business's since the civil war By randal65 Apr 12, 1861 civil war Oct 4, 1878 First commerical phone May 8, 1886 INvention of coca cola Jan 1, 1892 General electric is founded Jun 16, 1903 Ford created Oct 4, 1904 Begin building the Panama canel Oct 28, 1929 Stock market crash Apr 1, 1940 Mcdonalds founded Jul 18, 1955 Opening of Disney Jul 17, 1962 First Walmart open Apr 4, 1975 Microsoft founded Apr 1, 1976 Apple founded Oct 19, 1987 the crash of black monday Aug 6, 1991 world wide web open to public Feb 14, 1992 First smart phone sold Sep 11, 2001 world trade centers destroyed Oct 16, 2008 great recession