Scientists developed the atom bomb.
On August 29, 1949, the USSR tested its first atomic bomb. Prior to this, the United States had possessed the only means to atomic energy in the world. This sparked the first nuclear arms race.
The first complete test was July 16, 1945; but there had been many component tests performed prior to that, the most significant and dangerous had been the RaLa implosion tests and the criticality tests.
The first Roosevelt, prior to the Spanish-American War.
The first two countries to go into WW2 were Nazi Germany and Poland prior to the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany.
South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
On August 29, 1949, the USSR tested its first atomic bomb. Prior to this, the United States had possessed the only means to atomic energy in the world. This sparked the first nuclear arms race.
You use the word prior when speaking to an event, like; prior to an event, it means this happened before a certain event, or before something happened. Say there was a crime, and people were talking about how this happened, and what happened prior to this event.
In 1939, J. Robert Oppenheimer was the first to realize that an atomic bomb could be made as a result of nuclear fission. Prior to this, there were several scientists around the world who knew they were on the verge of discovery. It wasn't until 1945 that the first experiment was conducted.
Prior means before. It it just a fancy version to say it! Example: What happened prior to eating the pie?
something that has happened before
What happened prior to the "big bang"
he is on the DL as a free agent
The first complete test was July 16, 1945; but there had been many component tests performed prior to that, the most significant and dangerous had been the RaLa implosion tests and the criticality tests.
Prior to the atomic age (1945) the effect was total victory. In the atomic age (today) the effect would be mutually assured destruction.
What happened prior to the "big bang"
None.
There is no information given in the series about what happened to them prior to the Dragonball Manga/anime. However, the first wish made on the Dragonballs in the series was Oolong who wished for "the panties from a real hot girl".