 1963, only a kilometer off La Jolla ( originally misidentified as a fin whale ), and another in October 1991 west of Monterey Bay.

Prior to 2003 it was considered to be a subspecies of California sea lion as Zalophus californianus japonicus.

Prior to his work with the AEC, Dean was professor of criminal law at the University of Southern California ( 1946 – 1949 ).

Prior to the Mexican-American War the Californio forces had already driven the Mexican appointed Governor Manuel Micheltorena and most of his soldiers from Alta California.

Prior to the 1973 Rose Bowl, Hayes shoved a camera into the face of a news photographer ; Hayes was suspended for three games, fined $ 2, 000, and left California with a subpoena.

Prior to the American conquest of the Southwest, a number of Americans immigrated to California, where they often became Mexican citizens and changed their given names to Spanish equivalents, for example " Juan Temple " for Jonathan Temple.

Mark William Prior ( born September 7, 1980 in San Diego, California ) is an American professional baseball pitcher.

Prior to this, LACMA was part of the Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art, founded in 1910 in Exposition Park near the University of Southern California.

Prior to the Black Hills Gold Rush of 1876, the area was used by Native Americans ( primarily bands of Sioux but others also ranged through the area ) who would spear fish in the creek ( hence the name of the creek and subsequently the town ).

Prior to the July 1956 general elections in the Gold Coast, a plebiscite was conducted under United Nations ( UN ) auspices to decide the future disposition of British Togoland and French Togoland.

Prior to the establishment of the Master Recruiter Badge in September 2011, Army Recruiters could earn up to three gold achievement stars for their Basic Recruiter Identification Badge, the Gold Recruiter Badge with up to three sapphire achievement stars, the Army Recruiter Ring, and the Glenn E. Morrell Medallion, respectively, as symbols of successive achievements in recruiting.

Prior to the Klondike Gold Rush, there was considerable mining activity along this tributary of the Yukon River.

Prior to his appointment at Cardiff University, Dr Grant was Director of Technology at GEC plc ( 1991 – 2001 ) and was awarded the Mensforth International Gold Medal by the Institution of Electrical Engineers, now IET, in 1996.

Prior to the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush and the Portage's role as a key component in the Douglas Road-the sheltered and fertile land of the Portage had been home to what are estimated to have been hundreds of quiggly holes ( kekuli, meaning " underneath " in the Chinook Jargon ), each of which had been a house with multiple residents.

Prior to her position at the National Park Service, Fran served twelve years as Director of Florida ’ s State Parks, which were awarded the Gold Medal Award, recognizing Florida as the best state park system in the country .< ref >

Prior to her Friends appearance she was a regular on She TV, a very short-lived sketch comedy that also featured Nick Bakay, Elon Gold, Simbi Khali, and Linda Kash.

Prior to the construction of Long Beach Pyramid on campus, the men's basketball team played some of their games in the Long Beach Arena in downtown Long Beach, and some on-campus at the Gold Mine, which has just 1, 900 seats.

Prior to this, New Line was responsible for genre films and cult classics such as Dark City, The Mask, the Austin Powers film trilogy, the fantasy Pleasantville, the Final Destination series, the Nightmare on Elm Street series, the film Friday ( and its two sequels Next Friday and Friday After Next ), the films of John Waters, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles films, the highly successful movie adaptation of Mortal Kombat ( as well as its ill-fated sequel Mortal Kombat: Annihilation ) and the Rush Hour films.

Prior to his death, Rush had been the last surviving member of the Madison and Monroe Cabinets.

Prior to this, the municipalities of Warrington and Salford established libraries in their museums, under the terms of the Museums Act of 1845. Warrington Municipal Library opened in 1848.

Prior to 1848, the provincial diet remained the only forum of German political activity.

Prior to its construction, the shallower and narrower Illinois and Michigan Canal ( 1848 ) connected the same waterways for navigable shipping over the Chicago Portage.

Prior to the breakup of the parish of Sheffield in 1848 the parish was divided into six townships: Attercliff-cum-Darnall ; Brightside Bierlow ; Ecclesall Bierlow ; Nether Hallam ; Sheffield township ; and Upper Hallam.

Prior to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, California was part of Mexico.

* 1947 – Maddy Prior, English singer ( Steeleye Span, Silly Sisters, and The Carnival Band )

* MySQL database system – Prior to v5. 1, MySQL included a BDB data storage backend.

Florida shut the Cubs out in Game 5, but young pitcher Mark Prior led the Cubs in Game 6 as they took a 3 – 0 lead into the 8th inning and it was at this point when a now-infamous incident took place.

Prior to the outbreak of the 1998 – 2000 Eritrean – Ethiopian War, landlocked Ethiopia mainly relied on the seaports of Asseb and Massawa in Eritrea for international trade.

Prior Executive Editors include John V. Dodge ( 1950 – 1964 ) and Philip W. Goetz.

Prior to the Gatling gun, the only weapons available to militaries capable of firing many projectiles in a short space of time were mass-firing volley weapons like the French Reffye mitrailleuse in 1870 – 71, or field cannons firing canister, much like a very large shotgun.

Prior to the Seven Years ' War ( 1756 – 63 ), the economy of Saint-Domingue gradually expanded, with sugar and, later, coffee becoming important export crops.

* Prior Aymer – Prior of Jorvaulx

* 1664 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat ( d. 1721 )

Prior to the publication of The Kalevala, Elias Lönnrot compiled several related works including the three-part Kantele ( 1829 – 1831 ) the Old Kalevala ( 1835 ) and the Kanteletar ( 1840 ).

Prior to the 18th century, Afghans have served in the militaries of the Ghaznavids ( 963 – 1187 ), Ghurids ( 1148 – 1215 ), Delhi Sultanate ( 1206 – 1527 ) and the Mughal Empire of India ( 1526 – 1858 ) as well as in the army of the Persian Empire.

Prior to his graduation, he won a statewide academic contest for a scholarship to Rutgers .< ref > Boyle and Bunie: 41 – 42 ; cf.

Prior to his short papacy, he had been a Canon Lawyer, diplomat, and chief administrator during the reign of Pope Gregory XIV ( 1590 – 1591 ).

* 1980 – Mark Prior, American baseball player

* 1721 – Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat ( b. 1664 )

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 Independence, Thomas Mifflin was a member of Pennsylvania's Provincial Assembly ( 1772 – 1776 ).

Prior to the events, the university received a facelift that included extensive renovations to the Rice – Eccles Stadium, a light rail track leading to downtown Salt Lake City, a new student center known as the Heritage Center, an array of new student housing, and a 134-room campus hotel and conference center.