bus. mgmt history of bussiness By scotthunsberger13 Mar 4, 1865 lincoln elected Oct 8, 1871 chicago fire Sep 1, 1873 stock market crash Mar 10, 1876 first telephone call Feb 19, 1878 edison patented the phonograph Jul 6, 1892 steel strike in pittsburg Apr 1, 1896 first olympic games Jul 1, 1897 klondike gold rush, alaska Apr 24, 1898 war with spain Jan 10, 1910 hallmark was founded May 15, 1911 supreme court orders break up of standard oil Jun 16, 1911 ibm founded Dec 1, 1913 ford introduces assembly line Dec 22, 1913 federal reserve was formed Aug 15, 1914 panama canal opens Jan 1, 1916 boeing was founded Oct 24, 1929 the great crash Aug 4, 1930 first U.S. supermarket opens May 9, 1934 west coast waterfront strike Dec 17, 1935 first DC-3 flight Mar 1, 1936 hoover dam completed Apr 20, 1939 first commercial tv broadcast Jun 29, 1956 eisenhower creates highway system Sep 1, 1958 first credit card by bank of america Jun 30, 1965 medicare signed into law Jun 18, 1971 southwest airlines begins flying. Apr 4, 1975 microsoft founded Apr 1, 1976 apple inc founded May 1, 1984 dell founded Nov 9, 1989 berlin wall falls Mar 1, 1994 yahoo founded Sep 4, 1998 google founded Sep 11, 2001 towers get attacked by hijacked planes Jan 1, 2008 finacial crisis Oct 5, 2011 steve jobs dies