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2006 Google buys YouTube.com for $1.6 billion
1997 Microsoft buys Hotmail E-mail service 1997 Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million 1997 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers 1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million 1996 Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million 1995 Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million 1995 Spanish Broadcasting System buys New York radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M 1994 Sylvia Brandts Buys, actress (Hague's Post), dies at 85 1994 Bill Gates buys Leonardo da Vinci's "Codex" for $30,800,000 1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1990 H. Wayne Huizenga buys Joe Robbie Stadium and 15% of Dolphins for $30M 1989 British brewery Bass buys Holiday Inn hotel chain 1987 Japanese bank buys "Lady McGill" stamp for $1,100,000 1987 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million 1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million 1985 Random House buys Richard Nixons memoires for $3,000,000 1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million 1983 Belgium buys 44 F-16s 1982 John McMullen buys NHL Colorodo Rockies and gets approval to move to NJ 1979 Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million 1975 Bill Veeck buys 80% of White Sox from John Allyn 1974 Austr National Gallery buys W de Kooning's "Woman V" for $850,000 1974 McDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres 1974 Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald's, buys San Diego Padres for $12 million 1973 The Family Station Inc buys shortwave Radio Station WNYW, changes calls to WYFR and moves station from New York City to Scituate Mass 1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million 1969 Shelby Singleton buys Sun Records from Sam Phillips 1969 Leonard Tose buys NFL Philadelphia Eagles for $16,155,000 1964 CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20% 1962 William DeWitt buys Cincinnati Reds for $4,625,000 1960 Radio - TV executive John Fetzer buys a controlling interest of Detroit Tigers 1960 Cuba buys oil from U.S.S.R. 1955 John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962) 1953 Baltimore Mayor D'Alesandro buys Veeck's interest in Browns for $2,475,000 1953 August A. Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million 1951 Bill Veeck buys St. Louis Browns from Bill and Charlie DeWitt 1948 Hank Greenberg buys an interest in the Cleveland Indians 1945 Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs 1943 William D. Cox buys Philadelphia Phillies 1929 CBS radio network buys WABC in New York City 1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 1915 CH Chubb buys Stonehenge for 6,600 pounds 1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus 1903 Barney Dreyfuss and James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000 1902 U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million 1898 Henry Huntington buys LA Railway 1896 Adolph Ochs (39) buys New York Times 1895 Izak Buys, cricketer, one Test for South Africa 1922, 0 and 4*, 0-52 1893 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer, dies at 65 1890 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo 1878 Joseph Pulitzer buys St. Louis Dispatch for $2,500 1867 U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 1847 United Shakespeare Company buys his home in Stratford-upon-Avon 1828 Johan T Buys, Dutch lawyer 1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community 1817 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist/founder KNMI 1805 Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in Bronx 1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861 - 1869, buys Alaska at 2 cents per acre 1770 Amsterdam buys Van Aerssens family 1/3 part of Suriname 1755 Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief 1717 Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles 1630 New Amsterdam's governor buys Gull Island from Indians for cargo, renames it Oyster Island, it is later known as Ellis Island 1626 Peter Minuet buys Manhattan from Indians for trinkets, valued at $24 1626 Dutch colonist Paul Minuit buys Manhattan for $24 in trinkets 1616 Netherlands buys De Briel/Vlissingen/Fort Rammekens from England 1594 Paul Buys, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies at 62 1475 Treaty of Picquigny, king Louis XI buys English contacts |
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