Business History Withing the last 100 years By DanHagen Apr 9, 1865 End of American Civil War Period: Apr 9, 1865 to Jun 20, 2008 Business History within the last 100yrs Apr 6, 1875 First Acoustic Telegraph Dec 17, 1903 First Airplain flight Oct 1, 1908 The first automobile, the "Model T" Feb 12, 1909 NAACP is founded Jul 28, 1914 WWI begins Nov 11, 1918 WWI Ends Sep 4, 1929 The Stock Market Crashes, Great Depression Begins Mar 10, 1931 Hitler begins to take power in Germany May 6, 1937 The Hindenburg Crash Sep 1, 1939 WWII Begins Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor Aug 6, 1945 US drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima May 17, 1954 Brown vs Board of Education is decided Nov 1, 1955 US becomes involved in the Viatnam War Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik is launched Jan 3, 1961 US cuts ties with Cuba Oct 14, 1962 The Cuban Missile Crisis Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy is killed Oct 15, 1969 400,000 People attend Woodstock Apr 30, 1975 Viatnam War ends Nov 7, 2000 George Bush's Controversial election Sep 11, 2001 The Wourld Trade Center is destroyed Feb 4, 2004 Facebook and other social media hit the scene Jun 29, 2007 First Iphone is released Jan 20, 2009 Obama becomes the USA's first black president
