2015 Event The U.S. National Labor Relations Board rules that recycler Browning-Ferris has employer responsibility for contract workers supplied by an agency; the ruling may imply similar liability for franchise companies such as McDonalds 2014 Event Walt Disney Company will be marketing the next Star Wars movie through a series of YouTube videos produced by its subsidiary, Maker; the videos will connect younger audiences to the characters and stories from earlier movies in the franchise 2014 Event Actor Matt Damon announces that he will return to the 'Bourne' movie franchise, starring in the next film to be released in 2016; interim star Jeremy Renner will also continue his role as Aaron Cross 2014 Event The cast has been announced for the next film in the "Star Wars" series, due out in 2015; the cast includes some original cast members as well as actors new to the franchise 1998 Event Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record 1998 Event NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild 1996 Event NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Baltimore but he had to leave the Browns' name behind 1995 Event Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1995 Event Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise 1995 Event Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise 1994 Event Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" and logo 1993 Event NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars 1993 Event Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st U.S. team) 1992 Event Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957) 1992 Event CFL revokes BC Lions franchise 1990 Event Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise 1990 Event Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF 1982 Event New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans 1976 Event AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M 1974 Event NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks 1974 Event NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers 1973 Event World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit) 1973 Event Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise 1971 Event Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders) 1968 Event NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise 1968 Event "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise 1967 Event Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle) 1967 Event Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams 1967 Event AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals 1967 Event NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints" 1966 Event NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season 1966 Event NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day) 1965 Event AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins) 1965 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise 1965 Event NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise 1964 Event Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas 1960 Event AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels 1960 Event New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada 1959 Event Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft. Worth 1959 Event Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise 1959 Event Honolulu seeks a franchise in Continental League 1957 Event Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for San Francisco Seals-franchises only, not the players 1957 Event New York Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958 1954 Event A's defeats Yankees 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Philadelphia 1953 Event Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee 1937 Event Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise 1931 Event 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1924 Event 1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded 1922 Event Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise 1922 Event J. E. Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL 1921 Event J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise 1903 Event 2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and moved it to NY 1903 Event Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Baltimore franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees) 1902 Event Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL 1899 Event Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system 1876 Event California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise
