1997 Event British lease on New Territories in Hong Kong expires 1996 Event Sony does not renew lease on megatron in Times Square 1993 Event Cleveland Metroparks lease Brookside Park from Cleveland for 99-years 1991 Event Gateway Board of Trustees approve a 20-year lease with Cleveland Indians 1990 Event Indians agree to a lease new ballpark in Gateway (Jacobs Field) 1988 Event NBC signs lease to stay in New York City, 33 more years 1988 Event Baltimore Orioles sign a 15 year lease to remain in Baltimore and get a new park 1972 Event New York Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium 1972 Event Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen) 1966 Death Rex Lease, actor (Perils of Pauline, Dakota, California), dies at 62 1965 Event Braves offer Milwaukee $500,000 to terminate their lease a year earlier, the proposal is turned down 1964 Event Braves sign a 25-year lease to play in the new Atlanta stadium 1964 Event Charlie Finley signs a 4 year lease to keep A's in Kansas City 1960 Event Expansion LA Angels sign a 4 year lease to use Dodger Stadium 1957 Event Brooklyn Dodgers sign a new 3 year lease for Ebbets Field 1946 Death Harry L Hopkins, U.S. Minister of Business (Loan and Lease law), dies at 55 1941 Event Canada and U.S. acquire air bases in Newfoundland (99 yr lease) 1940 Event U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1920 Event Giants inform Yankees that the lease allowing them to play in the Polo Grounds will not be renewed at end of 1920 season 1903 Birthday Rex Lease, West Virginia, actor, Fast Bullets, Sunny Skies, Custer's Last Stand 1890 Birthday Harry L Hopkins, U.S. politician, Loan and Lease law 1887 Event U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor
