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The end of the Civil War
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Carnegie opes his first steel plant
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Ransom Olds creates assembly line to keep up with the high production of "horseless carriages"
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The central bank of the United States.
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WW1 1914-1918
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The Great Crash is when the stock market had its first crash in history.
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Bank of America was founded.
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WW2: 1939-1945
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The McDonald brothers start their burger stand.
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Franklin National Bank issued its first credit card for loan customers.
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Kroc owns McDonald's and business is taking off.
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Eisenhower creates the interstates
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Bank of America launches its first credit card
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First man in space, Yuri Gagarin, from Russia
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The first ever Wal-Mart opened.
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Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon
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Intel creates single chip microprocessor
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Another stock market crash
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Attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and Shanksville, PA.
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Apple starts selling the first iPod
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The stock market crashed and the world went into a recession
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Case-Shiller home price index reported the lowest drop for housing prices
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Apple starts selling the first iPad
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Affecting the north east coast. Damaging homes, businesses, schools and towns.