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May 28, 2003 President George W. Bush signed
the 10-year, $350 billion package of tax cuts.
May 29, 2010 Robbers stole $5.5 million from a southern Iraqi
state bank after giving guards tea laced with a sleeping drug.
May 30, 1848 The Johnson Patent-Ice cream freezer is patented by
William Young, who bought the rights for $200.00 from Nancy Johnson who
invented it in 1846.
May 31, 1943 Joe Namath is born in Beaver Falls PA. The NFL
Quarterback (New York Jets) "The $400,000 man" was the MVP of the 1969
Superbowl.
June 1, 1956 Doris Day signs a five-year contract with Columbia
for a whopping $1 million.
June 2, 1985 After sustained negotiations, R.J. Reynolds and
Nabisco agreed to join forces to form a $4.9 billion company called RJR
Nabisco, Inc. In 1989, the tobacco and food giant was snapped up for a
record $23 billion by Wall Street buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
and Company.
June 3, 1991 As part of "Operation: Pay My $16 Million in Back
Taxes," Willie Nelson releases Who'll Buy My Memories: The IRS Tapes.
The government seized all the recordings on the album as assets.
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May 4, 1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth &
buttons.
May 9, 1936 The first sheet of postage stamps of more than one
variety went on sale -- in New York City.
May 10, 1773 The English Parliament passed the Tea Act, which
taxed all tea in the U.S. colonies.
May 18, 1990 The largest Art robbery in the history occurred at
the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where 12 paintings valued
at $100 million are stolen.
May 20, 1930 The University of California dedicates $1,500 to
research on prevention & cure of athlete's foot.
May 22, 2003 The final manuscript of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
sold at an auction for $3.47 million.
May 25, 1922 Babe Ruth is suspended 1 day and fined $200 for
throwing dirt on an umpire.
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