2014 Event Rob Manfred has been elected as the new commissioner of Major League Baseball; Manfred will take the position after current commissioner Bud Selig retires early next year 2013 Event The European Commissioner for Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, reveals that the EU is planning regulatory action to facilitate consolidation of the telecommunications market across national borders 2012 Event A German government plan proposing that a eurozone 'budget commissioner' take control of Greece's economic affairs is leaked 2011 Event In western Ethiopia, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees opens new refugee camp for refugees from Sudan and South Sudan 2011 Event Florida's Miami-Dade County Mayor, Carlos Alvarez, and County commissioner Natacha Seijas are ousted in recall elections 1996 Death Pete Rozelle, commissioner NFL, dies at 70 1992 Event Bud Selig becomes interm commissioner of baseball 1992 Event Baseball commissioner Faye Vincent resigns 1992 Event Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball 1992 Event Larry Smith, named 9th Commissioner of the CFL 1991 Event J Donald Crump resigned as CFL Commissioner 1990 Event George Steinbrenner is forced by Commissioner Fay Vincent to resign as prinicipal partner of New York Yankees 1990 Event J Donald Crump appointed 8th Commissioner of CFL 1989 Event Fay Vincent elected baseball's 8th commissioner 1989 Death A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commissioner, dies of heart attack at 51 1989 Event A Bartlett Giamatti replaces Ueberroth as 7th commissioner of baseball 1989 Event Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years 1989 Event Pete Rose meets with Commissioner Ueberroth to discuss his gambling 1985 Event Commissioner Peter Ueberroth reinstates Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle 1984 Death Percy Norris, deputy high commissioner of India, shot dead 1984 Event Peter Ueberroth replaces Bowie Kuhn as 6th commissioner of baseball 1984 Event Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner 1984 Event Douglas H Mitchell, QC of Calgary becomes 6th CFL Commissioner 1984 Event Peter Ueberroth elected baseball commissioner (Effective Oct 1) 1984 Event Daniel Stern becomes NBA commissioner 1982 Event Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1978 Death Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, dies at 83 1978 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976 1975 Event Commissioner Bowie Kuhn is reelected for a 7-year term 1973 Event Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner 1970 Event Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1969 Event Temp Commissioner Bowie Kuhn elected for 7-year term by unanimous vote 1969 Event Joe Namath resigns from NFL after Pete Rozelle, football commissioner, said he must sell his stake in a bar 1968 Event Baseball dismisses Commissioner William Eckert after 3 years 1968 Event Bowie Kuhn replaces William Eckert as 5th commissioner of baseball 1967 Event Ted Workman replaces Senator Keith Davey as CFL commissioner 1966 Event AFL chooses 36 year old Al Davis as commissioner 1965 Event William Eckert replaces Ford Frick as 4th commissioner of baseball 1965 Event William Eckert is unanimously elected commissioner of baseball 1964 Event Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes 1964 Event Ford Frick says he will not run for another term as commissioner 1961 Event Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games 1961 Event Douglas MacArthur declines offer to become baseball commissioner 1960 Event Pete Rozelle elected NFL commissioner on 23rd ballot 1959 Event Joe Foss named 1st commissioner of AFL 1957 Event Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick 1957 Event Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates 1956 Event Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group 1952 Birthday Gary Bettman, born in Queens, New York City, commissioner, National Hockey League, formerly, general counsel and president, National Basketball Association 1951 Event Ford Frick replaces Happy Chandler as 3rd commissioner of baseball Warren C Giles becomes president of baseball's National League 1951 Death Henry Gurney, British high commissioner to Malaya, assassinated 1951 Event NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball 1951 Birthday Jan Franssen, born in Hilversum, North Holland, politician, Dutch liberal political party, in 2006, named Queen's Commissioner in South Holland, previously served as city councilor, Nederhorst den Berg, President, House of Representatives 1982 - 1994, mayor of Zwolle, 1994 - 2000 1951 Event FBI director J. Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner 1950 Event Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner 1950 Event Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract 1950 Birthday Leon Frissen, born in Beek, Netherlands, Queen's Governor of the province of Limburg, Netherlands, or Queen's Commissioner 1948 Event Commissioner Happy Chandler fines the Yankees, Cubs, and Phillies $500 each for signing high school players 1946 Event Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago headquarters to Philadelphia 1945 Event Albert B "Happy" Chandler is named 2nd baseball commissioner 1943 Death Fritz Schmidt, Nazi commissioner in Holland, commits suicide at 39 1942 Birthday David J Stern, NBA commissioner, 1984- 1942 Birthday Margaret Wright, chief commissioner, Guide Association 1942 Birthday Christopher Howes, Crown Estate Second Commissioner 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt asks commissioner to continue baseball during WW II 1941 Birthday Hans Wiegel, Dutch commissioner of the queen, Frisia 1941 Event Elmer Layden becomes 1st NFL commissioner 1940 Birthday Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner, 1989- 1940 Birthday Paul Tagliabue, commissioner, NFL 1940 Birthday Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward, New York Knick, last ABA commissioner 1940 Event German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling government 1940 Event Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1938 Birthday Francis Thomas, Fay, Vincent, baseball commissioner 1938 Birthday A Bartlett Giamatti, born in Boston, President of Yale and baseball commissioner, 1989 1937 Birthday Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics, 1984, baseball commissioner 1934 Birthday Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner 1934 Birthday Nicholas Barrington, high commissioner, Pakistan 1933 Death William Muldoon, Belfast NY, boxing commissioner, dies at 88 1933 Birthday Myrlie Evers-Williams, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works 1933 Birthday Margaret Laird, Commissioner, Third Church Estates 1930 Birthday Gwyn Francis, British Forestry commissioner 1930 Birthday Peter Marshall, police commissioner, London 1926 Event Kenesaw Mountain Landis renewed 7-years as baseball commissioner 1926 Birthday Bowie Kuhn, born in Maryland, lawyer, sports administrator, fifth commissioner of Major League Baseball 1926 Birthday Pete Rozelle, NFL commissioner 1960-89 1925 Birthday David McNee, commissioner, Metropolitan Police 1925 Event General M Froense replaces Trotsky as People's Commissioner of Defense 1922 Birthday John Heerbecq, Church commissioner 1921 Event Kenesaw Mountain Landis becomes 1st commissioner of baseball 1920 Event Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis elected 1st baseball commissioner 1920 Birthday James Munn, commissioner, British University 1920 Event 1st woman U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Helen Hamilton appointed 1920 Event NL votes 6-2 for 1 commissioner AL votes 6-2 to keep group commission 1913 Birthday Ronald Harris, British 1st Church Estates Commissioner 1912 Event Richard Catling, commissioner of police (Kenya) 1905 Event Carroll Wright appointed 1st U.S. Commissioner of Labor 1897 Death Hercules Robinson, South Africa Commissioner (1880-89,1895-97), dies at 72 1895 Birthday S Constantine Timoshenko, Russian marshal/people's commissioner 1895 Birthday DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles 1894 Birthday Ford Frick, baseball commissioner, 1951 - 1965 1893 Birthday M Kaganovitsj Kogan, people's commissioner for Stalin 1866 Birthday Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge/1st commissioner of baseball 1845 Birthday William Muldoon, Belfast, New York, boxing commissioner, help find PAL 1824 Birthday Hercules Robinson, Ire, South Africa Commissioner, 1880-89, 1895-97
