1998 Philippine DC-9 crashes apparently killing all 104 on board
1994 U.S. Air Boeing 737 crashes at Pittsburgh Airport, killing all 132 on board
1994 Ian Board, barkeeper, dies at 64
1991 Ottawa Rough Riders Board of Directors resign
1991 Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleveland Indians
1991 Hall of Fame's board of directors vote 12-0 to bar Pete Rose
1989 U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate
1988 U.S. Olympic diver Greg Louganis hits his head on diving board
1988 Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board
1987 Xignals PC Board BBS begins in Alabama
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
1978 1st Computer Bulletin Board System (Ward and Randy's CBBS, Chicago)
1973 All women board of directors takes control of ABA's Kentucky Colonels
1967 Louisville, Ky, draft board refuses exemption for boxer Muhammad Ali
1966 1st black member of Federal Reserve Board (A F Brimmer)
1966 Andrew Brimmer becomes 1st black governor of Federal Reserve Board
1962 Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas"
1961 Judge Irving Kaufman orders Board of Ed of New Rochelle, to integrate
1955 "Scrabble" debuts on board game market
1954 Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education reversed 1896 "separate but equal" Plessy Vs Ferguson decision
1954 School desegregation law, Brown vs. Board of education
1953 Georgia approves U.S. 1st literature censorship board
1952 US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
1951 Ken Knox, rock vocalist, Chairmen of the Board
1949 Cargo airlines 1st licensed by U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board
1948 Lillian Board, England, 400m, 1968 Olympics silver
1948 U.S. Supreme Court decision (Sipuel vs. Oklahoma State Board of Regents)
1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II
1944 Danny Woods, U.S. musician, CEO of the Board
1942 Tito appoints Anti fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia
1942 National War Labor Board created
1941 Premier Winston Churchill travels to U.S. on board HMS Duke of York
1940 British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway
1935 Monopoly board game goes on sale for 1st time
1933 2 billion board feet of lumber destroyed in Tillamook Oregon fire
1933 Alan Hardcastle, chairman, Lloyds Regulatory Board
1933 John Sparrow, CEO, British Horseracing Betting Levy Board
1933 Alan Devereux, CEO, Scottish Tourist Board
1933 Myrlie Evers, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works
1932 Lady Littler, CEO, Gaming Board for Great Britain
1932 Raman Subba Row, CEO, Test/County Cricket Board
1930 James Alan Ferman, secretary, British Board of Film Classification
1929 Ian Board, barkeeper
1929 Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, New York City
1925 Texas School Board prohibits teaching of evolution
1925 Frank Chamberlain, CEO, Test and County Cricket Board
1924 Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies
1922 Frank Price, CEO, British Waterways Board
1917 Board of Commissioners of Cleveland Metroparks has its 1st meeting
1915 Stephen Roberts, CEO, British Milk Marketing Board
1914 Margaret Farrer, CEO, Central Midwives Board
1914 Pennsylvania State Board of [motion picture] censors appointed
1905 Alexander Johnston, CEO, Board of Inland Revenue
1904 Arthur F. Burns, economist/chairman, Federal Reserve Board
1896 Ewan Calague, economist/statistician, Social Security Board
1893 1st Cleveland Board of Park Commissioners forms
1882 Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board)
1879 Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education
1872 California Stock Exchange Board organized
1868 1st meeting of Board of Regents, University of California
1866 New York Legislature forms New York City Metropolitan Board of Health
1865 Hawaiian Board of Education formed
1856 Chinese police board British vessel Arrow, arrest 12 Chinese crewmen on suspicion of piracy and lower British flag, begins 2nd Anglo-Chinese War
1855 Louisiana establishes 1st health board to regulate quarantine
1854 Steamship "Arctic" sinks with 300 people on board
1847 New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration
1831 Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle
1807 British board USS Chesapeake, a provocation leading to War of 1812
1774 England passed Quartering Act, mandating Colonists must board English troops in their homes
1503 Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
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