2015 Event The U.S. National Labor Relations Board rules that recycler Browning-Ferris has employer responsibility for contract workers supplied by an agency; the ruling may imply similar liability for franchise companies such as McDonalds 2014 Event NASA outsources its role in space travel by awarding a $4.2 billion contract to Boeing and a $2.6 billion contract to Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) to shuttle astronauts between Earth and the International Space Station 2014 Event Medical worker Nancy Writebol, the second of two Americans to contract the Ebola virus in Liberia, joins Dr. Kent Brantly at Emory University Hospital for treatment; both patients are receiving an experimental drug that has not been tested on humans 2014 Event Third baseman Miguel Cabrera signs a 10-year contract with the Detroit Tigers for $292 million, exceeding the 10-year contract signed by Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees in 2007 for $275 million 2014 Event The U.S. plans to let its contract with ICANN expire next year; this would end U.S. authority over the Internet 2014 Event The U.S. Supreme Court rules that whistleblower protection under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act extends to private employees working for public companies under contract 2013 Event American baseball shortstop Jose Iglesias secures a one-year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team 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 In an apparent effort to keep his contract, a subcontractor at Japan's defunct Fukushima's nuclear power plant shielded dosimeters with lead plates to ensure they did not reach radiation limits, and workers to lie about possible high radiation exposure 2010 Event United Nations officials believe 3.5 million children may contract waterborne diseases as a result of the floods in Pakistan 1997 Event Hunter Tylo awarded $4 million in Melrose Place breach of contract 1997 Event Red Sox sign Pedro Martinez to record 6 year $69 million contract 1997 Event Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo 1997 Event Judge finds Pamela Lee not guilty of breaking a contract 1997 Event 68 year old Gordie Howe signs AHL contract with Syracuse Crunch 1997 Event San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds signs record $22.9M 2 year contract 1996 Event Michael Jordan signs a NBA contract for 1 year for $25 million 1995 Event David Cone signs $19.5 million 3 year contract with New York Yankees 1995 Event Contract finalizing Cleveland Browns' move to Baltimore is signed 1994 Event Chicago Cub 2nd baseman Ryne Sandberg, retires due to poor play, he forfeits $15.7 million of his $25 million contract 1992 Event Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract - $4.7 mil 1991 Event NHL owners present contract to players, leads to Apr 1, 1992 strike 1991 Event Bo Jackson signs 1-year contract with Chicago White Sox 1991 Event Dwight Goodin signs $5.15 million 3 year contract with New York Mets 1991 Event Roger Clemens signs record $5,380,250 per year Red Sox contract 1990 Event Darryl Strawberry signs 5-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers 1990 Event Jose Canseco signs record $4,700,000 per year Oak A's contract 1990 Event Don Mattingly signs a $19.7 million 5-year contract with Yankees 1990 Event Will Clark, NL's MVP signs a $15M 4-year contract with San Francisco Giants 1990 Event Dave Stewart signs record $3,500,000 per year Oak A's contract 1989 Event Mark Davis signs record $3.25 million per year Kansas City Royals contract 1989 Event Mark Langston signs record $3.2 million per year California Angels contract 1989 Event Rickey Henderson signs record $3,000,000 per year Oak A's contract 1989 Event Kirby Pucket signs record $3,000,000 per year Minnesota Twins contract 1989 Event Bret Saberhagen signs record $2,966,667 per year Kansas City Royal contract 1989 Event California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs 1989 Event Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs record $7.9M-3 year contract 1989 Event Orel Hershiser, Dodger pitcher signs $7.9M-3 year contract 1989 Event Roger Clemens, Red Sox pitcher signs $7.5M-3 year contract 1988 Event New York Yankees sign 12-year television contract with MSG for $500M 1988 Event Rangers sign free-agent pitcher Nolan Ryan to a one-year contract 1988 Event Yankees sign free agent 2nd-baseman Steve Sax to 3-year contract 1988 Event Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton 1988 Event Detroit's Kirk Gibson signs a 3-year contract with Dodgers 1987 Event Rockwell International awarded contract to build a 5th shuttle 1985 Event Angels announce that they will not offer Rod Carew a new contract 1985 Event Gandhi signs peace contract with Sikh leader Harchand Singh Longowai 1985 Event Kent Hrbek signs 5-year, $6 million contract with Minnesota Twins 1984 Death Oswald Jacoby, U.S. contract bridge champion, dies at 81 1983 Event Warren Cromartie signs 3 year $2.5M contract with Yomiuri Giants 1982 Event Tom Seaver agrees to new contract with Mets 1982 Event Major leagues vote not to renew Commissioner Bowie Kuhn's contract 1980 Event John and Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffin Records 1979 Event Astros sign Nolan Ryan, to record 4 year, $4.5 million contract 1978 Event Free agent Pete Rose signs 4-year, $32 million contract with Phillies 1978 Event U.S. Postal Service and unions agree on a contract averting mail strike 1976 Event Owners announce spring training won't open without a labor contract 1975 Event Stevie Wonder signs $13M contract with Motown 1974 Event Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year New York Yankees contract 1974 Event A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract 1974 Event U.S. and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract 1973 Event Nate Archibald signs 7 yr contract with NBA Kansas City Kings for $450,000 1973 Event White Sox Dick Allen signs 3 year contract for record $750,000 1973 Event Dick Allen signs a record $675,000 3-yr contract with White Sox 1973 Event White Sox slugger Dick Allen signs 3-year $750,000 contract 1972 Event Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle 1971 Death Joe E. Lewis, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild', dies in New Jersey, age 69 1971 Event Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration 1970 Event Tanzania signs contract with China for building Tanzam-railway 1970 Event West-Germany and U.S.S.R. sign gas contract 1969 Event Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season 1969 Event Ted Williams signs 5-year contract to manage Washington Senators 1967 Event Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years 1967 Event Beatles sign a 9 year worldwide contract with EMI records 1966 Event San Francisco Giant Willie Mays signs highest contract, $130,000 per year 1965 Event San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000 1964 Event Gillette's 20 year contract with MSG and ABC to televise fights for free ends as Dick Tiger defeats Don Fullmer at Cleveland Auditorium 1964 Event Teamsters negotiate 1st national labor contract 1963 Event Brian Epstein and Ed Sullivan sign a 3 show contract for Beatles 1963 Event Mickey Mantle of New York Yankees sign a baseball contract worth $100,000 1963 Event Willie Mays for the San Francisco Giants signs a record $100,000 per year contract 1962 Event Barbra Streisand signs her 1st recording contract (with Columbia) 1962 Event Brian Epstein signs a contract to manage Beatles through 1977 1962 Event Beatles sign their 1st contract with EMI Pstlophone 1962 Event Brian Epstein signs management contract with the Beatles 1960 Event ABC and AFL sign a 5 year contract 1959 Event U.S.S.R. and Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor 1959 Event Vince Lombardi signs a 5 year contract to coach Green Bay Packers 1953 Event Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr 1953 Event President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee 1951 Event Great Britain and Iraq sign new oil contract 1950 Event Baseball owners vote 9-7 not to renew Commissioner Chandler's contract 1950 Event Red Sox sign shortstop Lou Boudreau as a player to 2-year contract 1950 Event Branch Rickey signs 5-yr contract as Vice President/General Manager of Pittsburgh Pirates 1950 Event Jackie Robinson signs highest contract ($35,000) in Dodger history 1949 Event American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out 1945 Event Jackie Robinson signs Montreal Royal contract 1937 Event Red Sox acquire the contract of 19-year-old Ted Williams 1934 Event U.S. contract air mail service canceled, replaced by U.S. Army for 6 months 1934 Event 1st contract for TVA power, Tupelo, Miss 1934 Event Carl Hubbell, NL MVP winner, gets $18,000 contract by the New York Giants 1934 Event New York Giants reward MVP pitcher Carl Hubbell with $18,000 contract 1934 Event Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut) 1933 Event Fox signs Shirley Temple, 5, to a studio contract 1930 Event Bette Davis arrives in Hollywood under contract to Universal Studios 1930 Event Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1928 Event Walter Johnson signs a 3-year contract to manage the Senators 1926 Event Walter Johnson retires, signs 2-year contract to manage Newark 1926 Event Contract air mail service begins in U.S. 1925 Event AL extends Ban Johnson's contract to 1935 and raise to $40,000 1924 Event British premier Baldwin cancels Labor contract with U.S.S.R. 1922 Event Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract 1916 Event Baseballers who are injured now get full pay for duration of contract 1916 Event Last British-Indian contract workers arrive in Suriname 1916 Event Mutual signs Charlie Chaplin to a film contract 1915 Event Frank Home Run Baker, 28, announces retirement following a contract dispute with Connie Mack. He sits out 1915 season 1902 Birthday Joe E. Lewis, born in New York City, New York, comedian, singer, famous for Al Capone's heavies beating him after he refused to renew his contract at Green Mill Cocktail Lounge in Chicago, Illinois, movie, book, 'The Joker is Wild' 1890 Event King Mwanga of Uganda signs contract with East Africa Company 1884 Event Suriname army shoots on British-Indian contract workers, 7 killed 1884 Birthday Harold Vanderbilt, New York, America Cup, 1930,34,37, invented contract bridge 1881 Event Henry M. Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1881 Event Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch 1881 Event Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolese monarch 1881 Event Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congolian monarch 1873 Event 1st contract workers of British-Indies Co arrives in Suriname 1799 Event Eli Whitney receives government contract for 10,000 muskets 1789 Event John Odell signs contract for 336 pounds to build St. Peter's church (Bronx) 1661 Event Marriage contract for Charles II of England and Catharina of Portugal 1492 Event Christopher Columbus signs contract with Spain to find Indies
