Marketing Timeline

  • NCAA was formed

    NCAA was formed to govern collegiate atheletes
  • Charlie Chaplin Signed with Essanay

    Charlie Chaplin signed with Essanay for $1,240 a week to make 14 films
  • Lou Gehrig appeared on a Wheaties box

    Lou Gehrig appeared on a Wheaties box
  • All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed

    All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was formed due to many Major League Baseball players serving in WWII.
  • lucille ball won best comedienne

    lucille ball won best comedienne
  • opened disneyland

    Opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California
  • Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports

    Phil Knight opens Blue Ribbon Sports.
  • The Beatles split up

    The Beatles split up
  • developed Disney World

    Developed Disney World in Orlando, Florida
  • Blue Ribbon Sports changed name to Nike

    the name is changed to Nike.
  • Rich Foods pays for naming right of Buffalo Bills football stadium

    Rich Foods pays $60,000/year for the naming rights to the Buffalo Bills football stadium
  • John Lennon Murdered

    John lennon from The Beatles was murdered
  • The US boycotts the Summer Olympics

    The US boycotts the Summer Olympics in Moscow
  • Oprah launched The Oprah Winfrey Show

    Oprah launched The Oprah Winfrey Show