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2012 Event - Owner of the New Orleans Saints, Tom Benson, agrees to purchase the New Orleans Hornets from the National Basketball Association for an estimated $338 million

2003 Death - Joan Kroc, philanthropist/former baseball team owner, started Peace Institutes at several universities, dies at 75

2001 Death - William Berry, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph, dies in Westminster, London, at age 89

1999 Death - Paul Mellon, art patron/horse owner, dies at 91

1997 Event - Les Alexander, owner of Houston Rockets buys NHL's Edmonton Oilers

1997 Event - Baseball's Executive Council suspends New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner

1997 Death - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL owner for the Washington Redskins, dies at 84

1997 Death - Vladimir Yamnikov, owner (Kristall vodka), dies of cirrhosis at 56

1996 Death - Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner, dies at 77

1996 Death - Andrew MacElhone, bar owner, dies at 73

1996 Death - Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner, dies at 44

1996 Death - Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner, dies at 78

1996 Death - Charles O Finley, baseball owner for the Oakland A's, dies at 76

1995 Death - Katsumasu Roy Sakioka, propery owner, dies at 96

1995 Death - Jimmy Nash, record company owner, dies at 47

1995 Death - Odut Joseph Olutola Oluola Oguntala, soho club owner, dies at 74

1995 Death - Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club Owner, dies at 93

1995 Death - Tim Mara, owner (New York Giants), dies at 59

1995 Death - Carl E Jefferson, record company owner, dies at 74

1994 Death - BAM "Bob" Schreiner, airline owner (S Aviation Group), dies at 79

1994 Death - Petrus HJ van Doorne, bus manufacturer/owner (BOVA), dies at 58

1994 Death - Manfred Longer, Austrian/Dutch gay disco owner, dies at 42

1994 Death - Alain Berdarin, founder/owner of "Crazy Horse Saloon," suicide at 78

1994 Event - Indians owner Richard Jacobs announces he will pay $10 million to name baseball field (Jacobs Field) at Gateway (becomes official 3/23)

1993 Death - Henry Ringling North, circus owner (Ringling Bros Circus), dies at 83

1993 Death - Ewing Kaufman, founder/owner (Kansas City Royals), dies of lung cancer at 76

1993 Event - George Steinbenner is reinstated as owner of New York Yankees

1993 Event - Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott suspended for 1 year due to racist comments

1992 Event - Cincinnati Red owner Marge Schott apologizes for racist remarks

1992 Death - Jacques Pic, french restaurant owner, dies

1992 Event - Faye Vincent reinstates Yankee owner George Steinbrenner, eff 3/1/93

1992 Death - Jean R Yawkey, owner (Boston Red Sox), dies of a stroke at 83

1991 Event - Howard Spira sentenced to 2 years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner

1991 Death - David "Sonny" Werblin, AFL owner for the New York Jets, dies at 81

1990 Event - Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records

1990 Event - George Steinbrenner steps down as New York Yankee owner

1990 Death - Horace Stoneham, baseball owner (Giants), dies at 86

1990 Death - Joseph Robbie, lawyer/NFL owner (Miami Dolphins), dies at 73

1989 Death - A A Busch, Jr., brewer/baseball owner for the St. Louis Cardinals, dies at 90

1989 Event - Dallas Cowboys' new owner fires 29-year coach Tom Landry

1989 Event - New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II

1988 Death - Generoso Pope, Jr., National Enquirer owner, dies at 61

1988 Death - Leo Steiner, New York's Carnegie Deli owner, dies

1985 Event - Computer store owner in Sacramento California killed by package bomb

1984 Death - Ray Kroc, founder of MacDonalds/owner San Diego Padres, dies at 81

1983 Event - AL President Lee MacPhail suspends Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for one week, for his public criticism of umpires

1980 Event - Astros owner John McMullen replaces General Manager Tal Smith with Al Rosen

1978 Event - U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976

1977 Death - Philip K Wrigley, baseball owner for the Chicago Cubs, dies at 82

1977 Event - Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing

1975 Death - Joan Whitney Payson, owner of New York Mets, dies at 72

1974 Event - Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley

1974 Event - A's Catfish Hunter charge owner Charlie Finley with breach of contract

1974 Death - Daniel R Topping, U.S. owner (New York Yankees), dies at 61

1974 Event - Padres owner Ray Kroc, addresses fans "Ladies and gentlemen, I suffer with you I've never seen such stupid baseball playing in my life"

1973 Event - Willie Mays last hit, as Mets beat A's in World Series game 2 A's Mike Andrews makes 2 errors, prompting owner Finley to remove him

1973 Death - Max Yasgur, owner Woodstock-festival farmland, dies at 53

1969 Event - Vince Lombardi, becomes part owner, Vice President, General Manager and head coach of Redskins

1969 Event - Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee

1968 Birthday - Phil Anselmo, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, musician, focuses on heavy metal, sludge metal, hardcore punk, thrash metal genres, lead for Pantera, producer, owner Housecore Records

1966 Event - John W Mecom, Jr. becomes 1st owner of New Orlean Saints

1965 Event - 2nd New York Knick game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)

1964 Death - Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook/newspaper owner (Leatherhead), dies

1960 Death - Lee Duncan, owner/trainer (Rin Tin Tin), dies of heart attack at 67

1960 Event - Walter O'Malley, Los Angeles Dodger owner, purchases Chavez Ravine for $494,000

1959 Birthday - Simon Cowell, born in Brighton, England, entrepreneur, producer of television shows, 'Britain's Got Talent', 'American Idol', owner of publishing house, Syco

1954 Death - Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier, dies at 82

1953 Event - Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St. Louis Browns

1952 Death - Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies

1952 Death - Waldorf Astor, House of Lords and Commons/owner of Observer, dies

1952 Birthday - Simon Weinstock, businessman/racehorse owner

1950 Birthday - Tom Werner, owner for the San Diego Padres/producer, Roseanne, Cosby Show

1949 Event - Indian owner Bill Veeck holds funeral services to bury 1948 pennant

1949 Event - Indians start 12-17, owner Bill Veeck arranges a "Second Opening Day"

1947 Event - A movement among Card players to protest its 1st meeting with Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers is aborted by a talk from owner Sam Breadon

1946 Event - Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck's right foot is amputated

1946 Birthday - David Hill, Australian TV-reporter/owner, Fox Sports

1945 Event - Tavern owner "Billy Goat" Sianis buys seat for his goat for Game 4 of World Series and is escorted out, he casts goat curse on Cubs

1944 Birthday - Jon Anderson, English rock singer, Yes 'Owner of a Lonely Heart'

1943 Event - Phils owner William D. Cox is permanently banned from baseball for having bet on his own team

1943 Death - Edsel Ford, owner (Ford Motor Company), dies at 49

1943 Event - NL seeks buyer for Phillies, as owner Gerry Nugent, falls in arrears

1942 Birthday - Jerry Jones, owner/General Manager for the Dallas Cowboys

1941 Death - Ernst Cahn, owner of Amsterdam Koco ice cream parlor, executed

1940 Birthday - Joe Gibbs, born in Enka, North Carolina, football coach, owner, NASCAR Championship team, Pro Football Hall of Fame, coached Washington Redskins for 12 seasons, producing 8 playoff appearances, 4 NFC Championship titles, 3 Superbowl Titles

1937 Birthday - Eli Jacobs, baseball owner for the Baltimore Orioles

1937 Birthday - Vincent J Naimoli, Paterson, New Jersey, owner for the San Francisco Giants

1937 Death - Annie E F Horniman, England, theater owner (Abbey Theatre), dies at 76

1937 Birthday - Roger Penske, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, owner, Penske Racing, auto racing team, the Penske Corporation, corporate director, General Electric

1935 Birthday - Tommy Jacobs, born in America, professional golfer, golf course owner and operator, played on Champions Tour, PGA Tour

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

1934 Birthday - Bill Giles, born in Rochester, New York, baseball owner for the Philadelphia Phillies

1934 Birthday - Bud Selig, owner, Milw Brewers, acting baseball commissioner

1933 Birthday - Nelson Doubleday, publisher, Doubleday, owner for the New York Mets

1932 Birthday - John James Fenwick, English warehouse owner/multi-millionaire

1932 Birthday - Lamar Hunt, NFL owner for the Kansas City Chiefs

1932 Birthday - Max Schubel, born in America, composer, contemporary classical music, founder and owner of Opus One records, recorded new music

1932 Death - William K Wrigley, owner (Wrigley Gum, Chicago Cubs), dies

1930 Birthday - George Steinbrenner, owner, New York Yankees, ship builder/horse owner

1929 Birthday - Berry Gordy, Jr., Detroit, record company owner, Motown

1929 Birthday - Al Davis, born in Brocton, Massachusetts, NFL team owner, Los Angeles Raiders

1928 Birthday - Joan Kroc, wife of Ray Korc/owner, McDonalds and San Diego Padres

1928 Birthday - Harry Hyams, English immovable goods owner, Center Point

1927 Birthday - Hiroshi Yamauchi, Kyoto Japan, owner for the Seattle Mariners

1927 Birthday - John Aspinall, owner, casino, zoos

1926 Birthday - Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO, Remington shavers, NFL owner, Patriots

1926 Birthday - Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life'

1925 Birthday - Viscount Rothermere, newspaper owner

1925 Birthday - Art Modell, owner, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, Modells Stores

1925 Birthday - Richard Jacobs, philanthropist/sports owner, Cleveland Indians

1924 Birthday - Bruce Norris, NHL owner, Detroit Red Wings

1923 Event - Giants defeat Baltimore Orioles 9-0 to benefit former Giants owner John Day

1923 Birthday - Andrew MacElhone, bar owner

1921 Birthday - Peter Pocklington, NHL team owner, Edmonton Oiler

1921 Birthday - Countess of Sutherland, English great land owner/multi-millionaire

1920 Birthday - Joseph Olutola Olu Odutola Oguntala, soho club owner

1920 Birthday - Edward Bennett Williams, lawyer/team owner, Redskins, Baltimore Orioles

1919 Event - Red Sox owner Harry Frazee announces they will deal any player except Harry Hooper, Hooper is sent to the White Sox after 1920 season

1919 Birthday - Duke of Rutland, British land owner/multimillionaire

1918 Birthday - Granville James Leveson Gower, land owner

1918 Birthday - Charles O Finley, baseball team owner for the Oakland A's

1917 Birthday - Tiny Rowland, Roland Fuhrop, German/British owner, Observer

1917 Birthday - Helene Cordet, entertainer/nightclub owner

1916 Event - In Game 3, Charlie Ebbets becomes the 1st owner to raise the price of World Series grandstand seats to $5-up from $3

1915 Birthday - Lester Garfield Maddox, Gov-D-Ga, restaurant owner

1914 Birthday - Edwin Mirvish, owner, Old Vic

1914 Event - Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty

1914 Birthday - Bill Veeck, baseball club owner

1913 Birthday - Harry Wismer, born in Port Huron, Michigan, AFL owner, New York Titans

1912 Birthday - Jack Kent Cooke, NFL team owner for the Washington Redskins

1912 Birthday - Alfred G Vanderbilt, thoroughbred horse owner, Native Dancer

1912 Birthday - Dan Reeves, NFL team owner, Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams

1911 Birthday - William Berry, born in England, Lord Hartwell, 3rd Viscount Camrose and Baron Hartwell, journalist, newspaper owner, editor-in-chief of the Daily, Sunday Telegraph

1907 Birthday - Gene Autry, Tioga, Texas, cowpoke/singer/actor/owner, California Angels

1906 Birthday - Josephine Baker, dancer and Parisian night club owner, Folies-Bergere

1904 Death - Jan Boissevain, ship owner/politician, dies

1903 Birthday - Walter O'Malley, baseball team owner, Dodgers

1903 Birthday - Thomas Yawkey, baseball owner for the Boston Red Sox

1903 Birthday - Joan Whitney Payson, owner, New York Mets and horse stables

1902 Birthday - Ray Kroc, born in Illinois, founder of McDonalds and owner for the San Diego Padres

1902 Birthday - Ernest Charles Melvin Patrick Ekundio Marke, club owner

1901 Birthday - Art Rooney, NFL team owner for the Pittsburgh Steelers

1899 Birthday - Cees Lasseur, Dutch actor and owner, Hague Comedy

1898 Birthday - Jimmy Conzelman, NFL quarterback/coach/team owner, Chicago

1897 Birthday - George Preston Marshall, NFL team owner for the Washington Redskins

1895 Birthday - DeBenneville "Bert" Bell, Pennsylvania, NFL owner/commissioner/HOF, Eagles

1889 Death - Willem Ruys J Dz, ship owner, dies at 80

1887 Birthday - Timothy Mara, NFL owner for the New York Giants

1882 Event - Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo

1876 Birthday - Wilhelm Cuno, German ship owner/republic chancellor, 1922-23

1876 Death - Paul van Vlissingen, Dutch ship owner, dies at 78

1871 Birthday - Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier

1867 Birthday - Rosa Lewis, society caterer/owner, Cavandish Hotel-England

1865 Birthday - Barney Dreyfuss, baseball owner for the Pittsburgh Pirates

1861 Birthday - Samuel D. Riddle, horse owner, Man 'o War

1860 Birthday - Annie EF Horniman, England, theater owner, Abbey Theatre, Dublin

1859 Birthday - Edward Bradley, horse owner, 1st to own 4 Kentucky Derby winners

1858 Death - Cornelis Smit, Dutch ship builder/ship owner, dies at 74

1850 Death - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant/ship owner, dies at 93

1836 Birthday - Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner

1834 Birthday - Marshall Field, Conway Massachusetts, owner, Field Department Store

1825 Event - Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community

1824 Death - Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71

1809 Birthday - Willem Ruys J Dz, Dutch ship owner

1803 Birthday - Augustus Zerega diZerega, Martinique, ship owner, Red Z Lane

1785 Death - Frederick Philipse 3, land owner (Bronx, Westch and Putnam), dies at 65

1771 Birthday - Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German saloon owner/author

1771 Birthday - Robert Owen, England, factory owner/socialist

1756 Birthday - Anthony van Hoboken, Rotterdam merchant and ship owner

1720 Birthday - Frederick Philipse III, New York City, land owner, Bronx, Westchester and Putnam

1706 Birthday - John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens

1704 Death - Willem B Schepers, Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83

1624 Death - Isaac Le Maire, Amsterdam ship owner, dies at about 66

1472 Death - Pieter Bladelin, Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies

193 Death - Didius Julianus, ship owner/emperor of Rome (193), murdered at 61

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