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Thomas Monaghan purchases a pizzeria named DonmiNicks.
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Andy Warhol paints 30 of his most famous Cambell Soup Cans.
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Andy Warhol stops doing commercial art and decides to go into film instead,
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Andy Warhol paints Marilyn Monroe after her death. This becomes one of his most famouse pantings.
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Glen W. Bell opens up the first Taco Bell,
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The first ever Walmart is opened. Originally called Walton's after the owner Sam Walton.
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Warren Buffet sells all his stocks in Dempster Mill Company for 2.3 million dollar gain.
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Romare Bearden helps form a new group called Spiral which promoted black art and contributed to the civil rights movement.
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Mary Kay starts the first Mary Kay Cosmetics with a $5,000 investment.
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Romare Bearden paints the "Pittsburgh Memory."
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Taco Bell begins to franchise.
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Warren Buffet invests in American Express
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Douglas Englebart invents the first computer mouse. It isn't sold in stores till 1968.
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Warren Buffet meets with Walt Disney and invests a large amount of cash into the company. He gains 5% owership of Disney.
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Fred Deluca opens the first subway name "Pete's Subway" after his friend who loaned him the money to first open it.
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Richard M. Schultz founds an electronic store named Sound of Music. This will later be changed to Best Buy.
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Romare Bearden paints the "Return of the Prodigal Son."
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Dominoes starts franchising.
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Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman to own and operate a brokerage firm that belong to the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
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David R. Thomas founds the first Wendy's resturant.
