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2000 Frank Wills, often unemployed security guard, he the Democratic National Committee office in the Watergate Building had been burgled in June 1972, dies at 52
1998 House Judiciary Committee recommends a full impeachment inquiry 1998 Bill Gates testifies at Senate Judiciary Committee 1997 Mary Louise Smith, first woman to chair the Republican National Committee, dies at 82 1997 Zdenek Mlynar, Secretary of Czechoslovakian Communist Central Committee (1968), dies 1996 Robert J. Morris, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, dies at 81 1995 Senate Ethics committee votes 6-0 to ask for expulsion of Bob Packwood 1995 Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of Euro Committee 1994 South Africa Goldstone committee reveals existence of secret police 1992 Ida Oosterbaan, Dutch founder (Women Action Committee), dies 1992 Ethic committee votes to reveal congressmen who bounced checks 1991 Robert Helmick resigns as President of U.S. Olympic Committee 1991 Senate Committee begins hearings on Clarence Thomas' nomination 1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court 1989 Paul Daels, Flemish chairman (IJzerbedevaart committee), dies 1988 Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves nomination of Judge Anthony M Kennedy to U.S. Supreme Court 1988 Arizona committee opens hearing on impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham 1987 Congressional committee reports on Iran-Contra affair 1986 U.S. Congress forms Irangate committee 1985 Senate judiciary committee begins Robert Bork confirmation hearings 1985 U.S. Olympic Committee endorses a boycott of Moscow games 1985 John B Kelly, Jr., chairman U.S. Olympic Committee, dies at 57 1983 House Foreign Affairs Committee endorses nuclear weapons freeze with U.S.S.R. 1981 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approves Sandra Day O'Connor 1981 Herman Talmadge, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee, died at age 88 1979 International Olympic Committee votes to readmit China 1977 U.S. House establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 1976 Senate establishes permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 1975 Avery Brundage, CEO (International Olympic Committee, 1952-72), dies at 87 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up 1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment 1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry 1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment 1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee 1973 John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list" 1973 John Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee 1973 Senate Watergate Committee begins its hearings 1973 Senate createse Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities 1972 International Olympic Committee exspells Rhodesia 1972 Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee 1972 North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee 1972 S Mansholt succeeds Malfatti as chairman of European Committee 1972 Sicco Mansholt becomes chairman of European Committee 1970 Oakland uses gold-colored bases during the club's home opener Rules Committee subsequently bans this innovation 1968 U.S. Olympic Committee suspends Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving "black power" salute as a protest during victory ceremony 1967 Provo disbands in Netherlands Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963 ML Rules Committee bans oversized catcher's mitts, effective in 1965 1963 Major League Rules Committee votes to expand strike zone 1961 Pro Baseball Rules Committee votes 8-1 against legalizing the spitball 1961 Freedom Ride Coordinating Committee establishes in Atlanta 1960 Hall of Fame allows veteran committee to vote annually 1960 House investigating committee, looking into payola questions 1960 Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), organizes at Shaw U 1959 U.N. Committee on Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established 1959 Congressional Committee of Astronautics meets Project 7 astronauts 1957 NY Mayor Robert Wagner forms a committee to replace Dodgers and Giants 1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee 1951 Ty Cobb testifies before the Emanuel Celler committee, denying that the reserve clause makes peons of baseball players 1951 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics 1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major U.S. crime syndicates 1951 Lee Atwater, Republican National Committee Chairman, 1989-91 1950 International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52 1947 Un-American Activities Committee finds "Hollywood 10" in contempt because of their refusal to reveal whether they were communists 1947 William Dawson becomes 1st black to head congressional committee 1946 President Truman creates Committee on Civil Rights by Executive Order 9808 1944 Soviets set up Polish Committee of National Liberation 1943 National Committee Freies Deutschland forms 1941 Elizabeth Holtzman, Brooklyn DA, D-Rep-NY, Watergate Committee 1941 President Roosevelt appointed FEP Committee 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1936 Watchfulness Committee forms in Amsterdam 1933 Berlin Olympic Committee vote to introduce basketball in 1936 1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City 1932 International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam 1932 Raymond Illingworth, CEO, England committee, TCCB 1931 Nationally Crisis Committee forms in Hague 1931 Suriname Work Committee under Louis Doedel forms in Paramaribo 1931 Stalin throws Krupskaya Lenin out of Central Committee 1931 Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1930 Baseball Rules Committee greatly revises the rule book 1927 Marcus Fox, conservative MP/chairman, 1922 Committee 1925 Pierre de Coubertin steps down as chairman of International Olympic Committee 1925 Jacques Delors, French economist/chairman European Committee, 1985-95 1923 Senate committee publishes 1st report on Teapot Dome scandal 1921 Paul Daels, president, Flemish Iron Pilgrimage committee 1920 Juan Antonio Samaranch, chairman, International Olympic Committee 1919 Labor conference committee in U.S. urges 8-hour work day and 48-hour week 1919 Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members 1919 Lord Aberdare, committee chairman, House of Lords 1919 Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms 1918 LeRoy Walker, born in Atlanta, Georgia, CEO, US Olympic Committee 1917 Petrograds garrison accepts Revolutionary Military Committee 1917 Russian Dumas sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1915 National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created 1914 Robert J. Morris, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, lawyer, served New York State Assembly committee investigating Communist activities, credited for efforts attributed to Senator Joseph McCarthy 1913 Herman Talmadge, born in McRae, Georgia, Senator-D-Georgia 1957 - 1981, Governor of Georgia 1948 - 1955, Watergate Committee 1912 Dutch Olympian Committee forms (NOC) 1912 Netherland Olympic Committee forms 1908 Mills Committee declares baseball was invented by Abner Doubleday 1906 Andrei P Kirilenko, Russian member of Central Committee of CP 1906 Football rules committee legalizes forward pass 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal 1901 Fawcett committee visits Mafeking concentration camp in Cape Colony 1901 NL Rules Committee decrees that all fouls are to count as strikes except after two strikes 1898 Hendrik J Pos, Dutch philosopher/CEO, Committee of Watchfulness 1893 Edward J. Hart, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Representative-D-New Jersey 1935 - 1955, 1st chairman of Committee on Un-American Activities 1887 Avery Brundage, born in Detroit, Michigan, CEO, International Olympic Committee, 1952-72 1856 2nd San Francisco Vigilance Committee organized 1843 Committee of 9 appointed to establish civil government in Oregon Country 1843 U.S. and British settlers in Oregon Country choose government committee 1820 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, member of Committee the Salut Public, dies at 63 1793 Georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public 1776 Continental Congress create a committee to draft Declaration of Independence 1776 Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence 1772 Boston: anti-English Committee of Correspondence forms 1756 Pierre-Joseph Cambon, French member of Committee of Salut Public |
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