2015 Event Nokia announces that it will purchase Alcatel-Lucent for $16.6 billion, creating the second-largest manufacturer of mobile communication products behind Ericsson 2015 Event The European Central Bank will initiate a quantitative easing program that will involve printing euros in order to purchase government-issued debt instruments; the program will enhance existing measures to improve the economy within the eurozone 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 Burger King Worldwide Inc. will purchase Canadian restaurant chain Tim Hortons Inc. and move its headquarters to Canada; Burger King will pay a little over $11 billion in U.S. dollars, and the merger will create the third-largest global fast food company 2014 Event A home-based colon cancer screening test by Exact Sciences Corp. has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; patients must receive a doctor's prescription in order to purchase the test 2014 Event U.S. telecom company Sprint is in talks to purchase T-Mobile U.S.; the combined company will be better able to compete against market leaders Verizon and AT&T 2014 Event Disney announces that it will buy Maker Studios for $500 million with an additional payout of $450 million if certain performance targets are met; purchase of the online video producer may help Disney expand marketing outlets for its media 2014 Event As part of its increasing move into mobile presence, Facebook announces that it will purchase WhatsApp for $19 billion; younger users seem to prefer communicating with mobile apps, which allow them to avoid cell phone texting charges 2013 Event Saudi Arabia's government agrees to give Lebanon $3 billion to strengthen Lebanon's army and purchase weapons from France 2013 Event An NBA league committee recommends NBA owners reject the big from a group led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer to purchase the Sacramento Kings and move them to Seattle 2012 Event U.S. CEO of Oracle Corp, Larry Ellison, agrees to purchase 98 percent of Hawaii's island of Lanai 2012 Event Owner of the New Orleans Saints, Tom Benson, agrees to purchase the New Orleans Hornets from the National Basketball Association for an estimated $338 million 2011 Event Microsoft announces it plans to purchase Skype, an Internet phone service, for $8.5 billion 2011 Event James Bullard, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calls for the Federal Reserve to limit its purchase of U.S. Treasuries because they 'feed the fire' of inflation 2011 Event Tunisia's youth protest for several days over political grievances and social problems including the job market and purchase power 2010 Event Tengzhong's bid to purchase Hummer from General Motors is rejected by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China 1998 Event Author Tom Clancy confirms he signed agreement to purchase Minnesota Vikings for slightly more than $200 million, an NFL franchise record 1997 Event Yahoo completes purchase of Four11 1997 Event Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US 1993 Event Peter Angelos and William DeWitt purchase Orioles 1992 Event FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations 1989 Event Peter Ueberroth deal to purchase Eastern Airlines falls through 1988 Event New York City furrier sues Mike Tyson for $92,000 for non payment of purchase 1983 Event New Jersey Devils purchase AHL Maine Mariners as their farm team 1977 Event Yankees purchase Andy Messersmith from Braves 1976 Event AL approves purchase of Toronto franchise by LaBatt Brewing for $7M 1963 Event 3 New Jersey businessman purchase NHL Colorado Rockies, and get approval to move them to New Jersey Meadowlands (Devils) 1963 Event New York Mets purchase Duke Snider from the Dodgers for $40,000 1960 Event Charlie Finley, makes a bid to purchase expansion LA Angels 1957 Event Giants purchase Class-A Phoenix team 1956 Event Yankees announce purchase of outfielder Enos Slaughter from KC 1954 Event Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium 1950 Event Earle and Roy Mack, purchase 54% of A's from Connie Mack Jr 1949 Event New York Giants purchase Monty Irvin and Henry Thompson, their 1st blacks 1947 Event Cleveland Indians purchase Larry Dolby, the 1st black in AL 1945 Event Cubs purchase pitcher Hank Borowy from New York Yankees 1945 Event Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yankees for $2.8 mil 1944 Event 2,500 women trample guards and floorwalkers to purchase 1,500 alarm clocks announced for sale in a Chicago, Illinois department store 1943 Event Shoe rationing begins in U.S. (may purchase up to 3 more pairs in 1942) 1940 Event Irving Berlin's musical "Louisiana Purchase," premieres in New York City 1934 Event Reds purchase 43-year-old Dazzy Vance from the Cards for $7,500 1931 Event 1st woman to purchase a baseball team Lucille Thomas purchases Topeka franchise in the Western League 1925 Event Yankees purchase infielder Leo Durocher 1921 Event Yankees purchase 20 acres in Bronx for Yankee Stadium 1920 Event New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth 1920 Event New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 1918 Event New York Yankees purchase 1st baseman George Burns from Detroit Tigers and immediately trades him to Philadelphia A's 1915 Event Col Jacob Ruppert and Col Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000 1914 Event Colonel Jacob Ruppert and Cap Huston purchase New York Yankees for $460,000 1914 Event Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles 1911 Event Brooklyn Dodgers President Charles Ebbets announces purchase of grounds to build a new concrete-and-steel stadium to seat 30,000 1904 Event Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo 1904 Event Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St. Louis 1903 Event Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase AL Baltimore franchise for $18,000 and move it to New York City (Yankees) 1902 Event AL announces purchase of grounds for a stadium in NY 1902 Event Congress authorizes Louisiana Purchase Expo $1 gold coin 1893 Event Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 1867 Event President Andrew Johnson announces purchase of Alaska 1854 Event Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million 1853 Event Gadsden Purchase 45,000 mi (120,000 km) by Gila River from Mexico for $10 million, area is now southern Arizona and New Mexico 1804 Event Lewis and Clark begin exploration of Louisiana Purchase 1804 Event Territory of Orleans organizes in Louisiana Purchase 1803 Event Louisiana Purchase formally transferred from France to U.S. for $27M 1803 Event U.S. Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase 1803 Event U.S. doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase 1799 Event 1st federal forestry legislation authorizes purchase of timber land
