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1997 Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract
1997 Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract 1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract 1997 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch 1997 San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract 1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million 1995 David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees 1995 Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed 1994 Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 1992 Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1991 NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike 1991 Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox 1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets 1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract 1990 Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers 1990 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 1990 Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants 1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract 1989 Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract 1989 Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year California Angels contract 1989 Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract 1989 Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract 1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract 1989 Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs $7.9M-3 year contract 1989 Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract 1988 New York Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M 1988 Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract 1988 Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract 1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton 1988 Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers 1987 Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle 1985 Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract 1985 Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai 1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins 1984 Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81 1983 Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants 1982 Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets 1982 Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1980 John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records 1979 Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract 1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies 1978 U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 1976 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract 1975 Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown 1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yankees contract 1974 A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract 1974 U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract 1973 Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA Kansas City Kings for $450,000 1973 White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000 1973 Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox 1973 White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract 1972 Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle 1971 Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration 1970 Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway 1970 West-Germany and U.S.S.R. sign gas contract 1969 Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season 1969 Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators 1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years 1967 Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records 1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year 1965 San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000 1964 Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1964 Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract 1963 Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles 1963 Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1963 Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants signs a record $100,000 per year contract 1962 Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) 1962 Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977 1962 Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone 1962 Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles 1960 ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract 1959 U.S.S.R. and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor 1959 Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers 1953 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr 1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee 1951 Great Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract 1950 Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract 1950 Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract 1950 Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as Vice President/General Manager of Pittsburgh Pirates 1950 Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history 1949 American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out 1945 Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract 1937 Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams 1934 U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months 1934 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss 1934 Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants 1934 New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract 1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut) 1933 Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract 1930 Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1928 Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators 1926 Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark 1926 Contract air mail service begins in U.S. 1925 AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raise to $40,000 1924 British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with U.S.S.R. 1922 Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract 1916 Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract 1916 Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname 1916 Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract 1915 Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season 1902 Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild' 1890 King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company 1884 Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed 1884 Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, invented contract bridge 1881 Henry M. Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch 1881 Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch 1873 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname 1799 Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets 1789 John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx) 1661 Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal 1492 Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies |
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