2015 Event RadioShack, the U.S. electronics retailer founded in 1921, files for bankruptcy; the company plans to sell up to half of its stores to Sprint and close the remainder 2014 Event Mt. Gox, the Bitcoin exchange that filed for bankruptcy, announces that it has found 200,000 of the 800,000 missing bitcoins belonging to customers; the missing bitcoins were overlooked because they had been stored in an older format in a 'wallet' presumed to be empty 2014 Event A Mt. Gox security breach that enabled hackers to defraud customers of over 700,000 in Bitcoins causes the Bitcoin exchange to file for bankruptcy 2013 Event Detroit, Michigan files the largest municipal bankruptcy in history; the city of Detroit seeks CHapter 9 bankruptcy protection and is $18.5 billion in debt 2012 Event Hostess Brands reveals its plan to file for bankruptcy and liquidate its assets, claiming contract disputes from the bakery's union worker strike crippled its operations; about 18,500 workers will be laid off 2012 Event The 'immediate and severe' fiscal emergency declared by the U.S. city San Bernardino, California, allows it to declare bankruptcy without negotiating with creditors 2012 Event After mediation with creditors fails, the city of Stockton, California becomes the largest city in the U.S. to declare bankruptcy 2012 Event Lehman Brothers exits its bankruptcy protection, making it free to sell remaining assets and distribute its funds to creditors 2012 Event The famous film and camera company Kodak, files for bankruptcy protection 2011 Event The Los Angeles Dodgers professional baseball team files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy 2010 Event Sarah, Duchess of York, becomes the first Royal in history to suffer possible bankruptcy 2008 Event Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy 2006 Event United Airlines emerges from bankruptcy 1994 Event Orange County California files for bankruptcy 1994 Event Zsa Zsa Gabor files for bankruptcy 1993 Event Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy to avoid paying $7.4M settlement 1991 Event Orion Pictures filed Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection 1991 Event Greyhound Bus ends bankruptcy 1991 Event Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy 1990 Event Greyhound Bus files bankruptcy 1990 Event Bankruptcy court forces Frank Lorenzo to give up Eastern Airlines 1989 Event Eastern Airlines files for bankruptcy 1987 Event Texaco files for bankruptcy 1985 Event ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy 1984 Event Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) files for bankruptcy 1982 Event Braniff Airlines files for bankruptcy 1979 Event Rocker Tom Petty files chapter 11 bankruptcy 1970 Event Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, headed by Bud Selig, purchases the Seattle Pilots for $10,800,000 Although negotiations were conducted over a period of months, it was not until March 13 when a federal bankruptcy referee declared the Pilots bank 1970 Event Federal bankruptcy court allows Seattle Pilots to be sold to Milwaukee 1953 Event Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply 1922 Event Dutch auto/airplane manufacturer Trompenburg declares bankruptcy 1811 Event Austria declares bankruptcy
