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1997 Nevada Athletic Commission suspends Mike Tyson for biting Holyfield

1995 Sicco Mansholt, President Commission of Europe (1972-1973), dies

1994 Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79

1991 Franco Malfatti, president of Commission of Europe (1970-1972), dies

1988 Security and Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws

1988 Clarence M Pendleton, chairman of Commission on Civil Rights (1981-88) dies

1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Commission assassinated by death squads

1987 Tower Commission probes Iran-Contra affair

1986 NASA's plan to implement recommendations of Rogers commission

1986 President Reagan announces formation of Commission on Challenger Accident

1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment

1974 Arganat Commission publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War

1974 Lewis L Strauss, head U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at 78

1968 National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Comm) reports against racism and demands aid given to blacks

1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up commission to study cause of urban violence

1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission

1964 Warren Commission released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone

1963 Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up Warren Commission to investigate assassination of John F. Kennedy

1962 Street signs in Golden Gate Park approved by Park Commission

1958 Los Angeles Coliseum Commission approves 2-yr pact allows Dodgers to use facility

1957 9-county commission recommends creation of BART

1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer

1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary

1950 U.N. General Assembly establishes High Commission for Refugees (Nobel 1954)

1948 U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights

1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed

1946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)

1944 Chief of staff Kruls names De Quay chairman of Universal Commission

1944 European Advisory Commission decides to divide Germany

1941 Fair Employment Practices Commission established

1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission

1939 Leon Britain, vice president, Commission of European Communities

1939 Daniel Oliver, born in New York City, CEO, Federal Trade Commission

1938 Peter Sanders, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality

1938 Mary Frances Berry, educator/head, US Commission on Civil Rights

1937 Jacques Santer, President, European Commission

1936 International Commission of Straits (Dardanelles and Bosphorus) ends

1934 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created

1934 Securities and Exchange Commission established

1934 Carla Hills, politician, U.S. President Commission on Housing-1982

1931 Sydney Lipworth, CEO, Monopolies and Mergers Commission

1931 David Montgomery, chairman, British Forestry Commission

1929 June O'Dell, deputy CEO, Equal Opportunities Commission

1929 David S Ruder, 23rd chairman of Security and Exchange Commission

1929 U.S. worker union commission reports of slavery in Liberia

1927 Interstate Commerce Commission transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone

1927 President Coolidge creates Federal Radio Commission (FCC)

1926 Arthur Hockaday, director-Gen, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

1924 Alexei Ryko elected as President of People's commission (succeeds Lenin)

1922 David Lane, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality

1920 Richard O'Brien, CEO, Manpower Services Commission

1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission

1919 National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series

1918 Christy Mathewson resigns as Reds manager to accept a commission as a captain in chemical warfare branch of Army

1918 Derek Barber, CEO (Countryside Commission), dies

1915 Federal Trade Commission organizes

1914 Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce

1911 Robert Joseph Kane, born in Ithaca, New York, President of U.S. Olympic Commission, 1976

1907 Abraham Mills' commission declares Abner Doubleday invented baseball

1906 NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo

1902 Jean Rey, Belgium, President of European Commission, 1967-70

1890 New York Commission of Emigration ends, closing Castle Clinton

1885 1st U.S. state (California) establishes a permanent forest commission

1871 Meeting of Alabama claims commission

1867 U.S. Congress commission looks into "impeachment" of President Andrew Johnson

1861 Colonal Jackson receives his commission as brigadier general

1861 U.S. Sanitary Commission is given executive approval

1839 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator, dies

1831 John Frazee becomes 1st U.S. sculptor to receive a federal commission

1763 Joseph Fesch, French cardinal/war commission/earl/senator

1599 Caravaggio's 1st public commission for paintings

1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet



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