Until the 1980s, the flagship of the ocean-going navy was the aircraft carrier Minas Gerais ( the ex-British HMS Vengeance ), which has been in service since 1945.

Until the early 1980s, they were known as video display terminals and were physically attached to the computer and keyboard.

Until the 1980s Black British and Asian British culture was significantly under-represented in mainstream British cinema, as they were in many areas of British life.

Until the 1980s it was rare for graduate programs to teach how to teach ; the assumption was that teaching was easy and that learning how to do research was the main mission.

Until the 1980s most multihull sailboats ( except for beach cats ) were built either by their owners or by boat builders on a semi-custom basis.

Until the 1980s, Saudi Arabia had lakes at Layla Aflaj and deep waterholes at ' Al-Kharj, fed by huge underground aquifers, formed in prehistoric times and non-renewable.

Until the late 1980s, UMIST's official alumni organisation was called the Manchester Technology Association, a name which was a relic of UMIST's past incarnation as ' The Tech '.

Until the early 1980s the arrival of Finnic peoples, the ancestors of the Estonians, Finns, and Livonians, on the shores of the Baltic sea was associated with the Comb Ceramic Culture.

Until the late 1980s the M61 primarily used the M50 series of ammunition in various types, typically firing a 3. 5 oz ( 100 gram ) projectile at a muzzle velocity of about.

Until the development of reinforced barbed tape in the early 1980s, it was rarely used for military purposes or genuine high security facilities because, with the correct tools, it was easier to breach than barbed wire.

Until the 1980s, three-point belts were commonly available only in the front outboard seats of cars ; the back seats were only often fitted with lap belts.

Until the 1970s and 1980s, when the disease's molecular genetics became known, the juvenile and adult forms of the disease were not always recognized as variants of Tay – Sachs disease.

Until the 1980s, pachinko machines were mechanical devices, using bells to indicate different states of the machine.

Until 1980s, Kaznacheyev and his team carried out about 12 000 experiments.

Until the late 1980s this was considered an area of poverty, since these houses were, and in most areas still are, mostly unlivable.

Until the 1980s, the association did not offer women's athletics.

Until the late 1980s PRC used quotation marks around terms for all official ROC positions and organisations such as " President " and " government " to imply non-recognition, a practice that was reciprocated by the ROC.

Until the end of the 1980s Delta published about 200 science fiction books.

Until the 1980s this idea was not taken seriously, but opinions changed following the discovery of the Chicxulub Crater, which was further reinforced by witness to the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 event.

Until the 1980s, many of Austria's largest industry firms were nationalised ; in recent years, however, privatisation has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies.

Until the 1980s all Moskvitch cars were compact rear-wheel drive saloons and estates with solid rear axles suspended by leaf springs.

Until the late 1980s and early 1990s, much of Chesapeake was either suburban or rural, serving as a bedroom community of the adjacent cities of Norfolk and Virginia Beach with residents commuting to these locations.

Until the 1980s and before the Fuzhou influx, what is now the western section of Chinatown or known as the Old Chinatown of Manhattan was the original size of Manhattan's Chinatown with The Bowery at the time serving as the original eastern borderline of Chinatown and this was where the Chinese population mostly concentrated on the Lower East Side, mostly the Cantonese.

to the 1980s, Until 1950 the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad provided both passenger and freight service from Annapolis to Baltimore ; passenger service ended in February 1950 due to increased competition from buses and private automobiles, but freight service continued until Hurricane Agnes did so much damage to a trestle crossing the Severn River in Annapolis that the trestle was condemned for use by trains by the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1960s ( The trestle remained as a haven for fishermen and crabbers until it was dismantled ).

Until 2009 Allegan was the longstanding manufacturing base of the Haworth ( company ) Seating Plant ; the City of Allegan lost a major UAW-organized Rockwell manufacturing plant in the early 1980s.

Until the 1980s, histories of the First Māori War tend to ignore the poorly documented Battle of Te Ahuahu yet it was in some ways the most desperate fight of the entire war.

Until the late 19th century, family histories were almost exclusively of interest to persons who had obtained their wealth or rank by inheritance.

Until the 1970s, the pogrom of 1190 was often underplayed by official histories of the castle ; early official guides to the castle made no reference to it.

Until the 20th century, Tacuba, Chapultepec and Tacubaya had separate histories, all part of the Federal District of Mexico City during most of this entity ’ s existence under various arrangements.

Until recent times, musical histories usually gave the year of his birth, incorrectly, as 1876.

Until recently, force-time histories measured during spinal manipulation were described as consisting of three distinct phases: the preload ( or prethrust ) phase, the thrust phase, and the resolution phase.

Until the Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland in 1998 the Irish Republic claimed the territory of six counties that form Northern Ireland.

At the time, however, Tromsø IL was fighting in the bottom of the Northern Norwegian 2nd division ( Until 1979, the 2nd division was divided in three different groups, two southern and one northern – with the winners of the southern groups being promoted to the top division, while the winner of the northern group would have to face the 2nd placed teams of the two southern groups ), and was eventually relegated.

Until 2015, some 7, 000 new houses are being built in Houten-Zuid, following the same urban design principles as the existing Northern part of Houten, but with some differences.

Until 1966, Tenafly was served by rail along the Northern Branch, originally to Pavonia Terminal, and later to Hoboken Terminal.

Until January 1, 2007 Nørre Djurs municipality (" Northern Djursland ") was a municipality ( Danish, kommune ) in the former Aarhus County on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark.

Until 963 the Lusatian tribes were subdued by the Saxon margrave Gero and upon his death two years later, the March of Lusatia was established on the territory of today's Lower Lusatia and remained with the Holy Roman Empire, while the adjacent Northern March again got lost in the Slavic uprising of 983.

Until 1838 the Norwegian flag was only used in Northern waters, as Norway had no treaty with the Barbary pirates of North Africa and had to fly the Swedish or union flag for protection.

Until 1911, the Northern Court Emperors were considered the legitimate ones, and the Southern Court to be illegitimate.

Until European colonisation, the numbat was found across most of the area from the New South Wales and Victorian borders west to the Indian Ocean, and as far north as the southwest corner of the Northern Territory.

Until the repatriation convention of 15 April 1941, NKVD troops killed hundreds of Romanian peasants of Northern Bukovina as they tried to cross the border into Romania in order to escape from Soviet authorities.

Until 30 June 2008, there were large unincorporated areas in the Northern Territory with over of roads in those areas with 92 percent of the territory area and 16. 5 percent of its population.

Until 1972 the British Embassy was based at No 39 ; however following the Bloody Sunday shootings in Northern Ireland a crowd of over 20, 000 people converged on the site in protest and the building was burnt to the ground.

Until 1864, Ærø was part of the Danish Duchy of Schleswig — the area of Schleswig / Southern Jutland is now divided between Denmark ( Northern Schleswig ) and Germany ( Southern Schleswig ).

Until the 1950s, the major competition for Northern Ireland / Ireland was the British Home Championship.

Until July 2006 there was a Police Service of Northern Ireland ( PSNI ) station.

Until 1777, General Philip Schuyler had headed the Continental Army's Northern Department, with General Horatio Gates in charge of Ticonderoga.

Until a few centuries ago, the Gàidhealtachd would have included much of modern day Scotland north of the Firth of Forth and Galloway ( up until the 18th century, and maybe later ), excepting the Northern Isles, as evidenced by the prevalence of Gaelic derived place names throughout Scotland, and contemporary accounts.

Until the collapse of the Liutizi alliance in the middle of the 11th century, the German expansion in the direction of the Northern March remained at a standstill and the Wends east of the Elbe remained independent for approximately 150 years.

Until their amendment in 1999 Articles 2 and 3 were the subject of some controversy, particularly among Unionists in Northern Ireland.

Until the construction of the University of Cincinnati's Fifth Third Arena and Northern Kentucky University's The Bank of Kentucky Center, commencement ceremonies for these schools were held at the facility.

Until 1985 the next building down was an impressive purpose-built synagogue, the largest in Leeds, which is now the Northern School of Contemporary Dance.

Until the 1970s, prostitutes in the Netherlands were predominantly white lower-class women from the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Northern Germany.

Until recently, he was the Chairman of Invest Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland ’ s main economic development organisation.