History of Business Lay By Bradlay May 9, 1865 Civil War Ends Aug 9, 1879 Bell Telephone Company Mar 27, 1886 Johnson and Johnson May 8, 1886 Coca Cola Feb 25, 1888 Kodak Jan 1, 1892 General Electric Feb 26, 1894 Hershey Feb 26, 1898 Kelloggs Feb 25, 1901 United States Steel Corporation Jun 16, 1903 Ford Motor Company Aug 12, 1908 Ford Model T Sep 16, 1908 General Motors Dec 23, 1913 Federal Reserve Act Jul 28, 1914 World War 1 Jul 15, 1916 Boeing Sep 9, 1926 NBC Jun 22, 1928 General Mills Oct 24, 1929 Wall Street Crash Apr 14, 1935 Dust Bowl May 15, 1940 McDonalds Aug 18, 1947 Hewlett Packard Oct 4, 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik Jul 2, 1962 Walmart Jan 22, 1965 Pepsico Apr 4, 1975 Microsoft Apr 1, 1976 Apple Apr 9, 1978 Homedepot Sep 15, 1983 Costco Wholesale Oct 7, 1983 Verizon Aug 6, 1991 World Wide Web Sep 11, 2001 9/11 Aug 23, 2005 Hurricane Katrina Oct 16, 2008 Economic Recession Feb 25, 2011 Kodak Files Chap 11 Oct 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy Jan 1, 2014 ObamaCare Sep 30, 2014 Ebola Sep 22, 2015 Pope Francis visits Philadelphia Nov 26, 2016 Donald Trump elected U.S. President
