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 '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 Italian officials announce that many of the country's public assets will be sold in an effort to reduce the country's debt; plans to sell part of the nation's air traffic control and postal services have already been approved 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 2013 Event A security news site reports that the credit and debit card account stolen from 40 million Target Corporation customers are up for sale on the black market; cards are being sold from around $20 to more than $100 each 2013 Event The largest fancy orange diamond on record was sold at Christie's auction in Geneva; the 14.82-carat stunner sold for $35.5 million 2013 Event As part of a strategy to focus on growth products, thrombosis drug brands manufactured by the GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical company is sold to Aspen Pharmacare for $1.13 billion 2013 Event A Hepatitis A outbreak is linked to a fruit juice product sold by Townsend Farms; 79 people in the U.S. were effected 2013 Event An Apple I computer is sold for $617,000 at auction 2013 Event British catering firm Compass Group and Whitbread, one of the country's largest hotel chains, find horse DNA in products sold as "beef" 2013 Event Owen Paterson, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, convenes with British retailers and the Food Standards Agency to determine how "beef" products containing horsemeat were sold in supermarkets 2012 Event A painting by Francis Bacon sells at Christies for 21.3 million pounds; 'The Portrait of Henrietta Moraes' is the second most valuable post-war contemporary art sold at the auction house 2012 Event Apple, Inc. reports over 37 million iPhones and over 15 million iPads were sold during the 2011 fourth quarter; the company generated over $127 billion in revenue 2011 Event Northern Rock bank, nationalized in 2008 by the British Government, is sold to Virgin Money for 747 million pounds 2011 Event U.S. company Apple Inc. breaks company sales records with the release of its iPhone 4S smartphone with over 4 million units sold in 4 days 2011 Event Jimmy Choo, a U.S. company, is sold to Labelux, a private equity firm for $800 million 2010 Event An auction at Christie's in New York sets a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when it sells Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' for $106 million 1998 Event Michelangelo, "Christ and the Woman of Samaria," sold for $7.4 million 1997 Event Willem de Kooning painting, "Two Standing Women," sold for $4,182,500 1997 Death Richard Berry, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times, dies at 61 1996 Death Og Mandino, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1995 Event NHL Winnipeg Jets sold to Americans who plan to move them to Phoenix 1993 Event S van Ruysdael's "Winter Landscape" sold for 705,500 pounds in London 1992 Event 10,000,000 cellular telephone sold 1990 Event Shoeless Joe Jackson's signature is sold for $23,100 1990 Event "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sold for $825 million 1988 Event Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million 1988 Event Edgar Degas' "Danseresje of 14" sold for $10,120,000 1988 Event Jasper Johns' "Diver" sold for $4,200,000 1988 Event Jackson Pollock's "Search" sold for $4,800,000 1987 Birthday Hilary Duff, born in Houston, Texas, actress, appeared in 'A Cinderella Story', singer, sold over 13 million albums, which include, 'Metamorphosis', 'Hilary Duff', 'Dignity' 1987 Birthday Joss Stone, born in Dover, England, singer, actress, multi-platinum album, 'The Soul Sessions', top ten hit song, 'You Had Me', sold over 10 million albums worldwide 1986 Event Protesters try to stop Land Rover motor company being sold to U.S. 1985 Event New Orleans Saints are sold for $70,204,000 1984 Birthday Avril Lavigne, born in Belleville, Canada, singer, songwriter, albums have sold over 16 million copies, albums include, 'Let Go', 'Under My Skin', 'The Best Damn Thing' 1984 Birthday Gareth Gates, born in Bradford, England, singer finalist on show, 'Pop Idol', sold over 3.5 million records; hit song, 'Unchained Melody', voted 'The Record of the Year' in 2002 1981 Birthday Josh Groban, born in Los Angels, California, singer, songwriter, actor, sold nearly 20 million albums, album, 'Josh Groban' went from gold to double-platinum 1981 Birthday Kelly Rowland, born in Atlanta, Georgia, singer, actress, founding member of group, Destiny's Child, sold more than 50 million albums, collaborated with Nelly on 'Dilemma' single 1980 Event J Turners "Juliet and Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City 1979 Event 1984 summer LA Olympic coverage sold to ABC for $225 million 1979 Birthday Pink, born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Alecia Beth Moore, singer, songwriter, pop, punk genres, sold 30 million albums, 40 million digital singles worldwide 1979 Birthday Norah Jones, born in Brooklyn, New York, musician, singer, jazz artist album, 'Come Away with Me', won five Grammy awards, sold more than 40 million albums worldwide 1978 Birthday Nelly Furtado, born in Victoria, Canada, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winning song, 'I'm Like a Bird', sold over 20 million albums worldwide 1978 Birthday Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million 1978 Birthday Usher Raymond, born in Dallas, Texas, stage name, 'Usher', recording artist, actor, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, won five Grammy Awards, films include, 'In the Mix' 1978 Event Guttenberg bible sold for $2,000,000 in New York City 1978 Birthday A. J. McLean, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, born Alexander James 'Alex' McLean, musician, singer, member of the Backstreet Boys, over 130 million albums sold 1977 Birthday Ludacris, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, actor, co-founder, 'Disturbing the Peace' sold 14 million albums worldwide 1977 Event 1st TRS-80 computer sold 1977 Event 1st TRS-80 Model I computer sold 1976 Event New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers 1976 Birthday Ja Rule, born in New York City, New York, born Jeffrey Atkins, rapper, singer, actor, sold over 35 million albums worldwide, hit single, 'Livin' It Up' 1976 Birthday Emma Bunton, born in Barnet, England, singer, songwriter, member of Spice Girls girl band, which sold over 35 million albums, nicknamed, 'Baby Spice' 1975 Birthday Lauryn Hill, born in South Orange, New Jersey, singer, actress, won five Grammy's for 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' album, which sold over 18 million copies worldwide 1974 Birthday Jewel, born in Payson, Utah, Jewel Kilcher, singer, guitarist, actress, musician, sold over 27 million albums worldwide, hit debut album 'Pieces of You' 1973 Event Jackson Pollocks painting "Blue Poles" sold for $2,000,000 1973 Birthday Anastacia, born in Chicago, Illinois, born Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, singer, songwriter, sold over 20 million albums, successful outside of the U.S. 1971 Birthday Dido Armstrong, born in London, England, known as 'Dido', singer, songwriter, album, 'No Angel' sold over 16 million copies worldwide, 'Life for Rent' sold over 12 million copies 1971 Event John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed 1971 Birthday Mariah Carey, born in Huntington, New York, singer, rhythm and blues, pop music genres, five-time Grammy award winner, sold over 62.5 million albums 1971 Birthday Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner, hits include, 'All Summer Long', 'American Bad Ass', sold over 22 million albums 1971 Birthday Mary J. Blige, born in The Bronx, New York City, New York, also known as Brook-Lynn, singer, songwriter, record producer, rhythm and blues, soul, hip hop genres, 26-time Grammy Award nominee, has sold over 48 million albums worldwide 1970 Birthday Chad Taylor, born in Baltimore, Maryland, musician, lead guitarist, member of the band, Live, album 'Throwing Copper', sold over 25 million records 1970 Event Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee 1969 Event Boston Celtics sold for an NBA record $6 million 1968 Event Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina 1968 Event London Bridge is sold to U.S. oil company to be erected in Arizona 1967 Birthday Faith Hill, born in Ridgeland, Mississippi, singer, country music, sold 40 million records, hits include, 'This Kiss', appeared in 'The Stepford Wives', married to Tim McGraw 1967 Birthday Tim McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, singer, actor, sold over 40 million albums and singles, famous songs include, 'I Like It, I Love It', married to singer, Faith Hill 1967 Event New Orleans Saints begin selling season tickets (20,000 sold 1st day) 1965 Birthday Moby, born in Harlem, New York, Richard Melville Hall, singer, songwriter, DJ, electronica, eight top 40 songs, album, Play sold 10 million copies worldwide 1965 Birthday Damien Hirst, born in Bristol, England, artist, richest living artist to date, 'For the Love of God' a diamond-encrusted scull sculpture, sold for 50 million pounds in 2007 1965 Event Spaghetti-O's 1st sold 1964 Event Netherlands last whaling ship Willem Barents Sea sold to Japan 1963 Event Beatles Book is sold out on its 1st day of sale 1963 Birthday George Michael, born in Bushey, England, singer, songwriter, member of band Wham!, famous song, 'Careless Whisper', sold over 100 million records 1963 Event Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors 1961 Event 1st black light is sold 1961 Event Connie Mack Stadium in Philadelphia is sold to J Schleifer Properties 1959 Birthday Al Yankovic, born in Downey, California, singer, songwriter, satirist, won three Grammy Awards, four gold records, six platinum records, sold over 12 million albums 1959 Event Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold 1958 Birthday Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' 1957 Birthday Michael Cretu, born in Bucharest, Romania, born Mihai Cretu, known as Curly M.C., Enigma project creator, sold over 50 million albums by the year 2008 1956 Event RCA Records reports Elvis Presley sold over 10 million records 1956 Birthday David Copperfield, born in Metuchen, New Jersey, illusionist, history's most successful commercial magician, sold over 40 million tickets, grossed over $1 billion 1956 Event Detroit Tigers and Briggs Stadium sold for then record $5.5 million 1955 Event 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially 1954 Birthday Constantine Phipps, born in England, Constantine Edmund Walter Phipps, 5th Marquess of Normanby, sold Warter Priory estate in 1998 for 48 million pounds, leases Mulgrave Castle to supermodel Elle MacPherson 1954 Birthday F. R. David, born in Menzel Bourguiba, Tunisia, singer, band member of French rock band, Les Variations, hit 'Words', 1982, sold eight million records worldwide 1952 Event False fingernails 1st sold 1951 Birthday John Mellencamp, born in Seymour, Indiana, singer, songwriter, sold over 40 million albums worldwide, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, hits include, 'Jack & Diane' 1950 Birthday Nora Roberts, born in Silver Spring, Maryland, author, wrote 165 romance novels, Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee, sold over 280 million books 1949 Birthday Ken Follet, born in Cardiff, Wales, author, sold over 100 million copies of books including 'The Key to Rebecca', 'World Without End' 1949 Event 1st Polaroid camera sold $89.95 in New York City 1948 Event 1st Polaroid camera sold 1948 Birthday Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1948 Event 1st Polaroid camera was sold in US 1948 Event 1st tape recorder sold 1947 Birthday John C. Maxwell, born in Garden City, Michigan, evangelical Christian, author, pastor, speaker, leadership expert, wrote over 50 books on leadership, sold over 13 million copies including 'Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow' 1946 Event 1st electric blanket manufactured; sold for $39.50 1946 Birthday Cher, born in El Centro, California, born Cherilyn Sarkisian, singer, songwriter, director, record producer, won Academy Award, sold over 100 million records 1945 Event New York Yankees sold by Ruppert estate to Larry MacPhail, Dan Topping, & 1940 Event 1st nylon stockings sold in U.S. 1939 Birthday Ken Blanchard, born in Orange, New Jersey, author, professional speaker, management expert, co-wrote, 'The One Minute Manager' with Spencer Johnson, sold over 13 million copies in 37 languages, wrote more than 30 successful books 1936 Event St. Louis Browns sold to Donald L Barnes and William O DeWitt 1935 Birthday Richard Berry, born in Extension, Louisiana, musician, singer, songwriter, wrote, 'Louie Louie', sold copyright in 1959, song has since been recorded over 1,000 times 1935 Event 1st canned beer, "Krueger Cream Ale," is sold by Kruger Brewing Co 1934 Birthday Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Event While Washington player-mgr Joe Cronin honeymoons with Mildred Robertson owner Clark Griffith's niece and adopted daughter, he is sold to Red Sox 1933 Event Frankford Yellowjackets sold, rechristened Philadelphia Eagles 1929 Death Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1929 Birthday John Naisbitt, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, author, public speaker, futures studies, wrote, 'Megatrends', 1982, sold over 9 million copies in 57 countries, special assistant to Lyndon B. Johnson 1927 Birthday Dieter Noll, born in Riesa, Germany, writer, wrote two-volume novel Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt, over two million copies sold, volume one used as East German school curriculum 1927 Event 1st Model A Fords sold, for $385 1926 Birthday Louise L. Hay, born in Los Angeles, California, motivational author, professional speaker, self-help and motivational writer, 'You Can Heal Your Life', 1984, on the New York Times Bestseller list, sold 35 million copies in 30 languages, made into movie of the same title, founder, Hay House Publishing 1926 Event Land at Broadway and Wall Street sold at a record $7 per sq inch 1923 Event Yankees pitcher Carl Mays sold to Reds for $85,000 1923 Birthday Og Mandino, born in Italy, author, professional salesman, inspirational, best-selling author, wrote, 'The Greatest Salesman in the World', books have sold over 50 million copies in 25 different languages, president of Success Unlimited magazine 1918 Event NHL's Quebec Bulldogs sold to a Toronto businessman P J Quinn 1916 Birthday Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1909 Event 1st U.S. airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000 1907 Event 1st Christmas Seals sold (Wilmington Del post office) 1899 Event Sutro railroad sold to Robert F Morrow for $215,000 1898 Event 1st automobile sold 1898 Birthday Fredrik J "Frits" Bakker, Jr., Dutch actor, Sold Grandpa 1893 Birthday Daan Boens, Flemish poet, Man who sold his Wife 1881 Birthday Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month 1879 Event Milk was sold in glass bottles for 1st time 1878 Event Vaseline is 1st sold (registered trademark for petroleum jelly) 1873 Event Postal cards sold in San Francisco for 1st time 1866 Event Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres 1864 Event Confederate cruiser The Georgia sold to The English 1849 Event Safety pin patented by Walter Hunt (New York City); sold rights for $100 1843 Event "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens published, 6,000 copies sold 1804 Event Suriname sold to English, until February, 1816 1662 Event Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France 1430 Event Joan of Arc is captured at Compiegne and sold to the British 1391 Event Mob led by Ferrand Martinez surounds and sets fire to Jewish quarter of Seville Spain, surviving Jews sold into slavery
