The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government created by Congressional statute (see 47 U.S.C. § 151 and 47 U.S.C. § 154) to regulate […]
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Lennox Lewis
Lennox Claudius Lewis CM CBE (born 2 September 1965) is a retired boxer and the most recent undisputed world heavyweight champion. He holds dual British and Canadian citizenship. As an […]
Office of Price Administration
The Office of Price Administration (OPA) was established within the Office for Emergency Management of the United States government by Executive Order 8875 on August 28 1941. The functions of […]
Federal Housing Administration
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. It insured loans made by banks and other private […]
Works Progress Administration
The Works Progress Administration (renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration; WPA) was the largest and most ambitious New Deal agency employing millions of unemployed people (mostly unskilled men) […]
Farm Credit Administration
The Farm Credit Administration is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the federal government of the United States. It regulates and examines the banks associations and related entities […]
Andrew Bobola
Andrew Bobola S.J. (Polish: Andrzej Bobola 1591 – 16 May 1657) was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus known as the Apostle of Lithuania and the […]
Silver City Airways
Silver City Airways was a private British independent airline formed in 1946. The name Silver City was derived from the eponymous Australian mining town at Broken Hill where The Zinc […]
Peter the Aleut
Cungagnaq (date of birth unknown – d. 1815) is venerated as a martyr and saint (as Peter the Aleut) by some jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church. He was allegedly […]
Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The agency’s original purpose was to regulate railroads (and […]