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1998 New York Giant GM George Young resigns to accept NFL position 1993 General Motors sues NBC, alleging that "Dateline NBC" program had rigged 2 car-truck crashes to show that 1973-87 GM pickups were prone to fires 1990 Reggie Williams becomes 1st GM of WLAF's NY-New Jersey Knights 1990 Gene Michael names New York Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson 1990 Braves replace manager Russ Nixon with GM Bobby Cox 1990 Boston Red Sox hires Elaine Weddington as asst GM (highest-ranking black female in a major-league front office) 1989 Bob Quinn resigns as New York Yankee VP/GM and replaced by Harding Peterson 1989 NHL's New York Rangers fire GM and coach Phil Esposito 1987 Woody Woodward resigns as New York Yankee GM, Lou Piniella is named GM and Billy Martin is named New York Yankee manager for 5th and final time 1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen 1978 On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM 1975 Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier (1963-65), dies at 58 1973 Yankee GM and President Lee MacPhail named AL president 1969 Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm and head coach of Redskins 1967 Stan Musial is named GM of Cards 1963 Lourens GM Baas Becking, Dutch botanist/resistance fighter, dies at 68 1960 George Weiss, at 66, resigns as GM of New York Yankees 1955 Branch Rickey steps down as GM of the Pirates 1953 Antonius GM "Toon" Agterberg, Dutch actor, Hunk 1952 Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, Oly-76, /WLAF GM for the Rhein Fire 1950 Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as VP/GM of Pittsburgh Pirates 1948 Herb Pennock, pitcher (New York Yankees)/GM (Phillies), dies 1947 Larry MacPhail resigns as Yank GM after final game of World Series 1942 Branch Rickey named president/GM of Brooklyn Dodgers 1942 Jerry Jones, owner/GM for the Dallas Cowboys 1942 Phil Esposito, NHL center/GM, Bruins, Rangers 1941 Lee MacPhail, Dodger GM predicts all players will wear batting helmets 1938 GM began mass production of diesel engines 1935 Eastern Airlines hires Eddie Rickenbacker as GM 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1928 44-yr old New York Ranger GM Lester Patrick replaces his injured goaltender in a Stanley Cup game, and beats Montreal Maroons 2-1 1926 Lester Patrick becomes 1st coach and gm of New York Rangers 1926 Emile Francis, NHL player/coach/GM, Rangers, Blues, Whalers 1920 Ed Barrow appointed GM of New York Yankees 1917 Arnold "Red" Auerbach, NBA coach/GM, Boston Celtic 1873 Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect, GM Tech Institute, Mich

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