Business By laurenjenniferc Apr 9, 1865 Civil War Ends Aug 9, 1865 Bell Telephone Company isFormed Mar 27, 1886 Johnson & Johnson May 8, 1886 Coca Cola is Invented Feb 25, 1888 Kodak is Born Jan 1, 1892 General Electric is Born Feb 26, 1894 Hershey is Founded Feb 25, 1901 United States Steel Corp Founded Jan 16, 1903 Ford Motor Company Created Aug 12, 1908 Ford Introduces Model T Sep 16, 1908 General Motors is Created May 15, 1911 Supreme Court orders breakup of Standard Oil Dec 23, 1913 The Federal Reserve Act Enacted Jun 18, 1914 World War One Sep 9, 1926 NBC is Founded Jun 22, 1929 General Mills Invented Apr 14, 1935 Dust Bowl Dec 7, 1935 The firstDC-3 flight Mar 1, 1936 Hoover Dam is completed Apr 20, 1938 First Television Commercial Broadcast May 15, 1940 McDonalds Established Jun 5, 1947 The Marshall Plan Jan 16, 1952 Korean War Feb 23, 1957 First Japanese Car Sold in U.S. Toyota Oct 4, 1957 The Launch of Sputnik Sep 1, 1958 Bank of America Launches First Credit Card Jul 2, 1962 First Walmart Opens Jan 1, 1964 Civil Rights Act Jan 22, 1965 Pepsi Company Created Sep 2, 1974 President Ford signs ERISA into law Apr 4, 1975 Microsoft Founded Apr 1, 1976 Apple Founded Apr 9, 1978 Home Depot Founded Sep 15, 1983 Costco Wholesle Founded Oct 7, 1983 Verizon Communications Aug 6, 1991 World Wide Web Available to Public Feb 26, 1994 Kelloggs Corn Flakes are Created Sep 11, 2001 Twin Towers Destroyed Aug 23, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Oct 16, 2008 Economic Recession Feb 25, 2011 Kodak Files For Ch 11 Bankruptcy Protection