2014 Event Fast food giant McDonald's announces that its third-quarter profit fell by 30 percent from the third quarter of last year; analysts attribute the trouble to greater competition and customer dissatisfaction with price increases 2014 Event The Buffalo Bills are being sold to businessman Terry Pegula for $1.4 billion, the highest price paid in history for an NFL team; previously owner Ralph Wilson, now deceased, paid $25,000 in 1959 2014 Event Microsoft Corp. is planning to buy Mojang, the company that created the video game Minecraft; the purchase price would likely exceed $2 billion 2014 Event U.S. pharmaceutical company InterMune has been bought by Roche, the Swiss drug manufacturer, for $8.6 million; Roche will pay cash, offering a 38% premium on InterMune's current stock price of approximately $54/share 2014 Event Apple Inc. will be required to pay $450 million in settlements if found guilty of antitrust violations concerning e-book price fixing; the outcome of an appeal by Apple is pending 2014 Event 'Nympheas', a painting in Claude Monet's 'Water Lilies' series, is auctioned today for a price of $54 million; this is only the second-highest price paid for a Monet - another painting in the series sold in 2008 for $80.3 million at auction 2014 Event Apple releases earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013; its stock price drops eight percent because they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones 2014 Event The U.S. Postal Service will soon implement a rate hike in postage, approved last December the price of first-class postage stamps to 49 cents from 46 cents 2014 Event Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announces plans to raise the price of gas to 17 cents from 6 cents; the country's annual gas subsidy's cost $12 billion, too much to bear when facing 50 percent inflation and dwindled cash reserves 2013 Event The painting, 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' by Sir Francis Bacon, sells for a record-high price of $142 million at Christie's auction in New York 2012 Event In an effort to curb binge drinking and other alcohol related problems, the United Kingdom's Home Office begins a 10-week consultation on whether to introduce a minimum price on the sale of alcohol of 45p a unit 2011 Event Gold hits a record price of $1,826 per ounce 2011 Event The price of gold reaches a new record after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announces plans to nationalize his country's gold industry 2011 Event Higher than expected consumer price index figures and U.S. default concerns cause the Australian dollar to reach a post-float record against the U.S. dollar 2011 Event People's Republic of China officials warn that the the 2011 China floods will likely raise the price of food 2011 Event A record $79 million auction price is paid for Chinese contemporary artist Zhang Xiaogang's 1988 'Forever Lasting Love' three-panel oil painting 2010 Event Bolivian President Alvaro Garcia Linera prompts bus drivers to strike after announcing an 83% increase in the price of gasoline and a 73% increase in the price of diesel fuel 2010 Event At auction, John James Audubon's 'Birds of America' sells for a record price of $10.3 million 2010 Event Qantas, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Air France and seven other carriers were fined millions of euros for fixing the price of air cargo between 1999 and 2006 2010 Event In a prolonged rally, gold prices reach a record-high price of $1,300/oz 2006 Event Bob Barker, from The Price is Right, retires after 35 years as host 2003 Death Rod Roddy, announcer, The Price Is Right, dies at 67 1997 Event Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268 1997 Death Dennis James, game show host, The Price is Right, dies at 79 1997 Event Nick Price wins golf MCI Classic 1995 Event Sunday New York News increases price from $1.00 to $1.25 1995 Event Sunday New York Times raises price from $2.00 to $2.50 1995 Death George Price, cartoonist (New Yorker), dies at 93 1994 Event 76th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 269 at Southern Hills Tulsa 1994 Event 123rd British Golf Open: Nick Price shoots a 268 at Turnberry Scotland 1993 Death Vincent Price, actor (Raven, Fly), dies of lung cancer at 82 1993 Event Mattel and Fisher Price toys merge 1993 Event Price is Right model Janice Pennington sues CBS for show accident 1992 Event 74th PGA Championship: Nick Price shoots a 278 at Bellerive St. Louis 1992 Event "Price" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 47 performances 1992 Event "Price" opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 47 performances 1992 Death Sammy Price, U.S. boogie-woogie pianist, dies 1992 Event Janice Pennington is awarded $1.3M for accident on Price is Right set 1990 Event Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in New York City 1990 Death Bill Cullen, game show host (Price is Right), dies at 70 of cancer 1989 Event Only 17 hole-in-ones recorded since U.S. open began, today 4 more are made all on 6th hole (Weaver, Wiebe, Pate and Price) 1988 Death Price Daniel, Governor-D-Texas 1957 - 1963 and Senator-D-Texas 1953 - 1957, dies at 77 1988 Event IBM announces price hike on older models 1988 Event "Price is Right" model Janice Pennington is knocked out by a TV camera 1988 Death Charles Melvin Price, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988 1987 Death Kenny Price, comedian (Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw), dies at 56 1985 Death Johnny Olsen, TV announcer (Price is Right), dies at 75 1983 Event Highest price paid for painting by a living artist 960,200 pounds - Miro 1982 Event New York Times raises it's price from 25 cents to 30 cents 1981 Event Warner-Elektra-Atlantic raises price of 45 records from $1.68 to $1.98 1979 Event Strikes against price increases in Gdansk Poland 1979 Event Highest price ever paid for a pig, $42,500, Stamford, Texas 1979 Event Price of gold increases to record $875 troy oz 1979 Birthday Sarah Price, Miss Louisiana Teen USA 1997 1978 Event Price of gold tops $200-an-oz level for 1st time 1978 Birthday Katie Price, born in Brighton, England, Jordan, model, businesswoman, television personality, tabloid, celebrity magazine subject, topless model, appeared on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' show 1976 Birthday Lindsay Price, Arcadia California, actress, Bold and Beautiful, All My Children 1973 Death Dennis Price, actor (VIPs, Pulp, Canterbury Tales), dies at 58 1972 Birthday Daryl Price, defensive end for the San Francisco 49ers 1970 Event Polish government proclaims price rise 1970 Birthday Shawn Price, NFL defensive end, Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers, Buf Bills 1969 Death Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, vs. Australia Headingley 1938), dies 1968 Birthday Brent Price, NBA guard, Houston Rockets, Washington Bullets 1968 Event 2-tiered gold price negotiated in Washington D.C. by U.S. and 6 European nations 1968 Event Arthur Miller's "Price," premieres in New York City 1967 Event Gold pool nations pledge support of $35 per ounce gold price 1966 Birthday Lindsay Price, actress, All My Children 1966 Event U.S. Treasury announces it will buy mutilated silver coins at silver bullion price at Philadelphia and Denver mints 1966 Birthday Marc Price, actor/comedian, Skippy-Family Ties 1964 Birthday Mark Price, born in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, NBA guard, played for the Cleveland Caveliers, Washington Bullets, Orlando Magic 1962 Event U.S. steel industry forced to give up price increases 1960 Birthday Terry Price, Rockhampton QLD, Australasia golfer 1960 Birthday Karen Elaine Price, born in Pasadena, California, playmate, January, 1981 1959 Birthday Mark Price, bass/vocals, All About Eve, Tin Huey-Contents Dislodged 1959 Birthday Lonny Price, born in New York City, actor, Muppets Take Manhattan 1957 Birthday Nick Price, Durban South Africa, PGA golfer, 1991 Byron Nelson Classic 1956 Event "The Price Is Right" debuts on NBC 1955 Death James Price Johnson, composer, dies at 64 1955 Event NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 1951 Birthday Graham Price, born in Moascar, Egypt, rugby player, prop forward, debuted for Wales in 1975, won 41 caps for Wales 1951 Birthday Kathleen Bradley, Youngstown, Ohio, model, Price is Right 1947 Birthday Rod Price, rocker, Foghat 1946 Event President Truman ends wage/price freeze 1946 Event Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over 1944 Birthday Buchi Emecheta, Nigerian/English writer, Price of Bride 1944 Birthday Rick Price, born in Birmingham, England, bassist, rock music, bass player, played with Electronic Light Orchestra, ELO, The Move 1944 Birthday Canon P B Price, general secretary, USPG 1942 Birthday Janice Pennington, born in Kansas, playmate, May 1971, model, Price is Right 1942 Birthday Alan Price, Eng, rock keyboardist, Animals-House of the Rising Sun 1941 Event Office of Price Administration forms (handled rationing) 1941 Birthday Margaret Price, Tredegar Wales, soprano, Pamlina-Die Zauberflote 1940 Birthday David Price, born in Erwin, Tennessee, Representative-D-North Carolina 1987 - 1995 1940 Birthday David E. Price, American Politician 1940 Birthday Jermyn P Brooks, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe 1937 Birthday John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler, 1964-72 1935 Birthday Jeffery Bowman, CEO, Price Waterhouse Europe 1933 Birthday Paul B Price, Cataret, New Jersey, actor, Busting Loose 1933 Birthday Lloyd Price, born in Kenner, Louisiana, singer, Just Because 1933 Birthday Reynolds Price, U.S. writer, Strengthened by a Pale Green Light 1932 Event Pump patented that computes quantity and price delivered 1932 Birthday Christopher Price, Director, Leeds Metropolitan U 1931 Birthday Kenny Price, Florence, Kentucky, country singer, Midwestern Hayride, Hee Haw 1927 Birthday Leontyne Mary Violet Price, Laurel Mississippi, opera soprano, Porgy and Bess 1926 Birthday Ray Price, country singer, Good Times 1924 Event L Stallings and M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in New York City 1923 Birthday Bob Barker, Darrington Wash, game show emcee "Price is Right" 1923 Event Salary and price freeze in Germany 1922 Birthday Frank Price, CEO, British Waterways Board 1920 Birthday Roger Price, born in Charleston, West Virginia, actor and writer, Who's There, Droodles 1916 Event In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3 1915 Birthday Dennis Price, born in Twyford, England, actor, Adventurers, Millionairess 1911 Birthday Vincent Price, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura 1910 Birthday Price Daniel, born in Dayton, Texas, Governor-D-Texas 1957 - 1963 and Senator-D-Texas 1953 - 1957 1910 Birthday Johnny Olson, TV announcer, Price is Right 1905 Birthday Dolores Del Rio, born in Durango, Mexico, actress, What Price Glory? 1905 Birthday Charles Melvin Price, born in East St. Louis, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1945 - 1988 1901 Birthday George Price, cartoonist 1899 Birthday Phyllis Haver, Douglas, Kansas, silent screen actress, What Price Glory 1897 Event 1st reporter, William Price (Washington Star), assigned to White House 1891 Birthday James Price Johnson, composer 1888 Birthday Florence Smith Price, U.S. composer, Wanamaker Prize 1932 1874 Event Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets, price $13.50 doz 1864 Event Union General Samuel R Curtis defeats Confederate General Stirling Price 1862 Event Ellen Price Wood's "East Lynne, premieres in Boston 1847 Event 1,500 New Mexican Indians and Mexicans defeated by U.S. Col Price 1837 Event Riot in New York over high price of flour 1835 Event 1st edition of New York Herald (price 1 cents ) 1833 Birthday William Price Sanders, Brigadier General Union volunteers 1809 Birthday Sterline "Old Pap" Price, Major General Confederate Army 1776 Event Rhode Island establishes wage and price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70 cents a day for carpenters, 42 cents for tailors
