2004 Laurance Rockefeller, venture capitalist/philanthropist, founded the American Conservation Association, dies at 94
1997 Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
1997 Women's National Basketball Association begins as New York Liberty beats LA Sparks
1996 30th Country Music Association Award: Brooks and Dunn win
1995 29th Country Music Association Award: Krauss Jackson win
1994 28th Country Music Association Award
1994 Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike
1993 27th Country Music Association Award: Vince Gill wins
1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins
1992 William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy and DeForest Kelley inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame
1991 25th Country Music Association Award:
1990 Senior Professional Baseball Association folds
1990 24th Country Music Association Award: George Strait wins
1990 Motion Picture Association of America creates new NC-17 rating
1990 St. Petersburg Pelicans beat West Palm Beach Tropics 12-4 to win 1st Senior Professional Baseball Association Championship
1989 23rd Country Music Association Award: George Strait, Kathy Mattea wins
1988 22nd Country Music Association Award: Highway 101, K T Oslin win
1987 NFL Players Association orders an end to 24 day strike
1987 21st Country Music Association Award: Hank William, Jr. wins
1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 Republic of Marshall Islands signs Compact of Free Association with US
1986 20th Country Music Association Award:
1986 Palau signs Compact of Free Association with US
1985 19th Country Music Association Award: Ricky Skaggs wins
1985 Major League Baseball Players' Association stages a midseason baseball strike (lasts 1 day)
1985 Players' Association agrees to expand LCS from 5 to 7 games
1984 18th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1983 17th Country Music Association Award: Alabama wins
1982 16th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson and Ricky Skagg
1981 15th Country Music Association Award:
1981 Exec Board of Players' Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29
1981 Exec Board of Baseball Players Association votes unanimously to strike on May 29 if the issue of free-agent compensation remains unresolved
1980 14th Country Music Association Award:[approx]
1980 Baseball Players Association votes to cancel 92 remaining exhibition games
1979 Pro Football Researchers Association forms, Canton, Ohio
1979 Opening ceremony at Cambridge Buddhist Association meditation in Boston
1978 12th Country Music Association Award
1977 11th Country Music Association Award: Ronnie Milsap wins
1976 10th Country Music Association Award: Mel Tillis wins
1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins
1974 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich
1974 American Boccaccio Association forms
1973 American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness
1973 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins
1972 1st games of World Hockey Association
1972 Brian Cole, vocalist/bassist (Association), dies of overdose at 29
1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
1971 World Hockey Association forms
1971 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Assn
1970 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins
1970 International Law Tennis Association institutes 9 point tie break rule
1969 Chilean Association of Librarians created
1968 Motion Picture Association of America introduces rating system (G, M, R, X)
1968 Motion Picture Association of America adopts film rating system
1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires
1967 United Soccer Association and National Pro Soccer League merge into NASL
1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)
1967 Fr Somaliland (Djibouti) votes to continue association with France
1967 Formation of American Basketball Association is announced
1966 Player reps elect Marvin Miller, as exec director of Players' Association
1965 Cook Islands enters into free association with New Zealand
1965 Canadian Football Players Association organizes
1963 American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes
1960 International Development Association (U.N. agency) comes into existence
1960 European Free Trade Association forms in Stockholm
1959 Players Association approves 2 All-Star Games in 1960, to be held in Kansas City and NY
1958 Recording Industry Association of American created
1957 NHL Players Association forms (New York City), Red Wings' Ted Lindsay elected president
1955 Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing
1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded
1949 Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City
1949 NBL and NBAA merge into National Basketball Association
1949 Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association
1948 American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights
1946 Canadian Library Association established
1946 11 Basketball of America Association teams meet to schedule 1st season
1945 Diana Warwick, leader, Association of University Teachers
1943 Russ Giguere, Portsmouth NH, rock guitarist and vocalist, Association
1943 Gary Alexander, Tennessee, rock vocalist and guitarist, Association
1942 Ted Bluechel, San Pedro California, rock vocalist and drummer, Association
1942 Natl Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
1942 Brian Cole, born in Tacoma, Washington, rock vocalist/bassist, Association
1942 Thoroughbred Racing Association of U.S. formed in Chicago
1941 Terry Kirkman, Salina, Kansas, rock vocalist/keyboardist, Association
1941 Football Writers Association of America organized
1941 Ian McGarry, general secretary, British Actors' Equity Association
1941 Cowboys' Amateur Association of America organized, California
1940 David Hart, gen-sect, National Association of Head Teachers
1940 R S Burman, CEO, Association of British Chambers of Commerce
1939 Jim Yester, born in Birmingham, Alabama, rock vocalist and guitarist, Association
1936 Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded
1934 Federal Savings and Loan Association created
1929 Charles Lyon, gen-sect, Transport Salaried Staffs Association
1927 Rene Lacoste beats Bill Tilden for U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title
1926 National Bar Association incorporates
1926 International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida)
1925 American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY)
1923 New York State Golf Association formed
1922 Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Baseball Clubs) formally organizes
1922 IVVV (association) peace congress on war forms in Hague
1922 American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League"
1921 Jack Valenti, President, Motion Picture Association of America
1921 American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron
1920 NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games
1920 American Professional Football Association forms (NFL)
1919 Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) incorporates
1919 Lady Ricketts, CEO, Natl Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
1919 American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (New York City)
1917 NHL forms with Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons, Toronto Arenas, Ottawa Senators and Quebec Bulldogs; National Hockey Association disbands
1916 Norman Griggs, VP, Building Society Association
1916 Professional Golfer Association (PGA) forms in New York City
1914 American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City
1913 Actors' Equity Association forms (New York City)
1912 US Tennis Association amends rule taking bye away from defending champion
1912 1st National Hockey Association game (Victoria)
1911 Natl Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria
1911 National Squash Tennis Association forms (New York City)
1910 Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary, Natl Association of Women
1910 Hazel Hotchkiss wins U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship
1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) forms
1908 Baseball Writers Association of America, forms
1908 Baseball Writers Association, formed
1908 National Association of Colored Nurses, forms
1907 English Professional Football Player's Association forms
1907 1st U.S. fox hound association forms in New York City
1906 R. W. Bonham, founder, International Braille Chess Association
1905 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded (becomes NCAA in 1910)
1905 England Pilgrim Association beats All New York 11, 7-1 in soccer at Polo Grounds
1905 National Association of Audubon Society incorporates
1904 National Tuberculosis Association organized, Atlantic City, New Jersey
1904 Federation Internationale de Football Association (Soccer) forms in Paris
1904 American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting
1904 National Ski Association forms in Ishpeming, Michigan
1903 American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans
1903 American Power Boat Association forms
1902 American Automobile Association, AAA, founded in Chicago
1902 Young Women's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City
1901 National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues forms
1899 Southern California Golf Association forms
1899 American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress
1898 Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York City
1897 National Organization of Mothers forms (Parent Teacher Association)
1895 Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association forms
1895 Ohio Valley Improvement Association forms
1895 National Association of Manufacturers organized in Cincinnati
1894 United States Golf Association forms (New York City)
1893 Montreal Athletic Association beat Ottawa Generals 2-1, in 1st Cup Game
1892 Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pitts Athletic CLub, 4-0 in football
1892 American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Massacgysetts
1890 United States Polo Association forms, New York City
1887 Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors
1887 American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa
1887 American Trotting Association organized in Detroit
1887 1st minor league baseball association organizes in Pittsburgh
1886 Carr Baker Neel and Samuel Neel win U.S. Lawn Tennis Association doubles
1884 National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta
1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton New Jersey
1881 U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association removes "Nation" from name
1881 U.S. Nation Lawn Tennis Association forms
1880 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York
1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England
1879 1st National Archery Association tournament (Chicago)
1879 National Archery Association forms (Crawfordsville Ind)
1878 American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, New York
1877 American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland)
1877 International Association (minor baseball league) organizes
1876 American Library Association organized in Philadelphia
1875 National Bowling Association organized in New York City
1874 Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in New York City
1872 SF Bar Association organized
1872 San Francisco organizes Bar Association
1871 National Rifle Association organized in New York City
1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
1871 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Ft. Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1871 San Francisco Art Association holds open reception at 430 Pine
1871 National Association of Professional Base-Ball players organized
1870 YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) forms (New York City)
1869 American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland)
1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms
1868 American Philological Association organized in NY
1866 American Equal Rights Association forms
1863 Football Association forms in England, standardizing soccer
1857 American Chess Association formed (New York City)
1857 American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City)
1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York
1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association chapter opened (Boston)
1851 1st Young Men's Christian Association in North America (Montreal)
1847 American Medical Association organizes (Phila)
1847 American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia)
1845 Ella Flagg Young, 1st woman President, National Educational Association
1844 Young Men's Christian Association, YMCA, forms in London
1839 American Statistical Association organizes in Boston
1836 London Working Men's Association forms
1831 1st U.S. building and loan association organized, Frankford, Penn
1825 American Unitarian Association founded
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