Historic Business Events in History By schlemmhead Jun 18, 1812 War of 1812 with Britain Mar 13, 1837 Depression begins with 'Panic of 1837' May 24, 1844 Samuel Morse sends first telegraph message from Washington to Baltimore Apr 25, 1846 War with Mexico Oct 13, 1901 Andrew Carnegie sells steel company for 225 million dollars Dec 17, 1903 Wright Brothers first flight Oct 1, 1908 Ford introduces Model T Nov 11, 1918 End of WW1 Oct 29, 1929 Stock market crashes, depression begins May 6, 1937 German airship HINDENBURG burns in New Jersey Oct 13, 1958 First xerox machine Oct 14, 1962 Cuban Missle Crisis Oct 13, 1965 5 million color TV's Jan 15, 2001 Wikipedia is launched Oct 13, 2007 Global economic downturn/depression
