2003 Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75
1999 Paul Mellon, art patron/horse owner, dies at 91
1997 Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers
1997 Baseball's Exec Council suspends New York Yank owner George Steinbrenner
1997 Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner for the Washington Redskins, dies at 84
1997 Vladimir Yamnikov, owner (Kristall vodka), dies of cirrhosis at 56
1996 Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner, dies at 77
1996 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner, dies at 73
1996 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44
1996 Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78
1996 Charles O Finley, baseball owner for the Oakland A's, dies at 76
1995 Katsumasu Roy Sakioka, propery owner, dies at 96
1995 Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47
1995 Odut Joseph Olutola Oluola Oguntala, soho club owner, dies at 74
1995 Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club Owner, dies at 93
1995 Tim Mara, owner (New York Giants), dies at 59
1995 Carl E Jefferson, record company owner, dies at 74
1994 BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79
1994 Petrus HJ van Doorne, bus manufacturer/owner (BOVA), dies at 58
1994 Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42
1994 Alain Berdarin, founder/owner of "Crazy Horse Saloon," suicide at 78
1994 Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)
1993 Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83
1993 Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (Kansas City Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76
1993 George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees
1993 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments
1992 Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks
1992 Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies
1992 Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, eff 3/1/93
1992 Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83
1991 Howard Spira sentenced to 2 years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
1991 David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner for the New York Jets, dies at 81
1990 Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records
1990 George Steinbrenner steps down as New York Yankee owner
1990 Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86
1990 Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73
1989 A A Busch Jr, brewer/baseball owner for the St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 90
1989 Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry
1989 New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
1988 Generoso Pope Jr, National Enquirer owner, dies at 61
1988 Leo Steiner, New York Carnegie Deli's owner, dies
1985 Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb
1984 Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 81
1983 AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires
1980 Astros owner John McMullen replaces GM Tal Smith with Al Rosen
1978 U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976
1977 Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82
1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing
1975 Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72
1974 Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley
1974 A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract
1974 Daniel R Topping, U.S. owner (New York Yankees), dies at 61
1974 Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"
1973 Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him
1973 Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53
1969 Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, vp, gm and head coach of Redskins
1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee
1966 John W Mecom, Jr. becomes 1st owner of New Orlean Saints
1965 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
1964 Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies
1960 Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67
1960 Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000
1954 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82
1953 Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St. Louis Browns
1952 Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies
1952 Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies
1952 Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner
1952 Walter O "Spike" Briggs, owner (Det Tigers), dies at 74
1950 Tom Werner, owner for the San Diego Padres/producer, Roseanne, Cosby Show
1949 Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant
1949 Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"
1947 A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon
1946 Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated
1946 Right foot of Cleveland Indian's owner Bill Veeck is amputated
1946 David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner, Fox Sports
1945 Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs
1943 Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team
1943 Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49
1943 NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears
1942 Jerry Jones, owner/GM for the Dallas Cowboys
1941 Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed
1937 Eli Jacobs, baseball owner for the Baltimore Orioles
1937 Vincent J Naimoli, Paterson, New Jersey, owner for the San Francisco Giants
1937 Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76
1936 Robert Sangster, horse owner/trainer
1934 While Washington player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox
1934 Bill Giles, born in Rochester, New York, baseball owner for the Philadelphia Phillies
1934 Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner
1933 Nelson Doubleday, publisher, Doubleday, /owner for the New York Mets
1932 John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire
1932 Lamar Hunt, NFL owner for the Kansas City Chiefs
1932 William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies
1930 George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees, /ship builder/horse owner
1929 Berry Gordy, Jr., Detroit, record company owner, Motown
1929 Al Davis, born in Brocton, Massachusetts, NFL team owner, Los Angeles Raiders
1928 Joan Kroc, wife of Ray Korc/owner, McDonalds and San Diego Padres
1928 Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner, Center Point
1927 Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan, owner for the Seattle Mariners
1927 John Aspinall, owner, casino, zoos
1926 Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO, Remington shavers, /NFL owner, Patriots
1925 Viscount Rothermere, newspaper owner
1925 Art Modell, owner, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores
1925 Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians
1924 Bruce Norris, NHL owner, Detroit Red Wings
1923 Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day
1923 Andrew MacElhone, bar owner
1921 Peter Pocklington, NHL team owner, Edmonton Oiler
1921 Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire
1920 Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner
1920 Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner, Redskins, Baltimore Orioles
1919 Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season
1919 Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire
1918 Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner
1918 Charles O Finley, baseball team owner for the Oakland A's
1917 Tiny Rowland, [Roland Fuhrop], German/British owner, Observer
1917 Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner
1916 In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3
1915 Lester Garfield Maddox, Gov-D-Ga, /restaurant owner
1914 Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic
1914 Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty
1914 Bill "Rhymes with Wreck" Veeck, baseball club owner
1913 Harry Wismer, born in Port Huron, Michigan, AFL owner, New York Titans
1912 Jack Kent Cooke, NFL team owner for the Washington Redskins
1912 Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner, Native Dancer
1912 Dan Reeves, NFL team owner, Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams
1907 Gene Autry, Tioga, Texas, cowpoke/singer/actor/owner, California Angels
1906 Josephine Baker, dancer and Parisian night club owner, Folies-Bergere
1904 Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies
1903 Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers
1903 Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner for the Boston Red Sox
1903 Joan Whitney Payson, owner, New York Mets and horse stables
1902 Ray Kroc, born in Illinois, founder of McDonalds and owner for the San Diego Padres
1902 Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner
1901 Art Rooney, NFL team owner for the Pittsburgh Steelers
1899 Cees Lasseur, Dutch actor and owner, Hague Comedy
1898 Jimmy Conzelman, NFL QB/coach/team owner, Chicago
1897 George Preston Marshall, NFL team owner for the Washington Redskins
1895 DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles
1889 Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80
1887 Timothy Mara, NFL owner for the New York Giants
1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo
1876 Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor, 1922-23
1876 Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78
1871 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier
1867 Rosa Lewis, society caterer/owner, Cavandish Hotel-England
1865 Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner for the Pittsburgh Pirates
1861 Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War
1860 Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
1859 Edward Bradley, horse owner, 1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners
1858 Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74
1850 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93
1836 Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner
1834 Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store
1825 Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community
1824 Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71
1809 Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner
1803 Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner, Red Z Lane
1785 Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch and Putnam), dies at 65
1771 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author
1771 Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist
1756 Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner
1720 Frederick Philipse III, New York City, land owner, Bronx, Westchester and Putnam
1706 John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens
1704 Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1624 Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66
1472 Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
193 Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61
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