1996 [Alvin] Pete Rozelle, commissioner (NFL), dies at 70
1992 Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball
1992 Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns
1992 Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball
1992 Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL
1991 J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner
1990 George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of New York Yankees
1990 J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL
1989 Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner
1989 A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51
1989 A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball
1989 Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
1989 Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling
1985 Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle
1984 Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead
1984 Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball
1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
1984 Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner
1984 Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1)
1984 Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner
1982 Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract
1978 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83
1978 U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976
1975 Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term
1973 Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Assn's 4th commissioner
1970 Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross
1969 Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote
1969 Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar
1968 Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years
1968 Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball
1967 Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner
1966 AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner
1965 William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball
1965 William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball
1964 Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
1964 Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner
1961 Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
1961 Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner
1960 Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot
1959 Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL
1957 Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick
1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Det Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates
1956 Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
1951 Ford C Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League
1951 Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated
1951 NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball
1951 FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner
1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner
1950 Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract
1948 Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players
1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago HQ to Phila
1945 Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner
1943 Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39
1942 David J Stern, NBA commissioner, 1984-
1942 Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Assn
1942 Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner
1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II
1941 Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen, Frisia
1941 Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner
1940 Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner, 1989-
1940 Paul Tagliabue, commissioner, NFL
1940 Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward, New York Knick, /last ABA commissioner
1940 German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government
1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
1938 Francis Thomas, Fay, Vincent, baseball commissioner
1938 A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989
1937 Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics, 1984, /baseball commissioner
1934 Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner
1934 Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner, Pakistan
1933 William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88
1933 Myrlie Evers, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works
1933 Margaret Laird, Commissioner, Third Church Estates
1930 Gwyn Francis, British Forestry commissioner
1930 Peter Marshall, police commissioner, London
1926 Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner
1926 Bowie Kuhn, baseball commissioner, 1969-1984
1926 Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner 1960-89
1925 David McNee, commissioner, Metropolitan Police
1925 Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense
1922 John Heerbecq, Church commissioner
1921 Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball
1920 Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner
1920 James Munn, commissioner, British University
1920 1st woman U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed
1920 NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission
1913 Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner
1912 Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya)
1905 Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor
1897 Hercules Robinson, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89,1895-97), dies at 72
1895 S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner
1895 DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles
1894 Ford C Frick, baseball commissioner, 1951-65
1893 M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin
1866 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball
1845 William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL
1824 Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner, 1880-89, 1895-97
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