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1998 Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record

1998 NHL's Minnesota franchise selects the nickname Wild

1996 NFL and Cleveland allows Art Modell to move his NFL franchise to Balt but he had to leave the Browns' name behind

1995 Baseball awards a franchise to Tampa Bay Devil Rays

1995 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise

1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise

1994 Toronto NBA franchise unveils name "Raptors" and logo

1993 NFL announces 30th franchise - Jacksonville Jaguars

1993 Sacramento Gold Miners admitted as CFL's 9th franchise (1st U.S. team)

1992 Atlanta Braves win franchise record 98th game (old record 95 in 1957)

1992 CFL revokes BC Lions franchise

1990 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise

1990 Birmingham Fire issued an original franchise in WLAF

1982 New Jersey NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders and Americans

1976 AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M

1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks

1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers

1973 World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit)

1973 Indianapolis is awarded a WHA franchise

1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders)

1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise

1968 "Royals" chosen as the name of new Kansas City AL franchise

1967 Pacific Northwest Sports awarded AL expansion franchise (Seattle)

1967 Seattle awarded one of the 2 AL expansion franchise teams

1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals

1967 NFL New Orleans' franchise takes name "Saints"

1966 NBA awards Seattle Supersonics a franchise for 1967-68 season

1966 NFL awards New Orleans its 16th franchise (All Saints Day)

1965 AFL awards its 1st expansion franchise (Miami Dolphins)

1965 Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Inc applies for a NL franchise

1965 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise

1964 Indians' directors vote to keep franchise in Cleveland, rejecting bids by Seattle, Oakland and Dallas

1960 AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels

1960 New Washington franchise is awarded to Elwood Quesada

1959 Continental League awards its last franchise to Dallas-Ft. Worth

1959 Clark Griffith of Senators says team will not move the franchise

1959 Honolulu seeks a franchise in Continental League

1957 Giants trade Minneapolis franchise to Red Sox for San Francisco Seals-franchises only, not the players

1957 New York Giants vote 8-1 to move their franchise to San Francisco in 1958

1954 A's defeats Yanks 8-6 in last game franchise will play in Phila

1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee

1937 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise

1931 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League

1924 1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded

1922 Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise

1922 J. E. Clair turns Green Bay franchise back to NFL

1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise

1903 2 NYers buy Baltimore baseball franchise for $18,000 and moved it to NY

1903 Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Balt franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees)

1902 Orioles forfeit to St. Louis having only 5 players available to play they then forfeit their franchise back to the AL

1899 Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system

1876 California Street Cable Car Railroad Co gets its franchise


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