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2007 Mega Millions has the highest lottery jackpot ever, $370 million dollars
2006 United States population reaches 300 million people 2004 Clinton Library opens in Little Rock Arkansas, containing 2 million photographs and 80 million documents 2001 Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. 1998 Last episode of Seinfeld on NBC, commercials are $2 million each 1998 Tellabs Inc. acquires Coherent Communications Systems for $670 million 1998 Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record 1998 Michelangelo, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million 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 Federal judge sentences Autumn Jackson, who claims to be Bill Cosby's daughter, to 26 months for trying to extort $40 million from him 1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 Intel Corp buys Digital Equipment for $700 million 1997 Elton John's tribute to Princess Diana breaks world record, 318 million distributed 1997 Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits 1997 Discovery buys Travel Channel for $20 million 1997 Atlanta Braves sign Greg Maddux to record 5 year, $575 Million deal 1997 Microsoft announces it will invest $150 million in Apple Computer Inc 1997 Christies auctions off Princess Di's clothing for $5.5 million 1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay 1997 NBC TV shows "Schindler's List," completely uncensored, 65 million watch 1997 Fred Goldman says he will settle for a signed murder confession from O. 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Simpson in lieu of his $20.5 million judgement 1997 3 Swiss banks create $70 million Holocaust fund 1996 Albert Belle, signs record five-year, $55 million with White Sox 1996 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1996 Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million 1996 Og Mandino, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1996 Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million 1996 Sotherby ends 4 day auction of Jackie O stuff-take in $34.5 million 1996 Sotherby begins 4 day auction of Jackie Onassis things nets $34.5 million 1996 50,000 swimmers raise 15 million for charity during BT's Swimathon '96 1996 Record $65.2 million British lottery won by 3 people (2-3-4-13-42-44) 1995 David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees 1995 Thomas O Hicks buys NHL Dallas Stars for $84 million 1995 Million Man March held in Washington D.C. (over 800,000 black men attend) 1995 Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to U.S. Treasury 1994 New York Lotto pays $60 million+ 1994 Disney's "Lion King," opens in theaters with $42 million 1994 Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 1994 Richard Jacobs buys naming rights to Indians new ball park at Gateway for $13.8 million (renamed Jacobs Field) 1994 1 million Greeks attend Melina Mercouri's funeral 1994 Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23) 1993 Germany unemployment hits country record of 3.5 million 1993 NBC TV awarded 1996 Olympic coverage for $456 million 1993 Farmer Sugeng finds 1.2 million year old Pithecanthropus IX skull 1993 "Michael Jackson Talks To Oprah Winfrey" airs on ABC and drew an astounding 39.3 rating/56 share, 90 million people 1992 General Suwa finds tooth of 4.4 million year old Australopithecus ramidus 1992 San Francisco Giants renig on $43 million pact with Barry Bonds 1992 1st time Baltimore Orioles draw 3 million fans at home 1992 New York Lotto pays $30 million to one winner (#s are 12-15-30-33-40-48) 1991 IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1991 New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension 1991 Bert Bertram, actor (How to Steal a Million), dies of cancer at 97 1991 Toronto Blue Jays clinches AL East title and becomes 1st team to draw 4 million fans 1991 Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million 1991 In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless 1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless 1991 Raghib "Rocket" Ismael signs with Toronto Argonauts for $26.2 million 1991 Greyhound Bus posts $195 million loss for 1990 1991 Census Bureau said it failed to count up to 63 million in 1990 census 1991 Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets 1991 Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney 1991 New York Lotto pays $33.3 million to one winner, with the numbers 18-21-32-33-35-38 1991 Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration 1991 New York Lotto pays $90 million to nine winner (#s are 5-15-30-35-46-50) 1990 Robert F X Sillerman purchases WAFL NY-New Jersey Knights for $11 million 1990 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million 1990 Comic Relief '90 (4th one) raises $4.7 million 1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) 1990 Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 1990 Perrier recalls 160 million bottles of sparkling water after traces of benzene, a carcinogen, are found in some 1990 Ground breaking begins on Baltimore Orioles' new $102 million stadium 1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to one winner (18-25-26-32-42-44) 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 The movie "Batman," set record of quickest $100 million (10 days) 1989 Largest Art robbery in the history (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston), where 12 paintings valued at $100 million are stolen 1989 California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 New York Lotto pays $26.9 million to one winner (#s are 1-5-12-19-44-50) 1988 Hall Ashby, U.S. director (Shampoo, 8 Million Ways to Die), dies at 59 1988 Drexel agrees guilt to security felonies, pays a $650 million fine 1988 Agnes Neil Williams purchases Baltimore Orioles for $70 million Eli Jacobs becomes CEO of Baltimore Orioles 1988 New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48) 1988 596 dead after cyclone hits Bangladesh, half a million homeless 1988 Picasso's "Acrobat and Harlequin" sells for $38.46 million 1988 Robin Givens sues Mike Tyson for $125 million for libel 1988 Oldest known insect fossils (390 million yrs) reported in Science 1988 Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University Washington library 1988 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold) 1988 Minn Twins are 1st AL club ever to break 3 million season attendance 1988 Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million 1988 New York City begins $70 million program to rebuild 900 Bronx apartments 1988 Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case 1988 Peter Kalikow purchases New York Post from Rupert Murdoch for $37.6 million 1988 Ashland Oil storage tank spills 3.8 million gallons, Penn 1987 Greyhound Bus buys Trailways Bus for $80 million 1987 Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials 1987 1 million South Koreans demonstrate against Chun Doo Hwan regime 1987 Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million) 1987 Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator 1986 Mamo Clark, actor (1 Million BC, Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island), dies 1986 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift 1986 Ivan Lendl is 1st tennis player to earn over $10 million, lifetime 1986 SEC imposes a record $100 million penalty against Ivan Boesky 1986 240.49 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded 1986 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Jim Kelly signs with NFL Buffalo Bills ($75 million for 5 years) 1986 Hands Across America - 6 million people hold hands from California to New York 1986 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Pittsburgh Associates buy Pittsburgh Pirates for $218 million 1986 Haemers gang robs gold transport in Belgium of 35 million BF 1986 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1986 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km 1986 Martina Navratilova is 1st tennis player to earn $10 million 1986 Texas Air buys Eastern Airlines for $676 million 1986 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 New York Lotto pays $30.5 million to one winner (#s are 19-20-27-34-41-46) 1986 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1985 New York Lotto pays $41 million to three winner (#s are 14-17-22-23-30-47) 1985 Michael Jackson buys ATV Music (every Beatle songs) for $47 million 1985 "Live Aid" concert raises over $70 million for African famine relief 1985 Laffit Pincay, Jr. becomes 2nd jockey to win $100 million 1985 Bill (Willie) Shoemaker is 1st jockey to surpass $100 million 1985 Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator 1985 Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins 1984 John W Mercom, Jr. announces NO Saints are up for sale for $75 million 1984 Puerto Rican tanker, San Francisco explodes spilling 2 million gallons of oil as ship caught fire 1984 John Henry becomes 1st thoroughbred to win $6 million 1984 Cubs break 2 million in home attendance for 1st time 1984 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery 1984 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Alvenus tanker at Cameron La, spills 2.8 million gallons of oil 1984 Ethel Merman, singer and actress (Kid Million), dies in her sleep at 76 1983 Heathrow Airport, robbed of 6,800 gold bars worth $38.7 million 1983 100 million watch ABC-TV movie "Day After," about nuclear war 1983 Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million 1983 Triple A baseball's Louisville Redbirds breaks 1 million fan mark 1983 Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million 1983 Champion thoroughbred Shergar kidnapped in Ireland; never found Lloyds of London pays $10.6 million insurance 1983 Nigeria expels 2 million illegal aliens, mostly Ghanaians 1982 Arkas tanker at Montz La, spills 1.47 million gallons of oil 1982 Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million 1981 Luke marries Laura on General Hospital (16 million watch) 1981 Football running back, Herschel Walker, of University of Georgia, takes out a Lloyd's of London insurance policy for $1 million 1981 Coca-Cola Bottling Co agrees to pump $34 million into black business 1981 Largest U.S. bank robbery in Tucson, Arizona, more than $33 million stolen 1981 Almost 1 million West German metal workers in strike 1981 U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer 1981 AL approves sale of White Sox to Jerry Reinsdorf and Eddie Einhorn for $20 million, and 80% of Mariners to George Argyros for $104 million 1981 Olympic Glory tanker at Galveston Bay, Texas, spills 1 million gallons of oil in a ship collision 1980 Georgia tanker at Pilottown La, spills 1.3 million gallons of oil after an anchor chain caused a ship to leak 1980 UA withdraws $44 million movie "Heaven's Gate" for reediting 1980 Affirmed wins $500,000 Hollywood Cup, 1st horse to win $2 million 1980 Turner's painting "Juliet and Her Nurse" sells for $6.4 million 1979 Pink Floyd's "The Wall" released, sells 6 million copies in 2 weeks 1979 Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract 1979 Edward Bennett Williams buys Orioles from Hoffberger for $12.3 million 1979 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million 1979 Hurricane Frederick hits Mobile Alabama; 5 die and $23 million damage 1979 Pink, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Alecia Beth Moore, singer, songwriter, pop, punk genres, sold 30 million albums, 40 million digital singles worldwide 1979 Sioux nation receives $100 million in compensation for Black Hills, South Dakota 1979 Ixtoc I rig in Gulf of Mexico blows; 3 million bbl of oil spilled, world's worst oil spillage 1979 Barbara Mullen, actress (Talk of a Million), dies at 64 1979 43 million watch "Elvis!" on ABC 1979 Costliest single periodical ad, $3.2 million, Gulf + Western in Time 1978 Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies 1978 Dodgers become 1st major league team to draw 3 million fans 1978 Gutenberg Bible, 1 of 21, sells for $2.4 million, London 1978 Columbia Pictures pays $9.5 million for movie rights to "Annie" 1977 Oil tanker explosion west of Honolulu spills 31 million gallons 1976 Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins 1976 Patty Hearst is freed on $15 million bail 1976 Former Twins relief ace Bill Campbell is 1st free-agent to sign with a new team, joining the Red Sox for $1 million over 4 years 1976 Sid Berstein offers $230 million charity concert for Beatle reunion 1976 Bowie Kuhn voids A's sales, totaling $35 million, of Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to Red Sox, and Vida Blue to Yankees 1976 San Francisco Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie and Bud Herseth 1976 Bank robbery in Beirut nets a record $20-50 million 1976 Ted Turner purchases Atlanta Braves for reported $12 million 1975 Annette Kellerman, swimmer (Million Dollar Mermaid), dies at 87 1974 New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 years for record $3.75 million 1974 A's Mike Andrews files $25 million lawsuit against Charlie Finley 1974 Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1974 Ray Kroc, CEO of McDonald's, buys San Diego Padres for $12 million 1974 "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres 1973 George Steinbrenner III buys Yankees from CBS for $12 million 1972 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada 1972 U.S. sells grain to U.S.S.R. for $750 million 1972 Nick Mileti purchases Cleveland Indians for $9 million 1971 Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers 1971 Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1970 Flooding ravages Ganges delta, 200,000-1 million killed 1970 Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million 1970 Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball 1969 Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million 1968 Helen Walker, actress (Brewster's Million), dies of cancer at 47 1968 Leo Fender sells Fender Guitars for $13 million 1967 U.S. population reaches 200 million 1967 At 11 AM, Census Clock at Department of Commerce ticks past 200 million 1967 Beatles turn down $1 million New York concert offer by Sid Berstein 1967 400 million watch Beatles "Our World" TV special 1967 Pauline Brooks, actress (Make a Million), dies of cancer at 54 1967 Philadelphia voters approve a $13 million bond issue to build a new stadium 1967 Severe brush fires in Tasmania destroy $11 million and 60 lives 1966 Stacy Lattisaw, Washington D.C., disco singer, Million Dollar Baby 1965 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year 1965 Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1965 Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007 1965 France announces it will convert $150 million of its currency to gold 1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium 1964 Typhoon Gloria strikes Taiwan killing 330, with $17.5 million damage 1964 Egyptian munition ship "Star of Alexandria" explodes at dockside in Bone, Algeria. 100 die, 160 injured, $20 million damage 1964 1st appearance of Beatles on "Ed Sullivan Show" (73.7 million viewers) 1964 NBC purchases AFL 5 year (1965-69) TV rights for $36 million 1964 CBS purchases 1964 and 1965 NFL TV rights for $28.2 million 1963 1st million copy record prior to release "I Want to Hold Your Hand" 1963 U.S.S.R. orders 58.5 million barrels of cereal from Australia 1963 Cyclone hits Chittagong, Bangladesh; about 1 million houses destroyed 1962 U.S. mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million 1961 Jimmy Dean's Big Bad John album is country music 1st million $ seller 1959 Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold 1959 1st aviator to fly a million miles (1.61 M km) in a jet (MC Garlow) 1959 $3.6 million heroin seizure in New York City 1958 Pamela Prati, Rome, Italy, Million $ Cap, 1984, actress 1958 U.S.S.R. lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam 1958 Michelle Bauer, California, actress, One Million Heels BC 1958 Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium 1958 Giant splash caused by fall of 90 million tons of rock and ice into Lituya Bay, Alaska washes 1,800 feet up the mountain 1958 Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted 1958 New York Yankees sign million dollar plus deal to show 140 games on WPIX TV 1957 Bkln Sports Authority gets an engineering report on 50,000-seat stadium in downtown area for estimated $207 million 1957 U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million 1957 Saturday mail delivery restored after Congress givs PO $41 million 1957 Indians reject Boston's offer of $1 million for Herb Score 1956 RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records 1956 Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1956 Andy Garcia, Cuba, actor, Stand and Deliver, 8 Million Ways to Die 1955 Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters 1954 Hurricane Edna (2nd of 1954) hits New York City, $50 million damage 1954 IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour 1954 Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson 1953 U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 1953 U.S. give Persian premier Zahedi $45 million aid 1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations 1953 August A. Busch buys the Cards for $3.75 million 1951 Baseball signs 6 year All-Star pact for TV-radio rights for $6 million 1949 Bill Veeck sells Indians for $22 million 1949 Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End' 1948 Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1948 Carole Landis, U.S. actress (1 Million BC, Topper Returns), dies at 29 1947 Series of forest fires $30 million of timber (New England States) 1947 Boston Braves hit a million attendance for 1st time 1947 John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1946 Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers) 1946 Larry Graham, Jr., rocker, Graham Central Station-One in a Million You 1946 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million 1946 Bill Veeck purchases the Cleveland Indians for $2.2 million 1946 66,545 fans help Yankees break million attendance mark, the earliest 1946 Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1945 Baseball Attendance hits record 10.28 million (Tigers 1.28 is highest) 1943 1 million inhabitants flee Hamburg 1943 Metropolitan Life Insurances issues a $225 million check to Chase 1942 Soviet army offensive, 1 million Russians breach German lines 1942 German-Netherlands press reports, 3 million Dutch sent to East-Europe 1942 Glenn Miller awarded 1st ever gold disc for selling 1 million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo" 1941 USA lends Soviet Union $1 million 1941 Million jam downtown Brooklyn to cheer NL champ Dodgers in a parade 1940 Nathanael West, Weinstein, U.S. writer (Cool Million), dies at 37 1940 Auschwitz concentration camp opens, 3 million killed there 1939 Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books 1937 World's fair of Paris closes (31.2 million visitors) 1936 1 million demonstrate to support French People's Front government 1934 4.7 million U.S. families report receiving welfare payments 1933 Louis Farrakhan, minister, black islam nation, million man march 1931 Cab Calloway records "Minnie Moocher" (Jazz's 1st million seller) 1930 Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1929 John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1927 Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1927 Carl Toms, stage designer, 1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two 1926 Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Richard Anderson, born in Long Beach, New Jersey, actor, Oscar Goldman-6 Million $ Man 1926 British general strike-3 million workers support miners 1925 Paul Newman, born in Ohio, actor, entrepreneur, humanitarian, donated over $250 million to charity 1923 Og Mandino, born in Italy, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1923 Adele Mara, born in Dearborn, Michigan, actress and singer, Cool Million, Wheels 1922 Longest attack of hiccups begins Charlie Osborne, 98 hiccupped over 435 million times before it stops, He dies 11 months after it stops 1921 Pope Benedictus XV donates 1 million lire to feed Russians 1921 Jack Dempsey KOs George S Carpentier in 4 for heavyweight boxing title 1st million dollar gate ($1.7m) boxing match (Dempsey KOs Carpentier) 1920 Helen Walker, Worcester, Massachusetts, actress, Brewster's Million 1919 2 million gallons of molasses flood Boston MA, drowning 21 1919 Jesse White, Buf, New York, actor, Bedtime for Bonzo, Million Dollar Mermaid 1919 Carole Landis, Fairchild WI, actress, One Million BC, Topper Returns 1917 10 million U.S. men begin registering for draft in WW I 1917 U.S. pays Denmark $25 million for Virgin Islands 1916 Denmark cedes Danish West Indies, including the Virgin Islands, to the U.S. for $25 million 1916 Battle of Verdun in WW I begins (1 million casualties) 1916 Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1915 Hurricane kills 275 in Galveston, Texas with $50 million damage 1915 Victor Mature, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, 1 Million BC, Samson and Delilah 1914 Mexican president Huerta flees with 2 million pesos to Europe 1913 John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber 1910 Halley's Comet passes 29th recorded perihelion at 87.9 million km 1909 Wright Brothers forms million dollar corp to manufacture airplanes 1904 U.S. acquired control of the Panama Canal Zone for $10 million 1903 Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia U and begins Pulitzer Prizes 1902 U.S. buys concession to build Panama canal from French for $40 million 1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland 1902 Cecil Rhodes scholarship fund forms with $10 million 1900 New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $1.5 million 1900 World's Fair in Paris opens, 50 million visitors 1893 Bert Bertram, actor, How to Steal a Million 1892 Hal Roach, early film director/producer, 1 Million BC 1888 Annette Kellerman, Sydney Australia, swimmer, Million Dollar Mermaid 1887 Gele River (Huang Ho) in China floods, kills about 1.5 million 1868 Earthquakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) 1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million 1853 Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico 1848 Mexico ratifies treaty giving U.S.; New Mexico, California and parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona and Colorado in return for $15 million 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends Mexican War; U.S. acquires Texas California, New Mexico and Arizona for $15 million 1821 Spain sells eastern Florida to United States for $5 million 1820 Spain sells part of Florida to U.S. for $5 million 1662 England sells Duinkerken to France for 2.5 million livres 1661 Holland sells Brazil to Portugal for 8 million guilders |
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