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Historical events when someone or something
bought
.
Sorted by importance.
`whenYear` >='-3000'
AND `whenYear` <='3000'
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2009
Tom Ricketts
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
2009
...
751465
2007
Sam Zell
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
2007
...
751464
1981
Tribune Company
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1981
...
751463
1921
Wrigley Company
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1921
...
751462
1916
Albert Lasker
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1916
...
751461
Charles Weeghman
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1916
...
751460
1914
Charles Taft
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1914
...
751459
1905
Charles Murphy
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1905
...
751458
1902
James Hart
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1902
...
751457
1882
Albert Spalding
bought
Chicago Cubs
in
1882
...
751456
1859
Harriet Tubman
bought
property
in
1859
at: (
35.233,-80.85
)
...
747371
2002
eBay
bought
PayPal
on
10/15/2002
for US$1.5 billion in stock
...
746992
1999
Compaq Computer Corporation
bought
Zip2
on
2/15/1999
for US$307 million in cash and US$34 million in stock options
...
746985
1984
William R. Chaney
bought
Tiffany Co.
on
8/15/1984
...
746320
1978
Avon Products Inc.
bought
Tiffany Co.
on
11/15/1978
...
746318
1867
United States
bought
Alaska
on
3/30/1867
...
736027
1878
Frederick Douglass
bought
Cedar Hill
in
1878
...
714842
1918
General Motors
bought
Chevrolet Motor Company
on
5/2/1918
...
714776
1803
United States
bought
Louisiana Territory
on
4/30/1803
...
714667
-73
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus
bought
Spartacus
in
-73
...
713809
1489
Venice
bought
Cyprus
on
3/14/1489
...
713448
1630
Pierre de Fermat
bought
office of a councillor at the Parlement de Toulouse
in
1630
...
713421
1931
Vivian Ridler
bought
Adana platen
in
1931
...
713247
1929
Sabine Zlatin
bought
a Farm
in
1929
...
713038
2011
Google
bought
Zynamics
on
3/1/2011
...
359889
Ebay
bought
Zvents
on
12/11/2011
...
359888
2013
Yahoo
bought
Ztelic
on
7/18/2013
...
359887
Yahoo
bought
Ztelic
on
7/18/2013
...
359886
1991
Symantec
bought
Zortech International
on
8/13/1991
...
359885
2011
Ebay
bought
Zong
on
7/7/2011
...
359879
2004
Google
bought
ZipDash
on
9/1/2004
...
359877
2007
Google
bought
Zingku
on
9/27/2007
...
359876
Yahoo
bought
Zimbra
on
9/17/2007
...
359875
Yahoo
bought
Zimbra
on
9/17/2007
...
359874
2010
Google
bought
Zetawire
on
8/1/2010
...
359873
2007
Google
bought
Zenter
on
6/19/2007
...
359869
2002
Apple Inc.
bought
Zayante
on
4/4/2002
...
359859
2011
Google
bought
Zave Networks
on
9/7/2011
...
359858
Google
bought
Zagat
on
9/8/2011
...
359855
1998
Yahoo
bought
Yoyodyne
on
10/12/1998
...
359840
Yahoo
bought
Yoyodyne
on
10/12/1998
...
359839
2006
Google
bought
YouTube
on
10/9/2006
...
359838
2003
Adobe systems
bought
Yellow Dragon Software-Tech[note 3]
on
11/10/2003
...
359825
2007
AOL
bought
Yedda
on
11/7/2007
...
359824
2008
Adobe systems
bought
YaWah
on
9/15/2008
...
359822
2005
Symantec
bought
XtreamLok
on
5/16/2005
...
359817
2012
Oracle
bought
Xsigo Systems
on
7/30/2012
...
359816
2006
CA Technologies
bought
XOSoft
on
7/12/2006
...
359815
2009
Yahoo
bought
Xoopit
on
7/22/2009
...
359814
Yahoo
bought
Xoopit
on
7/22/2009
...
359813
2013
Yahoo
bought
Xobni
on
7/3/2013
...
359812
Yahoo
bought
Xobni
on
7/3/2013
...
359811
1999
Apple Inc.
bought
Xemplar Education
on
1/8/1999
...
359808
2005
AOL
bought
Xdrive
on
8/3/2005
...
359807
1964
Berks County Trust Company
bought
Wyomissing Valley Bank, Temple State Bank, Mount Penn Trust Company, Reamstown Exchange Bank, Schuylkill Trust Company
in
1964
...
359806
2004
Yahoo
bought
WUF Networks
on
12/7/2004
...
359794
Yahoo
bought
WUF Networks
on
12/7/2004
...
359793
2006
Yahoo
bought
Wretch
on
12/1/2006
...
359788
Yahoo
bought
Wretch
on
12/1/2006
...
359787
1999
Cisco Systems
bought
Worldwide Data Systems
on
12/16/1999
...
359785
2007
Wachovia
bought
World Savings Bank
in
2007
...
359783
2005
Oracle
bought
Workforce Management Applications sam organization
on
12/1/2005
...
359779
Google
bought
WIMM Labs
on
7/4/2005
...
359731
2006
CA Technologies
bought
Wily Technology
on
1/5/2006
...
359730
2011
M&T Bank
bought
Wilmington Trust
in
2011
...
359715
2005
AOL
bought
Wildseed
on
8/7/2005
...
358708
2012
Google
bought
Wildfire Interactive
on
8/1/2012
...
358707
2013
Apple Inc.
bought
WiFiSlam
on
3/23/2013
...
358695
2010
Google
bought
Widevine Technologies
on
12/3/2010
...
358694
2005
Symantec
bought
WholeSecurity
on
10/4/2005
...
358686
2000
Microsoft
bought
Wholesale drawing software
on
1/7/2000
...
358685
1999
Microsoft
bought
Wholesale computer software
on
6/7/1999
...
358684
1994
Microsoft
bought
Wholesale 3-D visualization software
on
2/28/1994
...
358683
1992
Symantec
bought
Whitewater Group
on
6/9/1992
...
358679
2013
Cisco Systems
bought
Whiptail
on
9/10/2013
...
358674
2005
Yahoo
bought
Whereonearth
on
10/18/2005
...
357539
Yahoo
bought
Whereonearth
on
10/18/2005
...
357538
2004
Google
bought
Where2
on
10/1/2004
...
357537
2011
Ebay
bought
Where, Inc.
on
3/28/2011
...
357536
1998
Cisco Systems
bought
WheelGroup
on
2/18/1998
...
357532
Electronic Arts
bought
Westwood Studios; other studios of?Virgin Interactive Entertainment
on
8/17/1998
...
357517
2006
Wachovia
bought
Westcorp Inc. (holding company for WFS Financial Inc and Western Financial Bank)
in
2006
...
357514
1998
Norwest Corp
bought
Wells Fargo Corp.
in
1998
...
357496
2005
AOL
bought
Weblogs, Inc.
on
10/5/2005
...
357491
1999
Cisco Systems
bought
Webline Communications
on
9/22/1999
...
357490
2006
Yahoo
bought
Webjay
on
1/9/2006
...
357489
Yahoo
bought
Webjay
on
1/9/2006
...
357488
2007
Cisco Systems
bought
WebEx
on
3/15/2007
...
357487
1998
Yahoo
bought
Webcal
on
7/17/1998
...
357486
Yahoo
bought
Webcal
on
7/17/1998
...
357485
1999
Microsoft
bought
Web music software
on
4/27/1999
...
357483
2006
Microsoft
bought
Web log analysis
on
5/15/2006
...
357482
2011
Oracle
bought
Web Content and Web Experience Management (WCM and WEM) Software
on
6/1/2011
...
357481
2007
IBM
bought
Web conferencing and communications
on
8/21/2007
...
357480
2003
Microsoft
bought
Web conferencing
on
4/30/2003
...
357479
2010
IBM
bought
Web Analytics
on
6/15/2010
...
357478
2013
Google
bought
Waze
on
6/11/2013
...
357476
Google
bought
Wavii
on
4/23/2013
...
357466
2008
JPMorgan Chase
bought
Washington Mutual
in
2008
...
357452
1995
AOL
bought
WAIS Inc.
on
5/1/1995
...
357321
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