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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