23 July 1982 Posted on July 22, 2011 by Staff At The International Whaling Commission meeting, they decide to put and end to commercial whaling by 1985-86. Famous Words of Inspiration..."Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation." Margaret Mead — Click here for more from Margaret Mead Related posts: 4 July 1569