2015 Event Puerto Rico fails to make a $58 billion debt payment on bonds issued by the Public Finance Corporation; Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla warned creditors in June that debt restructuring will be needed to keep the government afloat 2014 Event Greece returns to the bond market today with 5-year bonds at a coupon rate of 4.75 percent; international sales of 3 billion euros exceeded the nation's expectations 2011 Event Newspapers report that Japan will issue over 10 trillion yen in emergency government bonds to help pay for their earthquake and tsunami recovery efforts 1997 Event San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract 1992 Event San Francisco Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds 1992 Event Barry Bonds joins Willie Mays, Howard Johnson and Ron Gant as having (2) 30-home run/30-steal seasons 1992 Event Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1990 Event Pittsburgh's Barry Bonds wins NL MVP 1989 Event Howard Johnson joins B Bonds and W Mays to hit 30 home runs and steal 30 bases 1980 Event Cardinals release outfielder Bobby Bonds 1979 Event Bobby Bonds hits his 300th home run (2nd to have 300 home runs and 300 stolen bases) 1974 Event Yankees trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds 1973 Event All star MVP: Bobby Bonds for the San Francisco Giants 1973 Event San Francisco Giants Bobby Bonds sets NL record with 22 lead off home runs 1972 Death Margaret A R Bonds, U.S. pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59 1969 Event Bobby Bonds is baseballs 4th 30-HR, 30-steal player 1968 Event Bobby Bonds hits a grand slam in his 1st major league game (Giants) 1964 Birthday Barry Bonds, born in Riverside, California, left fielder, Pirates, San Francisco Giants, 3X MVP 1956 Event Premium Savings Bonds introduced in Great Britain 1946 Birthday Billy Bonds, British soccer player 1946 Birthday Bobby Bonds, baseball player, Giants, Yankees, etc 1944 Event Yankees, Dodgers and Giants play unique 6 inn game for War Bonds, each playing successive innings, final score Dodgers-5, Yankees-1 and Giants-0 1941 Event U.S. savings bonds go on sale 1939 Birthday Gary Bonds, born in Florida, singer and songwriter, New Orleans 1928 Event Clevelanders vote to build a stadium with city bonds 1928 Birthday Felix Rohatyn, Vienna Austria, investment banker, New York Big MAC Bonds 1914 Event Dutch Cort Van de Linden government issues silver bonds as money 1913 Birthday Margaret A. R. Bonds, U.S. pianist, composer and arranger 1812 Event Congress authorizes war bonds to finance War of 1812 1750 Birthday Stephen Girard, bailed out U.S. bonds during War of 1812
