ΓÇó January 9, 1903 - Frank Farrell and Bill Devery purchase Baltimore franchise of American League and move team to New York City. Cost is $18,000.
ΓÇó March 12, 1903 - New York Highlanders approved as members of American League.
ΓÇó April 22, 1903 - Highlanders lose opener at Washington, 3-1, under manager Clark Griffith.
ΓÇó April 30, 1903 - Highlanders win home opener at Hilltop Park (168th St. and Broadway), 6-2 over Washington.
ΓÇó April, 1913 - Highlanders change name to Yankees, move to share Polo Grounds with Giants.
ΓÇó January 11, 1915 - Col. Jacob Ruppert and Col. Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000.
ΓÇó April 22, 1915 - Pinstripes first appear on Yankee uniforms.
The 1920s
ΓÇó January 3, 1920 - Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox.
ΓÇó October 29, 1920 - Ed Barrow is appointed general manager of the Yankees.
ΓÇó September, 1921 - Yankees clinch first American League pennant.
ΓÇó May 5, 1922 - Construction begins on Yankee Stadium.
ΓÇó May 21, 1922 - Ruppert buys out Huston for $1,500,000.
ΓÇó April 18, 1923 - Yankee Stadium opens, Ruth hits first home run.
ΓÇó October 15, 1923 - Yankees beat Giants for first World Championship.
ΓÇó June 1, 1925 - Lou Gehrig replaces Wally Pipp at first base.
ΓÇó September 30, 1927 - Ruth's record 60th home run caps off season for "Murderers' Row" Yankees.
ΓÇó April, 1928 - Season opens with left-field stands in Stadium enlarged.
ΓÇó April 16, 1929 - Yankees become the first team to wear uniform numbers.
ΓÇó September 25, 1929 - Manager Miller Huggins dies.
The 1930s
ΓÇó April 12, 1931 - Joe McCarthy debuts as Yankee manager.
ΓÇó July 14, 1934 - Ruth hits 700th career home run.
ΓÇó November 21, 1934 - Yankees buy Joe DiMaggio from San Francisco (Pacific Coast League).
ΓÇó April, 1937 - Season opens, right-field stands in Stadium enlarged.
ΓÇó May 30, 1938 - Record 81,841 attend doubleheader vs Boston.
ΓÇó January 13, 1939 - Col. Ruppert dies.
ΓÇó May 2, 1939 - Lou Gehrig's playing streak of 2,130 consecutive games ends.
ΓÇó July 4, 1939 - Lou Gehrig Day, his uniform is the first to be retired.
The 1940s
ΓÇó May 15, 1941 - DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak begins.
ΓÇó June 2, 1941 - Lou Gehrig dies at age 37.
ΓÇó July 17, 1941 - DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak ends in Cleveland.
ΓÇó January 25, 1945 - Dan Topping, Del Webb and Larry MacPhail purchase Yankees for $2,800,000.
ΓÇó May 28, 1946 - First night game played in Yankee Stadium.
ΓÇó April 27, 1947 - Babe Ruth Day.
ΓÇó June 13, 1948 - Ruth's uniform number is retired.
ΓÇó August 16, 1948 - Babe Ruth dies at age 53.
ΓÇó October 12, 1948 - George Weiss brings Casey Stengel to New York as manager.
The 1950s
ΓÇó April 17, 1951 - Mickey Mantle makes Yankee debut.
ΓÇó December 12, 1951 - Joe DiMaggio announces his retirement.
ΓÇó April, 1953 - Stadium sold to Earl and Arnold Johnson of Kansas City.
ΓÇó April 17, 1953 - Mantle hits 565-foot home run in Washington.
ΓÇó October 5, 1953 - Yankees win record fifth consecutive World Championship.
ΓÇó January 29, 1955 - John Williams Cox buys Yankee Stadium, sells grounds to Knights of Columbus, later leaves structure to Rice University (1962).
ΓÇó October 8, 1956 - Don Larsen hurls only perfect game in World Series history.
ΓÇó April, 1959 - First message scoreboard unveiled at Yankee Stadium.
The 1960s
ΓÇó October 1, 1961 - Roger Maris' 61st home run establishes new record.
ΓÇó June 24, 1962 - Jack Reed's 22nd-inning HR wins longest Yankee game in history.
ΓÇó November 2, 1964 - CBS purchases 80% of Yankees for $11,200,000, later buys remaining 20%.
ΓÇó Winter, 1966-67 - Yankee Stadium painted blue and white.
ΓÇó June 8, 1969 - Mickey Mantle's uniform number retired on Mickey Mantle Day.
The 1970s
ΓÇó August 8, 1972 - Yankees sign 30-year lease to play in remodeled Yankee Stadium, beginning in 1976.
ΓÇó January 3, 1973 - A limited partnership, headed by George Steinbrenner III as its managing general partner, purchases the Yankees from CBS.
ΓÇó September 30, 1973 - Yankees complete 50th Anniversary season at Stadium; Ralph Houk resigns as manager.
ΓÇó April 6, 1974 - Yankees begin first of two seasons at Shea Stadium, play first home game outside Yankee Stadium since 1922.
ΓÇó December 31, 1974 - Free agent Catfish Hunter signs record 5-year contract.
ΓÇó August 1, 1975 - Billy Martin replaces Bill Virdon as manager.
ΓÇó April 15, 1976 - Remodeled Yankee Stadium opens.
ΓÇó October 14, 1976 - Chris Chambliss' 9th-inning HR gives Yankees their 30th pennant.
ΓÇó November 29, 1976 - Yankees sign free agent Reggie Jackson to 5-year contract.
ΓÇó October 18, 1977 - The Yankees win their 21st World Championship, 4 games to 2, over the Los Angeles Dodgers - Reggie Jackson hits 3 HR.
ΓÇó January 13, 1978 - Joe McCarthy dies at age 90.
ΓÇó July 24, 1978 - Billy Martin resigns as Yankee manager.
ΓÇó July 25, 1978 - Yankees name Bob Lemon as manager.
ΓÇó July 29, 1978 - On Old Timer's Day, Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as Yankee manager in 1980, when Bob Lemon will become general manager.
ΓÇó October 2, 1978 - Yankees, at one point in the season 14 games behind Boston, beat the Red Sox, 5-4 in Fenway Park, in only the second playoff game in American League history.
ΓÇó October 17, 1978 - Yankees beat Dodgers for their 22nd World Championship.
ΓÇó June 18, 1979 - Billy Martin returns as Yankee manager, replacing Bob Lemon.
ΓÇó August 2, 1979 - Thurman Munson dies in plane crash at age 32.
ΓÇó October 28, 1979 - Dick Howser is named Yankee manager, replacing Billy Martin.
The 1980s
ΓÇó September 20, 1980 - Bronze plaque for left field memorial park is dedicated to the memory of Thurman Munson.
ΓÇó October 5, 1980 - Yankees finish season with a then-American League attendance record of 2,627,417, breaking record set in 1948 by Cleveland Indians.
ΓÇó November 21, 1980 - Gene Michael is named 25th Yankee manager, replacing Dick Howser, who resigns.
ΓÇó December 15, 1980 - Free agent Dave Winfield signs record long-term contract.
ΓÇó September 6, 1981 - Bob Lemon named Yankee manager for second time.
ΓÇó October 15, 1981 - Yankees capture 33rd American League pennant, sweeping 3 games from the Oakland A's.
ΓÇó April 26, 1982 - Gene Michael becomes Yankee manager for second time.
ΓÇó August 3, 1982 - Clyde King named Yankee manager.
ΓÇó January 11, 1983 - Billy Martin named Yankee manager for third time.
ΓÇó June 20, 1983 - Bobby Murcer retires.
ΓÇó July 4, 1983 - Dave Righetti pitches no-hit win over Red Sox at Yankee Stadium.
ΓÇó August 7, 1983 - Bobby Murcer Day.
ΓÇó December 16, 1983 - Yogi Berra named Yankee manager for second time.
ΓÇó August 5, 1984 - Lou Piniella Day.
ΓÇó September 30, 1984 - Don Mattingly wins A.L. batting title with .343 BA.
ΓÇó April 28, 1985 - Billy Martin named Yankee manager for fourth time.
ΓÇó July 13, 1985 - Uniform numbers retired for Roger Maris (9) and Elston Howard (32).
ΓÇó August 4, 1985 - Phil Rizzuto Day, his uniform number 10 retired.
ΓÇó October 17, 1985 - Lou Piniella named Yankee manager.
ΓÇó December 14, 1985 - Roger Maris dies at age 51.
ΓÇó August 10, 1986 - Billy Martin Day, his uniform number 1 retired.
ΓÇó July 18, 1987 - Don Mattingly homers off Texas' Jose Guzman to tie Dale Long's Major League record of hitting a home run in 8 consecutive games.
ΓÇó September 29, 1987 - Don Mattingly hits a grand slam off Boston's Bruce Hurst, setting a Major League record with 6 grand slams in a season.
ΓÇó October 19, 1987 - Woody Woodward resigns as general manager, Lou Piniella is named general manager, and Billy Martin is named Yankee manager for fifth time.
ΓÇó October 7, 1988 - Dallas Green named Yankee manager.
ΓÇó December 9, 1988 - Yankees sign 12-year television contract with Madison Square Garden Network.
ΓÇó July 12, 1989 - Ron Guidry retires.
ΓÇó August 18, 1989 - Bucky Dent replaces Dallas Green as Yankee manager.
ΓÇó October 13, 1989 - Bob Quinn resigns as vice president and general manager. Harding Peterson named vice president and general manager.
ΓÇó December 25, 1989 - Billy Martin dies at age 61.
The 1990s
ΓÇó June 6, 1990 - Stump Merrill replaces Bucky Dent as Yankee manager.
ΓÇó July 1, 1990 - Andy Hawkins throws no-hitter in old Comiskey Park, losing 4-0.
ΓÇó August 20, 1990 - Gene Michael named vice president and general manager, replacing Harding Peterson.
ΓÇó September 13, 1990 - Robert E. Nederlander appointed managing general partner.
ΓÇó October 29, 1991 - Buck Showalter replaces Stump Merrill as Yankee manager.
ΓÇó December 31, 1991 - Daniel R. McCarthy elected managing general partner.
ΓÇó March 22, 1992 - Joseph A. Molloy elected general partner.
ΓÇó September 4, 1993 - Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium.
ΓÇó February 25, 1994 - Phil Rizzuto elected to Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee, inducted on July 31.
ΓÇó April 4, 1994 - Opening Day crowd of 56,706 is the largest Opening Day Crowd in Yankee history and the largest regular-season crowd at new Yankee Stadium.
ΓÇó August 9, 1994 - Phil Rizzuto Hall of Fame Night.
ΓÇó August 12, 1994 - Members of the Major League Baseball Players Association strike.
ΓÇó September 14, 1994 - Owners of the 28 Major League teams vote to cancel the remainder of the 1994 season, the Division Series, the League Championship Series and the World Series.
ΓÇó December 23, 1994 - Major League Baseball, at an impasse in labor negotiations with the players' union, implemented a revenue-sharing plan and salary cap proposal that would provide the players with 50 percent of baseball revenue.
ΓÇó August 13, 1995 - Mickey Mantle dies at age 63.
ΓÇó September 6, 1995 - Baltimore's Cal Ripken, Jr. plays in his 2,131 st consecutive game, breaking Lou Gehrig's major League record.
ΓÇó October 23, 1995 - Bob Watson named general manager, replacing Gene Michael.
ΓÇó November 2, 1995 - Joe Torre named the Yankees' 31st manager, replacing Buck Showalter.
ΓÇó May 14, 1996 - Dwight Gooden hurls 8th regular-season no-hitter in Yankee history, a 2-0 blanking of the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium.
ΓÇó August 25, 1996 - Monument in honor of Mickey Mantle unveiled in Yankee Stadium's Monument Park.
ΓÇó October 26, 1996 - Yankees overcome a 2-games-to-none deficit to the Atlanta Braves and capture their 23rd World Championship in six games.
ΓÇó August 31, 1997 - Don Mattingly Day, his uniform number (23) retired.
