"This is going to be a dark day in the history of the Commonwealth," he said Monday.

The 2005 gubernatorial election margin of victory was the closest in the history of the Commonwealth.

Such unprecedented challenges in the history of the modern Commonwealth are matched by unrivalled opportunities.

Garballey was elected at age 23; the youngest state representative in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

As a nisi prius judge he is said to have had few equals in the history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The Commonwealth Navy was small and played a relatively minor role in the history of the Commonwealth.

In most respects, however, when Home took up the appointment it seemed to be a relatively uneventful period in the history of the Commonwealth.

Only two other servicemen in the history of the Commonwealth or Empire have received as many British medals for gallantry.

It goes back more than 200 years and forms an enormous resource for those studying the history of the Commonwealth.

During the early history of the Commonwealth of Australia, this was the major political continuum.