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1999
Jean Shepherd, writer/radio artist, ", In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, ", dies at 78
1997
French court orders producer Jacques Charrier, ex-husband of Brigitte Bardot, to pay the former screen star $8,300 in damages
1997
Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
1997
Major league revenue sharing begins, New York Yanks pay out most $28M
1995
Infinity Radio agrees to voluntarily pay $1.7 million to U.S. Treasury
1995
Court orders Darryl Strawberry to pay back $350,000 in taxes
1994
Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)
1993
Sunday Mirror ordered to pay Elton John $518,700 for false report
1992
1st pay bathrooms in U.S. open: 25 cents, New York City
1992
Joan Lunden ordered to pay her ex-husband $18,000 a month support
1991
New York Knicks pay Patrick Ewing a record $18.8 million for 2 yr extension
1991
Pittsburgh Steelers guard Terry Long loses his steroids appeal and is suspended without pay by NFL for 4 weeks
1991
Richard Wilson, producer/writer/actor (Pay or Die), dies at 75
1990
Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
1990
Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill
1989
Union Carbide agrees to pay $470 mill damages for Bhopol disaster
1988
Staten Island ferry gets 1st pay phones
1988
Hertz car rental will pay out $23 million in consumer fraud case
1986
300 invitees pay $5,000 to hear Barbra Striesand's benefit concert
1983
Supreme Court rules retirement plans can't pay women less
1981
Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony
1981
George Harrison is ordered to pay ABKCO Music $587,000 for "subconscious plagiarism" "My Sweet Lord" with "He's So Fine"
1980
175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro
1978
Supreme Court rules pension plans can't require women to pay more
1965
Braves propose to pay 5 cents from each ticket to bring a new team to Milwaukee
1964
24th Amendment to U.S. Constitution goes into effect and states voting rights could not be denied due to failure to pay taxes
1963
John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women
1963
Equal Pay Act enacted
1962
House passes bill requiring equal pay for equal work regardless of sex
1956
Indonesia says it will not pay debts to the Netherlands
1953
Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
1951
Italian civil servants strike for pay increase
1950
Indians pitcher Bob Feller, after 15-14 season, takes $20,000 salary cut to $45,000, pay cut is Feller's own suggestion
1946
John M. Keynes, English economist (How to pay for the war?), dies at 62
1945
Chandler sells World Series radio rights for $150,000 to Gillette, Ford had been World Series sponsor since 1934, pay $100,000 annually
1931
British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts
1929
President Von Hindenburg refuses to pay German debt of WW I
1927
Supreme Court ruled bootleggers must pay income tax
1925
Record 73,000 pay to watch Chicago Bears beat New York Giants 19-7
1923
President Warren G. Harding becomes 1st President to pay taxes
1922
Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the New York Giants pay $65,000 and 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 and is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922)
1920
National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Prof Football Assn
1916
Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract
1894
136,000 mine workers strike in Ohio for pay increase
1880
1st pay telephone installed
1864
Congress passes legislation equalizing pay for Black soldiers
1864
Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay
1861
Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers
1853
Cincinnati became 1st U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary
1789
1st loan is made to pay salaries of the presidents and Congress
1765
People of Frederick County Md refuse to pay England's Stamp tax
1568
Holy Roman Emperor agrees to pay tribute to the Sultan for peace
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