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1991 Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of 1st American Bank

1990 5 Bank of Credit and Commerce members found guilty of money

1990 2 Bank of Credit and Commerce members plea guilty to money laundering

1987 Malcolm Baldrige, Secretary of Commerce, dies of internal injuries

1978 Commerce Department says hurricane names will no longer be only female

1973 Akron Ohio's Chamber of Commerce terminates itself from Soap Box Derby

1973 M T Ghani scores 104 on FC debut for Commerce Bank (Pak) age 44

1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million

1940 R S Burman, CEO, Association of British Chambers of Commerce

1935 U.S. - Russian commerce treaty takes effect

1927 Interstate Commerce Commission transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone

1926 Air Commerce Act passes

1926 Congress passes Air Commerce Act, licensing of pilots and planes

1924 Hague Chambers of Commerce forms

1922 Malcolm Baldrige, Conn, U.S. Secretary of Commerce, 1981-87

1922 Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover convenes 1st National Radio Conference

1916 Keating-Owen Act (child labor banned from interstate commerce)

1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce

1914 U.S. signs treaty of commerce with Ethiopia

1913 Department of Commerce and Labor split into separate departments

1910 Germany and Bolivia ends commerce/friendship treaty

1908 Maurice H. Stans, born in Shakope, Minnesota, Secretary of Commerce, 1969-72

1906 Oscar Straus, 1st Jewish government member, appointed Sec of Commerce

1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet

1903 U.S. Department of Commerce and Labor forms

1901 Congress creates National Bureau of Standards, in Department of Commerce

1887 Interstate Commerce Act authorizes federal regulation of railroads

1851 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce starts

1836 Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies

1824 Interstate commerce comes under federal control

1786 Annapolis Convention to determine interstate commerce

1783 Sweden and U.S. sign a treaty of Amity and Commerce

1774 British close port of Boston to all commerce

1768 1st U.S. Chamber of Commerce forms (New York City)



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