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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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