Intro to Business 100-U89 By philegrl Jan 1, 1803 Louisiana Purchase Jan 1, 1836 Sam Colt receives patent for Colt revolver Jan 1, 1851 Corning Glass Works was founded by Amory Houghton, in Somerville, Massachusetts Jan 1, 1853 Levi Strauss & Co. is founded in San Francisco Jan 1, 1861 Civil war begins Apr 14, 1865 President Lincoln Shot Jan 1, 1866 Jack Daniels Distillery registed with the federal government Jan 1, 1886 John Pemberton creates syrup that would become Coca Cola Jan 1, 1886 Johnson brothers form Johnson & Johnson Co. in New Brunswick, NJ Jan 1, 1897 Scranton Lace Company established by the Scranton Board of Trade Jan 1, 1900 New York Shipbuilding established in Camden, NJ Jan 1, 1900 The Case brothers incorporated and formed Case Brothers Cutlery Jul 28, 1914 World War I Jan 1, 1924 MGM Studios is founded Jan 1, 1932 George G. Blaisdell founded Zippo Manufacturing Company Sep 1, 1939 World War II begins Jan 1, 1950 Sam Walton purchases a store from Luther E. Harrison in Bentonville, Arkansas, and opened Walton's 5 & 10 Jun 25, 1950 Korean War Begins Jan 1, 1951 Texas Instruments founded Jan 1, 1959 Vietnam war begins Jan 1, 1976 Bill Gates and Paul Allen co-found Microsoft Apr 1, 1976 Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak form Apple Computer Aug 2, 1990 Gulf War (Desert Storm) Jan 1, 1994 Yahoo! founded at Stanford University Jan 1, 1995 Amazon.com hits the internet Jan 1, 1996 Larry Page and Sergey Brin rename their search engine, Backrub to Google. Sep 11, 2001 United States attacked by terrorists Mar 20, 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom begins Feb 1, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook
