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1995 Carlson Wagonlit Travel Agency begins charging $15 service fee
1993 Mary C Lawton, jurist (CIA's Agency Seal Medallion), dies at 58 1993 Russian space agency tests a 82' wide space mirror 1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency 1986 European Space Agency's Giotto flies by Halley's Comet (605 km) 1985 European Space Agency launches Giotto (Halley's Comet Flyby) 1984 Central Intelligence Agency's Information Act passes 1983 European Space Agency launches European Comm Satellite 1, Oscar 10 1981 2 Habash terrorists attack a travel agency in Greece killing 2 1981 European Space Agency's Ariane carries 2 satellites into orbit 1976 Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1976 Hermes rocket launched by European Space Agency 1975 European Space Agency, ESA, forms 1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr 1970 Environmental Protection Agency begins (Dir: William Ruckelshaus) 1964 Carl T. Rowan named director of U.S. Information Agency 1963 American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes 1961 U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development 1960 International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence 1957 International Atomic Energy Agency formed by U.N. 1956 U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved 1949 Central Intelligence Agency Act, passes 1948 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed 1946 U.S. president sets up CIA, Central Intelligence Agency 1944 Congress charters Central Intelligence Agency 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1932 William D Ruckelshaus, headed Environmental Protection Agency 1929 Jewish Agency for Palestine forms 1925 U.S.S.R.'s official news agency TASS forms 1922 Eileen Ford, modeling agency head, Ford Modeling Agency 1921 U.S. Post Office establishes philatelic agency 1918 E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1899 Paul Julius von Reuter, founder of the news agency (Reuters), dies 1893 Congress authorizes 1st federal road agency, in Department of Agriculture 1841 Thomas Cook opens 1st travel agency 1819 Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency |
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