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1994
Baseball owners impose salary cap, fiercely opposed by players
1994
Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights
1992
27th Amendment ratified, prohibits Congress from raising its salary
1991
NL Cy Young winner Doug Drabek wins record $3 mil salary arbitration
1991
Wally Joyner wins record $2.1 million salary arbitration
1987
Don Mattingly wins highest salary arbitration ($1,975,000 per year)
1987
Tigers' Jack Morris awarded $1.85 million salary by arbitrator
1986
Jack Morris agrees to salary arbitration with former team Tigers and accuses owners of collusion against free agency
1986
Los Angeles Dodger Orel Hershiser is 1st to win a $1M salary by arbitration
1985
Tim Raines is awarded a $12 million salary for 1985 by arbitrator
1983
Fernando Valenzuela wins his salary arbitration of $1 million
1970
Players and management end labor dispute up min salary to $12,000
1969
U.S. Congress doubles president salary
1968
Baseball announces a minimum annual salary of $10,000
1952
US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
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
Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary
1932
President Hoover cuts own salary 15%
1923
Salary and price freeze in Germany
1923
2 "Black Sox" sue White Sox (unsuccessfully) for back salary
1873
U.S. Congress and government raise own salary, retroactively
1853
Cincinnati became 1st U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary
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