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1996 Baseball owners approve interleague play, 26-4

1996 Baseball owners unanimously approve interleague play in 1997

1995 Owners accept baseball players proposal, agree to start season 4/26

1995 NHLPA and owners agree to end NHL strike

1994 Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players

1994 All 28 baseball owners vote to cancel rest of 1994 season

1992 Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group

1991 Colorado Rockies and Florida Marlins given final approval by owners

1991 NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike

1991 NFL Owners agree to add 2 teams in 1994

1991 NFL owners strip Phoenix of 1993 Super Bowl game due to Arizona not recognizing Martin Luther King Day

1990 32-day lockout by baseball owners ends

1990 Baseball owners lock out players

1989 1st black owners (Betram Lee and Peter Bynoe) to own a major sports team, purchasing Denver Nuggets for $65m

1989 NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF

1988 Arbitrator George Nicolau rules owners conspired against free agents

1986 Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency

1984 NFL owners passed the infamous anti-celebrating rule

1980 Charlie Finley sells A's for $127M to Haas (owners of Levi Strauss)

1980 Bill Veeck agrees to sell Chicago White Sox to Eddie DeBartolo Sr for $20,000,000, AL owners block the sale

1980 Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager sentenced to 3 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $20,000

1976 Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract

1972 Los Angeles Rams (Irsay) and Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners

1968 NL owners approve expansion for 2 new teams

1967 NL owners OK AL expansion to Seattle and Kansas City

1964 AL owners vote 9-1 against Charlie Finley moving Kansas City A's to Louisville

1960 Broadway theaters close, labor dispute between owners and Actors Equity

1957 Baeball Owners re-elect Commissioner Ford Frick

1956 AL President Will Harridge bars Washington Senators move to West Coast, unless unanimously approved by the other AL owners

1954 Major league owners vote down sale of A's to a Philadelphia syndicate

1950 Baseball owners choose Lou Perini (Braves), Phil Wrigley (Cubs), Del Webb (Yankees), and Ellis Ryan (Indians) to select new commissioner

1950 Baseball owners vote to drop 4-year old bonus and high school rule

1950 Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract

1949 Baseball owners agree to erect warning paths before each fence

1949 The Browns, owners of Sportsman's Park, move to evict the Cardinals

1946 Dreyfuss family, owners of Pittsburgh Pirates since 1900, sells club to Frank McKinney and John Galbreath for $25 million

1942 Baseball owners agree to permit each club up to 14 night games in 1942

1936 New owners of Boston Braves ask newspapermen to pick a new nickname

1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Home Owners Loan Act

1933 Baseball owners agree to ban Sunday doubleheaders until after June 15

1933 Federal Home Owners Loan Corporation authorized

1923 Ban Johnson persuades AL owners to prohibit boxing in their parks

1879 NL owners meeting in Buffalo adopt reserve clause, giving each team exclusive rights to their players



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