Business since Civil War By smitcoli8 May 9, 1865 End of the Civil War Feb 23, 1873 Levi Strauss & Company sells first pair of blue jeans Feb 23, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell receives first telephone patnet Feb 23, 1886 John Pemberton invents Coca-Cola Formula Feb 23, 1888 Kodak Camera appears on the market Feb 23, 1901 J.P. Morgan creates United States Steel Corporation Feb 23, 1908 Ford Model T is Introduced Feb 23, 1913 Ford Introduces the Assembly Line Feb 23, 1926 National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is formed Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crashes, Great Depression Feb 23, 1947 Three Bell Labs scientists invent the transistor Feb 23, 1948 First McDonald is Opened Feb 23, 1958 Bank of America launhes first credit card Feb 23, 1962 First Walmart Opens Feb 23, 1968 Blue Ribbon Sports' (Nike) first best-selling shoe Feb 23, 1973 First Starbucks opens Feb 23, 1973 FedEx begins service to twenty-five US citites Feb 23, 1975 First Pet Rock is sold Feb 23, 1976 Steve Jobs & Wozniak form the Apple Computer Company Feb 23, 1981 IBM sellls the first personal computer using the MS-DOS Feb 23, 1995 Jeff Bezos opens Amazon.com
