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1983

After realizing what a great market this could be for Domino’s Pizza, Frank applied for and was awarded franchise rights for Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. He opened his first store on Duke St in Alexandria, VA in 1983 and later acquired territory and stores in Maryland.

1985

Although the Redskins continued to win, by the end of the 1985 season it was clear that some more rebuilding of the team was necessary.

1985: Dennis Washington enters the mining business with the purchase of Anaconda Mining Company.

In 1985, Frank persuaded his long time college friend, David Carraway, to come to VA and help him build the company.

1986

Before Montana Resources reopened the mine in August 1986, Washington vowed to make the enterprise profitable.

1987

In 1987, however, Schroeder was hurt in the first game of the season and was replaced by his backup, Doug Williams.

Focusing on the transportation industry, he purchased Burlington Northern Railroad's southern Montana route in 1987.

1987: Rail transportation is added to the Washington fold with the acquisition of Burlington Northern Railroad's southern Montana route.

1988

The game was played on January 31, 1988, at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, California, the first time that the Super Bowl was played in that city.

Among other things, in 1988 Jack Kent Cooke gained sole ownership of the franchise after buying the outstanding 15 percent share from co~owner Williams.

Recognizing an opportunity in the fledgling industry of environmental cleanup, Washington founded Envirocon, Inc. in 1988.

1989

In 1989 he bought Coast Engine & Equipment Company, which primarily specialized in rebuilding powerplants and components for the rail and marine transportation industries.

The Redskins rebounded the next year, however, when Mark Rypien won the starting quarterback job from an unhappy Doug Williams and led the team to a 10-6 mark. It was not good enough to get the team into the 1989 playoffs, but it offered a new promise that would be fulfilled two years later when the Redskins once again slugged their way into the Super Bowl.

1990

1990 marked a winning season, but the Redskins once again failed to make the playoffs.

1992

More importantly, Washington ventured directly into the marine transportation market with his 1992 acquisition of C.H. Cates and Sons, a Canadian tugboat company.

In 1992, Washington attempted to take Washington Contractors Group--the consolidated enterprise that contained the first of the Washington Companies--public.

1994

In 1994 during his first season as head coach, Turner watched his team play its way to a dismal 3-13 record.

In 1994, Southern Railway of British Columbia was added to the roster of The Washington Companies.

Washington continued his buying spree in 1994 when he rounded out his growing marine transportation division with Seaspan International Ltd., the largest tug and barge company in Canada.

1995

In June 1995, Washington again bolstered his position in the marine transportation sector with his purchase of the Bahamian corporation Norsk Pacific Steamship Company, Limited for $20 million.

1996

Riggins, too, logged his best year, running for a team record of 1,347 yards, a mark that lasted until 1996.

In 1996, with an exciting run of seven straight victories, the team eked out a 9-7 winning season.

The year 1996 brought Washington's largest acquisition, when he gained a 38 percent stake in Morrison Knudsen Corporation.

With 1996 revenues topping $1.5 billion, the Boise, Idaho-based Morrison Knudsen employed over 23,000 employees and had divisions spanning the United States and 35 foreign countries.

1998

In 1998, Washington oversaw the formation of two umbrella organizations within the rubric of The Washington Companies.

1999

Then, in 1999, a group of buyers headed by 35-year-old Daniel Snyder, CEO of Snyder Communications, purchased both the team and the new Jack Kent Cooke Stadium from the Cooke family.

The sheer number of Dennis Washington's many holdings presented the greatest challenge at the close of 1999.

That kind of commitment went way beyond a public relations stratagem; it underscored the strong and persistent bond between Washington's citizens and their adored Redskins, something few NFL teams can match and most can only envy. For example, in 1999, with the sponsorship of the Arthur Anderson Foundation, Washington Football, Inc. organized the Washington Redskins Leadership Council.

2001

In 2001, Meeks was one of the first inductees into the Domino’s Pizza Chairman’s Circle Hall of Fame.Meeks named Carraway, his long-time Vice President of Operations, the President of Team Washington.

2004

Frank Meeks passed away on November 9, 2004.

2005

In 2005, David Carraway was inducted into the Domino’s Pizza Chairman’s Circle Hall of Fame.

2007

David Carraway took over after Meeks’s death, but only ran it a couple of years before Carraway himself died of brain cancer in February 2007.

2020

In July 2020, amidst the removal of many names and images as part of the George Floyd protests, a group of investors worth $620 billion wrote letters to major sponsors Nike, FedEx, and PepsiCo encouraging pressure on the Redskins to change their name.

FedEx called on the team to change its name on July 2, 2020.

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