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2008 Oil reaches $100 per barrel for the first time
1995 U.S. international postage rates rise to 60 cents per ounce 1995 Russian ruble drops to 3,947 per dollar (record) 1994 "What's Wrong With this Picture?" opens at Circle in Sq New York City for 12 per 1994 Russian ruble decreases to 3,926 rubles per dollar 1994 Value of Russian ruble decreases, 3081 rubles per dollar 1994 "Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public" opens at Lunt-Font New York City for 16 per 1992 "Tommy Tune Tonite! Song and Dance Act" opens at Gershwin New York City for 10 per 1992 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $300 per week 1991 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $280 per week 1991 U.S. minimum wage goes from $3.80 to $4.25 per hour 1991 Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract 1990 Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel 1990 Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract 1990 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $260 per week 1990 Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract 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 Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract 1989 Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract 1989 Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract 1989 Maximum New York State unemployment benefits raised to $245 per week 1988 John Moschitta set record for fast talking: 586 words per minute 1987 Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year) 1974 "Don't Bother Me, I Can't Cope" closes at Playhouse New York City after 1065 per 1971 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per 1970 Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game 1969 Gold reaches then record high ($47 per ounce) in Paris 1968 Gold reaches then record high ($39.35 per ounce) in London 1967 Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price 1966 Leonids meteor shower peaks (150,000+ per hour) 1966 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year 1965 CBS purchases NFL TV rights for 1966-68 at $18.8 million per year 1963 Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants signs a record $100,000 per year contract 1962 Baseball decides to revert back to 1 all star game per year 1959 Per Gessle, rocker, Roxette-Joy Ride 1959 Per Helmstad Gessle, Sweden, singer, Roxette-Must Have Been Love 1955 Eric Money, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, former pro basketball player for the NBA, averaged 12.2 points per game 1947 Julie Driscoll, rocker/actress, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee 1944 Allied aircrafts bombard per accident Fishing, Overijssel 1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 cents per hour 1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads 1934 NL votes to permit night baseball (up to 7 games per home team) 1934 Per Olov Enquist, Swedish writer, Hour of the Lynx 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt devalus dollar in relation to gold at $35 per ounce 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law (33 cents per hour) 1932 Per Norgard, born in Gentofte, Denmark, composer, famous 20th century Danish composer, music features use of infinity series for serializing melody, harmony, rhythm in musical composition 1929 1st regularly scheduled TV broadcasts (3 nights per week) 1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) 1926 Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1925 PER Bailey, director, Gatwick and Stansted Airports 1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon) 1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce 1904 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer, dies at 61 1888 Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month 1886 Per August Olander, composer, dies at 62 1863 Free city delivery of mail begins in 49 U.S. cities; postage 3 cents per oz 1844 1st edition of New Rotterdam's Daily (3x per week) 1843 Per Jonas Fredrik Vilhelm Svedbom, composer 1824 Per August Olander, composer 1801 William Henry Seward, Secretary of State, 1861 - 1869, buys Alaska at 2 cents per acre 1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish historian/poet, Blommorna 1790 Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet, Lycksalighetens 1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe) |
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