2013 Event A $3.4 billion takeover bid by American global food-processing giant Archer Daniels Midland for GrainCorp, an Australian agribusiness, is rejected by Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey 2013 Event The International Olympic Committee holds its 125th Session, and announces Tokyo, Japan won the bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics 2011 Event In a bid to attract international sponsorship, England's Newcastle United F.C. rebrands the St. James' Park stadium as the Sports Direct Arena 2010 Event Tengzhong's bid to purchase Hummer from General Motors is rejected by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China 1990 Event Thatcher fails to defeat Heseltine's bid for party leadership 1990 Event Faye Vincent turns down White Sox bid to reinstate Minnie Minoso, 68, 1990 Event Pete Sampras ends Ivan Lendl's bid for 9th straight U.S. Open final 1989 Event Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency 1988 Event CBS' $1.1 B bid wins exclusive 1990-94 major-league baseball rights 1988 Event Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid 1988 Event Dave Stieb, loses 2nd consecutive no hitter bid with 2 outs in 9th 1986 Event Phils Don Carmen perfect game bid is broken in 9th 1984 Event Mattingly's single breaks up Lamarr Hoyt's perfect game bid 1980 Event Spectacular Bid runs in Belmont alone as 3 horses drop out 1979 Event 105th Preakness: Ron Franklin aboard Spectacular Bid wins in 1:54.2 1979 Event 105th Kentucky Derby: Ron Franklin on Spectacular Bid wins in 2:02.4 1977 Event For 2nd straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid 1975 Event Nolan Ryan's bid for 2nd no-hitter broken in 6th inning 1969 Event Tom Seaver's no-hit bid against Cubs ends with 1 out in 9th 1964 Event Margaret Chase Smith, Senator-R-Maine, tries for Republican President bid 1961 Death Hilda Doolittle, U.S. poet (Bid Me to Live), dies at 75 1960 Event Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels 1958 Event Billy Pierce's perfect game bid broken with 2 outs in 9th 1952 Event Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid 1947 Event With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1933 Event Britain's Fred Perry thwarts Australian Jack Crawford's bid for a Grand Slam by defeating him at U.S. Tennis championship
