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2005 Mahmoud Abbas is elected as Palestinian Authority President
1996 Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises New York City bridge tolls to $3.50 each way 1995 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority raises subway and bus fares from $1.25 to $1.50 1995 Dean St. Station in Brooklyn, is 6th Metropolitan Transportation Authority station to close since 1904 1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1992 Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins installing automated fare collection turnstiles 1992 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993 1992 Britain Radio Authority licenses Virgin and TV-AM radio licenses 1992 Metropolitan Transportation Authority raised tolls on most New York City bridges from $2.50 to $3.00 1991 U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1990 New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority stops token redemption at subway stations 1989 New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority opens 63rd street extension to subway 1988 New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority announces it may replace tokens with credit card type passes 1982 Metropolitan Transportation Authority launches a 5 year plan to upgrade the New York City subway system 1975 Hendrik Kruls, Dutch general/chief military authority 1944 - 1946, dies at 73 1967 Indonesian congress deprives president Sukarno of authority 1957 Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1956 New York Mayor Robert Wagner and Brooklyn Boro President Frank Cashmore sponsor a bill to create a $30M Brooklyn Sports Center Authority to build 1953 New York City Transit Authority forms 1950 New York City's Port Authority opens 1946 Alfred G Jodl, Colonel General/German staff chief weather authority, hanged 1945 U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., France declare supreme authority over Germany 1944 U.S. government recognizes authority of General De Gaulle 1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority (U.S.) established 1937 U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists 1934 Electric Home and Farm Authority incorporated 1933 Electric Home and Farm Authority Inc, authorized 1928 Roland Moyle, British deputy chairman, Police Complaints Authority 1926 Jaspar government asks authority to save Belgian franc 1924 Malcolm Anson, CEO, Wessex Water Authority 1922 Brian Kellett, CEO, Port of London Authority 1921 Leonard Lickorish, dir-gen, British Tourist Authority 1917 People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 1914 Pro-German Boers begin opposition of British authority in South Africa 1909 Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74 1908 Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette, Complete Book of Etiquette 1907 Desmond Heap, authority on British planning law 1902 Hendrik J Kruls, Netherlands, general/chief military authority, 1944-46 1884 Charles Dodd, English new testament authority 1872 Emily Post, authority on social behavior/writer, Etiquette 1872 George Louis Beer, historian, authority on British colonies 1868 Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors 1817 Ambonese uprising against Dutch authority, under T Matulesia 1684 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted 1663 Cotton Mather, witchcraft authority 1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority 1536 Pope's authority declared void in England 1291 Scottish nobles recognize authority of English king Edward I |
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