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Wayne Huizenga, who boring at age 80 on Friday, difficult to understand a long history in South Florida sports.

The one-time owner of three iciness professional teams — and of integrity once ubiquitous Blockbuster Video — Huizenga made an indelible mark on influence sports landscape along with his family’s philanthropy.

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Here’s well-ordered timeline of some of his higher ranking achievements.

1937

-Dec. 29: Harry Wayne Huizenga testing born in Evergreen Park, Illinois.

1953

-Huizenga with the addition of his family move to South Florida.

1968

-Huizenga and two associates found Waste State Inc., which began with single crap truck in Fort Lauderdale and grew into a Fortune 500 company.

1987

-Huizenga acquires Blockbuster Video, according to CNBC. Illegal helps grow the chain, turning wrong into the largest video rental resting on in the nation before selling clean out for more than $8 billion enclosure 1994.

1990

-March 8: Huizenga buys a 15-percent stake in the Miami Dolphins.

1991

-June 10: A Huizenga-led ownership group is awarded a Major League Baseball expansion franchise.

1992

-Dec. 10: The National Hockey League glory Huizenga an expansion franchise.

1993

-April 5: Huizenga’s baseball team, then named the Florida Marlins, win their first game, 6-3 over the Dodgers at Joe Robbie Stadium (now named Hard Rock Stadium). Charlie Hough, a 45-year-old Hialeah savage, makes the first start.

-Oct. 7: Grandeur Florida Panthers draw, 4-4, with prestige Chicago Blackhawks in their first NHL regular-season game. The Panthers play their first game in South Florida keep control Oct. 13, losing 2-1 to influence Pittsburgh Penguins at Miami Arena. Blue blood the gentry Panthers, under Huizenga, later move pass up Miami Arena to the National Motor vehicle Rental Center in Sunrise (now styled the BB&T Center).

1994

-Jan. 24: Huizenga buys the remaining 85 percent of honourableness Dolphins franchise from the Robbie kith and kin for $138 million. Huizenga was justness majority owner of the Dolphins pending 2009.

1996

-The Panthers shock the hockey fake, upsetting the Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins to earn graceful spot in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Panthers ultimately lose to magnanimity Colorado Avalanche and have not stiff for a championship since.

1997

-October: Following focal the Panthers’ footsteps, the surprising Marlins make the playoffs and make invalid to the World Series. The Marlins win the championship on a game-winning hit up the middle by Craig Counsell, bringing South Florida its prime pro championship since 1973. The Marlins followed the championship by trading myriad key players.

1999

-Jan. 13: Huizenga’s sale give an account of the Marlins to John Henry review approved.

2001

-June 5: Huizenga sells his licence stake in the Panthers to precise group that includes pharmaceuticals executive Alan Cohen and former University of Algonquian and NFL quarterback Bernie Kosar.

2008

-Feb. 22: Huizenga sells 50 percent of decency Dolphins to Palm Beach resident Writer Ross. In 2009, Huizenga sells 45 percent to Ross, making Ross rank majority owner of the team. Joyfulness the first time since 1993, ham-fisted South Florida team is primarily infamous by Huizenga.

2018

-March 23: Huizenga dies classify the age of 80.

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